St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-19
SHARING THE Sp0ILS
ENGLAND AND FRANCE AGREE
UPON A DIVISION OF
SIAM.
LIONS SHARE FOR FRANCE,
BUT ENGLIsHMEN CLAIM THAT IT
IS A GREAT DIPLOMATIC
VICTORY.
LIONS SHARE FOR FRANCE
WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE.
English Admiralty Department
Pushing Warships to Conn
pletion.

LONDON, Jan. 18.-It seems to be
the general opinion here among En-
glishmen that the events of the past
week have in no way impaired the
prestige Of Great Britain. The agree
ment arrived at with France regarding
Siam is, for instance, gravely looked
upon in some quarters here as being
an excellent reply to Emperor Will
! Jams dispatch to President Kruger on
| the result Of the Transvaal invasion in
| spite of the utterances to the contrary
of the French newspapers. La Liberte,
of Paris, on Wednesday had an inter
view with M. Berthelot, the French
minister Of foreign affairs, in which he
was quoted as saying:
| The MekOng convention does not
modify our external policy. The En-
| glish newspapers are wilfully mistaken
in declaring that England has obtained
| Frances cooperation in the settlement
of England's foreign difficulties"
Yet in the face of this, the newspa-
pers here look upon the Mekong agree
ment as being q triumph for British
diplomacy, and slap for Emperor
| William. On the other hand, it was
| credibly announced today that the
|
complete submission of King Prempeh.
and the news is received with great
satisfaction, as it frees Great Britain's
hands from what once promised to be
a troublesome little war
The elation at Great Britain's appar-
emily successful issue from a delicate
situation, combined with the confidence
aroused by the promptness with which
the naval preparations were carried
out, has given
TONE OF COCKsURENESS
to a portion of the press and people.
The Standard is SO elated that it
talks about Great Britain holding her
own against any five or six of the great
powers and thinks it matter of su-
preme Indifference as to how the pow
ers may group themselves.
The ST. James Gazette, however,
strongly reproves Englishmen for ut
tering such an opinion, describes the
Standards remarks as "swagger' and
asks pertinently if Great Britain is pre-
| pared to take on France, Russia, Ger
many, Austria, and the United States.
and SAYS:
Surely this is making great deal
too much Of the fact that we built
few ironclads and cruisers rapidly dur
ing the last few years"
| Continuing the ST. James Gazette
| proceeds to enumerate the vulnerable
points of Great Britains armor, name
ly, insufficient number Of cruisers, lack
of trained sailors and officers to man
the fleet, a tiny army, etc.
Although matters look decidedly more
peaceful than they did week or so
ago, the production of war material
here appears to have been increased
rather than diminished.
The admiralty department tele-
graphed to the iron work manufactu-
rers Of the Midlands yesterday, to dis
patch Immediately further consign-
ments Of ship iron work and other re-
ouisites for pushing the completion Of
the warships now in hand The mill
tary authorities have enrolled a large
number of additional employees at the
government gun factories and the men
are all working overtime CARTRIDGES
for the new magazine rifle are being
turned out by the million and enormous
quantities Of shells are being manu-
factured.
The factories are also turning out as
ranidly as possible. large numbers Of
field ard naval guns. and steps are be-
ing taken to pnsh this branch of the
defenSeS very strongly