| Show intensifying THE SITUATION I 1 ANOTHER incident which at first tell bg makes out a clear cause of war has happened on that fruitful stage of international d tat bances ur the franco german frontier it seems that a french lieutenant and a gamekeeper were out shooting near the invisible line which separates one nation from the other aud got so close that some german geiman soldiery soldiers in ambush fired upon them with fatal effect the gamekeeper being instantly killed and the officer so badly wounded in the thigh that the limb will tave have to be amputated the dispatch conveys the inference that each party to this unfortunate affair was on its own territory and if this should prove to be he be fact there is but one thing tor for france to do and in the event of germanys germanas Germ anys refusal to declare war that is to demand the immediate surrender of the shooting quad for trial and punishment ac cording to french law on french soil thid event following go closely upon the arrest of young for posting up a seditious paper within the germac ii line e looks as if the inevitable could not long be deferred no matter if at present satisfaction should be ob tined all around where neighbors abeso areso are so bitterly opposed to each other that every technical departure from correct C conduct is seized upon as an excuse for the display of spleen and the gratification of malice open and pronounced hostilities of a general carracter cannot ion long be postponed and are only held in check b by y straining d diplomacy diplo macy to ta its utmost ten tension sion what aggravates matters is ia the fact that the ground gi aund occupied by the germans wes of the rhine belons belongs to france by the law of and geographical location to say nothing of the preference of the nine tenths of whom are french and make no secret of their loyalty to their native dative land when the struggle does come france will certainly certa ialy make such a fight lor corthe the recaption of teat disputed soil as the world has not often seen and events like that of yesterday do out serve to swell the volume of wrath which now iff finds expression in anathemas ana themas not aud but deep germany is seeking the disturbance if there is any ducr such th thing I 1 I 1 1 as judging by appearances L later 0 t er dispatches ais patches change the details of the incident somewhat but the foregoing is in the main substantially correct |
