The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-11
AN ENGLISH VISITOR.
Sir Stafford NOrthcote on an
American Tour.
eNcLANp's souDAN CAMPAIGN.
Her Policy Concerning Armenia Not
Effective Without Russia's Aid, and
Russia supports the Turk.

Sir Stafford Northcote's visit TO Seattle
as he said In chat yesterday, was one that
had been long deferred He had received
an invitation from James Hii a long time
ago but before had not had an opportunity
Of accepting Il He is largely Interested
in American securities, and came out with
the idea Of spending three or four months
al least in the country, but yesterday,
while in this city, he received INTEL gence
OF the death OF Lady Mount Stephen. the
mother OF his wife. ard had therefore 10
hurry away He leaves this morning for
Vancouver. B. C.. and thence by the Ca
madam Pacific goes 10 St Paul and New
York. and home by the first steamer.
Sir Stafford Northcote IS the ninth baro-
ret OF that name. and the son OF the Sir
Stafford who was IN D!sraelrs cabinet as
chancellor of the exchequer, and Is per-
haps better known on this continent as
governor OF the Hudson Bay Company.
and member of the high joint commits
sion-the first great international arb:tra-
ton court-that sat at Washington City TO
settle the Alabama claims in ISL This
Sir Stafford IS a small man with thin black
hair and 4 dropping black mustache, high
color and railroad maps all about his small
eyes. although he has not passed his half
century milestone by several laps. But he
Is frank and agreeable and easy to meet and
talk with. His wife is a daughter of
George Stephen better known as Lord
Mount Stephen. who founded the Canadian
Pacific railroad and Was ennobled for it
in 1881.
When requested last night to give his
impressions of his visit TO this country Sir
Stafford said: well. as far as can judge,
everybody seems to be looking for a return
of different times. and I think that, given
a peaceable foreign policy, there is every
probability that America VIII have re-
viyal of prosperity and business This is
city that looks to me, for / have only
the chance TO take a cursory view of il.
one of great promise. Considering its
geographical position and commercial IA
c.iities, ] should think il womb uEdoubt-
eaiy have very great future before it,
Sir Stafford speaks in his throat as do
many Enli ishmen, has pronounced ac-
cent, and every statement he makes Is
prefaced or followed by sort of diplo-
matte excuse for it. But in all he said
there was evident a sincere interest in
America, and he was more DESTROYS Of
asking questions upon this subject than OF
answering them.
With regard to the recent position taken
by Russia as to the Armenian atrocities.
he said: Il have no doubt the action or
Russia is taken because she feels IL adj
visahls 10 take ii in her own interest, and
because of the efforts of other powers,
improve the state Of affairs in Armenia.
Without Russian cooperation 1t is impos-
sible for maritime power like England
to bring effective pressure upon the porte.
All that we could do would be to make
naval demonstration, which would not
help the suffering people in the Interior,
and would be likely to eXasperate the porte
and increase the number of these deplor-
able outfages
II see that here In the United States
many of your newspapers-and many or
our own too--;hink England is to ue
blamed for not doing more in this matter.
Ny point is that she could not do more
without Russian cooperation, and We
have not only not secured that. but Rus
STA has actually told us that she will not
allow any interference with the sultan
rights in Armenia
Then the conversation drifted to the
new Soudan expedition and 10 the resist
ance made by France to the expenses or
Il being charged to the Egyptian budget
on the latter point Sir Stafford was DIP
Dramatically silent-but as 10 the expedition
generally he said:
II think that as regards our Egyptian
policy it can be asserted that 1t is not ac-
tuated by any feeling of jingoism, or any
desire TO acquire fresh territory, but that
our expedition to Dongoia is merely the
result of information which we received
tending to show that the Dervishes were
about to make a descent upon Egypt. and
that IL we did not Illustrate them they
would make encroachments into territory
that we were bound to protect so really
our movement was an instance OF judi
cious offense, that being sometimes the
host defense possible