The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-15
BIG MILITARY LOAN
COMING ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
WILL BE ASKED FOR TWENTY
MILLION DOLLARS.
A WEEK OF SENSATIONS.
SEVEN DAYS IN GREAT
BRITAIN BRTMFUfL OF POLIT-
ICAL INTEREST,".
GUILD HALL CUT OUT A PACE.
Since That Meeting Other ImpOr-
tant Addresses Have Been Made
by the Cabinet Leaders. -

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE past week
has been brimfuI ofopolftical interest,
In addition to the Guild hall orations,
John Morley, Sir John Gorst, Henry
Asquith, Joseph Chamberlain, the Mar
quis Of Lansdowne and Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach have delivered speeches
Of considerable interest. Venezuela
naturally has been the chief topic of
discussion, and the newspapers have
daily. printed comments upon the diff
ferent developments Of the question.
The st. James Gazette incidentally
published a letter suggesting that the
boundary dispute between Honduras
and Mexico be treated on the same
lines as the Venezuelan difficulty.
The secretary of state for the col
onies, Joseph Chamberlain, addressing
the Birmingham chamber Of commerce,
last evening, described the scare in
England at German commercial COM
petition as being absurd" and defend
ed the acquisition of recent years upon
the part of Great Britain of enormous
territories as being necessary in ride
to forestall her rivals, who would close
them to English commerce"
The remarks Of the secretary Of state
for war, the Marquis of L~andsdowne,
before a meeting of Conservatives at
Bristol, have also attracted attention.
He dilated upon the necessity of in
creasing the expenditures for the army,
which, he asserted, must be put upon
the same level Of efficiency as the
navy. The wal secretary also X
pressed the hope that, at the coming
session of parliament, the bill author
ling a loan of e., 100000 for military
needs, would be passed.
The auction of the surplus stores Of
the Arctic exploring steamer Fran, at
Christiana on Monday last, attracted
much interest. Tons Of meat, soup and
vegetables were eagerly bought as me
mentoes of DR.. Nansen'S expedition.
Each article had a label on it reading
''Fram-1893-1S96," and a facsimile Of
Nansen's autograph. Several Of them
fetched many times their market value.
The proceeds were handed over to the
g~uarantors Of the expenses Of the ex-
petition.
John Dillon has written a letter
strongly opposing the scheme for ere
ating an agricultural department for
Ireland, as advocated by Horace G:
Plunkett, M. P, conservative, one OF
the commissioners Of the congested
districts board of Ireland, who sailed
for America. on the New York on Tues
day last.
A meeting in favor of protection will
be held at st. James hall on Dec. 10.
The Right Hon. James Lowther, con-
sentative member of parliament for
the Isle of Thanet, division Of Kent,
will preside. He is a former chief sec
rotary for Ireland and Is an ardent
protectionist.
Gen. Booth, Of the Salvation Army,
announces from Melbourne, Australia,
that the army is to extend its opera
tons to the whole Of the Malay penin-
sula.
kilograms from Egyptstate that an
Austrian officer has been arrested by
the British neal Suakin. He was dis
guised as a dervish, is said to be named
Hartmann, and was formerly in the
Austrian cavalry. Now; however, the
dispatches and, he ranks as an emir
in the dervish army.
Naval Lieutenant de Gerlach, the or
ganizer and leader Of the projected
Antartic expedition informs the asso-
citation that he will start from Ant
werp July Is on the steamer La Bel
gica. The expedition Will be on the
same ines as Wandefs Arctic expedi-
ton and will AXE with It a perfect set
of apparatus for scientific obServa-
tons, together with three years pro-
visions.
John Hays Hammond, the American
engineer who was prominently connect
ed with the reform movement Of Jo-
hannesburg, called at the United States
embassy today and said he a ar
ranged to stay in England for three
years..