Show FRANGE MEANS WARt WAR-t Officials and the Press Working Up Another Scare f INVASION OF ENGLAND FEANCE ACCUSED OF THIS NAPOLEONIC NA-POLEONIC INTENTION 1 Predicted Concentration of 150000 Troops On the Coast Belligerent Expressions From the French Minister of Marine Light Thrown Upon Beaconsfields Character t Copyright 3899 by the Associated Press London Feb 4An alleged interview inter-view With the French minister of ir urine M Lockroy published in a 1 1 me paper has created considerable stir n some quarters in London as it Is h Id to show that France has in nov no-v isf Luned the hatchet but is deter mind to attack Great Britain at the I 3 first opportunity People here however t tu hardly credit the veracity of the ili i i view in hh M Lockroy begins bj describing the British naval organ iatlon as bl < ns ail humbug and ay in The English have onlythe brutal f < e ol nunbcr Jitie minister of marine is also quoted as dt laring that war with Great Britain Brit-ain is inevitabit and he is said to have add d m consequence Let England i I c mt mue to construct bIg warships Our i i b it programme is steelplated pow e > i al l swift cruisers torpedo boat deE I de-E lyeis and submarine boats t British newspapers have appar ertiy taken the utterances seriously ra aL urging the government to re I tu words with deeds Til Fren n menaces seem to accord L h c mfldential information to the ef fV t that military and naval circles h are convinced that France means uir Secret advices it appears have b 1 received at the British war office sh a ng that the French authorities art rnst lessly preparing for the strug gE In fact it is even said that the Jsapolfome idea of an Invasion of Great Piiiu is revolving in the minds of th French military authorities and at the present moment a gradual buts but-s nr movement of trpops is said to be p ort eding toward the coast of France prt in two months it is asserted thit about loOtiO men will be concen ti a Th < British war authorities are de t rrnned not to wait Frances conven i nc but to < ail hr hand as they did 4n the Fashoila incident and will dec de-c jLTf that th < y rgard this concentra t n i troops as an at of war In ihe meamhie the British navy is paying the iritne t attention to gun r > The lannPi squadron this week 1 s been ensrijinl i very morning in fir v practice > t muving target < The re EJIS are being iarijtully noted ACONyFjiLkl IOPALITY Tn < DubU ation of Sir Robert Peels c r = iion < Jen e has thrown j strong 1 upon th l < uc Benjamin Disraelis d I 13eacuiids < noliti il moral i > It is p ultd < out that seldom = has 1 e e dirt it ben ought home sot so-t i usiely The utters ho Disraeli a bjrctly imploring Sir R > V > t Peel f r i ne in 1X41 and that lit also had 1 s fe writ to him in the iaiii but ir mt surf fS Soon ltr Disraeli t hd on 1 > I and hurled all kinds c < tic and > bust at him Peel in 1 ing to tillS virulent at tat k ext ex-t < EFfd sunir that Disratu should I v wanj 1 to join hi ministrY i i rupon Iniel with ihlurhing t ir i nterv rSl < ind < aid 1 an as E the hor hal nothing irf tin kind 1 i u urreii I ntr ased a favor of tjoxernn lit and ith i slct i to j 1 inK si n ui I us tor office It is en t > found I l obtr r I 0 it further uimears i wouderfu Ifrestrain and re E for th bud name of th house T fled urn nroducms th U tiers fn thin Disraeli did not tll the t 11 but til itters now published I Disra i s dishonesty ii I Vit L Ila is to return to WindS Wind-s f < 11 OSlo > oJ i ne on Tuesday next and < eve thi New lnited States am I s Jr 1 Mi Ti sph H Choat > who s esni hs tidtntials li toie her the flivra Mrs r 1 > btJiits fur ra < 5 ieut itin as a wt and a 1 h ufteri inror speaker hIS pieiea t In i Tn rt wfllaJlrs aI < tuB oft II of-t nr t s < Jl i1 trd he st rt1 red I tu hir mt true but nut > tly I nal In u t fro inth nKiiitnt I j e S foot > n I nll1 soil M late I ext < i t > oiuscit lvo J a l Puk 11 AI o bf > routn vent to C i < ii i i i I y rd a intro r aid s 1 nis i II ls ap t fl t I a del g l l He be 1J 1 jl as a I ny un Duel s 0 r lIglloru h Is bt C Ytr i i t in trldl puble f I1S I is jn open L hazlr at I l V U Tnurday ill lid of 1 the i s orlndyii tte Chel Ind ireI tit Promote her Jlt1lmlanty el y enll1 80m thing mor II1 ItnlauC It ITta1 a hind r rntrllrn t1 tht ftnis I PIlUSfI0X 01 li I r h quPStl1 of the hour il1 London c trinj II rIr if th itie ping I pin-g rmjT Ziie from in trlrlt the i Rond trt and thy bue ihf i i t e IlIpil c thtm to 0 thc d stanile E o i Aiieri C liitul n Tnl n nn nLis the I pro 5ii i Iitf iii 1lls J oILrly kn n as iae rn t 114 It I l iilissib ii foot r lfl iiS a th 11C5 rsia i S traf and i i fX i The ta l J td ib iIirn e re noe tI r es ayl ae d a ag the JI 1 11 H ir nltced I t ll1nr tCI liz hi g1uun that i I r uin for them They hey lIn I lflf inasseetiiS t ill nt sl i the act Il ef I tilt pOIip tutbor 1 i Uready aiIUt OO I ha e 1 11 ° Hlldr i e n flOff the llI ci tti at V II 4h the T has or ben il11 4 a few < j ys = ipufil jtl Mnhn Bui aid Bro I t I Jonathan a sKit m land grab 11 IS havlfl glint vigiie in th Paris Iall 11 tL iijliigti j yhn Bun 1 f 1 an atlaS tyt S out th nap of I 1 t untr I UI < t 5 il UI and JUIS J his 1 kl Iynt I h tinht It ts mint When all the mars aic n JOhn 1 lull 1 ziils Pro hI J 1 I thC coyr wth the reman tl1t8 ur AMERTCAS XAPOLM IX I amty Fair wluh is Kentruij uU Or xtrJfIl > I atidinzisit towards S Atnpn I < ans li < < = i moon this wepk 11lng Pr < IIf1t M Knle m a Na io nt1OS FlI 1111 I d bingrnphifal sayS ir i lame into 111 5ktthi hI has d ta 11 Inlulting th fl war hi t11 St J n Jlt ablY Enl q 1 Quite a digni J Tor d rt woo dn conduct is hims If v t1l tie ourtcy of an English gentleman His servants are all colored His chief fault indeed is his liking for negroes George W Lederer will soon be in i terested in two London theatres He is seeking a house In which to present i in the spring a dramatic review similar simi-lar to the annual American review Kerker Morton who are here have nearly finished the piece which is intended I in-tended to be a successorof the Belle of New York But the latter in the I twelfth month of Its run is as popular popu-lar as it was at the start and may continue another year The new review re-view will be an AngloAmerican affair af-fair The first act will be laid down in New York and the second In London It will be In the nature of a burlesque of T is itpeiieni I s 1 The Belle of New York comna y was cultureed this week by a bit of I pretty American girls notably Violet Harper who is iaKui0 111 L I attractively the star Manage or man explains that so many of the girls I have married Englishmen that he is obliged to frequently Import recruits re-cruits to take their places Helen Du pont who quarreled with Dan Dal and James Sullivan has withdrawn from the company Frank Lawton the whistler has so pleased the Londoners that he has I booked music hall engagements for two years after his present contract expires I ex-pires Mr Norman has engaged fifty English Eng-lish chorus girls to participate in the production of Olympia in New York Charles Wyndham is preparing to give a play by Hadden Chambers entitled en-titled The Tyranny of Tears and has engaged Charles Hawtrey to be the leading man John Hare is convinced by the success suc-cess of School that the public here will support revivals of Robertsons comedies and he is now rehearsing Ours E A Morton has written a Chinese musical comedy to succeed the Greek Slave at Dalys theatre Marie Tempest Tem-pest will play the title role a boy I DAubigne the tenor who belongs to the Virginia family of the DAublgneys I is to support Madame Albini on a South I African concert tour They are to sail ion jon I j-on Feb 18 I |