The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-05-01


" ana chrapiy at home. What has
called for the sharpest crlticlsm are the
contracts entered into with an American
arm 70 supply certain powerful duplex
pumps for pumping condensed sens
water from ire Red Sea - far inland
from Suakim as might Be necessary. and
win certain other American nrms Tor
supplyinx q large amount OF canned
meats for tho army. The trade jour-
nails threaten the Government with al
SORTS Of terrible thines, and sllege that
these contracts could have been placed
with English firms who were better aoie
20 supply these commodities than the
Americans. aud at much lower cSst te
the Government
sPrcuLAroRs A. WAN NKws-NoS0ERs-
LONDON, April ls.--Mr. Gladstone ap-
pears to have his entire case well In
hand, seems TO be uncmoarrassed by the
prospect and undoubtedly has the full
sympathy and cooperation OF his entire
Cabinet. As sporting man states II,
oMr. Gladstone Is PLAYING . waiting
game. and knows oil me cards" II
would appear from this that the Premier
has another coap de 1heater prepared for
NEXT weeks vote Of credit day. Hence,
although all the surface Indications war
rant the statement that the prospect IL
one OF peace. the only description OF the
actual situation which can be given as
literally Ne sssosass f foe'-nsa sisua
| lion Is practically unchanged" Of
| course. such . statement Is rather oracu-
| lar, but 80 Is the situation, for no one
| outsld the Cabinet seems TO know JUST
what II IL. II may be set down as abso-
1 lutely true that the rise and fall OF war
talk during the ten days past has been
largely due TO the speculative money IN
tcrested In making sales or purchases
Never In the history OF modern tines has
such vast amount Of money been inter.
ested in the change OF public opinion OF
single nation. The enormous sums IN
vested out and outby Berlin, Vienna, far-
Is and London capitalists In Russian secur-
tiles and British consols have compelled
vast and powerful interest to maintain
and spread good news. The owners OF
the millions Of idle money In London ana
In the continental bourses, seeking In
ves,ment, constitute. on the other hand
an equally powerful class, whose interest,"
il il 10 break values By securing and cir
culating bad news. This struggle 70 re-
tain against this battle TO sell has been
largely responsible for most OF the war
news given TO the public during the past
fortnight. very little news has origi-
mated In any form from either the Rus
sian or English Government The hus-
sian Generals are good and ambitious Tor
lame, but no one supposes they are mar
ket epcculators-
England never had Q ministry purer
than the present Cabinet. IL IL not only
above suspicion. but out OF suspicions
reach.
PREPARING IN EARNEST.
The run-works OF Sir VIM Armstrong
have been given 8 large number VI new
war orders. Among these Is IN order fof
! seventy small field pieces. and another
/ for 48O Nordenfeldt guns Russia \
strongly terrifying Sweaborg-
cHAKTERI~G CRUISERS
Hoxa kong, April is.-Tne British
, Government il chartering steamers De
longing 70 the Peninsula and Oriental
} line and transforming them into armed
I cruisers.
{ APrER THE sHAH's DoNfNIoSs.
' LONDON, April ls.-The Spectator say
! that, after clutching Herat, Russia VII
! be almost certain to run her attention :
. Persia, and attempt 70 secure control Q
! the Shah's dominions by . combined q
!. tack from Armenia and the Khanate'
lne possession Of such fertile countr
as Persia, situated 30 favorably, a
spectator thinks. would be most vaiuaDl
i TO Russia in an aggressive movemer
i southwark. Tne only disadvantage wn'c
' possession would entail upon kussl
4 would arise from her subsequent g
posture and At ack from the sea, her seci'
& from which has hitherto been source
! great security.
4 Iue Government has decidedto static
!. number Of armed merchantmen a. N
= South African Cape, At Bon
= bay, at Sydney and elsewhere - pr
y yisional means Of defense for British y
terests in those quarters OF The world
a case Of an Anglo-Russian war.
% ExGLIsH-PEEsrAS ALLIANCE
= The Stats advocates the formation
"a Z close alliance between England %
!, Persia. such an alliance, Il - urge
,c would enable England, In the event
q, war with Russia, to cut OF Russia's III
be Of communication.
"a
n Russia.