The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-03
NO EPIDEMIC In ENGLAND
TaE PUBLIC FEEL THAT THERE
WON'T BE A sCOURGE,

the Proclamation of President Har-
rison
CCopVrf0ht, 1892, By the ". Y. Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Presidsnt Harrison's
circular relative to quarsntining of vessels
carrying immigrants, finds general appro-
baton and even admiration here. There liz
some feeling Of envy also that the American
la" enables the government 10 take such
prompt aud thorough steps to stop the i'm
portation Of cholera The halting and i'm.
perfect measures of the British local
government board directing that no
what the boards edict calls
"hfthy, unwholesoms persons coming from
foreign ports. shall pass unchallenged are
questioned by high legal authority os ex-
ceeding the powers OF the board. The only
act existing giving the board the shadow Of
right to prevent the landing OF aliens
either on route to another country or having
England as their permanent destination. ia
the act of 1886 for the registration Of aliens
After such registration the power Of the
board to interfere with aliens vanished The
government in coping immigrants at
Gravesend and elsewhere ia acting Illegally
and will be Obliged to ask parliament To
pass retrospective act legalizing what has
been done. Local beard officials and board
OF trade officials desire to 60 further.
ONE OF ENGLANp's FEARS.
II is feared that one result of President
Harrison's measure will be to stop the
stream Of alien Immigration 70 America aud
make England the permanent location OF
many families who had intended to seek
new homes across the water. The prolonged
quarantine declared by the United States
Is not regarded In any wise as hostile TO Eng
land, but, with view to counteract Its un-
doubted tendency to throw "a crowd
OF infected immigrants into Great
Britain, the officials of both boards
urge that the government make immediate
assent to prohibition OF the landing Of i'm.
migrants from infected ports and to a long
quarantine on vessels from suoh ports. In
the absence of an act empowering auch
measures it Is held that the privy council
could issue an ediot. Gladstone and Fowler
have to-day been communicating with Sir
Charles Russell, attorney general, ana Mr.
Rugby. solicitor general, to obtain their ad-
vice with regard to means to meet the legal
difficulties.
HARD ON THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES.
An Associated Press representative, who
has interviewed agents of the leading
steamship companies, finds the concensus
OF opinion 20 be that the Presidents circu-
lar Is Eeedlessly severe. IL fell like a thun-
derbolh Although prepared to refuse to
DOCK any more storage passengers, the
companies could not regard with COM
plaoency the order that the circular take
Immediate effect, the result being to throw
three weeks support of many immt-
grants upon them or to obIlge them
to return the unfortunate people whence
they sailed. Despite the circular, however.
some vessels are sure TO take their full com
plement of immigrants. Several steamship
companies now refuse to book even first
and second-elass passengers hailing from
German and other continental ports but
the same companies having thousands of
stserage passengers already booked are in a
qusndary how tnstanter to discontinue this
service, having contracted to provide for
booked immigrants until they are landed at
their port OF Estimation.
HELD AT BAY IN ENGLAND.
In the meantime the cholera In Great
Britain seems to have been fairly mastered.
The chief physician of the local govern
ment board told the Associated Press
representative to-day that the outlook was
entirely satisfactory. He said that although
about thirty cases OF cholera at all the
ports OF Great Britain had been dealt with
during the last ten days, there was no
single instance Of the disease Spreading
beyond the person first attacked. While il
has been proved that every case of cholera
occurring in this country was contracted
abroad, and that the medical board puts the
best face on the situation, still the fact liz
palpable TO everybody chat the public has
become utterly uuconcerned and has be-
come imbued with conviction that the dis
ease will not be allowed to spread and that
it will never assume any epidemic form.
Reports which have Of late been
appearing In the newspapers In regard to
fresh victims OF the cholera have been
traced TO their foundation and the alleged
cases of the scourgs have resolved them
selves into ordinary seasonal disorders. Alb
solute confidence prevails among the people
that the perfect sanitary condition of Eng-
land will secure the country against the
ravsges Of bacilli bred in foreign filth.
NO FEAR OF A GREAT OUTBREAK.
A noted cholera expert, Ernest Hart,
speaking before a meeting Of the health 500
ciety yesterday evening, declared that there
was no fear OF a great outbreak of the pesti-
lence In Great Britain; still he urged the
adoption of precautions which summed up
are as follows; Careful medical inspection
OF ports, strict isolation in Gases of the dis !
ease, pure water and general cleanliness.
The physicians of this city will discuss a |
proposal for the establishments OF an inter- |
national cholera commission to report on |
the origin Of the plague, its line Of march |
through the different countries where 10 has |
made its appearance and various methods |
of treatment employed in the cases OF |
persons stricken with the disease.
TWO MORE DEATHS IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Another Of the Rus |
SLAMS stricken with cholera while they were
waiting at Liverpool for a steamer that was
to carry them to New York, died to-day. |
10 is reported that woman has died from |
the disease at Macclesaeld, an extensive |
town seventeen miles south |
OF Manchester.
Cholera patients in Liverpool are making
rapid progress toward recovery. A Russian |
Immigrant, who arrived in London at the |
beginning Of the week with cholera, is re-
covering.
Cholera has made its appearance in
Dieppe. Two cases aud one death are re.
ported there to-day.
In Rouen twenty-six fresh cases and three ,
deaths occurred to-day.
AN INCREASE IN RUSSIA.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Sept. 2.-The official
returns for the empire for Aug. 80 are as
follows: New cases, 3, 723; deaths, g 722,
Compared with the figures OF Aug. 20, this
s an increase OF Ala new GASES aud 1913
Deaths. These figures, though official, are
known 70 be incomplete, for. as has been be-
fore stated, many OF the smaller villages ia
which the disease is known 30 exist
are not heard from, IL heard from