The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-22

one American port and land them IN an
other. The trouble about taking this
method of retaliation would arise from
Eastern railroad companies which profit by
connection with the Canadian Pacific.
The president of the Atehison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company is in San
Francisco. He is candor itself in fat denial
that the Santa Fe intends to come to San
Francisco. His remark Is, 1--WE are not
going to make any extension toward San
Francisco now" Perhaps, man agerially pru-
dent. he declines TO speak about the future.
Projects are thick in the air. and 1t will be
a triae strange il the Santa Fe Company
has no hand III the mixing OF the pudding.
As far as can be gathered, however, the
president Of the Santa Fe Is not a strong
plOtter against the Southern Pacific COM
any.
The explosion on board a new French
cruiser through q boiler giving way and in
undating the stOkehOle with steam and
boiling water is one Of the ordinary occur
rences of trial trips and tests of machinery
in naval vessels. 1t is impossible to allocate
/ the blame in tits instance but il may be in
ferred that good deal is due to the system
Of cramping engineers in their designs for
naval warfare. The boiler space and the
hardly possible to attain efficiency, and ii is
no wonder that during trials boiler-heads
and good deal more should give way 1t
rarely happens that commercial steamers
are subject to this danger. They are con-
structed for permanent uses, and unless
they stand the tests OF time the builders go
unrewarded.
In Republican country the average Re
publican, and the average Democrat also, is
inclined to laugh Mt the preparations
which the Emperor of Germany is making
to adorn himself with a crown. lie is a
very serious man in his efforts to make
monarchy reputable. The crown left him
BY his predecessors is either I'm welding or
misftting. And SO bis Majesty has ordered
a bTand-neW adOTnment OF gold, diamonds
and pearls. This symbol or power Is 10 be
made especially TO tit his head, as would a
coat 10 lit his body, and il not suited to the
Uranium Of his successors the JeWeler Will
be called upon TO make alterations in the
good time TO come. MOnaTchs must be in
dulged quite as generously as II they were
Opera-sngers.
The Emperor William, il is announced,
viii come to America, if possible, during
the Columbian exhibition year at Chicago.
Every good American must cordially hope
that his Majesty will carry out this inten-
ton to the letter and see as much of Amer
lea as he possibly can during a visit Of few
weeks. 1t is quite likely he may not find
time TO cross the Rocky Mountains, even by
train, but thousand miles Of journey across
the American continent may give his
Majesty some impression of civilization IN
the New World and impress him with the
progress Of cur achievements. At few Of
the railway stations will his Majesty have
the privileges supposed TO be dear to his
heart of reviewing troops and cOmpllmeDtlHg
officers upon the efficiency Of their COM
mands. He will behold nation accustomed
10 be governed and 10 be peaceable without
martial d0minancy. and may return to his
own country with some feeling that the
parade ground is not essential TO nations
grandeur.
1t is said that bIr Gladstone is intent
upon retiring from political life, by en-
sconsing himself in the serenity OF do
nOthingness appropriate to the English
House of Lords. Nothing would better
please the enemies OF Mr.. Gladstone than
the confirmation Of this intention. In the
atmosphere of the peers chamber the
Grand Old Man would be spared many of
the irascibiltes which af1lict him in the
lower chamber Of the Commons. But the
thought of elevation 20 the peeTage is
probably the desire of Mr.. GladstOne's oD-
pOnents rather than his own. VIGOROUSLY
he is Indifferent 10 hOnOrs Of tinsel and
drapery. He could have been an earl long
ago, and perhaps he scOrns an eaTldom for
his family, but to make him an earl at this
period OF his career would, IN many senses,
be a mOckeTy Of his ambition. Infinitely
would II be better. that he should remain
COmmOner to do Ireland the righteous JUS
tice due from the English people.
Mr.. Stanley has decided to appear as a
candidate for Parliamentary honOrs-not
for Wales, where he belongs by nativity,
but for North London, where possibly he
belongs by fame. Mr.. Stanley is a Welsh
man, and naturally he has some feeling OF
affection for the country that gave him
birth. For some time there was a suppos-
ton that his fealty was toward the United
States. Perhaps it is so still, but not nOmi-
nally. IL elected member of Parliament
he must be recognized as a British subject,
and his patriotic thoughts toward America
can only be subsidiary. But nOtwllhStaud-
ing this apparent contradiction of interests,
Stanley will continue TO be looked upon as
both a good American and good Welsh
man, ana be may do some things III Parlia-
meDt to improve British relations in Africa.
The story that Lord Dufferin, as English
ambassador in Paris, has undertaken to
mine and blow up the Russo-Franco AL
lance By bribing the French press is about
as laughable a canard as has originated of
late in the gay capital. 1t is not impossible
to tamper with the French press. Sub
sidizing is regarded as legitimate business.
Everything advocated must be paid for, and
the immortality of literary prostitution is
regarded very lightly. So that IL the Eng
lsh ambassador were to plunge into
courses Of corruption his path is not thorny.
The accommodating proprietors would
0biige him with their columns without hest
tatiOn. But as such purchased opinions are
worthless for great purposes, Lord Duff
fern, as a man of the world, with a future
at stake, would be assinine 10 dig for him.
self a pit Of this description. The story is
one Of the big goOseDerries usual at this
season.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.