The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-24
HE!LATE EXPLOSIONS
wAkGNlNa UP THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
ro'A 8'aas Of Dasstr-rhs ls,t1clsney Of the
Police = The War II ths BoadAa-Ths Part
NJ That Easlandis Playisx-rhs Fail Of
NJ the Libsrh Alsistry Predicted.

. Special Correspondence Of tAe Iateuioenetr.
!. LONDON, March s.-The Engliah peopl
i now the horse has been stolen, are iollov
, Ing the usual course Of securing The stab
) door. With all the warnings they hay
had their recent indifference 10 danger hl
been amply amazing. For a short tim
after the explosions In the railway tunnel
some alarm was felt and q vigilant watcl
maintained. This, however, soon relaxed
and l really believe many Londoners ha,
almost persuaded themselves that the pain
ful occurrence Just referred to was not
dynamite outrage after all, but was due I.
some cause for which the railway compan,
was responsible. Everybody, after th,
first shock, was inclined to be hopeful
That q persistent attempt to destroy life
and property had been iuaugurated, seemed
10 stagger credulity. People did not wanI
to entertain thought 80 horrible, and
they did their best to shake 1t oil. Bul
whenall were crying peace; sudden des.ruc
tion came. From the ialSe sonse Of aecur.
ity into which the people, by their over.
generosity, had lulled themselves, there has
been an awful awakening, which, think,
will be permanent 3ilfisI !
We shall hardly be caught mapping
again, for We are now fully convinced that
continued safety eau only be assured as
the result II uurelenting vigilance. The
authorities are on guard to stay, and every
citizen has converted himself into detect.
i've. Cloak rooms holels, railway termini,
and steamship landings will be kept under
the strictest surveillance. We had the i'm.
pression that this wss being done all along,
but 1t was mistake. The police at South.
ampton were notified fortnight In ad.
vance that nine men would land there
week before last, having dynamite in their
posstssion. These men, it seems, did land,
and, they got safely through, dynamite and
Tall. In this connection we caanot but
pause Tor q moment to deplore the ineiIi:
cheney In the present crisis Of tha British
police generally. Four explosions in Lon.
don, nd three frustrated attempts, within a
year, and no arrests, nor, apparently, a
prospect Of any /! This is surely wretched
showing. In the hope We have OF the fu.
ture, more reliance Is placed on the d.tsct.
i've work the general public will do than
upon the allow motionsof these paid officials.
Foreigners will be closely watched, partic.
ularly those coming from America
5f5.Ati = LOOKING TO AMERICA. V
The inconveniences to our countrymen
during the c,mipg summer will bo very
great Batwe should be the las. to com:
plain, for the lhumiliating fact is that our
country ia the hot.bod in which these dia.
bolical plots are hstched, and the source,
also, whence come the men and materials
to carry them out Many over here think
the American Government indirectly re-.
sponaible Tor theae soutrages. But these
are people who do not distinguish between
the Government and portion OF its nat.
uralizsd citzsns, and who know nothing
OF the American Constitution and laws.
Ssnsible people understand the difficulties
Of the case and know how little our Gov
ernment can do in such matter. Still,
even these think the time has come for
something to be done. The whole Of Eag-
land is looking upon u.s. England's cause
is for the nonce the cause Of the entire civ.
ilzsd world. BY timely and judicious &C.
ton We shall not only redeem ourselves
from suspicion, bat shall call for the plaud.
its Of mankind, whereas, inaction. on our
part m'ghtentail the most serious conse.
quences, both upon this nation and ours.
THE srlmr OF :'JlSao.""-lsA. ,I
Within the last decade the British
army has fought sixteen battles In killed
and wounded Its loes in these engagements
cannot have been much less thsn $500
In five Of the sixteen battles the British
forces suffered defeat. Tan Of the sixteen
resulted in considerable blood shed the
most 1anguinary being the one just fought
at .Teb.H PIT lis rather strange that this
bloodiest OF England recent battles should
have been fought under the. Premiership
Of man Of peace like Mr. Glads.one.s But
the. .JingoS spirit is to be blamed for this
British pride was wounded. The Egyptian
forces had been twice beaten with terrible
loe,, and each time the chief officers were
Englishmen. The enemy was not fighting
against England, nor WAS the English gov.
eminent at war with him. But English.
men were in con mand, and they were
whipped. That was enough. The people
became wild. The whols nation seem.
ed: to be changed at once into q
lot Of bloodlhirsty barbarians. John
Bull put on his war paint and yelled
for vengeance. This outside cry found it,
echo in Parliament. The Tories we're in
arms. The Liberals. thought something
ought to be done. The Government was
threatened. 1t seemed to be case of
strike or die with The Liberal Ministry. So
they struck, the re,ult being ono Of the
most eanguinary and most ,unnect s,ary
engagements the English have taken part
in for q decade. Such in brief is the story
of how the battle OF Teb came about.
Eoglaud exults today over great victory
and the supposed re.est2blishment Of her
national preatige; and while the Jingo's
shout the English army are burying out
Of sight between two and three thousand
men, the victims Of their superior
equipment, whose only crime was patriot.
ism, who were fighting simply for s-their
country, and who died tho braveat Of The
brave. Ei,E}s!S7i:r -. 'sifS - ;.F y
"A 4 = "A QUEER SORT OF THING. ..s:..4 H
a strange affair altogether is this soudau
business. Mr.. Gladstone prote,., that he
is not at war; yet thousands OF the enemy
fall in four hours. With one hand the
English Government holds out to the Sou
danese the olive branch Of peace, and with
the other she uses the sword Of battle to
cut them to pieces Gordon goes to pacliy
and Graham is sent to terriiy., The Mahdi
Is made Sultan by one emiesary, and his
soldiers, who have been seeking only to
gain for him some control of this kind,
are slaughtered by the other. No doubt
Mr.. Gladstone wishes with all bis hear.
that ha conld na aah hia banda ni fhia hnai