The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-19

upon division. Then Mr.. Gladstone would
be the inevitable head of the Government.
whether the Queen liked it or not. for. as
the old Duke OF Wellington used to say, the
Queens Government must be carried on.
The rumOr is possible, but il is wild and
VIII end 10 smoke.
The Malay archipelago is acquiring
reputation among quiet people as well as
biologists for volcanic activity. The erup-
ton at Krakatoa is hardly ont of mind
when news comes of another terrific con-
vulSion of nature. accompanied by an ap-
paliing less OF life and possibly by as
grand physical phenomena as marked the
other occurrence. We shall not know The
results for years il the volcanic yomt went
as high IN the air as at Krakatoa. Then.
as now, the sea was strewB with masses of
scor &c, and possibly now as then columns
o! iight-lntniteiy light--dust have been
shot into the air 20 or 30 miles high. 10
be afterwaTd thinned out into bands by
atmospheric currents and carried com
pletely round tine earth. It was these rib
bonS OF lmponderabe dust that caused
the gorgeous sunset glow few years ago
and formed awful portends of disaster TO
the supersiltious. But the scientific man
took the phenomena in hand and deduced
from his observations vast amount of in
terestiDg information for mankind The
present eataclysm may extend our Knowl-
edge
railroad magnate OF England, Sir Ed
ward WatkiD, chairman of half a dozen
railroads and an uncommonly active man
married the other day at the age of 75-has
proposed as means of soothing Ireland
the construction of ship canal across the
island, and also the construction of tun-
mel railway between Ireland and England.
These are commercial projects which de-
serve consideration. but why not leave them
- lrSi laao
government in some shape. Certainly
ship canal between the IRISH Sea and the
Atlantic is project on which Ireland should
nave something positive to say ia her own
interest Sir Edward is the foremost pro-
Jector OF the channel tunnel between Eng
land and France, but he is not allowed TO
go ahead. The English fear that a railroad
seized by treachery might mean an invasion
Ia overpowering force.
It is consoing to learn that the pampero
off the Argentine coast has not sent to the
bottom couple of war-yeSSels, which it was
feared would never again be heard from.
but the torpedo-catcheT, built on the model
of an English gunboat of evil reputation in
dirty weather, has either gone TO Dayy
Jones locker or is a derelict, having been
abandoned by the crew. Why such vessel
was sent Oh voyage TO Cadlz argues badly
Tor the prudence OF seamanship in the Ar
gentine navy. Such is The enthusiasm of
the BuenOs Ayres people in patriotic affairs
that, forgettul OF the fact that the country
is on the verge Of bankruptcy and threatens
10 repudiate its debt, they are actually sub
scribing money to provide them with a new
war toy. The ianOply OF war must be sus-
tanned.
The disaster to this Argentine torpedo
catcher recalls that awful event in the his
tory of the British navy when, in crossing
the Bay of Biscay. the cupola ship Captain
disappeared at night during a gale, and
nothing was ever heard OF her or the crew
OF SEQ officers and men. The vessel was
undoubtedly topheayv aud had turned
turtle without giving a chance to save life
Captain Coles. inventor Of the Gu ola equip
ment, was on board and was drowned with
the rest.