The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
COLONIES MAY BE CALLED UPON
TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE I'M
PERIAL NAVY.
AMERICAN NEGROES ARRIVE
FROM LIBERIA.
They Report the Colony a Miserable
Failure-Nasrulla Khan, Afghan
Prince, Has Delighted Royalty
by Leaving England-May
Visit America.

London. Sept. 7.-(CoDyrighted, 1895,
by the Associated Press 1.-The past week
has been the hottest experienced in Eng
land in several years. This fact has
made members of parliament particular
ly glad that proroguing enables them to
leave for the country. Many tourists
continue to flock to London in large num-
bers, homeward bound. These consti-
tute the whole transient population of
the city at present.
The correspondence between the i'm
perial federation committee and the min
listers of state, which was published to-
day. indicates that the colonies of Great
Britain may be called upon to contribute
toward the cost of maintaining the i'm
perial navy, and in return be offered a
prOportionate share in control. The i'm
perial federation committee urges that
this arrangement would tighten the bur-
den of the British taxpayer and at the
same time advance the cause of imperial
unity. The utterances of colonial states
men, including Sir James Vogel, former
ly prime minister to New Zealand, are
cited to show that the support the move
ment.
The Marquis of Salisbury pointed out
TO the members of the committee that
there are fatal risks attending a divided
control of naval affairs, but the Duke
of Devonshire, lord president of the coun-
ell; the Marquis of LansdOwne, secre-
tary of state for war, and the Hon. JO-
seph Chamberlain, secretary of state for
the colonies, all promised that the pro-
posal should have their careful atten-
ton.
In this connection the Globe this after
noon says that the British empire may
be truly said to be upon it's trials. 1t
seems incredible that there should be any
doubt as to the obligation of the colonial
taxpayers.
A. IL. Burnett and Jumper, American
negroes, have arrived at Southampton by
the steamer lager with mournful story
of the fate of the negro colOnists with
whom they left Savannah, Ga, on the
10Th of March on board the steamer
Honga for Liberia. OF the 211 who COM
prised the company only two secured
work in Monrovia. Half the entire num-
Der died of fever aggravated by prlya-
ton. The remainder, excepting a few
who were too ill to travel, made their
way toward the coast in the vain hope
of finding means of returning to Ameri-
ca. The International Emigration soci-
ETY. of Birmingham, which organized the
colony and undertook to furnish its
members with three months rations after
landing in Liberia, Burnett and Jumper
say, failed to fulfill its promise, but
dumped the colonists on the coast and
left them to perish.
Burnett had sufficient money with him
to pay his passage to England. Both
men are now destitute. They say that
if they ever are able to get back to Amer
lea they will enlighten the unhappy race
there on the subject of African colonial
ton schemes.
1t is announced that Shahzada Nasrul-
In Khan, second son of the Amer of
Afghanistan. who left London Thursday
after sojourn of four months, the
guest of the nation, will make pilgrim
age to Mecca, after which he will return
to Cabul by the way of st. Petersburg,
New York and San Francisco.
England is relieved at seeing the last
of Shahzada but for all that the imperial
prince was hidden farewell in great style
The queen sent the state carriage to con-
vey him to the station, troops lined the
route, and he was escorted by guard
of honor.
Shahzada's gifts were very generous
He grave freely to various charitable in
situations and made presents to royal per
sonages and officials with whom he had
come in contact, which were gorgeous il
the extreme and which are said to have
cost him more than $4,000.
The servants of the Domer House
where he was domiciled, received more
than $4,000. Among the things which
Nazrulla has taken with him, and which
will form an interesting exhibit to bt
laid before his august father, the Amer
of Afghanistan, is a scrap book contain
ing caricatures of himself, which were
printed in the comic papers of England
sewing and calculating machines, bi
cycle and lemon squeezer and a toy
electric railway. He also had a LITTLE
electric glow lamp fitted in q turban, thu
current for which can be turned on ant
off at pleasure.
A new kind of royal summing" wal
started during the past week. 1t con
sisted of visits to the hop fields, WHERE
| the toughest characters of London ar
in the habit of spending the month O
September as hop pickers.
On Thursday the Duchess of Albany
| widow of Victoria's youngest son, &C
companied by her children and member
| of house party stopping near Alder
| shot, visited the hop gardens at Crandall
They remained among the hop picker
two hours, all of the party picking hop
and talking with the hop pickers.
G. B. Frye, the famous Oxford athlete
who was one of the team against whicl
the Yale athletes competed in England
has been elected to amateurship in Elton
| James q. Neil, consul at Liverpool, VIII
managed the Democratic campaign il
Ohio when Campbell was elected gov
ernor, has made arrangements to so HON
for fortnight and take part in the Stat
campaign.