The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-14
Great Britain Stands Ready to
Aid the Southern
Kingdom.
THE ERUPTION OF vEsUvIUs.
An Immense Stream of Lava Still
Pouring From the
Crater.
rspecial cable to the New York SUM-


be gained apparently by further discussion
of the weeks unfortunate events at Hen
ley The Cornell men wisely concede that
they would have been beaten, even if an
accident to one of their men had not hap
pened in the race with Trinity Hall. They
will be wiser still if they admit that the de-
feat was due to their unscientitc method
of rowing, instead of ascribing it to the
English climate. The 3ather in England
in the past month has been wonderfully
equable. The changes have been far less
sudden and extreme than they would have
been sure to encounter at home. Three
men of the Cornell crew were undoubtedly
out of condition, but it is unreasonable to
hold the weather responsible. All Amerl-
cans who went to Henley this week are
strong in the opinion that if the winners
of the New London varsity race next sum-
mer will come the following week to Eng
land they will capture the Henley grand
challenge cup with ease.
There has been no such fuss in diplo-
matte circles in a long time as that made
over the Figaro's pretended interview with
ambassador Eustis 1t is Yeritable tenn
pest in teapot, and it never would have
attained the dignity of a diplomatic Incl
dent had not Mr.. Eustis condescended to
explain too much. The interview carried
its bogus character on its face, for how
ever indiscreet the American Embassador
may have been at this or any other time,
nobody takes him for a fool, which he
would have been if he had expressed the
sentiments ascribed to him to any stranger.
Toward the close of Lord Salisbury's
last administration the Liberals frequently
accused him of having entered into an en-
tangling alliance or understanding with
Italy. The charge was always parted in
a curious manner, and was never unre-
servedly denied.
When the Liberals acceded TO power in
1892 they, of course, soon ascertained the
truth, but no public announcement was
ever made on the subject, and the Liberal
rank and file ceased to inquire about it,
evidently on hint from their leaders,
thereby confirming the belief strongly held
in well-informed quarters of the existence
OF an arrangement of some kind.
Everything connected with the visit of
the Italian feet at Portsmouth this week
has tended to demonstrate that there is
something more than friendship between
the two Governments. The visitors have
been treated with sumptuous hospitality,
which could not have been afforded by
British naval officers without Government
assistance, and which ordinarily is not
eountenanced by the Admiralty, which
holds strong views upon the simplicity of
naval life. The speeches, too, have been
quite distinct from former utterances usual
ha nuly IF
for instance, going out of his way to say,
t'Italys strength depends largely upon
England's friendship"
1t may be confidently assumed, there
fore, that the Portsmouth demonstration
was deliberately arranged to show Europe
that England and Italy are definitely
allied and as the British reply to the osten-
tatious display of the Russian and French
fleets at KEEL 1t may DE well, too, that
the two Governments think the moment
opportune to let Russia know that her
designs on Abyssinia concern England as
we'll as Italy and that she will not be al
lowed to establish another Vladivistock
upon the flank of the British line of COM
munication with India.
The Sultan's Government is apparently
expecting to have some hard fighting to do
somewhere or other soon. 1t is tryiug,
without much success, to obtain fresh sup
plies of arms and ammunition. The diff
Guilty in the way is the venerable one of
want of cash. The remittances from the
provincial Governors lately have been
barely sufficient to meet fixed charges
and keep the Sultan's privy purse sup
piled. Various creditors are becoming
clamorous and bringing diplomatic pres
sure to bear upon the Porte.
Among these is the claim of Krupp, to
whom $3.50, 900 is owing in connection with
the Dardanelles fertilization work and
who now is making Constantinople ring
with his demands for payment thereby
soaring away would be creditors in the rifle
and cartridge line business.
The Sultan's personal needs being salts
fed, he does not worry much about this
awkward state of things, but Hassan Pasha
is in sore distress and is urging general
change in governorships in order to raise
wind from new placemen and equip the
Turkish army for the work which he be-
lieves it will soon have TO do and of which
he is not a bit afraid.
One of the first rows in the new Parlia-
menC is certain TO De over the question OF
the right of the peers to interfere in a gen.
eral election. Parliament was dissolved
on last Monday and the Duke of Devon
shire, in the course of a speech at Darling
ton, said that thereafter, until the elections
were finished; he would have to keep
silence, "in accordance with constitutional
law, which prohibits peers from taking
part in politics" Lord Rosebery on the
same ground Cancelled all his public en-
gagements, mostly made before the crisis
came.
General establishment, therefore, is
caused by the action of Lord Burton, head
of the famous brewing firm of Bass, in
sending out flaming circular to members
of the liquor trade beseeching them to use
every effort to secure the defeat of the
Liberal candidates, and denouncing Sir
William Harcourt for his advocacy of re-
strictions on that trade. The letter is
signed by Lord Burton and was dated the
day after dissolution, so his Lordship will
find it difficult to defend or explain away
his impudent interference N matters with
which the constitution says he has no con-
Germ.
The Liberals have resolved to make the
most of this lOrdlV indiscretion aIthoueh