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Show nit mi: am nmiiAitii. Thh causo of the severance by France ot dllomatlo relations with llulgarla appear so trilling aa to make It appear oa If the Trench government were anxloua to find an excuse for a rupture. A newspaper man had been expelled ex-pelled from llulgarla beoause he hai persistently and notoriously sent out false and dliturblug rriarla to l'arls Journals In reference to that countr. Trance demanda that he be iermltted to re-enter Ilulgarlan Territory without reference to his conduct. con-duct. It dot! not appear that tho Trench government cjutfitlonod the chargu In regard to ttio obnoxloui behavior of Ihejouruallst In question, and Inststa that ho bo permitted to reside re-side In llulgarla and, if course, continue con-tinue hla nilrti mentations. The sut Ject la of much luiportanie to the last-named country. Her geo graphical position, bolug tho key to the orient, Is such aa to render her an olject of envious Intenit to Iluaala and lucldentally to France on the one aide and to Kugland and the Kuropea'npowera generally on the other. Misleading nowspaptr reports areat to git llulgarla Into trouble wlthonualdoor thuothir,yet France practically takes the ground that ahe ahall have no protection from this source of danger. The act of tho French government Is one of jronouncod dtplomallo hostility, hos-tility, and If the breach Is not healed, It t liable to lead to actual war. The movement la necessarily associated with the "Kasteru question," aud furnishes fur-nishes another of many receut proof of tho closeness of the relations existing exist-ing litween Franco and Husila. The question will perhaps be raised as to whether the Journalist who figures In this dlfllculty Is an agent of the French government oa well as a reprisentatlve of several Parisian Journals. |