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Show FRAfXE flAY FIGHT HER OLD EKHIY PARIS. Aug !I.-Th seml-offlclaJ communique. com-munique. Issued Wednesday night, which eiidd villi a atalement sounding very nearly like an ultimatum, that a satia-factory satia-factory settlement of .the present deadlock dead-lock will be reached only If France's riRhte in Morocco are so defined that the iiucsllon Is finally settled without fear of :iny future controversy, and secondly. If !ermany reduce her clalma regarding tha evtennlon of her territory In tha Congo, "i-lalma which stljl seem obviously execs. sie." has added to tha fear hers that war is threatened. The secrecy surrounding tha whole of tha Krench-Oerman eonvereettona la regarded re-garded aa onilnoua and It Is felt on all idea that the country la very near to war. The announcement that tha great army maneuvers In Heptember ara to ba curtailed, one corpe taking part In them Instead of two. "on account of the foot end mouth disease now prevalent among Krench cattle," la regarded aa highly aig-ntneant. aig-ntneant. The Krench public are even mora skeptical skep-tical regarding the pretext offered by the British government of a water ahortage for the total abandonment of the maneuvers maneu-vers thla year. Both statements are considered con-sidered to be mem excueea to hide the fact that the armtee ara being kept ready for Instant action. Throughout tha country the addreasea nf deputies and senators st the general councils of the various departments have heon read with the greatest Interest. All sound a note of extreme gravity and urge tha neceeelly nf firmness. A similar stand Is taken by the press, only Its tone Is still more emphatic. All the newspapers declare that the country doea not Intend to stand continual annoyance annoy-ance and hindrance from Germany and. that It la time that her claims as U col-onlea col-onlea are settled once and for all. This altitude af tha praaa and political leader le Indorsed by the Parla public, but over the capital brood the push of Impatient uspenee. In political circle the eeml-ofTlelal communique com-munique mentioned In the foregoing Is regarded re-garded aa tha French governments last word, and the "whole country seems resolute reso-lute In tha decision not to suffer material territorial losses, whatever the coat may ba. . |