Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-16

IMPOSSIBLE TO MOBILIZE ON
SHORT NOTICE.
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SENSATION ~ LONnON.
Revelations Concerning tho sinio OF
the British rniy.


tho british Army.
LOND0S, April l5.-The revelations
made before the committee inqulring
into the state u the British army has
been the sensation Of the week. Lead.
Ing military chiefs have coucurrci Ia
tho opinion that there II hardly u
single infantry battalion at home thnt
Ia not affected. The revelations will
lend 10 nu active agitation IN pnflia.
ment ~ soon ne rcctss is over, the
secretary Of war having promised
not to Obstfuct full discussions ana will
ant about reforms. Acknowledgement
Wood declares that 90 per cent. Of the
men cucamped ut Aldershot are unfit
for camp duty aud Tor days service
on account OF youth anu lack %,
stamiun.
The Duke Of Cambridge, Command.
er.in.Chici, has endorsed the startling
atniemcnt, adding TINT II called upon
tc msbili2u two army corps ON shor,
notice u would DO impossible, aud he
did not think IL pogiiblr to mobilize n
corps composed VI twenty-five lat.
tallons Of infantry. In response TO n
query II the baltRlIona were ~ for
home deicuse, Lord MOlruiey re-.
piled; "if We were invaded tomor.
row, they would he better than moth.
ing" He said that the volunteer
force was the most important factor In
the home defense. The Duke OF
Connnugbt said that, n his command
was ordered to service, not half II
them would lie allowed 10 go op &c.
count Of their unfitnoss. The main
cauio u the weakness Of tho home
battalions II stated TO be the depletion
u The test men tot foreign aud colonial
service. Lord Wolselry likencd thr
iOrcsa 20 a squeezed lemon, The Duke
Of Connaught held that grown men
wouldn't ilin the service, AS the wear
crs o. the Queens uniform were soci
all ostfaciseI, aud because the soldi.
rrs were wHntOnly burJvncd with *.
cc.si7o sontry uuty. Ia regard tn
strengthening the home hlttalilnq, the
CONSENSUS OF opinion favored more III.
oral and better pensions.
Salisbury has Cliuckri his bold on
the Nhclive by melting him TO an
open quarrel with tie sultan, Ia re-.
qnrsliug tile withdrawal o., Moukhinr
Pasha.
Gladstone announces that he consid-
erA the Now cnztle programme def.
mite platform iottne coming elections.
lie promises 10 nddfess series u
meetings during the campaign, Glad.
sionu's reply % tho memorial from the
Irish Bnpiists aud other dissen,efs
against home rule on religious grounds,
contends that the alarm lpst the Dab
lin Legislature would Cypress the PRO.
tCstantn ought not 10 he entertained, Us
ttc Imyefisl Parliament was the safe.
guard tor religious AMI civil freedom.
Ten thousand delegates " vi be present
at tue UniOnlsts' convention IA Bslias,
AMI tie 10000 persons Will particl-
pate IN the procession,
The runOr that John Dillon u abou.
10 retire from political life on account
Of u quarrel with Hoaiy Is Iidlculed.
Tho prospect IN that the cotton lock-
out will bo Oi short duration, an the
employers will hold meeting rues.
day to decide the question Ot sfbitfa.
ton. The struggle Ia unparalleled Ia
history Of the trade, IA b5,U1J hands
are idle, Eud the number viii DO In.
crease to 10000.
Mr.. J. Is. Martin, Mrs. Martin tVio.
toTis Woodhulll and Lady Cook Zen.
ME g. CloHIn) sailed ON the stulm,hip
"rnve" "Wednesday for New York.
Mira. Martin states that she II offered
c50,00O for fifty lectures Ia the United
States on Humanitarian GoyerG-
nenp aud other subjects, and would |
accept II her health permitted.