Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-09-14
LONDON LETTER.
England's Change in Policy
Toward the Porte.
There Must Be No More Massacres OF
Christians Nor Mozlem Riotings.
Chamberiain's Absence From the Colonial
ONCE Felt-A Parliamentary Inquiry
Into the Prison Treatment-The Britt
ish Associations Annual Congress.

ASh aSoOSAatiohb Souk tcbss
LONDON, Sept. 12.--The orders issued
to the British squadron to rendezvous at
Salonicai In October are distinctly con.
nected with the change in British pol
icy toward the porte, which marked
the arrival of Sir Philip Currie, the
British ambassador, in Constantinople.
Sir Philip. without ostentaciously de-
claring more active and iso-
lated policy, has conveyed
the impression to other Eu-
ropean diplomats at Constantinople
that henceforth the European concert
will be adhered to by England, only so
far as it agrees with a purely English
policy. There must be no more mas
sacres of Christians, nor Moslem mob
riotings, nor MEETINGS to general MUIR
der, without practical Intervention by
England, with or without the approval
of the other powers. The game which
Russian diplomacy played under Prince
Lobanoff's hand of paralyzing inter-
ference in the sultan's misdoings until
the time became right for the utter
ruin of Turkey to the agrandizement
of Russia, seem about to end. There
is no doubt that the queens indigna-
ton over the constantinople massacres
had much to do with this change of
policy. Her majesty rarely interferes,
but when she does the interference is
effective. Apart from the message which
she is understood to have sent to the
sultan through Sir Philip Currie, ex.
pressing her indignation and horror OF
the massacres, the queen is known to
be using her influence with the czar.
The visit of the Russian imperials to
Balmoral, which was supposed to be a
purely family affair, devoid of all pos
sible political results, is likely to prove
quite the other way and to have more
practical influence on European poll.
tics than either the visit to Vienna or
Breslau, and possibly more even than
the Paris demonstration.
Mr.. Chamberlains absence from the
colonial Office is distinctly felt Lord
Selborne, his Locum Tenens, has as
under-secretary for the department
somewhat of reputation as a promis-
ing young man, but he does not ap-
pear to be able to deal with the sud-
den troubles arising in South Africa.
All bade for peace when Mr.. Chamber
lain left for the United States. The
dominant control Cecil Rhodes had ex-
ercised in South African affairs was
gone, Rhodes himself being under
pledge to come to England to be heard
in defense of himself and the British
South African Co. Now Rhodes usurp-
ing the functions of Gen. Sir Frederick
Carington, the commodore of the Brit
ish forces, is trying to make peace with
the Matabele chiefs. He has offered
them terms which Gen. Carington re-
fuses to accept, and generally deals
with affairs in Rhodesia as if he were
still master of the situation. Lord
Selborne doubtless keeps in cable con-
tact with his chief, but it takes a
strong hand to deal with Rhodes. The
Matabele war, if it continues, will owe
its continuance to differences between
Rhodes and Carington. The former
would make peace on conditions which
would leave large section of the ma
tives armed; the latter, only on their
unconditional surrender and dis
arment
AhSiC 10 " pS q parliamentary III
quiry commission into the prison treat.
ment which deprives men like DIR. Gal
lagher and Whitehead of the mental
and physical health after prolonged
confinement In the case of the Irish
political prisoners it is alleged by
their friends who have watched their
decay, that their treatment by under.
ling officials in Chatham prison laid the
seeds of all subsequent trou bles, and
whilst Mr.. Matthews was at the home
Office protests We're laid before him
that DAILY and others were exception.
ally badly treated, caused the removal
of these sutordinates. But the NAL.
treatment was continued it is feared,
after the politicals were removed from
Chatham. The government can not
and dare not refuse the inquiry which
will be demanded.
The British associations annual con.
gress opening at Liverpool on the 10th
inst. with Sir Joseph Lister, president
of the Royal society, in the chair, has
an unusually copious agenda. The
Roentgen rays, the new elements, hel.
ium and argon, and the Nansen and
OtHer ArctIc eApIOrdIlOnS are among
the subjects for discussion. There will
be rare gathering of European and
American savants.
The Colonial Office, responding to an
inquiry as to the truth of report in
American papers that the Pacific cable
commission has decided to forthwith
lay the Van Couver-Australian cables,
states that the report is incorrect. The
cable commission has only affirmed the
general principle of the desirability of
an All-British cable to Australia, and
will not deliberate further ON the sub
ject until the views of Mr.. Laurier,
the Canadian prime minister are
known.
Rsvisher Riddled With Bullets.
DUBLIN, Ga, Sept. l2.-Last Tuesday
Mrs. Monroe Johnson, young white
woman, living near here, was Grim.
inally assaulted in her home by Ne
gro named Shep Kinsey. Since then a