FRANCE AND GERMANY.
[By Eleotbio Telegraph—Copyright.] [Reuter's Telegrams.]
A GERMAN INVASION DREADED,
THE FRENCH MOBILISING. BERLIN, April 25,
The 'North German Gazette' publishes a statement from a reliable source that the French Commissioner Schnaebell was arrested on German territory on a charge of treason and intriguing in Alsace, and that his arrest was decided upon after convincing proofs of his guilt had been obtained.
THE POPE AS MEDIATOR. ROME, April 25. (Received April 27,1887, at 1.45 a.m.)
His Holiness the Pope has offered to mediate between France and Germany relative to the arrest of Commissioner Schnaebell.
[Special to Press Association.] LONDON, April 26, (Reoclvad April 27,1887, at 1.25 a.m.)
Great excitement is manifested on the Franco-German frontier. The inhabitants of Nancy, a town in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, are dreading a sudden German invasion.
The French Government are mobilising 200,000 of the Territorial Army for the pur pose of putting them through a fortnight's training. It is reported that Commissioner Schnaebell's trial will implioate General Boulanger, Minister of War.
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Evening Star, Issue 7197, 27 April 1887, Page 2
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169FRANCE AND GERMANY. Evening Star, Issue 7197, 27 April 1887, Page 2
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