The past fortnight hus been marked by few incidents. The C..urt of Cassation is pursuing its investigations, undisturbed by the clamour nround. it. Last week it ordered that all the papers connected. with the prosecution of Col. Piequart. should ho submitted to it. The court-martia), which was to have met on Monday, was consequently adjourned sine die, Mean-
Phe court-martial being apparently the while Col. Picquart remains in prison. only authority with power to release him bail, he will probably remain in confinement for some time tv come. Fis continued detention is cluing the best possible service t+ the cause he has undertaken, He is rapidly becoming a popular hero, ashe well deserves to be. I have heard ion expressed on all sides by nen that the treatment of Col. Picquart is a disgrace to France. - This aspread feeling will again find expression in the Chamber before long.
THE NEW diplomacy.
Sir Edmund Monson's speech Inst week has created an impression which is still far from effaced. In the provinces, in fact, it has excite! more attention than the Fashoda affair, apropos of which I may remark that the subscription opened to present a sword of honour to Major Marchand was a failure, only about £150. being promised. As I have already informed you, the great mass of the French people know little and care less about Exypt; but criticism from an Ambassador living within: thole own borders struck them as distinctly out of place. It is certainly unusual for Her Majesty's representative here to publicly state what he thinks the French Government ought to do under given circum. stances. As une critic expressed it, Lord Salisbury could liardly approve of Sir Edmund Monson represen'ing'the Foreign Office and directing French foreign policy as well. At one moment it looked as if M. Deleassé would be obliged to demand the British Ambassador's recall, but as Sic Edmund Monson has since publicly given to be understood that he was willing to "take itali back," there is not likely to any diplomatic trouble over the affair. The worst consequence of the incident is
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