The herald., 1896-08-02
another outbreak. In addition. per-
manent police force of 1000 men is to be

another outbreak. In addition per-
8 nanent police force of 1000 men is to be
enrolled.
The result of the naval ma
nuevers inst concluded has given shock
TO Englishmen, who imagined that Great
, Britain's naval bulwark was impreg-
! nable. The idea of the manuevers was
! that a foreign fleet was trying to reach
. Loughswilly, and that a British heet.
}. which was much stronger and faster, had
! to prevent it, The foreign fleet met OH
I Tor bay and the British fleet was spread
from Lands End to Lap Cape close BY
! but the foreign fleet did not try to pass
/, Nh the Irish sea. 1t went around the
/, west coast of ireland and succeeded in
reaching Loughswilly unmolested. Inns
was a complete reversal OF what was
generally expected, and is held TO prove
that the landing Of an invading force III
Great Britain is quite possible, even
though a greatly superior naval rorce
will be trying to bar the way.
The color question has suddenly come
into prominence in France by the recall
of Gen. Dodds, the hero Of the Dahomey
campaign, from his post of brigadier-
general in HindoChina, and tits general
" believed that this step is due to the
fact that he is a mulatto, having been
born in Senegal of a Senegalese mother.
1t appears that great opposition exists
in the ministry of the colonies against
mulattoes, who, it is claimed, are OBJ
tanning too many posts in the colonial
service, and it is difficult to deny that the
feeling in France, which before the colo
NAL expansion brought Frenchmen IN
close touch with the blacks, was very toll
Grant to them, has recently veered. NJ
Greenville Reace, the mulatto deputy
from Guadalupe, intends to bring the
matter into the arena of politics by
questioning the colonial ministry on the
subject. This will be the first time that
the race question has ever been intro
duced into the chamber of deputies. The
recent career of Gen. Dodds is interest
ing. His able conduct of the Dahomey
campaign scared the government, who
feared he would become popular idol,
a sort of second Boulanger Therefore,
he was kept in the background and was
not given command of the Madagascar
expedition, for which he was well fitted,
but was packed off to Indo-China.
Mr.. Poultney Bigelow arrived in India
from Cape Town on Saturday last and
has sailed for Havre. He had unusual
opportunities of inquiring into the situa-
ton in the Transvaal, and talked with
President Kruger and others on both
sides. He thinks that trouble with the
Beers and Uitlanders is sure to come,
and SAYS that the methods of the Boer
government are bad. He adds that po-
lice spies are everywhere and that letters
are opened, etc.
The London opera season closed last
Tuesday. On the whole, it has been very
successful, and America can claim a
large portion of the credit, as. aside from
Nine. Melba, the three leading prima
donnas were Americans-Albani, Eames
and Margaret Reid. Miss Reid, although
she has not won the unanimous praise Of
the London papers, has really made
most favorable impression among opera
goers, and has stanch friend in Lady
Gray, whose influence at Covent Garden
has been and will be supreme. Conse-
quently, Miss Reid is likely to be seen
here again next year.
One of the most distinguished meri-
can features of the past season has been
the extraordinary popularity of Sousa's
Washington Post march. Although
heard many months ago at the music
halls, it has this year taken a front rank
in every band, and was played several
times by the band of the Blues at Prin-
cess Maud's wedding. Every street boy
now whistles it, and it has made its ap
pearnace in the street organs.