The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
OUR LONDON CABLE LETTER.
ENGLISH MOSSBACKS COMPLAIN
OF THE HIGH SPEED OF
AMERICAN LINERS.
LATE C0NSTANT|NOPLE MASSACRE.
The World Does Not Realize Their Full
Magnitude-On of the Bloodiest
Deeds in MISUNDERSTANDING
News From Alatabcleland.

London, Sept 5.-(Copyrighted, 1896,
by the Associated Press.) The letter
which appeared in the London Times on
Wednesday last, written by Lord Col
vile of Culross, demonstrating against
the alleged excessive speed of modern
transatlantic steamships, attracted and
continues to attract considerable atten-
ton. 1t is stated that the attention of
letter, and their lordships intend to take
immediate measures to regulate the
speed of steamships in The Solent, and
according to writer in the Scotsman,
ity the admiralty, a couple of years ago,
induced the German steamers to go slow
through Cowes roads, owing to the risks
incurred by the bathers and small craft.
1t is now alleged that the American lin
ers go at full speed through Cowcs
roads, and number of the urban coun-
Gil assert that the wash of one of the
American steamers broke across the Es-
planade in Cowes, invading a hotel fac
ing the sea, and he adds that frequent
complaints have been made on the sub
ject to the local authorities, who claim
that the requisite safety could not be in
sured without adding more than quar-
ter of an hour to the length Of the trans
Atlantic voyage. Inquiries made at the
Office of the American lines and German
lines show these statements to be utter
ly unfounded and evidently based on OPP
position to the foreign steamships them
selves and not to their speed. At all the
offices it was distinctly stated that the
Atlantic steamers never go ut full speed
through Cowes roads.
In spite of the official statements TO the
effect that the visit of the secretary of
the colonies, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, to
the United States is n purely personal
trip, il is learned that he will make n
point of seeing Secretary Oncy.
The British ambassador AT Washing
ton, Sir Julian Pauncefote, is still in
England, and, therefore, there is nothing
to prevent Mr.. Chamberlain from per-
sonally settling the Venezuelan question
with Mr.. Olney.
The Prince Of Wales returned from
E"mhlirg to London looking exceedingly
well.
The deputy of the late minister of for
e.gn affairs, Chicanc. who, on the death
# Prince LObanoff Rotovsky, was made
acting minister for foreign affairs, ard
is now with Tie czar, will, il is said, posi-
lively be his permanent successor.
NJ. Chicane is an experienced diplomat
and Il former Russian minister NJ Wash
lngton. In other quarters, however, il
is said thai the ear selected Gen. Count
Won Schouvaloff, the governor general
of Russian Poland, who suffered from n
paralytic stroke almost Immediately af-
forwards. The generals illness is re-
garded by the superstitious as another
proof that nothing but i'll luck will fol-
low the ear as Il result of the terrible
disaster NJ Moscow durng the corona
ton, when several thousand people were
crushed to death during Il panic on the
pain.
The news from Matabcleland is less
satisfactory now than was expected last
week 1t appears that several compa-
MES in the Matoppo hills are still deter
mined to fight it out, and several more
conflicts have occurred in which the reb-
els suffered very little loss. On the 9TH
or hand, 800 Matabeles recently surpris-
ed loyal grain patrol consisting of five
whites and seventy friendly natives. All
the whites succeeded in escaping. but
the friendies and a number of women
and children were captured To make
matters worse, a rebel impi consisting of
1000 men has assembled ten miles north
west of Buluwayo. But it is not con
sidered likely that they will venture to
attack the town.
Advices received here from Spain indi-
cate that there is considerable anxiety
there at the attitude which the Carlists
have assumed. Their deputies have
withdrawn from the chamber ostensbly
as a protest against the adoption of the
subsidies to the Spanish railroads, but
it is believed that something more seri-
Gus is looming up in the background.
The Carlist body throughout the country
have received secret Instructions from
the Marquis Cerralbo, the principal agent
of the pretender to the Spanish throne.
and the Carlist officers and deputies open
ly stated in the lobbies Of the house that
they retired from the chamber in order
to avoid any responsibility for the events
and disasters which they foresaw was
arising from the railroad subsidies In
addition the Carlist deputies informed
several people in and about the chamber
that they could not guarantee that the
Carlist masses would not again take to
the hills in Catalonia, Navarro and else
where.