The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN
CROWDED WITH BIG POLITE
- CAL SENSATIONS.
Turkish RIOT FAXED UP.
INTENDED TO AFFORD AN EXCUSE
FOR ANOTHER MASSACRE OF
ARMENIANS.
SITUATION Is MIXED IN RHoDEsIA.
Some Doubt to the Good Faith
81 OF the Native Warriors In ~
~ Surrendering.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-Politically the
past week has been the liveliest in a
long time, the bombardment of the
@ ,palace of the sultan of Zanzibar, the
rioting in and about Constantinople,
the settlement of the troubles in Rho
desia, the beginning of the cZar's tour
of the European capitals, and the adj
vance of the British expedition up the
Nile having provided columns OF inter-
esting news daily. The Zanzibar in
cident and the Constantinople massa-
ores came like a couple OF tornadoes:
The British press is unanimous IN
expressing the opinion that the attack
aIpon the Ottoman bank has done I'M
measurable harm to the Armenian
cause, and news of fresh massacres
of Armenians in the provinces In re-
prisaI is hourly expected. The liberal
newspapers, however, express the gray
est doubts of the genuineness or the
Shank affair. They believe it was got
ten up by agents. The Speaker today
says: The official report ascribing the
"a affair to the Armenian agitators is
stamped in every detail as falsehood,
and certain proof that it is a tissue
of lies is that the assallants OF the
& bank after their capture, were re-
moved on board Sir Edgar Vincents
yacht This is not the way the sultan
deals with rebels caught red-handed.
If these prisoners really revolted
against the sultan they would not have
lived ten minutes after their surrender,
and the irresistible conclusion is that
The men were secretly acting under pal
ace orders, and that the riot was pro-
NOTED in order to afford an excuse for
another massacre.
q Regarding the bombardment of the
palace of Zanzibar it appears that the
: government, In spite Of the pressure
brought to bear upon 1t from lingo
quarters, does not intend to make Fan
. zibar a British colony. The present
sultan is a mere figurehead in the
hands of the British officials. The pres
ent system of government is much
cheaper thanSa colonial government
and it win please the natives better, as
< they want to live under a Mahomme
dan sultan The greatest difficulty in
the way of a colony at Zanzibar is in
!, the fact that it would entail the i'm
g mediate abolition Of slavery, which
would be certain to lead to trouble.
- Said Khalid, the suppressed usurper.
S made a very clever move in taking
refuge in the German consulate, as,
according to the German press, he will
sonly be handed over to the British on
the latter's guarantee that he will be
treated, If not as prince waging war
against Great Britain at any rate as
a. political prisoner. Thus he could not
be executed. ~
Z According. to the latest news from
Zanzibar, Said Khalid has had a rev.
olutionary center in Zanzibar for
months past, in a mosque near the
French consulate, and had been wait
3 Ing for an opportunity, which was fur
nished him in the ,deatfaef the sultan,
to make an eutbreak.sgg
The situation of affairs in Rhodesia
is daily more reassurfng The leading
chiefs are already carrying out their
arrangement with Cecil Rhodes to lay
down their arms. Over 100 kraals have
surrendered and others are preparing
80 to do SO. 1t now appears that the Rho
) desian insurgents were terribly pressed
. for food, and would have been starved
IS sout had the uprising continued another
month.
A friendly chief, Gambo, however,
says that the Matabeles are playing a
p deep game. He adds: II never thought
tie kWHlISS were SuCn IOOIS. Inc MaCa-
= beles are merely gaining time to col
Gt1ect grain and continue the fight. Are
the whites mad that they cannot see
that the arms yielded are mostly use
= less, and that very shortly after en-
.ticing the whites to bring their women
and children to settle near their strong
holds they will rise and commit a gen.
eseral slaughter"
1t is announced that France has
~ eli +y.oo Of
merce with Japan by which France
agrees to renounce consular jurisdic-
ton and the French concessions. at the
open ports within three years. and the
two countries to exchange the most ia
vored nation treatment. France is
thus put upon the same footing as the
United States
- The advance of the British expedi-
ton up the Nile has been seriouly re-
tarded by unheard of weather during
the past week. A heavy cyclone swept
the advance camp, with hardly any
warning, by sand storm, followed by
thunder storm, which demolished
hundreds Of, huts and tents, destroyed
twelve miles of the new railroad and
cut off telegraphic communication with
the front for several days Many sol
diers had narrow escapes. The tents OF
the intelligence department at Kosheh
were overturned and confidential pa
pers were scattred over the desert
Many of these documents were lost
and 1t is hoped they will not fall into
the hands of the Dervishes
In political circles it is believed that
the difficulty between Italy and Brazil
will be amicably arranged, as Italy,
with her Abyssinian troubles still I'M
settled, has quite enough to do without
engaging in hostilities with Brazil, es-
pecially in view Of the state Of the
Italian excheQuer. From Rio De Janeiro
1t is stated that it is not believed there
will be any serious complications as
the Brazilian government is determined
that the material damage sustained by
Italians and the demagogic insults to
the Italian flag should be fairly dealt
with. and that suitable amends will be
made.
Several Of the leading bankers and
brokers' have been asked what effect
a the unlimited coinage of silver would
esshave upon American securities and in
terests in England. The manager of
RCthschilds' bank said: England be-
ing gold country naturally feels
alarmed at any attempt to pay Amer
\ lean debts at half their value 1t would
5 have disastrous effect upon such Sc
( cCrltles, and in fact this crisis was for
s. seen by US months ago, and our deal
Ing in such have been very slight. The
zee coinage of silver would have very
NIUE erect upon London, as the deal
lngs in Americans have, since the be-
Z ginning of the year, been extremely
light"
"A prominent member of the Bimetal-
lie league remarked: "One of the most
striking facts here in connection with
the u. S. presidential election has heen