The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-24
CREAM OF THE PRESS.

LIVE SUBJECTS DISCUSSED BY LIVE
WRITER'S.
The African-sIave Trade Our Navy stop
These Rnides-Hoine Rule In Ireland
Revelation In steel Mada:-A Close
shave.
THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.-Ihe
fight OF slavery for existence in East
Africa is one of desperation, and for the
past few weeks all the successes nave
been on It's side Save for the joint ac-
ton of the European powers in patrolling
the shores there would be an enormous
expectation OF the victims OF this traihc'
who are said TO be found in the coast
districts in great throngs. The al
tack on the Dares-Sakem station
and the selling into slavery OF q
hundred natives there captured, besides
several Of the missionaries themselves,
shows the character OF the struggle now
going on. So does the establishing oil a
great slave mart close 20 BagomoVo.
The Arab slave-dealing power is, IN iac''
now alert everywhere The whole MAN
dist movement bad back of religious
fanaticism the slave-hunting influence
TO uphold it. and probably khaliia Ar
duluth, as well as his predecessor mas
drawn sinews OF war from this source
Y. J. Times.
The 7elegram says Of Frank Haiton :
For instance, he mentions a rumor IN
the Washington Pat (his latest acquisi-
tom that Pension Commissioner Black
will not only be nominated for Judge
Acknowledgement of the Army in place
of Swain. but that some Republican
Senators have been captured in his sup
port
Orr NAvY-lt IS not a formidable
force at best that America can oppose TO
Germany on the waves. Thanks 10 the
Robson Chandler regime we have iot
Of wooden vessels, built when 0lher ma
tions were putting forth their energies
10 build up nayies of steel These yes
sells for the most part are armed Win
guns far inferior in calibre to those OF
any second-rate European Power The
insolence of the Germans has led them
10 extreme acts, and doubtless il would
take them further
STOP THESE RAIDERS Pawnee
Bill" an estimable Western gentleman
who has lived on other people property
for twenty years. in making arrange
ments now TO lead 10000 people into Ok
lahoma on the first day of February. lie
declares officially that the troops can I DO
ANYTHING with him at all. They can
shoot. because the invasion would be
only trespass, and il would take a merry
lot OF them TO lead of 10000 people into
arrest.-EIcdange
4 POTNT FOR HOME RULE.-A Home
Rule majority Of l,07l in place OF a
Tory majority of 1852 is no small straw
10 indicate the drift of feeling in Scot
land at least. The result Of the election
al Govan cannot fail 10 inspire stronger
efforts 10 capture other districts. The
Grand Old Man is hale enough to give
reasonable hopes that he will yet see The
reins Of government in his own hands
with good working majority behind
him-BxchdHGe.
THE REvOLUT1ON IN STEEL MAKING
Our correspondence from Springfield
Ohio. foreshadows an industrial reyOlu-
ton Of vast importance to the south
/ Bessemer steel has been made heretofore
in immense establishments, but by a new
process ten thousand dollars worth OF
| machinery will convert one hundred tons
| of pic iron into steel i'm day. III me
new process does al that is claimed ioi
/ H. steel making viii be transferred 10 the
! furnaces. and will follow them wherever
thew can most profitably be operated
/ that means TO the South. II is conceded
that no country on earth oilers for the
manufacture Of iron such advantages
as the piedmont region With convert
ers within the limits of few days profits
+ the steel industry must come South, anu
come speedily.-Adaatd Constitutions.
ST Louis Globe Democrat Neyerthe-
/ less. the continuous violation OF interna'
tional comfy. of which Germany has
been guilty in this matter and the Ma
grant and studied disregard of American
/ interests which it has displayed, can not
be readily explained, except upon the
+ theory that hOstilities with this country
/ is part of Bismarck's plan in his coloni'
cation scheme in the South Pacific.
New York Herald Germany has been
very intrusive and defiant in this Samoan
matter She can hardly afford to lose
the respect of two such powers as Ing
land and America by tranpling treaty
rights under foot in this cool and ouen.
siye manner. She may want toOth0lo
in the Pacific never so much, but she
can't argue with a pivot gun win I'm
punity
Burlington Hdekeye But even If only
a part of The reported 0utrages prove
true. the Germans have been guilty OF
conduct such as no selfrespecting gov
eminent can permit its subjects 10 suilei
under and il will become the imperative
duty Of our government to demand salts
faction.
Chicago Inter OCEAN II tho German
Ministry should not quickly and freely
make apology and reparaiion, there vii
be need OF really spirited foreign policy
at Washington.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, The
Germans have had their own way Tor 81
long that they have come 20 look upoI
American interference or protest Will
contempt, and it may take some harst
action TO convince Bismarck and his
young Emperor that it Is worth theil
while to consider the United States as al
interested party al all
New York Mercury. This aggressive
policy has been found 10 work well II
Europe, and Bismarck and his young
man on the throne may fancy that il vii
also be swallowed humbly by the UniteC
States. But they are mistaken. The
people Of this country do not propose &c
knuckle down 10 King OF Kaiser
4 CLOSE SHAvE.-At = o'clock las
nipht after a nine-hOur dinnerless ses