HOW A REVERSE IS MET IN FRANCE.
ACCORDING TO PRECEDENT.
The " calm, virile " manner in which Great Britain is meeting her reverses in Africa is in strong contrast to the hysterical, excitable manner iu which Continental nations would behave under the same conditions. London ' Punch ' gives an idea as to what France would have done under similar conditions. Our satirical contemporary savs:—
Thpy would have called upon the Ministry to resign. They would have marched along the Boulevards shouting patriotic songs. They would have cheered the army and come into contact with the polic?. They would have broken the windows of the Elysee. They would have followed the carriage of the President with yells of execration.
They would have demanded war with Great Britain on account of the comments of the English Press. They would have declared themselves betrayed, and everybody and anybody a traitor.
They would have let off fireworks in honour of a projected revolution. They would have goae stark, staring mad for a week or ten days, reducing the Government to chaos. And then not until then—they would have looked the disaster in the face and attempted to set things quietly to rights.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2294, 12 January 1900, Page 2
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