Tue Russians who know the real M. Prudhomme discovered that the of men who have achieved freedom for themselves and cannot bear Japanese are Yellow Asiatics and the situation in the Far East, and among Russians White men, and that Rus-them the paroled officers from Port see it again denied with such barbarism to their comrades, sia was averting the Yellow Peril, Arthur, do not hesitate to express the The title of Mr. Jerrold's article is "A portion of the Paris Press still forlorn hope that they will drag "Russia, England, and M. Joseph echoes this early voice of the French England into the conflict, and "save their face." It is a noticeable Prudhomme."—_ It is not in the Paris papers that French public seseph Prudhomme has forgotten ple in February last, bur M. fact, and at the same time it is a
opinion must be sought, or at the that he ever heard it or joined in." natural consequence of the chivalry Quai d'Orsay. "The real authority Early in the war, Russia unaccountwhich the Japanese have displayed ably failed on sea. " But wait till her throughout the struggle, that among to consult is Monsieur Juseph Prud-homme, He is not dead; he never was more alive than now, since he said M Joseph Prudhomme, for ho mighty fist is brought down on laud, these officers generally there is no bitterness against Japan. " Japan," was created by Henry Monnier, and, believed in her." He was Tapidly they say, "fairly conquered the Liao-having been enrolled in the National ondeceived, and "when Lisoyauy tung Peninsula from China, and we Guard. and having gift his sabre came, he said that he had told you natural that che should have deter-forced her to give it up; it is only about him, uttered those memorable so, and that the Russians might have words: This sabre is the proudest known it. The Shaho only confirm- Ji mined to recover it at any cost. But day of my existence, and I will wie'd ed what he had been saying all n," they add, "is not our enemy, it at the peril of my life to defend along," and now, "it would be ditfiand it is not against her that we are the Constitution of my country, or, cult t" find anywhere in the country fighting; our real enemy is England. In our last war with Turkey we if needful, to overthrow it.' 'There a man who would not eandid'y is now no National Guard, and the confess that there is every probability advanced almost within sight of very word 'Constitution' in French of the Whites continuing to get the Constantinople, and England' made us go back. We have not forgotten has an early nineteenth-century worst of it, The daily occupation of flavour about it. But M. Joseph army officers who people provincial that, and it has made England our unforgivable enemy." As soon as the Prudhomme still possesses an admire cafes is demonstrating on a marble table with dominoes, befure and after war party in Russia found that the able genius for summing up in gems of rhetoric the voices of his country-the game, how it was, on the most Japanese were too strong for them both on sea and land, they deter-men. Every true son of French soil recent occasion, that the Russians mined to use this latent hatred of is in moments first cousin to M. were beaten, and how entirely i Joseph Prudhomme. If we record possible it was under the circum-England as their forlorn hope, and over and over again since last spring how M. Joseph Prudhomme's views stances that they should not have endeavours have been made to so been beaten," "toward England and Russia have incense England that she will break altered in the last two years, the There is nothing disloyal or un-off relations with Russia. The seizure birth and growth of the Enlente generous in the grest chanye of of English steamers by the Volunteer Cordiale, and the weakening hold of feeling that has occurred in France, cruisers, the sinking of the Knight the Franco-Russian alliance The Russ'an alliwece undoubtedly popular French feeling, will be ex-helped France to regain her position Commander and "the Hipsang, the detention of the Calchas at lained." It may be noted that M. in Europe, but Russia has been more Vladivostock, the seizure of the rudhomme represents something than fully paid, and she has shown Allanton on her way to a neutral between "John Bull" and "'I'he Man no loyalty to France. St. Petersburg port, the preferential treatment in the Street." has for years been the centre of accorded to German steamers, and King Edward's visit to Paris in intrigues against: ke Republican Gov-the Dogger Bank outrage, were April 1903 is the first of M. Prud-erament. "Officiant Russian.socioty all parts of the design to provoke homme's three "landmarks in the was a great deal more actively England. They have failed beenece recent tide of events." When it royalist than the Due d'Orléans, and the Western Powers generally agreed was announced that the King was especially more Bonapartist than from the first that the war should be coming, the English residents in Prince Victor, whose one dread in localised. Having driven the Russian Paris were seriously alarmed, for the life is that he will be harried aw.
English were most unpopular in from his homely fireside in Belgium people into revolt, the reactionaries, Parisat the time. "Upto the very and bullied into being a conspirator who are the war party in Russia, morning ofthe King's arrival there maigre lui... At one time, in fuct, have made use of the revolt to was no sign that the Parisian work-the Russian Embas<y in Paris was provoke England as much as possible, man would not go forth and die for bringing in Prince Louis Bonap ute Placards have been issued by the the Idea—that is to eay, throw an egg, from the Russian army to put' him police, and kept up and reissued in or otherwise manifest,' and be lock-on the throne of France, but it never spite of the British Ambassador's ed up." To the delighted aston-came off. Now, M Joseph Pruadkomme protests and the Czar's promises, declaring that the leaders of the ishment of all the Enylish residents may, or may not, desire to shoot MI. the King had a most cord: al re-Combes, or other Frenchm-n m revolt are in British pay; and at last ception as he drove down the poser, but he naturally obj-ors i an attempt has been made to cut down the British Consul-General and Champs Ely-ces from the station any exse to onsiders taking aim of the Avenye clu Bois de first. To the anti-Republicanism of Proconsul in the streets of Warraw, Boulogne, early on 9 sunny after St. Petersburg he soon found the after the notorious Mr. Pobiedonastsoft had publicly declared over the Sommonsenge repartee: If we are seal of the Holy Synod that England
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