The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
HAS A WAR FEVER.
ENGLAND, sEEIyC DiNGER AHEAD,
PREPLREs 10 MEET IT.

misb British Ofacial Says, 1--WE fully ES-
poet war'-No Other Interpretation
Possible Of she Extraordinary Measures
for Dsfence-French Diplomats Tryipg
20 SHIFT tho Responsibility IN England
The Probable Attitude Of Germany
and Russia " a Clash should Come.
Special Gao. D.patcA to ruK Sun.
LoxnoS. March lO.-The military situation
10. South Africa now occupies a secondary
place In the attention OF the British Govern
nent. The entire resources Of tho Empire are
being utilized in preparations to meet a
grave anger nearer homo.
It Ia. Lssn known In . vague way for
several weeks that ZONE serious peril was
threatening Great Britain No other inter-
n~rststion 10 possible OF tho Extraordinary
measures fo- defence undertaken By tho
Government. which increased Instead II dinin-
ished after the tide OF war turned In British
favor. The preparations for naval mobile
sation, the Queens personal call for volun.
teers, the Governments appeal 10 thscc'onies
10 prepare to put every available man In the
neld. the Queens Abandonment Of her pro.
posed Continental trip. her sudden decision
70 visit ireland. the prsmature>issus Of the
budget and the floating OF the|popular war
loan came 10 .I,gk succession.
APPREHENSION became more definite when 4.
vas learned that France had tried unsuoosss-
fully TO induce the Sultan TO reopen the
Egyptian question. Now coiaas de fI its infor-
nation Of the heavy reen'oroerlens that
France IL sending to Alalers- Mscasa scar and
Tonouin. TUE suns corresponJe nj a. lisSrs
telegraphed to-day that three additional
steaner. have Just been chs<tsred to take 10.
ian,ry and cavalry Though tls Sues'Canal. os-
tens,bly for MadaG soar.
Most significant Is the series 81 extranrdi-
nary b~elilcoss staten suas furnished 10 thsior-
eign core spondents In Paris ~ French ON.
clrls. some Of these haTe been cablad 70 TRY
sry end more are at hand to-day. II 10 ap-
parently the deliberate purpose OF these dc
~larat'ons TO put Great Britain In the attitude
OF the aggressor. This policy seems 70 sua-
gest that the war party IA France. which Is dc.
termined to force q rupture. desires FIRST TO
shit the responsibility Cor the quarrel.
Nothing could be more Misleading than the
French re presentations that England IL seek
Ing Gar with that county. There was Intense
popular resrntnen nj 10 Englsndi,st autumn at
the vile insults % the Queen IN the Frsrch
press. an this FEEDING survives to tho extent
that Enelts IN patronage OF the Exhibition will be
extroney mesare. but a desire 20 fight
France Simply does not exist in this country
IN fact. the English prsss and public have is-
nored all things Frsnnh for weeks pact.
Affairs on the other aide Of the Channel srs
entirely different. ONe Of those national ievsrs
which attack France about once In q genera
ton. recurring until they culminats IN blood
shed II now raging violently. Its essence 10
the hitter hatred OF a'rthinas English.
There was q little incident at the Foliss
Ber-Arc in Paris this week that Is Wonder
fully significant. A biograrh show called out
wild enthusiasm for the Boer leaders and say.
age denunc'attoA when the picture Of an
N'''' w. ''HA' Ah'oOhby
the spectators was foolish enough to hiss the
picture Of a French General. Instantly there
was a great hubbub and atty or sixty excited
frenchnl"n surrounded the Offer der. who
would have suffered severely hal not some one
exclaimed: "Oh he's not an Er glishman. nos
n German; let him CO." The wrath OF the
crowd quickly subsidized, and ono OF the tradI-
tiona' enemies Of France departed IN peace.
l, is the simple truth that the war party In
France IL so powerful at present tina. the
Government. which Ia none too strong and
may fall any day. almost despaIrs OF ~controll-
ing Il. NJ. Delcass6 apoloalzed privately to the
English Ambassador. Sir Edmund Monson.
yesterday for the outrage on the British Con-
sulate nj Bordeaux, but In tho case OF a SINH
lar outrage on The British Embassy the Gov
ernmer' az ght fall as the price Of M apology
which a one could avert war.
II II not too much to say that the Exhibition
alone holds France 10 check. but public inter-
est In exhibitions Is lar less now than in 1899,
and. moreover. there are many Indications
that the forthcoming show viii fall short OF the
last one in foreign support. So soon az this
manifest restraining Influence tisappsars,
and II England 10 then still busy IN South
Africa. IL will he almost impossible TO control
tho bellicose demands ~ the war party.
Meantime the two Governments maintain an
absolutely cor: act a. ituie. Each knows the
other Ia making every possible preparation for
war. hut not u single uniriendly word has
been exchanged. II was really to relieve the
French Government OF smb Embarrassment IN case
Of! hostile demonstration against him in Paris
that Ambassador Monsoon went south for a few
days.
Some Of the French preparations FOR war
have already been outlined in THE SUNS Paris
dsrpatchos. Her naval plan will be TO keep
her q let's under shelter % the guns Of Brest,
Chcrbourg and Toulon. the idea being that
tho bonn bardment q Santiago demon s,rated
that naval squaIrons without a landing force
are Of ttle uss.
There arises the decisive question OF Russia's
attitude. The following nre tho word, O, an