The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-19
STANDARD MUCH ELATED
Believes Britain Could Tackle
the World.
Employees Enrolled at
the Government Gun Factories
The Rad Blood Between France
and Great Notwithstanding the
Siamese SettIement-ReasOns For
the General Hatred of England.

LONDON. Jan. S.-(Copyrighted,
1895. by the Associated Press.)-It
seems to be the general opinion here
among the English that the events of
the past week have in no way impaired
the prestige of Great Britain. The
agreement arrived at with France
regarding Siam is, for instance, grave
ly looked upon in some quarters here
as being an excellent reply to Emperor
Williams dispatch to President Kru-
ger on the result of the Transvaal in
vasion, in spite of the Utterances to
the contrary of the French newspapers.
La Liberte of Paris on Wednesday had
an interview with NJ. Berthout, the
French minister of foreign affairs, in
which he was quoted as saying: The
(Iekong) convention does not modify
our external policy. The English
newspapers are wilfully mistaken in
declaring that England has obtained
Frances cooperation in the settlement
of English foreign difficulties.
Yet in the face of this the news
papers here look upon the Mekong
agreement as being a triumph for
British diplomacy and slap at En-
peror William.
On the other hand it was creditably
announced today that
THE ASHANTEE WAR
had been ended with the complete sub
mission of King Prempeh, and the
news is received with great satisfac-
tics, as it frees Great Britain's- hands
from what once promised to be
troublesome little war.
The elation of Great Britain's ap-
parently successful issue from deli
cate situation combined with the con-
fdence aroused by the promptness
with which the naval preparations
were carried out, has given a tone of
cocksureness to a portion of the press
and majority of the people.
The Standard is so elated that 1T
talks about Great Britain's holding her
own against any five or six of the
great powers, and thinks it a matter
of supreme Indifference as to how the
powers may group themselves.
The st. James Gazette, however,
strongly reproves Englishmen for Ut
tering such an opinion, describes the
Standards remarks as swagger and
asks pertinently if Great Britain is
prepared to take on France, Russia,
Germany, Austria and the United
States, and says: Surely this is MAX
ing a great deal too much of the fact
that we built a few ironclads and
cruisers rapidly during the last few
years"
Continuing, the st. James Gazette
proceeds to enumerate the
VULNERABLE POINTS
Of Great Britain's armor namely, in
sufficient number of cruisers, lack
Of trained sailors and officers to man
the fleet, a tiny army, etc.
In connection with the possibility OF
war between Great Britain and one or
more of the powers, the newspapers to-
lay give much prominence to an artt-
Gle from the pen of a distinguished
strategist, Captain Baron Won
Lutwitz, of the Prussian general staff, |
which has appeared in the Military
Discussing the chances of invasion
by Great Britain, Captain Won Lut-
vitz concludes with the remark that
IN invasion of this country would be
dangerous but it is in no way impos-
;ible
The English newspapers retort by
'ecalling the remark attributed to
Field Marshal Won Moltke. namely, /
hat he had nine plans for getting into |
England but none for getting out
again.
Although matters look decidedly
more peaceful than they did a, week |
lgo, the production of war material |
lere appears to have been increased |
'ather than diminished The staff of |
vorkmen at the dockyards and arsen- |
lis has been increased largely and it I
S looked upon as being significant and
Us having direct bearing upon the
uture that the workmen have been |
Mostly promised permanent employ
nent
The admiralty department tele-
,raphed to the iron work manufacture
RS of the Midlands yesterday to dis
,atch Immediately further consign-
nents of ship iron work and other
equisites for pushing the completion
# the warships now in hand
The military authorities have en-
oiled a large number of
ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES
It the government gun factories and
he men are all working over time.
cartridges for the new magazine rifle
re being turned out by the million,
nd enormous quantities of shells are
eing manufactured. The factories are
.lso turning out as rapidly as possible
arge numbers of field and naval guns
nd steps are being taken to push this
ranch of the defenses very strongly.
The Importance of the agreement
nth France regarding Siam, previous
Y alluded to, is insisted upon, in view
f the fact that it is said
o have settled a question which
night at any time have led
D serious differences between Great
Britain and France. Moreover, it is
tated that two other causes for dis
ension have been removed by the
anne agreement. one being the result
a removal of the British treaty of
with Tunis and the other
eing based on the arrangement of a
liked commission which would pro-
eed to fix the boundary between Eng
sh and French possessions in the Niger
asin. The settlement Of the latter