Connecticut western news., 1896-01-16
PASSING WARCLOUD.
THE EANGLo-GERMAN POSSIBILITIES AP
 PARENTLY SUBSlDING.

PARENTlY SUBSIDING.
 The Great Naval Preparations and the
 Mart ed Activity at woolwich Arsenal
 Mystify the Public-The Letters of the
 Queen and Emperor.
 LONDON, Jan. 14.-It seems pretty well established in the public mind that Elm peror William did not mean to threaten war upon England by his message of sym pathy to President Kruger of Transvaal nd the reports which were circulated CIV days ago of European alliance back # Germany and against Eng and find lit tie further credence. It seems to be &C., certed that the German emperor simply intended to express his own opinion of the Jameson raid in that message and the temporary sentiment of irritation which caused him.
 This is the general feeling apparently of the public mind, and those organs of pub Ec opinion wh;c ch are in touch with the gov ernmenJ have undoubtedly sought to deepen this impression But this still caves unexplained the uncontradicted as sertion that the German government did .s; ply to Portugal for permission to pass marines through Portugese territory at Delagoa bay to the Transvaal, nor does 1t explain the unfagging preparation of war material and equipment of war forces in England. Of more force seems the argu- ment of some newspapers that the waver- ing support of Russia and France has ad mon: shed the German war lord that the interpretation put upon his message by England was putting him tito hazard uus posisa-Dn.
 Whether this or some other consdefa- on has altered the situat on, it is certain
 hat the diplomatic agents Uf all the gov ernments of Europe have been kept busy in the last few weeks, and it is expected hat the full result of their labors is not -et in the knowledge of the public. That England has had vision of the destruc- ton of the "balance of power" in Eu- rope, with herself in the descending scale, is certain. Whether she has made other strokes in the hidden field of diplomacy besides her formidable show of naval force is not yet known.
 Some Notes of Warning.
 The first feeling of assurance over the better situation of the relations with Ger many is met by notes of warning that there are still possible seeds for much ran cor and danger in the situation in the Transvaal, and that the Venezuelan ques- tion, is, after all not yet settled, nor any basis agreed upon for it's settlement.
 Interest in the great naval preparations, however continues to absorb the public mind. report which has been circulated to the effect that the government intends to mobilize the volunteer forces Is denied, but it iscertain that appeals from the war office have recently been sent by circular to the commanders of all the volunteer regiments asking them to return the prob able number of volunteers that could be | mobilized and to state the arrangements that would be necessary for doing so.
 At Woolwich, below London, on the Thames, a so the great arsenal, covering 100 acres of ground, is receiving constant addit ons.to it's great store of naval mate rial, and the activity in all departments there is unabated. The torpedo factory is increasing its output, and the men in that department are working many hours over- time. The torpcdoes, as fast as they are manufactured. are dispatched to Ports mouth and Dover, the former the princi- pal naval station of England, with for ! tified harbor that Fl float the whole of i the English nav. the latter the chief | port of commune n between England l and the continent. The government in 1 tends, it is announced, to have these well supplied with torpedo boats and with tor redo destroyers.
 SemtOfhcial Press Are Silent. 1 A Berlin dispatch to The Times says: | "The semiofficial press maintains com r'ete silence respectinng the letters of Queen Victoria and Emperor William. 1 "The Kolnische Zeitung. under the heading Peace With Dshonor,' ransacks the dictionary to heap abuse upon Eng | land, Dr. Jameson and the uitlanders, but ! theTress bureau of the foreign office may be l left to reconcile this sort of language with the official assurance that the government only desires an amicable solution of the difficulties.
 "Theodore Earth, an influential mem- Der of the reichstag, writes in The Nation warning Germany that only France will ! gain by an Anglo-German quarrel, and i that England is only doing her duty in 1 protecting the interests of her subjects '' T. A Vienna dispatch to The Times says: "The rumors of an alliance between Eng , land, France and Russia depressed the bourse. It was trining incident, but it should serve as warning that the drei- bund cannot afford to be indifferent to 1 England's attitude"
 | Alleged Shameful Plot. A dispatch received from sources sym pathetic with the Transvaal government in Johannesburg asserts that the plot for Dr. Jameson's s raid and the coincident up- rising of the uit anders was the most shameful in' history. The blackest part of the plot, the dispatch asserts, was the intention of the agents of the Chartered South Africa company to set loose the savages to invade the Transvaal from all points and to kill every white man. It had been engaged that all over South Ali rica provision stations should be erected on the line of the route, and the points had been fixed. The object was to destroy Pretoria and to present England with 8 fait accompli before any interference could reach them Sketches of Pretoria and of the Rand, made by military men, it is said. have been seized.