FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1574, 28 April 1887, Page 1

FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Parish April 28, It ii understood in diplomatic circles that the German Ambassador here bas renewed his requeet'lof* pacific assurance on the part of the French Government. London, April 24. Ths Germans deny that Fchncabell was decoyed across the frontier. They declare it was bis ections at Mets which aroused suspicion. A German official, believed to be an accomplice, was arrested at Metz. April 26. The English and i European Press strongly side with France respecting the recent arrest made by Germany, hut believe that the incident can be satisfactorily arranged by diplomacy. April 26.

Great excitement is manifested on the Franco-German frontier. The inhabitants #f Nancy,» town in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, are dreading a sodden German invasion. The French Government is mobilising 200,000 of the territorial army for the purpose of patting them through a fortnight’s training. It is reported (hat Schncabell’s trial trill' implicate i General Boulanger, the French Minister of War. Berlin, April 25. The North German Gazette to-day > publishes a statement from reliable sources that the French Commissioner Sobnoabell was arrested on German territory on a charge of - treason and intriguing in Alsace, and that bis arrest was decided upon after convincing proof of bis guilt had been obtained. Bom®, April 25. His Holiness the Pope has offered to mediate between France and Germany relative to the arrest of Commissionsr Schnoabsll.