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{mity of France. - not. he fully ap- man in toe street "for the Foreign dismissing the. q rsy it would 'be well to dis- mtangle the real issue which ave to be.faced sooner or later! Ever. since Germany appiopristed two: French provinces has had 'to: provide against the standing en- Long: before this e would have taken precaution aginst a revival of French power | 1 abroad. a ame mo Yemen 2, spire the little States with cburdge to defend their mdépendence, and secure at all cost "oyerwhelming superiority, in naval resuorce. In the estimate of comparative strength we must remember tnat the requirements of Great Britain are world-wi ie Germany is restricted to her own sea frontier through the "of naval bases Buch preponderance: would of |, necessity carry the éommand" of | the sea iy far-away Waters as well jas at Home. = Our existence as an Lif she had nos been forced to reck- | Empire depends upon the strength jon with a Russian upon her eastern of the thread upon Which we string Ei, Se Joi ped hg Tow of ome Du queatidn whe sotiled: . The Russo: | could aver sich us, sulloient bros ih | Japanese. war, followed by inter-!aid meat in™ these' Toland. IE he napkin pte children ade cold nal troub go crippled Russia for a while that Germany felt herself free to disregard her. 'Bismarck had encouraged France to ocoupy JA herself in North Africa. - Recent German palicy, however, has elect- ed to keep Morocco an: open ques- tion. German ambitions have been directed to Turkey and to the East- 'ori Melliterranean. | A naval base lin the Mediterranean was thé na- | east. | Mr. HG. Wells. boards, and miniature railroad rd Referring velation. vouch: stock aad rails. + "We make "while the floor is a Bea. 'Or we pile. the aller' bricks. on the 3 @ hills 'when the floox plain, 'or they roof 'in : stations, or serve as nthe desire comes over them yr something to whiz' they. build or try to build a mountain rail- road "to reach up to the table." "{iCastles spring up on the floor where railroad depots have been, but Wells complains that the. toy- iakeérs only turn out modern foldiets, whereas $he kind of games 'plays wi i 118 C ren require i civilian 'population: y mere My y--Cans : oldier wae x bo ll hata ana . was blown' out, - in which' he lost part archipelagos and apd 1&0 islands on our foor ihe explained,' $Pport has just been tural accessory to her plans in the Twig fd |. WARSHIP AT AGADIR. _ The Triple Entente 1esisted the 'pressure . requisite ito bring France into line. ~ But the strength of it [ vas soon to be tested. Russia waa subjected to. disappointment and hifmitiation in the Bosiian crisis, the toughness of the,Britigh uged in the recent Morogoan difficulty. Morocco 13 only an incident in the develop mefif Of German rolicy. But the | denpaton ofi a warship {) Agadir | 'was a distinct 'menace. © The out- break of wrath that has succeeded the signing: of the: Franco-German treaty is conclusive evidence that Germany inten led to get much bet | ter terms for herself, ana that the intervention of Great Britain has considerably limited her compensa- tions, GERMAN ARMAMENTS. 'We have no national quarrel with Germany, . Her growing popula- tion and prosperity enlarge our commercial relations with her, Her geaius for organization provides an object lesson in social improye- I' ments. But the Germany who has profitable invest- t i§ 'meintaining world-wide power follows our naval { pre-eminence, that is a repsonsibil- ity which we have not abused in the {past and which we shall not fail to | shoulder in the future. Co ig AA ema eo mn . SEEN Ys 5 y FROM BNE SUTIN NOTES OF INTEREST FROM WLR BANKS AND SRAES, | ono : {'What is Going on in The Highlands { and Lowlands of Auld, Beotial ALBEE fa andi The son of a Glasgow knight and | 'ex-Lord Provost has gone. upon | the stage, ~ , A. minimpm of $6,000 has been fix- od as the salaries of sheriffs-sub- stitute. in Scotland. 4 ...& snake over four feet in length wes caught ithe Clyde near Bly- thswood the other day. \ a large bell is being put in the turret" of © thd: Ardossan « Parish Church, BSaltcoats, at a cost of $650. ba ' A large cargo of 'rifles; consign- ed to Belfawt,! Treland, has: been seized by the customs officers: 'at Leith. Pi 68 |, At a cost 'of $19,800 it is proposed | to erect a shelter for store cattle at the Edinburgh 'cattle market, An exciting seal. hunt was wit- | nessed at Port Glasgow harbor re- vanity by a large number of specta- ore, 2 Under: the. John! l'aylor 'bequest 30 pairs of boots were distributed .| to the children of "Port: Patrick they inevitably awsdken nneasiness. They are oul of proportion to the 'real vesdi of her own national de- school. i Issac Simpkins, 'a Black vete- ran of the Crimea, ete, died in part "After the fence' T Sdinited Btates is far | Thompson stréét, Glasgow, the : lay unconscious | wealthier than Germany and has an | other day, a sy light, and when he re-|illimitable future, but we, though| 'Irvine Town. Council have voted onsciougness he had goui.| trade competitors. live on terms of | $60.to provide ceal during the win- st his memory,' and could | cordiality With that great republic. | ter months to the pooriin the Haii- remember his own name. | Tt js the German armament, and 'way. districts © sda: Mssinsisid 2 mary iss. return: not the German opple hat. creates -The..new..installation of. heasing Tecoliogied 2a 2P-| a storm centre in. Europe. Her apparatus in the Waverley Market. DOW | preparations are bound to provoke Binbirgh, hai Been' tested and rorvihing up to counter-preparation, the shot. His good, and .his NAVY PRESERVES PACE. found satistuctory A new shooting range is to be sensorial nerves | We have peace to-day because placed at Duntoeher for the benefit "his sense of si damaged. He hon, the rower of see: A hn might be ng which Germaily is not ready to face Great Britain at sea and doubts her:abil- ity to 'rush the French frontier as she did in 1870. Bh ld ced to, ndessiake far, 4 prolonged dd for years, dur- Hime Rustin se Sad the. Bal. Sid the Olyd d and York ~ haice OF Tottomtals tT Coop {Edward Cox, for eighteen | formed" . "be | venrs conductor of the band war 'that | by the workers employed in the thread mills of J. P. Coats, Paisley. has died. Two. smal