The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-16
Indianapolis.
From Sundays Second Edition.)
The Advance ON DonSoIa.

NEW YORK, March 15.-A special TO the
World from London says: me advance on
taken most people in Great britain com
pletely by surprise. On the same day mat
the Cairo correspondent OF the iimes inaue
government, Lord Cromer's report was sent
10 Parliament. in which he declared tnat me
dervishes were maintaining a strictly de-
The British Ministry. pending Mr. Cham
berlain's promised statement Monday night,
allows two quite plausible explanations 10 De
semi-officially announced. One is that the
success of the Abyssinian Segus will most
likely encourage his neighbor. the khalifa,
to q descent on Egypt, and that II is best TO
strike before he is prepared to do so. The
other is that England is disposed TO do Italy
q friendly turn by aiverting the dervishes
from their Threatened union with Nenelek.
PLANTATION, which comes TO me from a source
at least in a position TO be we'll informed,
which 1 quote with much reserve, but OF
which several unusual recent events give re-
markable confirmation. This is that German
intrigues against Great Britain in the Soudan
have been brought to the knowledge of the
Ministry, and that 1t has determined TO in
augurate an instant and e~ffectual estoppel on
the Kaiser's hostile plans.
Everywhere IL has been the subject OF gen.
eral comment that Sir William Harcourt,
the Liberal leader in the Commons. has
given, contrary to the general Liberal policy,
his support to the new and great naval
scheme OF the opposition. A picture of the
proposed new feet published in one Of the IL
luStrdteQ 1OuTTE1lS LO-udy dI18ZeS the TcautT.
It seems realty that OF 2 great nations en-
tire navy. and not merely that of an addi-
ton TO the present equipment. The story as
1t reaches me is that Sir William was ready
for all this. and had announced mis- intention
to his followers, when representations were
made to him by Ministers OF such peril to
the empire from Germany that he unexpect-
e6ly and altogether withdrew MS opposition.
He has since. If my Is correct.
some of his colleagues. His reported counsel
Is that ito effectively obstruct the new naval
scheme : srs might aata srlng the e sna Try S Mith oIea risk
indicated that the Kaiser's comprehensive
plans in Africa form a sufficient basis for
ministerial measures against them.
OF course, recent reports from Berlin of
the Kaiser's hope to build a great navy I'm
spite of the opposition of the Reichstag.
his known colonial aspirations and his
overt hatred and jealousy OF England, lend
further credence to the above report. 1t is
even more certain that If the danger out
lined is made officially known TO the Brit
ish people the outburst of feeling for var
with erma will be far more intense than
that after Williams telegram to Dom Paul.
One must mix with mercantile and indus
trial classes to fully appreciate the almost
universal hatred of Germany among them.
Her commercial competition ALMOST every
where, even in Engiand's own colonies. has
been of the utmost injury 10 r.ngisl manu-
facturers. Cheap German clerks, often re-
rnarkable iinguists, are crowdi1g out young
Glasgow and Sheffield houseT. Jh, favor
always shown by the Queen, as We'll as by
her predecessors, to Their German rs,auens
a decided prejudice, when, perhaps, partly
explains the opposition led by the Times TO
the proposed vote of a pension to the Duke
of Cambridge.
II the explanation of Sir William Har-
courts action is correct. he has either not
communicated II to the Irish members of
Parliament or TO Labouchere. or else they
disregard IL. Irish leaders are arranging for
a resolute resistance to the passage or the
1891 aa1Aw. A.ATnh Tho nnn non Y n u
be added, however. that 1t is not at all un-
likely, IL their obstructive tactics be per
sisted in, that the English and Scotch Liber-
ais will be found supporting the government
on the navy plans. and that an alliance be-
tween the Irish and the Liberals may be
ruptured perhaps for years TO come.
The issue of the campaign against the der
wishes Is by no means so certain as was
that of the recent bloodless Ashantee expe-
dition- Experienced African authorities
will incite semi-barbaric forces everywhere.
Perhaps even in India IL win be
Vastly e1a dIsssninated as amens theS o.
And it was certainly complete enough as ii
stands. Kha!ifa himself Is described by
as a man who. in point Of vigor. win. cour-
age and power of inspiring the desert peo-
pies with fanaticism. Is a worthy, successo,
Throughout the campaign which ended in
the fall OF Kha-toum Abdullah was his chic:
lieb KEEN eve f fop the s main seh MaSai' ne &c 9 diS
not believe In the immortality OF the son
of the prophet. whoever else did so. and he
took care to have a proclamation issued by
Mahdi which practically assured succession
to himself.
There are $500 British troops in Egypt,
and Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener. sirdar
OF the Egyptian army, will presumably ht
in general command. Major. Genera
Knowles. who is in OF the British
troops, is a man Of sixty-one, who, when
quite a lad. fought In the Crimea and was
in the trenches before sebastopci-
Pool Rooms Suffer.
NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-THE officials
OF the telegraph company here are ret
icent concerning the false report sent out
by the racing department from the race
track to-day that Royal Nettie had won
the last race. instead or Plug. but from
the>best obtainable information the trick