The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-06-05

his rosf. have followed each other 4
rApid succession, and - this moment The
best inf0ySed man on foreign aGairs
n Great 6ritain. after Lord Granville,
u he who would Instantly step into
Gladstone's shoes IN The event % Z
change Of parties. Count Munster, the
German ambassador, and the Countess
are close friends Of tho Salisburys- All
the recent dinners q the town house Of
Lord salisbury have been followed By re-
ccptions. attended largely b. members Of
both houses Of Parliament who have Just
been brought face % face with the for
eign ambassadors and ministers, and
members Of the entire diplomatic corps.
When Lord salisbury starts the state
ment that the time has come 10 substi-
tute action for words, that the pen must
be dropped and the sword taken up,
all the organs Of public opinion possess
sing accurate sources Of information fol-
low In the same warning tone, and the
hopes inspired Dy the alliance rumors
grow faint and the actual prospect be-
comes more distinctly defined.
vALUELKss kUNoRs.
A member OF the Government, Who,
from his intimate relations with the treas
ury bench. must necessarily be accurate
" informed, said last evening: "The
positive statements you hear from day to
day IN quarters usually rejecting State
Affairs do not necessarily mean that mat
tiers have reached definite stage one way
or the other. They frequently do no
more than indicate momentary hitch or
passing phase. When Il Is stated, for In
stance, that the Guards have been ordered
10 stop It Alexandria, on their way home,
something may have occurred calling Tor
demonstration Of some SORT And 90
with hundred instances that have re-
Gently come 20 light, in no idle spirit OF
display, hut with serious Intention o!
proving that material resources exist, ana
that more Of the same sort can be found
when the dire necessity arises, are these
demonstrations made. Further drafts OF
British troops under orders Tor home
from Egypt have been suddenly stopped
BY telegraph from the Horse Guards IN
consequence OF the threatened comoina-
tions Of the powers hostile 70 British In
terests In their country"
WILL HOLD or TO EGYPT.
Before separating. the Cabinet are I'M
derstood to have arrived 1t . unanimous
resolve to keep possession OF Egypt at all
cost during the present unsettled state
Of afairs. There are on board French
Government ships passing through the
canal, In harbor at both ends and a
points In the Mediterranean AID the ked
Sea within easy steaming distance, .
force estimated 1t 5000 men Of all arms,
and in of1cial quarters II 10 said there II
absolute certainty thst the trooping ar
rapcements az the French war once in
sure an EQUALLY large force being con-
....s1 !. 80 IT, s,.-s.,-a - ~. last
British garrison would be the signal for .
French occupation. Excuses as good ss
those which were held % justify the bonn
osfument q AIeAanufA " 'ne '
- avaT. ~s~,ox. .ru.xn
Rr,t,sh troops are concentrating At Al
exandria, points along the canal. Suez
and at Alden, and the naval force in these
waters and It both ends Of the cansi 8
DeIng quieuy sIfens'neneu. ne = 49,
x ~ aSr,csr s,,.i or .nd ~ ne south
NedIterranean coasts- italy Il accumu-
latino vnr material for two corps dssrmee
n The arxenals ana backwards on the
Mediterranean. The Turkish garrisons
in the Balkan districts. on the Black Sea,
II the NORTHERN districts IN Asia and on
the newly ACQUIRED Russian frontier are
being ranidiv strengthened. and Z proof
Of the extent Of The war preparations now
going on Il Afforded bv the fact thst all
conscripts liable to service have unex-
pecfedlv been ordered into barracks for
training. and the war Department is rails
ING the armv as rapidly a. means allow
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= wcve row.rd Good Governsnent.
yrw ORLEANS. La. May 24.-For some
time past there has been much popular
feeling on the suoject Of elections and
local government here, and il has been
known that movement was on foot to
organize scommittee OF 100 citizens. re-
esrdless Of politics, similar to the com
mitsee in Philadelphia, to secure purity
~ e,ecr,ons ana rood local 9overnme nt.
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