The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-06

as means of promoting unity in the
Irish parliamentary party, 1t was the
biggest failure on record and only SER
we'd to widen the breach existing among
the various factions. Evan the liberal
newspapers which for years have had
the cause Of Ireland at heart, admit
this
The recent atrocities at Constanti-
nople have been thoroughly and earn
estly discussed by all classes during
the week, and have aroused the wrath
of Europe to such an extent, that they
will probably COMPEL action upon the
part of at least some of the powers,
and force the sultan to make radical
change in the administration of his en-
pire. There is already evidence that
the bugbear Of a general European war
is no longer sufficient to guarantee
Turkey immunity for it's misdeeds The
Warships of various nations are gather
ing in the Levant, led by q squadron
consisting of a score of British ships,
which are ready to respond to sign
from Sir Phillip Currie, the British
ambassador at Constantinople. The lat
ter arrived at his post yesterday armed,
it is understood, with definite instruct
ions from the Marquis of Salisbury to
compel obedience to certain demands
upon the part of Great Britain, either
In conjunction with the representatives
of other powers, or, failing them, to
take action alone. That Great Britain
means business is emphasized by the
fact that prior to his departure, Sir
Phillip Currie received a communi-
cation from the queen for delivery per-
sonally to the sultan. In this communi-
cation, 1t is believed her majesty con-
veys to the sultan a kindly warning Of
the approaching storm. Abdul Hamid
has profound respect for the queen
and her letters to him are never with
out effect
The Duke and Duchess Of MarI-
borough are at present at BIenheim,
where extensive alterations and inn
provements have begun. The Prince
OF Wales has promised to visit them
on Nov. %, and will remain a week.
The rumor that DR.. Jameson is to
marry the Dowager Countess of Dud-
ley, daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiff
and widow of the first Earl of Dudley.
who died in 1885, is revived by the
frequent visits which the countess has
been paying to the prisoner in Hollo-
way jail, and by the fact that she
showed the keenest interest In his trial
In spite Of the belittling in some
quarters of Reiff, the American Jockey.
the latter had his first mount for an
English owner at Derby on Wednes-
day. According to the English racing
papers, Mr. Pierre 4orillard does not
intend to race again in America. until
the permanency of racing there is bet
ter established.
The congress of sanitary institutes
which has been in session at New
castle, has strongly endorsed bicycling
nc 1Asr %l7< -
number of the arrangements of women
and expressed the conviction that the
average standard Of the health Of
woman bicyclists has undergone an
appreciable elevation
In connection with the assertion that
Irish political prisoners have been
driven insane by the hardships of con-
vict life, 1t is interesting to note the
report of the government inspector of
prisons, which not only fatty contra
diets this assumption, but shows to his
satisfaction that the prison manage
ment has precisely the opposite effect
The report quotes figures to show that
the number of insane prisoners de-
creases with the length of their inn
prisonment, and that of the average
daily population, 1920, of the convict
prisons for the year ending March 81,
there were eleven insane convicts and
only twenty-six deaths, all from nat
ural causes, among them
The political%campaign in the United
States continues to be watched here
with intense interest. Henry Labou-
chere, in Truth, devotes three pages to
the situation, during the course Of
which he says: II am one Of the warm
est admirers Of the United States in
Europe. I am a democrat of demo-
Gratis, in the true sense of the word
and believe that one Of the greatest
dangers to the democracy of Amer
lea is that huge accumulation of capt.
tai are in the hands Of few. But as