Show THE O FERMENT AGAIN i I 1 in europe as we haw havir frequently stated in ib tt flimsy fabric 0 oj ay very iffla m asb ind and with bayonets it atts abts a a screen to jibe the eyes of the powes powers but ROW BOW and then thea a rent Is ma ond through it the world lo is i enlightened as aft 1 11 I erectly what each one is doing doik what the are ULM that are arc going goin ahead oto sad aad wita bace of these thesa views there is a significant shake of the head and a sigh sayi ing agas as alq quentio as such i a thing can alf i want none of your securities 11 it teems seems ithac that on tte ane one M at preach french commissary at braguy sur bur moselle de depot t was arrested beveral sted by a german he to had ad received several letters fram the german police commis commissioner at ars ara asking him to come to that place and confer with him regarding the frontier service he finally agreed to do so se while on his hia way to ars ire he was roughly seized by a german police and taken to no beant from which place he was sent to metz the metzer a german paper published at metz said beles arrest was due to hiff connection with the anti german agitation conducted in tire the territory wrested from pranee france a patr patriotic otic league eague bu but t the people of cagny agn sur aur moselle cselle declare this to be entirely entire untrue and say he had nothing to do with the agitation the incident has thrown the inhabitants of metz and nancy into irta the wildest state of excitement this affair on the face of it does not seem to be very startling or to contain the elements out of which so BO great a sensation as was produced could be made nevertheless it is ii a most significant tact fact that recep tion of the faiers in paris rentes fell and other fluctuations in the social barometer indicative of stormy weather ahead took place le paris a leading daily newspaper of the french metropolis called it another provocation and asked if bismarck were not hunting to fo a casus bel licause tor for war the details set forth that the german papers requested aubele to set up one of the p posts which mark the frontier line the commissary crossed the boundary and advanced a low few yards on oa german soil when he was seized by german police agents who were disguised in gray blouses he knocked the agents down and escaped back to french territory but was again seized handcuffed and sent to metz where he be was placed in the prison in which accused persons are confined before trial dersons the he warrant for his arrest emanated from the public prosecutor tor st at metz who acted under instructions from the french prosecutor cuter at nancy nas has gone to cagny to inquire into the affair all ail this goes to show that what germany first exacted from france as many tribute abu t e she now uses as a watchtower spies are as thick as bushes and a frenchman rench mau even by ba invitation and on official lil business is arrested tor for merely transcending the boun daryline a few step sand placed in prison pending a trial just what the charge against him will be cannot of course be conjectured but that is no matter they have him in durance vile and perhaps dont intend to try him at all alli i perhaps it is only intended as was before hinted at aa a provocation to a conflict like a chip on the ob shoulder of a schoolboy it Is pretty well understood that neither france nor mor germany wants to bout sound d the first blast nor give tho th first blow but each Is ready to respond in bloody terms when the other does A any ny way the two powers are no frie friendlier ur pitr now thaw than they were at this time in the year 1871 and are readier and riper for a conflict A very slight provocation will do perhaps the lack of an explanation and apology for germany germanas Germ anys a treatment of will be found sufficient m rit it is certainly much more of a provocation than tau france frame had before when her excuse was that emperor william at ems bras refused to see and talk with her minister to germany the war spirit fills the european atmosphere ae ake sure of that dispatches received this afternoon has previously been reported and state additionally that it is a very serious matter one which two of the tha french ministers sat oat up till ml midnight last night discussing and arose early this morning to continue toe the discussion of the president of the french society of which bole bele isa is a member has resigned because odthe of the slowness slow nest of the country to anger and Itse it seams emis as it internal more than external forces were urging the unleashing of the dogs of war |