The herald., 1896-03-01
IN THE QUEENS DOMAINS
Friction Is Caused by Mr..
G0schen's Remarks
TURKISH COMPLICATIONS
Come As a Relief to the Political
Leaders
Vague Rumors Of New European Alliances
Incline Great Britain Greatly to Increase
Iier Naval Armament
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Feb. 20 Copyrighted, 1895,
by the Associated Press. The first lord
of the admiralty, George j. Goschen, made
an interesting speech at Lewes on Wednes-
day night last, during the course of which
he said:
"Without betraying secrets, may say
that a very distinguished German states
man, not Prince Bismarck, has been con-
vinced for years that England could not be
moved to war by anything short of an at
tack on her central interests in this coun-
try. That was very dangerous fallacy.
which has now probably been dislodged."
Mr.. Goschen also remarked: 1.-THE new
system Of log rolling and bartering for
alliances has displaced the old system of
balance of power between European ma
tions. England is not clever at this game
and has held aloof, although her alliance
is courted by several groups of powers"
These utterances have aroused a great
deal of friction in Austria and Italy.
Their newspapers assume that he alluded
to the dreibund, when reference was made
to ''groups of powers" counting Great
Britain, and it is strenously denied ut Vi
emma that Great Britain has ever been So
licited to join the dreibund.
The Cuban resolution Of the United
States senate has had mixed reception
here. There has been considerable feeling
many distinguished persons and inf1uen-
tial organs are afraid to advocate it for
fear of reawakening the apparently slum-
bering agitation of Ireland.
The Echo, however, comes out f1atfooted
on the subject and says: The resolution
t%v<s
kind. There is no shadow of doubt that
President Cleveland will promptly act in
accordance. For more than a year Cuba
has been q hell on earth. and the Span
iards and Turks are on par SO far as
atrocities are concerned.
The forthcoming proposals OF the gov
eminent for strengthening the navy causes
the greatest interest on all sides. Mr..
Goschen will present the navy statement
on Monday and the debate on it will take
place on Thursday. The consensus of
opinion on the subject is that there is a
universal determination to meet the neces-
sites of the moment and protect the coun-
try from the perils of any possible COM
bination of powers.
The British and French negotiations at
Paris on the Niger question have been tenn
porariy suspended. The French repre-
sentatives accused the British of trying to
acquire control of territory within the
French sphere, and there the matter ends
for the p, ,esent.
The newspapers of Madrid are getting
very wrathy at the action of the United
States senate, and evening newspapers of
that city express themselves in even more
violent language than their morning con-
temporaries. They say that, apart from
the resolution, the language used during
the debate in the senate has made q pain
full impression. 1t is averred that the al
legations OF the senators are wholly false
and the insurgents have no organization,
are not masters of a single town and, as
for their conduct, it is asserted that they
have massacred the helpless and pillaged
plantations and railways. On the other
hand it is maintained the Spaniards have
respected all prisoners, and to call them
barbarians is regarded as an unprovoked
and unjustihable insult.
There has been a good deal of notice
paid to the remarkably we'll directed man.
ner in which the Asha1tee expedition was
organized and carried out.
From the first there was not the slight
est hitch OF any description, even in the
commissariat and train departments,
where there is generally more or less
trouble. Now comes the statement that
the whole expedition only cost f12O,OOO
($6OO,O0O). 1t will, therefore, be seen
that the British have made a pretty good
bargain in Ashantee, which means prac-
tically the annexation of that territory,
but the unfortunate King Prempeh has
been fned $4,000 ounces of gold in addi-
ton, go that the little Ashantee "picnic"
may be looked upon being quite a sue.
cessful affair. especially when its small
cost is considered.
Politics during the week have been very
quiet and there has been more attention
directed toward Washington than toward
any other capital. unless it is Constanti-
nople, today. where fresh and apparent
ly very dangerous state Of affairs has sud.
denly blossomed out. Thus, strange to
say, the possibility of fresh complications
at ConstAntinople comes as relief to the
greatly strained minds of the political
leaders here, for it dstracts attention to a
certain degree from the clouds lowering
over the British empire. II reports from
Berlin are to be believed, Emperor Will
Jam of Germany is actively engaged in try
ShR to form new dreibuud, consisting of
Russia. France and Germany. and it is in
timated that he would not be opposed to a
proposition to unite the fleets of the three
countries in an attack upon Great Britain,
which. if successful, her enemies hope
would lead to the dsmemberment OF the
empire. Of course, The plan ia by no means
new, and has frequently been previously
considered by much more experienced men
than the German emperor. The fact re-
mains, however, that the recent warlike
utterances against Great Britain have had
healthy effect upon her statesmen and
others, for they have opened their eyes to
the fact that the British fleet, powerful as
it Is, is not as powerful as it should he in
order to meet such combination as the
Emperor William is credited with trying
to engineer, and there is no doubt that con-
siderable strengthening of the fleet aud re.
organizing of the army will be carried out
here in the promptest and most effective
manner possible. The country now sees
clearly that there is possibility that, some
day or other, there may be ali allied pow
erful combine against Great Britain which
may necessitate the greatest struggle in
the history of those islands; and the peo-
pie, it seems, are ready to 60 down into
their pockets in order to provide funds
necessary to arm the nation to meet such
an emergency.
The efforts to induce the London Ath-
le ic club to reconsider its determination
not to engage in international sports for the
present are not meeting with much sue
cess. The Dunraven incident is too fresh
in the minds OF most people here, although
snortsnen generally condemn him out and
out. to permit of any probability OF inter-
national contests just now. Then, again,
political matters have also stirred people
to degree which renders it advisable to
allow the hot heads to cool off before there
are any further trials of strength in friendly
rivalry. But 1t IL predicted out Of all this