Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-14
IT HASNOI A THREAT OF WAR
The English Authorities, Through
Their Newspapers,
Are Doing Everything Possible to
Cause the Popular Belief thai
Emperor William Meant Nothing
Serious by His Message of Sym
pathy to President Kruger.


Copyrighted, 1896, Associated Press.
London, January 13.-It seems pretty
weu established in the public mind
that Emperor William did not mean to
threaten war upon England by his mes
sage of sympathy to President Kruger,
Of the Transyaal, and the reports which
were circulated a few days ago of an
EuTopean alliance back of Germany
and against England find little further
credence. 1t seems to be accepted that
the German Emperor simply intended
TO express his own opinion of the Jane
son raid in that message and the tenn
porary sentiment of irritation which it
caused him.
This is the general feeling apparent
ly of the public mind, and those organs
Of public opinion which are in touch
with the government have undoubtedly
sought to deepen this impression. But
this stll leaves unexplained the uncon-
tradicted assertion that the German
government did apply to Portugal for
permission to pass marines through
Portuguese territory at Delagoa Bay to
the Transvaal, nor does it explain the
unfagging preparations of war mate
rial and equipment of war forces in
England Of more force seems the ar
gument of some newspapers that the
w5vering support of Russia and France
has admOnished the German war lord
that the Interpretation put upon his
message by England was putting him
into a hazardous position.
Whether this o. s0na other consider
alton has aEered the situation e is Ger
,e.n thlt the diplomatic agents CT al
The governments have been kept busy
In tne AS, teW weeks and IL is exp ec,ed
-nat rhe full result cf their l3bors is not
yet IN The knowledge Of the public.
Th3, England has had a vrion of the
destruction of the balance Of power"
In EUr,Da. with hers " n Tire descend
ing scale is certain. Whether she has
MADE 1tler sJr0k5s In cHe hidd Il de1
O. diplomacy besides her formidable
show Of naval force is not ye- known.
AT WOOLWICH. BELCW LONDON,
on the Thames, the great arsenal COW
er,ng one hundred acreis Of ground, is
receiving constant additions to its
great store os uavG, material and the
activity in all Departments there is un-
abated The tOrpedo factory is incraas-
ing as output and the man in that de-
rrarr IL -sr,-
time. The tcrOed0es. as fast as they
are manufactured. are despatched 20
Portsmouth and Dover, the former the
principal naval station OF England with
a fortified harbor that will float the
whole of the English navy. and the
! latter the chief por, Cf communication
between England and the continent.
/ The government intends. il is annourc-
= e1. % have these Wei supplied with tor
pedO boats and with torpedo d strOysrs.
Ore feature Of the w2r scare which
is much dgelt upon here is The harm it
has Done to German trade. German
import trade houses here announce that
there has been a big decrease in their
orieyr since the scare. The orders Of
one big fancy goods firm, it is aanounc-
I ell. have decreased sixty per cent. Il is
feared that the quarrel vii tlus result
] i'm permanent injury 20 trade.
LOOKS MORE PACIFIC.
London, january 13.-An editoria, in
the Times this morning suggests that a
strong hint from the United States to
PrCilent Cresp0 would be c9portune
TO convince him of the grotesQueness Of
the idea that America VIII support any
demands Venezuela chooses to make.
England says the Times. 'is willing
fer any dir5ct settlement. but Venezu-
e'a mus -are no .Ui-i9-ivo. Tha ohvi-
ous course if for Venezuela to ask the
ULitsd States 10 place her once more in
Communication with Great Britain. II
Pre- ideu. Cleveland acceded to such 6
ro0vas- 5. would 90 fa~ 20 restore tho
feeling of amity that existed between
England and tha United States prior TO
his message. We ars gua-.fad at the
spirit displayed by America in the face
of Cermany's attitude ard :t is remark.
ably encouraging that Washington
sought England's good offices in the
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