The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-03
IN FREEZING
ISOLATION.
A Terrific War Believed in
England to Be Inev-
liable.
AND SHE HAS NO ALLY.
Bourses All Disorganized on the
Foreign Security List.
AND SHE HAS NO ALLY.
japan Evidently Drawing Out of
the English Policy, and Practi-
cally Washes Hands of the Whole
Complication England Sounds
the American State Department
on the Question of Joint Inter-
vention in Armenia.

LONDON, Nov. 2.-(Copyrighted by
the Associated Press.)-The political
horizon is obscured by dark clouds and
the atmosphere is charged with the
electricity of threatening war. The ad
vices received from all parts are of a
very pessimistic character and the sit
uation has been further complicated
by the report which has just reached
here of the firing, by Venezuelan
flying the British flag, off the island of
Trinidad and the killing of her COM
mander, Thomas Garcia.
The general opinion expressed in Off
cial circles here is that if the Euro
pean powers tide over the present cri
sis without coming to hard knocks in
some part of the world, it will be a
matter for sincere congr3tuiatiOn. and
a decided triumph for the diplomacy
of a peace seeking nation.
Naturally, in view of the alarming
rumors circulated everywhere the Eu
ropean bourses have been badly affect
ed and as result there has been
general slump In International secu-
rites. The newspapers here are trying
to put on a bold front in face Of a
situation which is labelled dangerous"
by even the most conservative people.
but there is no getting away from the
hard fact that Great Britain is more
than likely to find herrelf
In State of Freezing Isolation.
In the far east her diplomats have been
boldly and cleverly outmanouvred by
those of Russia and in the Armenian
r,I1aC ics .n1 +I,of te.csio
France are more than prepared to leave
her in the lurch when it suits them
Regarding the situation in the far
east. in the highest political circles in
England as we'll as among the Euro
pean powers generally no doubt exists
that concessions in Manchuria have
been given by China to Russia.
Recent expressions in American pub
LEGATIONS of the good will of the United
States toward Great Britain have, in
view of the dangerous situation of
affairs been a source of much COM
fort, and the same may be said of the
attitude of the United States toward
the Armenian question.
Madagascar, too, promises to open
UP troublesome problem in the near
future in view of the nature of the
French protectorate, which is framed
SO as to relieve the French government
VI diiy liabilities IOI tlle QSDtS Ol any
foreign creditor contracted by NADIA
gaScar.
The Spectator today, referring to
Madagascar, says: 1T seems probable
that Frances new acquisition will
cause fresh troubles in Europe"
The steady and old established Sat
urday Review takes an alarming view
Of the eastern situation, saying:
Faces Fact.
I'VE are face to face with the fact
that Russia intends to seize as much
of northeastern China as she can as
simulate, while France is resolved to
extend her empire from Siam into
southwest China and this division of
territory we cannot allow"
In Armenia the situation grows more
grave, in view of the spread of the
revolutionary feeling, and it is a fact
that England is liable to be left alone
any moment to deal with the sultan
and the latter then, will be very I'M
likely ito carry out the reform of Ar
menia.
The ST. James Gazette, this afternoon
abiding to the danger ahead, says: 1t
is such as to make us anxious not to
lose much time in getting our naval
and military armatmentS in q complete
state of efficiency as circumstances will
allow
1t is understood that a most impor
tant exchange of messages has been
taking place at the foreign Office, al
the officials there still profess
to believe the danger has been greatly
eXa ggerated.