The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03
\ LIVELY WEEK IN POLITICAL
CIRCLES-BO MBARDMENT or
ZANZIBAR, AND
riots IN and NEAR G0NSIANTINOPLE
Wclc Causes Of Much Comment in Eng
land Settlement Of Affairs in Rho
dcsia-I.ondom Comments on the
American silver Craze.

| BIS the Associated Press Politically,
the past week has been the liyclicst in
a long time, the bombardmcnt of the pal
ace of the sultan of Zanzibar. the riot
| ing in and about Constantinoplc, the
! settlement of the troubles in RhOdcsia
| and the advance of the British cXpcdi-
ton up the Nile have provided columns
Of interesting news daily.
/ The Zanzibar incident and the Con-
| stantinoplc massacrcs came like couple
| Of tornadocs. The British press is unan-
| mOuS in expressing the opinion that the
attack upon the Ottoman banks has done
| unreasonable harm TO the Armenian
| cause. and the news of fresh maSSacres
in the provinces as rcprisals is hourly
expected. The liberal newspapers cX-
press the graycst doubts of the genuine
ness of the affair They believe it was
got NJ by agents.
The Speaker today says: The official
accounts assembling the affair 20 the Ar
mcnianS agitatOrs is stamped in every
detail as Il falsehood and certain proof
that il is tissue of lies is that the { s.
saiantS Oh the bank were removed on
the Sultan's yacht. This is not the way
the sultan deals with rcvOlutiOnistS.
The conclusion is that the riot was pro-
NOTED in order to afford an excuse for
another massacre.
Regarding the bombardmcnt of the
palace at Zanzibar. it appears that the
government, in spite of the pressure
brought to bear upon it from jingo quar-
tiers. does not intend to make Zanzibar
Il British colony. The present sultan is
Il mere figurchcad in the hands of Brit
ish officials. and the present system of
government is cheaper than Il colonial
government, and it will please the ma.
tivcS better. as they want to live under
II MOhammedan sultan. The greatest
difficulty in the way ef colony at Fan
zibar is the fact that it would entail
the entire body of slaves and would be
certain TO lead to trouble.
Said Khalid. the suppressed usurper,
made IL very clever move in taking ,ef-
ugc in the German consulate. as. accord
ing to the German consulate. he will only
be- handed over to the British on the lat
tcrS guarantee that he will be treated,
if not rs a prince waging war against
Great Britain, ~ any rate as Il political
prisoner Thus he could not be exc
Cutcd
The situation of affairs iii UhodeSa
is daily more rcaSsuring. The leading
chiefs are carrying out their arrange
mcntS with Cecil Rhodes to lay down
their arms. Over 100 kraals have sur
| rendered, and others are preparing to do
so. 1t now appears that the Rhodesian
insurgents were terribly pressed Cor food
and would have been starved out had
the uprising continued another month.
4 frin La. i,f hn ha
Matabclcs are playing Il deep game. lie
adds: Il never thought that whites
were such fools. The Alatabclos are
merely gaining time to collect grain and
continue the fight. Are the whites mad.
that they can not see the arms yielded
are mostly useless and that very short
ly. after cnticing whites to bring their
women and children to settle near their
Strongholds. they will rise and commit
II general slaughter.
1t is announced that France has signed
Il twclvc-year treaty of commerce with
japan. by which Japan agrees to de-
nouncc consular jurisdiction and the
French concessions at the open ports
within three years, and the two conn-
tries exchange the most favored nation
treatment France is thus put upon
| the same footing as the United States.
The advance of the British up the
| Nile has been seriously retarded by I'M
| heard of weather during the past week
4 heavy cyclone swept the advance
| camp with hardly any warning and Il
sand storm, followed by thunder storm
demolished hundreds of huts and tents
destroyed twelve miles of the new rail
road and cut off telegraphic commune
| cation with the front for several days
! Many of the soldiers had narrow escapes
the tents of the intelligence department
ut Josch were levelled and confidential
papers were scattered over the desert
| Many of these documents were lost, ant
it is hoped they will not fall into the
hands of the dervishes.
From Rio de .Janeiro it is stated tina
it is believed there will not he serious
complications, as it is determined tina
the damages sustained by the Italians
and the dcmagogic insults 10 the Italian
flag shall be fairly dealt with and tina
suitable amends will he made.
Several of the leading London bankers
and brokers have been asked wha
effect the unlimited coinage of silvc
would have upon American Sccuritic
and interests in England. The manage
of Rothschilds bank said: ''Englan
being II gold country naturally feel
alarmed ut any attempt to pay AMER
can debts at half their value. 1t woul
|
ties and, in fact. this crisis was forescel
by us many months ago and our dealin
in such has been slight. The free coin
age of silver would have very littl
effect on London, as the dealings i
Americans since the beginning of tn
year have been extremely light.
would. however. have n tendency I
make Il rush in dcpositug such secur
ties.
\ prominent member of the Bimctalli
League remarked: Zone of the mos
striking facts here in connection wit
the United States election has been tn
marked change within the last few day
, in the attitude of the London Time
towards the candidates Until now til
Times. evidently under the inspiration {
their New York correspondent. has rid
:, culcd Mr. Bryans candidacy and pre-
, nounccd the free silver agitation
farce and tiasco. The Times is no.
receiving impartial information as to I'll
situation in the United States and as
a., the prospects of the candidates. I'll
, effect was markedly shown in an issr
of the times, in which. in summing u
the conditions. it declared that. in i
l opinion, the chances of Mai Mckinlt
and Mr.. Bryan are perfectly even, az
! while it should not in any way cndor'
! Mr. Bryans views il defended the sty
and manner of his Madison Suuorp Ga