Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-16
THE OUTLOOK BETTER
War Excitement in Eng
land Dying Out.

land Dying Out.
Very Little Evidence of Desire for
Active Hostiiities Against Ger.
many--AIi Serious Trouble Com
corning the TransvnaI Ended-To
Protect the Reform Committee.
London, Jan. l4-There has been a
dearth of news to-eay regarding the
situation in South Africa and Englands
relations elsewhere, but it can be said
that the outlook in general is better
now than it has been for some time
past. The excitement has almost COM
pletely died away, but the naval prepa-
rations of the government are proceed
ing apace and SO far as is known to the
public have almost been completed.
Nothing has yet been learned as to
the destination of the flying squadron,
although much conjecture is indulged
in as to where its field Of duty will be.
The fact that Count Won Hatzfeldt, the
German ambassador, has left London
to make a visit to Brighton Is pretty
strong evidence that there has been no
further tension in the Anglo-German
relations. The ebullition of popular
feeling against Germany caused by
Emperor Williams attitude towards
the Transvaal was altogether too vio-
lent to last long, and there is now very
little evidence of any great desire to
open active hostilities against Ger
many.
All Serious Trouble Ended
1t may be stated that the suggestion
made by the Manchester Guardian
that the preparations now under way
are intended to support new British
policy anent Armenia, contains some
germ of truth, but doubters ask why
it was necessary to make all these
naval preparations against Turkey
when ono of the strongest fleets the
world has ever seen was living at
anchor within easy distance of the
Golden Horn. So far as the Transvaal
is concerned all serious trouble in that
direction is undou otedly ended. As
stated in these dispatches yesterday
the rank and file of DIR. Jameson's ex-
pedition have started for the Natal
boundary, and the release OF the
officers of the expedition is expected
shortly. Every effort will be made to
protect the members of the Rand re-
form committee who have been placed
under arrest including the Americana.
1t is certain that,a bitter fight will be
made against allowing the Boer gov
ernment TO conhscate their property as
punishment for the alleged offense.
Watching Cecil Rhod~H
The staten It of ex-Prime Minister
Rhodes at X lberly that his political
career was just opening and that he
hoped to live long enough to do much
good for South Africa again arouses
the idea that the objective point of his
ambition is the esta blishment of .
South African republic that will in
cludc all the territory south OF the
Zambesi river, including the Trans
vaal and the Orange Free State. In or
out of office he Yields vast influence,
ard his doings in the future will be
watched with even greater interest
than in the past.
W NJ Hesitate To Attack England.
Little reliance can be placed In many
of the newspaper dispatches published
here purporting to explain the atti-
tude of the powers towards Great
britain. The continental nations may
not be friendly to this country, but it
Is 'l ght that any one of them would
IA, ate for long while before striking
b4ow at England. The representa-
tive f the United Press, collating all
'.. formation it has been possible to
. has all along predicted tina,
cords would blow away, leav
o.. Pc. tical atmosphere clearer
was before, and this prediction
r to prove true in very short
les some hidden trou BILE, where.
o. public knows nothing, compli'
ATS me present situation.