New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-03
ENGLAND'S COLONIAL POLICY
THE UNITED STATES AND THE VhN|"7
UELAN QUESTION.

VISIT or DOM CARLos-"THE FIELD o'
AMERICAN AMATEUR ATHLETICS.
London. Nov. Prime Minister Salisbury mas
handed over to the Right Hon. Joseph Cha'''Oe
lain Secretary Of state for the Colonies 'he men
orandum transmitted to him by the un'eu "'a,''
Government through Ambassador baya'" 'e'"
tive to the Venezuelan question MI 'n".o
lain still holds the opinion that the Cnteu o.a al
have no rightto interfere In Great br'ta',i .uad
pute with Venezuela. but he VIII dralt u 49,.
renly 10 the memorandum which Eoru Sahso",y
will shortly send to Mr. Bayard the TOM 90, OF 'r,e
reply will probably be- moderate ana aihicap'v, 90
tho Government has 40 desire to become i!Voiteu
I'm n dlspu,c with the United states It's attention
now being fully devoted to matters that are more
important than the Guiana boundary question:
Mr. Chamberlain will begin Immediately COZ
sderatlon of the details of his great plan to de-
volon the Crown colonies This subject will oc-
cupy most of his time until the reassembllng or
Parliament on November l.. The plan largely
concerns Africa but it will also aim to encourage
the commercial interests OF British Guiana ana
Dominica Sir G. Alfred Moloney, Governor OF
British Honduras who has been here on leave OF
absence. and who sails on his return to his post
on the American Line steamer New-York To-Day,
has secured Government favor in the direction OF
assisting other industries OF that colony besides
those of getting out mahogany and logWood Inc
Government scheme viii give impetus to all the
old West Indian colonies.
The divorce case of Wilcox against Wilcox.
which has been decided Turin. Italy, in favor
of the wife. the petitioner. Is considered OF great
Importance as Il creates precedent. The facts
in the case will bear repetition as they show that
fortune and title-hunting are not confined to
| .I..,. to
the Hawaiian revolutionary movement leader,
who was recently sentenced to death for his con-
| nect!on with the royalst movement against the
| Hawaiian Republic His wlfe was the Baroness
! Gina Sobrera who is we'll known in Italy under
the pseudonyme Of "Mantea She Is a brilliant
writer, and belongs to distinguished family OF
! Piedmont. Her mother was member OF the
princely family of Di Stigliano, of the Colonnas.
| The Baroness met Wilcox in Turin, whittier he
had been sent by the Government Of the Sand
| wich Islands for the purpose of studying military
| tactics. He was a man Of fine presence, ana
| spent money freely. He declared that he was the
| heir TO the throne of Hawaii. and in other ways
| dcluded people into the belief that he was per-
| son Of some importance. The Baroness was deep
! ~ impressed by the man and his stories, ana
| soon they became be:rothed The wedding that
followed In due course was great society aHair'
| Many magnificent presents were received, lncIud-
| ing one that was ostensibly sent by the King OF
| the Sandwich Islands Some time AFTER the WeU-
| ding Wilcox returned to Hawaii. accompanied by
| his wife. Upon their arrival there the baroness
! was greatly surprised and shocked to learn that
| her husband was simply half-breed the son OF
| a while man. a carpenter, by Kaneka woman.
| When Wilcox found that his duplicity mad been
| discovered he kept her under lock and Key ara
| ill-treated her IN other ways. AT the beginning
| Of 1895 Wilcox tried to fOment revolution
! against the Republic, arrested tried by court
marital and sentenced to death. which sentence
subsequently committed To Imprisonment TOT
| thirtyiiVe years. Inc baroness, AFTER series W
| romantic adventures. succeeded in making her
| way back to Italy where proceedings were begun
| 10 bring about dissolution OF the marriage The
| Church readily gave lis consent To the divorce,
| as wilcox was not Catholic and dispensaton
| had not been asked for the marriage from the
religious authorities. Great ter difficulty was met
| with in the civil courts. as there Is no divorce
! law in Italy. The Italian law only annus mar
| iIages m cases Of mistaken Identity The court
| has now for the first tine annuled a marriage on
the ground that one Of the parties to II Is detrl-
mcnt to society ana assumed titles and position
that were not his own.
Sir John Bennett Lawes. the well-known chemist
and scientific agriculturist. has issued his annual
review of the wheat crop Of 1895. He says that
the chief Of the crop the high quality
Of the grain and the small quantity of straw.
! Whatever the actual weight may be of a bushel or
grain grown. farmers are required to deliver SIX
| ty-throe pounds to the bushe. This year the
| measured DuSncl frequently WtlEHS SiAtA WI &C
pounds and British grain will be in request by
millers
The Hospital Nurses Pension Fund. of which
the Princess OF Wales Is president, has been bene-
fitted by the boom in South African mining securi-
ties All the big lnancers who have made money
| by the boom have subscribed to the FUND.- bring
ing the total up to 1900 The list Is headed
| BY J. b. Robinson and Messrs. Wernher and Bolt
who each subscribed $4,000 Pierpont Morgan
| gave $1,000.
King Carlos of Portugal. who Is visiting EN-
peror William will embark on the British roya
yacht at Flushing Monday night. He will ar,
rive in London on Tuesday and will live ir
| buckingham Palace On Wednesday he will go tC
| Sandring ham House. where he will be received by
the Prince OF Wales and the Duke Of York Or
Friday he will go to Ralmoral, where he Will bS
the guest OF the Queen until Monday On NoVon
Der u he will be presented with the freedom Of the
| City OF London, and wall thereafter return K
Lisbon by way of Paris
THE Field" has been printing series OF ar
ticles based on the New-Yorh- London Athletic
! clubs contest attacking the system Of amateur
ism as 1t prevails in the United States. 1t says
that many of the so-called amateurs fed
| clothed and kept free by rich clubs. Even
| bricklayer, If a good athlete. may be put on The
books OF a university, supported free and put in
team as IN amateur An Old Harvard man send:
| a letter to The Field" which Is published to-day
declaring that such malpractices are unknown a
his university but as regards the general state o
amateur athlet tics in America he says he does no
! pretend to deny that there are the most lament
able Eases Of thinly covered professionalism In tn,
! ranks Of American amateurs.
English athletes will not rest under the crush
ing defeat inflicted by the Americans on the