FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1541, 25 April 1887, Page 3

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

+- (rBU.TER'3 TJBIiEGKAMS— COPV.BIGHT. J Parts, April 23. The French Cabinet has instructed M. -Fleurens, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to send a message to Germany through M. Herbctte, the French Ambassador, announcing that the ProCareur of Nancy repirts that the £ rest jof Schncebell was made m Frr nch territory. The evidence on the subject is of a contradictory nature. The Parisian Press generally consider that the credit of 170,000,000 marks granted by the Reichstag for the German Army is for the purpose of establishing strategic railways on the western frontier. Bebltn, April 23. The enquiry regarding the Gomroissioner Schncebell is now proceeding at Metz. London, April 22. A French Police Inspector has been arrested while crossing the Alsatian frontier. The French Press accuse Germany of entrapping him. London, April 23. Prince Bismarck, speaking m the Reichstag, remarked that it was impossible to foresee whether bellicose France would keep the Frankfort treaty. The French official reports on the recent arrest of a French Commissioner show that the Inspector ot Ars-sur-Moselle invited Commissioner Schncebell to confer with him respecting the replacement of a frontier post. Directly the latter crossed the frontier, policemen disguised as gravers seized him. Schncebell regained French territory, but was recaptured, handcuffed, and dragged across the frontier. Some French navvies who rushed to his assistance retired on the Germans showing their uniform. The Inspector of Ars watched the arrest. The Germans persist that he was arrested on German soil, and allege that Schncebell was a spy, and an active patriotic leaguer, who was endeavoring to undermine the allegiance of the Alsatians. Prince Bismarck has admitted that if the arrest took place on French territory the law would require the release of the prisoner. The Paris Pres9 speaks generally m a calm tone on the subject, although much popular excitement has been occasioned. The Rentes fell 2 per cent.