| Show THE FRA SWO ITALIAN AFFAIR francic and italy are in the midst of a difficulty which for a tim looked locked pretty gloomy and is not f fully ally cleared up at this writing it seems beems that tai over visitant police of florence in their quest for documentary evidence entered the french consulate without invitation or permission made f search against protest f found what they wanted nd bore it away in triumph cantry y to the expressed will of the officer in charge the reader will be apt to say aay that there is nothing in this worta borto telegraphing alone commenting upon but there is enough in it t to bring france to the verge of suspending diplomatic relations rela tlona and expelling all italians italian from atle COQ coamey ULry and this would be a cause for it not virtually a declaration ol of war it is the only way nations can treat each other and maintain their dignity before the world the way france acted as soon as the ne news wg was received for a such ach an aa act as that of tile the police protected and thus recognized by the italian government would be as gross a viol violat adom ioa of the comity of nations as could be devised since the french consulate is french soil and the act would thus be one of hostile invasion itis it is a very every mild course that france has taken in relation to the matter milder than sue ever resorted to under such circumstances before in june 1870 tue french minister at berlin an audience with king william of prussia at ems but was refused this was surely much less in point ox ot aggravation than the italian affair yet it was enough to cause louis Nd napoleon to issue his proclamation of war perhaps it was the melancholy and disastrous outcome of the si aL ruggle which followed toll owed that causes the government new na w to proceed slowly aly in direction the next that arises Is what was the raal object of the outrage and was it we the independent set act of italy or was she merely enacting the pare fart of the cat in trie the chestnut table lable V it might be considered an uncharitable aud and groundless presumption to say aay that germany is working in this way 0 france into a con conflict flici witia one of her allies so anat a pret will be f urnis ned for urling hurling li a gigantic force upon the bauls like an avalanche and crushing them completely before the pu powers aers can ert it they desir to do so 80 and yet it la is pretty well known that germanys germanas Germ anys map of in the future does doe snot abot contain france at all but a united germany extending from the baltic to tae bay ot ol biscay furthermore italy alone has no quarrel with france the memories oi 1858 being as fresn fresh as trough it was only yesterday that her own and the austrian forces allied were crushed as hya thunderbolt by the impetuous frenchman Fre achman anere is cometh something ing in it all that has not come to the surface and what that something some taing Laing is can be told he reatter Oneth one thing ingis is certain reparation must be made and speedily or there will be trouble and italy perhaps realizing that she has shown her hand band too early and gone too far to be justified in the eyes of the world has as it appears f from rom a telegram partly consented to make the reparation otherwise russia might soon be figuring as a lighter fighter in the rear lather ther than as the chief combatant in kont front |
