The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-09
THE WORLD OVER THE WATER.
MATTERS THAT ARE OF MOMENT
TO EUROPEAN POWERS.


England Is Interested I'm salisbury's
silence on the Irish Land Bill.
The Turk May soon He Brought TO
BOOk-HOn. Cecil Rhodes TO BE
furnished for the TrnnsvaaI Raid.
The British Colony at RhOdesia Is
DestrOyed-CiviIiEati Is with
drawing From the Danger of Saw
age War.
London, Aug. s.-The fact that Lord
Salisbury took no part in the debate On
the Irish land bill in the House of Lords
has caused a great deal of comment in
various quarters. The prime minister did
not seem to be at all affected by the hos
| tility displayed by his whilom followers,
but on the contrary assumed an air of
unusual gaiety, joking on the subject with
the lord high chancellor. The resigna-
ton of several members of the ministry
which, it was predicted would be tender
ed because of the action of the House of
Lords are quite unlikely TO occur. but the
position Of the government has been seri-
! ously weakened.
While the landlord peers could have done
nothing better calculated to explode the
tory contention that the upper house is
| governed largely by patriotic motives,
checking the House of Commons only in
support of the deliberate judgment Of the
people, the liberal view Of the matter
that a majority of the peers are swayed
by purely selfish motives-has received
enormous impetus. The fate of the meas
ure remains doubtful. The moderates are
hopeful that the House of Commons will
restore the emasculated clauses of the
| bill and that the peers will eventually be
| induced to accept compromise and that
thus the bill will be saved.
The refusal Of Lord Salisbury to take
| part in the proposed blockade of the
/ island of Crete has met with unanimous
| approval In view of the strong feeling
| aroused by the Armenian outrages, Great
| Britain will at least do nothing to bolster
/ up the sultan, while the activity of the
/ British Mediterranean heeet which left
| barcelona for the east yesterday adds
| 10 the turkish government s qualinS and
| Is likely to assist materially in inducing
| the government to grant reforms.
| The Hon Cecil Rhodes whose connec-
! tion with the British South Africa Com
| pany, and his alleged completely in the
| Transvaal raid of DR.. jameson, are too
| well known to need mention here, will
| undoubtedly shortly be brought to book
|
an invasion of the territory of a friendly
| state. A comparatively short time ago
| Mr.. Rhodes was made a member of her
majestys privy council, but his name
| will be stricken from the list of council
| lors, and he will be summoned to
| give evidence before the parliamentary
| select committee of inquiry in
TO the chartered company's doings. But
| there is to be no repetition of that Jane
| SON trial IN his case. 1t is known that Mr..
/ Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, de-
sired to see him in the dock, and has dis
| cussed the question of indictment with
| Mr. Arthur ]. Balfour and the attorney
| general. There are as ample reasons for
| indicting Rhodes as for the conviction of
! jameson, but a trial and its preliminaries
| would have involved q delay or six months
| in the proceedings of the committee of in
| quiry, so Rhodes has meantime ESCAPED
| the ordeal he challenged. When he reap
| pears in England, dt will be with ruined
| prestige and Is a com pa ratiVely Door man.
| Gables from Rhodesia convey little al
| most nothing, of the truth as to the de-
! struction that has fallen upon the col
| Ony. Private letters received by business
! firms in London having relations with
| companies at Johannesburg and Bula-
wayo disclose facts which the chartered
i cOmpany's officials win soon be unable
! to conceal. There is no longer a colony
/ nor cOiOnists. Though the Natal baIes
| have been driven into the forest and hill
| Businesses, it will take months to sub
| due them effectively. While insecurity
| continues, business projects are impos-
sible. London firms have ordered their
| agents to return as soon as possible. Pros
| pecting syndicates and promoters hav-
| ing land lots and mining concessions on
| offer in London Glasgow and other CEN
! ters, have ceased to operate. The col
/ onists are streaming out of Rhodesia to-
| wards the Transvaal, anywhere south>
| wards where they see a chance to live.
| The only traffic into the colony is in mu-
nitions and provisions for the troops.
| Men who are not enrolled in the fighting
/ forces, and all women and children, are
| being assisted to emigrate, as a necessity
| from a country where milk costs twelve
| shillings per bottle and a tin of
meat Of about five shillngs. All necessa-
/ ries that can be brought by transport are
required by the fighting men. Within the
next two months Rhodesia will be de-
| serted by all but the fighters, and this is
/ part of the story that will be told before
the inquiry committee.
! AS regards the military operations 1t is
/ expected that they will be suspended when
| the rainy season sets in. If the Matabeles
| had been absolutely crushed before the
/ rains came on a lasting peace would have
/ been secured. The stand they have made
! is giving them something like the prestige
\ of victory among the native races, and
/ widespread risings are feared in the north
| of the Cape Colony and in Natal.