At the mon bor of Deputies is holding its fina' sitting for the ratification of the Treaty with England, signed in April Inst. The clauses "affecting Newfoundland and Egypt have excited a certain opposition but what is to be remarked more than anything ise is the evident disposition of France, as witness the pointed utterances of M. Etieno, the Chief of the Colonial party at the Palais Bourbon, and M, Deleass6, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, towards a strong and lasting friendship with Great Britain. Certain speakers foreshadowed a species of new triple alliance, with Russia, of course, as the third party. but I imagine that was for form's sake. The solid sentiment of the country is more and more favourable to a direct alliance England foreseeing that many in pursuance of ler gigantic schemes 10 embroil all the world will probably sue: ceed in detaching Russia. Though the Anglo-Russian incident caused considerable concern here, some good has come out of it, for it has shown the pacific character of French diplomacy, and France, herself, in the light of a friend of England as well as of the of the world.
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