The Dickinson press., 1896-01-18
]. BULLS WAR DOGS
THEY ARE READY To DO A LITTLE
BARKING.
Vessels Conprisinx the Flying
Squadron Are Put In Commission
With Comfortable Pomp The
Transvaal Affair Results in q Bet.
ter Feeling Between England and
the United States.


of the lying squadron, carrying 49,
officers aud men, Rear Admiral Alfred
T. Dale In Commands; the tirst-class
battleship Royal Oak, 712 officers and
men, and the first-class cruiser Gibral-
tar, 5i4 officers and men, and the tor
pedo catchers Handy, Harland and
Havoc, each carrying SO men, were
commissioned at 8 o'clock this MORN
ing. The usual Salutes were fired, and
the scene was very effective. Between
8 and 8 o'clock in the morning there
was quite procession of carriages go
ing in and coming out of the dock
yards, bringing from the depot the Of
6cers Of the ships companies drafted
on board the ships composing this por-
ton of the flying squadron. There was
an early morning parade of sailors and
marines alongside the vessels just pre-
pared for sea- the men being all in
their white working rig. Both corps
Of marines wore the white foreign
service helmets, and were escorted in
to the yards by bands Of music. They
were received with enthusiastic cheers
by crowds Of people gathered at every
point. The reserves are under orders
to be ready to leave the harbor as
soon as possible, and will await the
arrival Of the other portion of the fly
ing squadron coming from Chatham
and DevOnport, consisting of the first
class cruiser Thesus, the second-class
cruisers Charybtlis and HermOine, and
three tirst-class torpedo catcherH, car
rying over 1900 officers and men. All
the last named vessels were also CON-
missioned this morning. 1t is under.
stood that Admiral Dale is under Or
ders to take the flying squadron on
Saturday from Spithead to Rerehaven
on the south coast Of Ireland, with
sealed orders relative to the futufe
movements Of his vessels.
Causes q Better Feeling.
London, Jan. 16.-Many friends of
the Americans at Johannesburg called
to-day at the United States embassy
here and made inquiries regarding
their safety. But the United States
ambassador, Thomas f. Bayard, had
no additional news to give them.
When Secretary Olney's Instructions
regarding the request made to tue gov.
ernment Of Great Britain to provide
for the protection of Americans in the
Transvaal arrived here yesterday, an
attache of the United States embassy
was Immediately Gent to the foreign
Office. There he was escorted to the
colonial office and introduced to the
secretary Of state for the colonies, Sir
Joseph Chamberlain. When Mr. o.
ney's request had been made known,
Mr.. Chamberlain Immediately said:
1--WE shall be very glad to use our good
Offices in behalf Of the United States" "
Shortly afterward a brief, formal note
was received by Mr.. Bayard, in which
Mr.. Chamberlain, in the most kindly
terms, repeated the assurance that
Great Britain would do whatever was
possible to protect the Americans In
the Transvaal.
1t is learned that official communica-
tions have been sent to the United
States embassy today, indicating a
much better state of affairs in regard
to Venezuela.
Credited to Americans.
Toronto. Ont. Jan. 16.-Percy Ire
land, who has Just arrived from Soutl,
Africa, as the representative here of a
company which is to hold an interna-
tiOnal industrial exhibition at Johan-
nesburg next May, speaking of the
difficulties in the Transvaal, blames
the Americans for the Jameson raid
fiasco. He says that when he left Jo-
hannesburg six weeks ago, the Uit-
landers were moving in expectation of
Jameson's invasion, and that all out
siders except Americans were pre-
pared to welcome him. The immi-
grants from the United States stood in
the way, however, and to their ef-
forts was doubtless due the throw
down." These Americans, though
they resented Boer oppression, were
opposed to any movement that might
end in the Transvaal becoming a Brit
ish dependency.