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Show THE BRITISH BUGABOO. The British public is extremely sensitive sen-sitive upon aiy criticism of its af-fairs af-fairs that may be passed by Germany. Ger-many. It is touchy upon any criticism, whalover. of its navy. And when, as it appears recenty, there has been something said ly tho German Emperor about the British navy or about the British naval board, the country gels into a flutter of excitement. It appears that thoro has been some correspondence roccntb between the Emperor of German? and Lord Tweed-month, Tweed-month, in which some, rcferonco wns made to the British navy, and. perhaps j to some member of the naval board. 1 When this became known and was announced an-nounced in Parliament, the eountn' was aroused to indignation, aud wanted to know all about it. The ministry withheld with-held information, rather unwisely, as it Hc.ems, and therely the public ferment fer-ment was much augmented. Finall", however, it appears that there was nothing particular in this correspondence correspond-ence to call for an3 reseutmont, indignation, in-dignation, or official notice. Tho sensational sen-sational features of the publicity appears ap-pears lo have been presented ly the London Times, a good doal as it undertook to prejudice Irish politics a number of 3'caxs ago b3 the publication publica-tion of a number of forged letters, for the writing of which it held the exponents of the Irish cause re- sponsible. There is no doubt Times itself was taken in In- thfl -forgeries, but still the fart that it so taken in diminished tho prceeHL that paper materially. And tl,0 rcJMrf transfer of proprietorship from thoK and conservative hands in which it BE been held, into the newer senHT tionnl journalistic class, further tcB to throw ridicule upon the Tiujes'B?BK portunatc insistence that there is -J9 thing radically bad in this con spondencc between Kaiser Wilh. and Lord Twcedmouth. But the jl at large will sec nothing hi 2 event further than' a source of hm? and mockory. por while th0 EmpeTJ of( Germany is very strenuous J building up considerable power in - German navy, it fs not in the J likely that he or his snccosno i ever sco the time when the Getnui navy will be a. real menace t0 jj,, British onavy. The whole matter hoar very closely on the ridiculous, and ; believe that the British public m&. very soon come to that view itself, 'tfwg |