OUR PARIS LETTER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1975, 5 March 1885, Page 3

OUR PARIS LETTER.

[FKOU Ot H O«.N COHUfchPONDKNT. I Paws, Januaiy 17. Thi: anxiety, <n lather curiosity, is very •>ttoug to know the next raimi of the Englnh Cabinet nn thu J'^'i ptian Question Excepting the very out ami out jinun.iU, that desire to see the imbioglio maintained between France and England, in onk-i th.tt Franco might regain tin* fowhngslie foi felted, people cannot >-cc any insuperable difficulty in the hnancul sense of a, settlements. So long ,is the Einopean C thmcts aic not prepared to back up then diplomacy by nets, the shisnjrth of England will consist, "in sitting still" : that i - to say, not to quit the valley of the Nile, till the work she undettook to do— with the appio\al of Europebe acHiiplisbed. By tins tune, the suifereib from the bombardment of Ale\andiia— and that could have been avoided, had Franco stood lesoluti-ly, ashhewasintieatybomid, along bide England, now know where to attacli the blarno for the delay in tbo payniont of the indemnities. It might be reserved foi the Shylock bondholder*, to tear then hair and clothes, Thiaeiitinh fashion for lefusiny the English solution. Theie can be no settlement of the Egyptian Question, without England. Tl.at would be Hamlet without Hamlet. She has had enough of Conferences now .she muht take her stand : her non pasMims, will try all the mischief-making ability of Prince Bismack. Hi« objective, istodevelop ill feeling between England and Fiance, and he uillnotbeveiycrupnloiwaboutthe ways and means, The only "action" England ought to take in the midst of the mantiaps and spring guns set for her, consists in hinmess of attitude and detenninatnm of tone. She has lost giound by her inconsistencies and timidity, so the continental powers naturally considered her as a "softy." Only one power can regcnciate Eg> |it, and that h England. She had put her hand to the plough, better not look back, and tell all whom it may concern, theie must be an end to the game of tripping up, because united England so decrees it. „.,,.» The Mahdi is considered to be already disposed of, so opinion is occupied as to what will bo done with the latest false prophet To hand him over to the Sultan, would mean an iron cage promenade lound Con-tmtinoplc, winding np with a hanging as high as King Hainan. It is not doubted, that England will try a "protectorate ' over Eistoin Soudan up to the lved Sen, and so save both Germany and France, the iin\iety and necessity of stepping into the ugion, as she scuttles out. Bismarck laid dow n, a gieat state ought never to give up terutoiy, to this he has rec.'iitly added, "and ought to giab all it can." Fiance is occupied with Timbuctoo ; sin has sent a mission to look up "aim s uho among the nomadic Sultans. The dv ilh of Colonel Kondaire, will not, it seem-, piescnt the carrying out of Ins project, that of converting the Sahara into an inland sea, having an exit and an entrance at Gahes, and Southern Lunisia. This would be superior to the scheme of a grand tumk railway to Timbuctoo. M. de Les^pps asserts, the Mediteiianean will be let in on the Sahara, and that he has the money to execute the work*. Aboady the name of the port has been selected on the sea, side, it will be "Rondaiie" at the desert end, "de Lesseps," and may it smile like the letter. . .... , The certain annexation, which is the second stage of " protectorates" of Camb>dia, is expected to lead to countei annexation by the Indian Government jn linnn ih. It is accepted as un fait accompli th.it the King of Siam, in order to provide against rainy days, has mado his calling sine with England. If Prince Bismarck does not make haste there will not be <\ sp ( ,t on the globe left for him to colonize. It was only Shakspearo who, having exhausted worlds, imagined new. The Australian opposition to the " expansion" wants of old Europe attract yen considerable attention. Now, as chantj commences at home, Australia is quite right to look after her own expulsion necessities. Statesmanship consists m foresight, and the colonists of to-day will be a nation to-morrow. It is too bad after the Southern Cross opened up the Pacific that its defenders should be called upon *;<• limit their legitimate aspirations to suit the whims of a German Cluncellov, oi tho absolete penitentiary projects of France. If the Australians continue united and firm they will compel the Tuetons to go and colotn/e elsewhere, say the Cameroon countiie?. And they must not allow themselves to be victimised by the shilly-shally-ing of the colonial office. Force the latter to act, and the craze for colony-grabbing, like body-snatching, will noon cease. What would the United States be to-day if she permitted Germany or France to obstruct her manifest destiny ? Mexico is a hint that Geimany might ponder over with profit. There is no prospect of peace between France and China; on the contiaiy, the preparations on both sides appeir to be more formidable and resolute. Which of the two quakers will hold out the longei ? That is the question. Beyond the steieotyped Jeremiahs of the anti-Ministerial Press, and the horn-blowings of the official journals, there is no expiration of opinion on an undertaking big with tho fate of Cato and of Rome. The new War Minister, General Lewal, in an explanation to the Chamber, has just stated he is a htraugci to politics (that curse of French life) ; be regaids his appointment as signifying. Franca does not wish to retire from Tonquin ; then, as she must go foiward, he will do his best to ensure vigorous action. If no definite results be obtained by this "new departure," there will bo an ugly quarter of an hour to explain how the money goes. The general is opposed to the formation of a colonial nrmy, with head qnaiters in Algeria ; he is right, the men to compose it could never be secured. More important Htill, he asserts any drafts for China, taken from the home army, will not weaken it. This is far from being the opinion of professional men, and the Alsatian party is at a white heat, for thus weakening the forces of the country, which have only one task to accomplish. The Cotnte d'Herisson has just published bin journal. He was on the staff of the army of Paris, pending tho siege. Sneaking English and German fluently, he w-as an 'ndispeniablo actor >n all the negotiations with Germany. It was he who wrote the capitulation of ParK as dictated by Comte Moltke. M. d'Herrisson saw a good deal of service in the Chinese war unde" General de Montauban. He states, respecting the present conflict, that it is for Prance h most frightful adventure. The Government does not know to where it is conducting the nation ; it is a bottomless gulf, where all leading up to it has been characterised by unexampled blundering. The volume abounds in anecdotes of contemporary celebrities ; thus, the Princes Clotilde, when the second Empire collapsed, refused '"to bolt"; as a king's d.vughtei, nhe displayed the pluok of Victoi Emmanuel, mo she departed in an open carriage, and was respectfully saluted by the crowd. The committee of National Defence voted themselves a salary on the base of 50,000 francs a year. It w«» Rochefort who put his foot down on the plan. Ho lefuscd all indemnity as a member of the provisional Government. It was M. d'Herisson who was directed to collect and pack up all tho personal effects of the Empress, and to foi • ward them to her. He was one of the party sent to the outposts to claim tho body ol General Guilhelm, who was killed by no less than twelve balls. The remains were carried by tho Prussians on eight Uhlan lances, covered with plumes and foliage. As it passed along the Piussian sentries and guards saluted the body with all solemn and military honours. He found tho duplicate of a despatch from the Empress to nor husband, imploring him, on no account, to come to Paiis, as his presonee would be considered cowardice, and would give rjse to a frightful resolution. She told him to remember how the Prince Napoleon's career never recovered from his bolting from the Crimea. Perhaps the most curious document is a draft proclamation from (General Tuchu to tho Parisians, telling them to have every confidence in the result of the defence of tho capital, with the usual fireworks about love of country, self-denial, &c. This practical joke was dated tho very day of tho capitulation. Tuchn lamented he had an army that would not fight, and a national guaid that would not suuondor. M. Nudrieux continues to furnishe very piquant talcs while he ha* Prefect de police, during the infant days of the piesent Republic. He states that eveiy body, who is anybody, has his biogiaphy leipsttned in the police aiohieves. Natmally on entering on duty, the fiist act of M. Nudrioux was t<) look upon his own life, written by tho detectives, he f<umd a mass of details quite now to him, and many incidents that In had forgotl'n, roc >rded. Tli'J doteciives it scorns, detect tlißins^l yes. Then docs uot appear t> bo any difficulty in togging on additions. All ia gr\il that cimas) into tho mill. Each employe brought tho dossier of hi*

life, for M. Nudneux to lead. All tins ni.-vy explain the eagerness of the Com mumsts to Win and know tins ht.ito p.ipi i office. Thanks to timely fall of snow, the unemployed have some woik m keeping the { sheets cle.tn. Jndginy fiom the pom fellows, that is not then oidinaiy calling. The attempt to hold a, monstei meeting of the hungi} classes, in the open an, has fallen through, it w.ih prohibited, iind tho pi oinoters decided not to pio\oke a collision with tho police and trooj)s, e.n a riot would certainly ensue. There is n >thinff tn.ivkedly amusing, eithei inside 01 oiitsiflo the theahes; however, we have tho "anti deists." Tlicv anil society of lunatics, who have for sole aim to eradicate the n.nno God (Dieu) fiom all rnm creation und writing. Expulsion fiom the society ih the «ole penalty, ]Ust as otliei codes have only death. In Ka^ahis Saidon depicts Ins clnl) of freethinkeis, who inflict iv hue of half a franc on any member who pronounced the hok! (Sod. Laws become mole severe with progies*, it seems. It looks tyi r.mous to ostracise a mnn for bidding a friend "A-dieu," or invuking a benediction when he sneeze*. The "polyniorphihts" are a dull Hot; a lending aitiste (not Sarah Beruhaidt) r.i\o a fe"te a few eveningt ago. At midnight the "ghost quachille " was played, the ladies and their viF-a vis being clad in winding sheets. Then ensued a kind of hide and ieek around coffins; finally, tho latter served as a supper table. The diinking cupa were xkull pattern, ard on the plates was a bi ider of cn>bs bones. The exhibition of I.SHi) will bo a petmanentstiuctuie, the site of the Cli,ini]> de Alais having been obtained foi that purpose. It is not yet decided whether the building will bo a gigantic whole, or an assembly of little <»tiuctuie«. Why not c\eiy exhibitor be allowed to eicct his own temple, — of fame. j "Indicate the refouns necessaiy for ! France !" was the sdbject gn^n to the j collegian* "f lVml'^'ii" sut-Mei to ti> tlieu |>rpiitic<' politieil h mils upon. The ll(>publ)i|iii> Ki.iil.'iim objects to the cleigy pia>mg foi tho < Jov eminent, e\en for nothing.

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