The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-02
AS JOHN BULL SEES THINGS.
AFFAIRS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
AROUND ENGLAND's CAPITAL.

dian Troops InsuIted by GEN.
Lord WOIseIey-The Socialist Con-
gFess n Sort Of boomerang for the
Followers of the Red FIag-The
American LabOrer advised to Drop
His Silver and Tariff Fights and
Come Out for sOcialism-Big Strike
Promised.
London, Aug. IA cabinet council last
ing over two hours was held yesterday. at
which it is understood that the Russo
French proposal TO establish a blockade
of the island of Crete was the subject un-
der consideration. Subsequent to the ad-
jOurnment of the council the opinion was
expressed at the foreign office that Lord
Salisbury was opposed to the adoption of
the proposal for a blockade and would re-
ply to the sugges tions that such course
be taken by counter proposals for the
granting Of autonomy to the island.
The Marquis OF Londonderry, the Earl
of Dunraven, and the Earl Of Winchelsea
took part in yesterdays debate on the
Irish land bin in the House of Lords, and
although consenting that the measure
should go to its second reading, the three
peers threatened what they would do when
the bill should have reached the commit
| tee stage. Despite these threats, however,
| the conviction prevails among ministerial
| lists that the peers will not dare to tamper
serious with the measure
Rt Hon. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury. and conservative leader in the
House of Commons, said to a member in
| the lobby of the House last night that he
| expected to go on holiday to Whiting
| ham, Scotland, on the 18th instant.
| Field Marshal Lord Wolseley command
| er-in-chief of the British forces, has Gre
| ated sensation by a statement made to
! the Indian military commission on We'd
! nesday that he would not like to put In
dian troops in front Of European soldiers,
| adding: Il should not like to fight the
| army of France or Germany or any other
army with Indian troops"
| Military officers now in England who
| have served in India, declare that there
| is no ground for Gen. Lord Wolseley's
| remarks. The Indian troops, they declare,
| are an admirable fighting force, equal IN
every way to the soldiery of Russia or
| any other country. 1t is the consensus OF
| opinion in military circles that the COM
| mander-in-chief was animated in making
| his statement by a feeling of jealousy to-
| ward Gen. Lord Roberts, whose hign
opinion of the Indian soldiery is based up
| on experience. Field Marshal Lord Wolss-
! ley's action has caused indignant pro-
| tests upon all sides and has placed him
| in evil odor.
The disgraceful proceedings that mark
! ed the first two days sessions of the so
cialist congress has further increased the
animosty of the real workingman against
those socialists whose principle, if not
! their sole labor, is done with their
mouths. Such an utterly disorderly gath
| ering has seldom been seen in London,
and the effect produced will surely cause
| socialists and socialism to sink further
into public discredit. 1t is not believed
| that the work of the congress will have
| any result whatever beneficial or other
| wise, beyond affording the foreign dele
| gates holiday in England, and the Eng
| lish delegates an opportunity to see the
sight of London. To use an AmericaniSm,
| a majority of the delegates are rampant
| blathershtes, whose generally second
| hand ideas for the betterment of the
| world in general, and the workingman in
particular, are utterly incapable of full
| fillment. The English socialist leaders
| and their organ in commenting on the
| silver agitation and the growth of popu-
| llsm, deal with them as offering more of
! promise than Of immediate fruition.
| Mr.. Hyndman writes that a triumph
! of the silverites in the democratic con-
| ventton need not be regarded with satis-
| faction by the socialists Currency Jug
| glers," he adds, ARE only red herrings
to draw the working people of the right
| trail"
The Clarion. the largest in circulation
of the red flag organs, says: IF the
| American voter imagines that democratic
| bimetallism or republican import duties
! will make any difference to him, he i'm
| agines a vain thing The blood suckers
| will get there all the same, until the peO-
pie rise up to demand their own, by pro-
claiming an out and out socialist plat
form.
The Clarion concludes that the issue
must ere long be favorable to socialism.
| BY and by, says another socialist paper
| the workers of the United States will see
| that the real issues are more than free
silver, free land, with free this and that"
| An influential popular organ, the Week.
| " Echo, predicts that if Mr.. Bryan be
| elected and gold bonds become payable
| in silver, there win be war between Eng
| land and the United States, as the great
CAPITALISTS behind the English govern
ment have power to compel them into
conflict.
The leaders of the great London dock
| strike of 1889 are organizing another of
| equal magnitude. Messrs. Tom Mann,
| Ben Tillett and j. H. Wilson, NJ. p are
| working to the the various Thames unions
| to federate and strike simultaneously. 1t
| has long been publicly known that the
! 6 pence rise, the "dOckers banner sup
| posed to have been conceded by the dock
| companies was a delusion. The lockers
| are really worse off than ever. The strike
| combination agents are actively canvass
| ing the men at Dutch, Belgian and Ger
| The dock companies have refused all the
! mems demands.
| The rumor, which for some time past
| has been in circulation in social circles
| that the queen was about ito abdicate is
| entirely without foundation.
THE PRESIDENTS PARTY