The herald., 1896-08-09

Scheme.
The officials of the foreign office say
that there are no new complications in
the Venezuela or arbitration questions
and that it is the desire of the British
government to meet the issues in a
friendly spirit.
Not for long time has the queen
been so moved by any act of kindness
to her family as she was by the letter
from the pope, accompanying the pres
ent of a massive gold antique bracelet
sent by his holiness to Princess Maud
upon the occasion of her wedding. The
letter is filled with the kindest senti-
ments of affection, such as parent
might have used, and the missive is con-
sdered another proof that the vatican
desires to be on friendly terms with the
Anglicans.
The competition of American bicycle
manufacturers is beginning to be Sc
riously felt in England and on the conti-
nent, and it is understood that an Amer
lean firm is to commence Immediately
the construction of a large factory at
Coventry, capable of turning out 5000
bicycles yearly. In addition, according
to the report, the American firm has
planned the prompt erection of similar
factory at Puteaux France.
The Lozier Bicycle company of Toledo,
o., was notified yesterday that 1t had
been awarded the highest honors, a gold
medal, for Austria, at the innsbruck
international exhibition
Denver Smith, the American heavy
weight pugilist, who has expressed his
anxiety to arrange for a meeting with
Corbett or Fitzsimmons, and who has re-
Gently arrived here from the United
States, only remained in London two
days, and sailed for Africa on Saturday.
During his stay here he called at the
National Sporting club, saying he want
ed that organization to put up purse
| for a match between Corbett or FitZ-
simmons and himself. but the match
maker of the club declined to entertain
| the proposition.
| The big gooseberry season in England
always brings to the front a hot dis
cussion upon some subject that it pleases
the Daily Telegraph to start. This year
| the subject chosen is, "How to celebrate
| the Queens reign, the longest in English
history" A wealthy soap manufac-
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| that S25 900, 000 should be raised to found
a model settlement to be called Victoria
| town. Columns are now pouring out
in the kingdom newspapers in the dis
! cuson, wherein all the writer's agree
! that the idea is an excellent one; but no
| two writer's can agree as to what con-
stitutes q model town, the fiercest of
| controversialists gathering around the
two items of theaters and drinking sa-
! looms.
On the question of drinking the line
is sharply drawn; in the matter of the
aters, one division insists that a model
theater should exclude all tragedies,
problem plays and the like, and be strict
ly limited to comedy farce and light
| opera. Nothing with an unhappy end
ing is to be allowed in the model town,
| nor are street bands that cannot play
harmoniously to be admitted. Later on
| the questions of secular and religious
education, rates, taxes, trade unionism,
socialism and anarchy will overtake the
correspondents and help to pile stones on
| the already dead suggestion.
Much amusement has been caused by
an incident in connection with Lii Hung
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The Chinese statesmans gaze, it ap-
pear, wandered over the leading COM
moners until it rested upon the unas-
suming person of Mr. William McEwan,
member for the central division of Edin-
burgh, and member of the firm of Nc
Evan & Co., the well-known brewers OF
that city. Ii Hung Changs eyes i'm
mediately frightened and he asked ca e.
erly for information as to the identity
of Mr.. McEwan, and was somewhat dis
appointed to learn that he was only
humble member of the house. 1t appears
that the Chinese envoy was deceived by
Mr.. McEwan's brilliant waistcoat, now
the fashion, and imagined that he must
be a person of high rank.
A phrase which Lii Hung used in his
speech before the China association at
the banquet rendered him at the Hotel
Metropole last night is commented up
on today. He is looked upon as having
pleaded for the assistance Of England in
case the independence of China is threat
ened from within or without, when he
said: Our interests are parallel. We
should like to be able to reckon upon the
support of the commercial powers Should
our independence ever be threatened
from any quarter
This is interpreted here as referring TO
Russia and to the French from the di-
rection of Tonquin, and the Daily Chron-
icle says: His words have a political
significance which cannot be missed.
That Ii Hung Chang after enjoying the
unstinted and even overdone hospitality
of these two nations, should appeal 10
Great Britain, in thinly veiled phrase.
for help against them, if necessary, is the
most striking fact of his tour"
kilograms received here today de-
clare that Haraklion, which is filled with
Mohammedan refugees, only needs a
spark to set again massacre going, al
though the presence of the British and
French warships in the harbor is ap-
parently having a salutary effect But
Turkey is certainly in very bad way
just now, for, in addition to the insur-
rection in Crete, there is a sort of revo-
luton aided by the Greeks and Bulga
rians residing in Macedonia, where the
Turkish troops have been repeatedly re-
pulsed, and the Druses' uprising is en-
gaging the attention of the Turkish gov
eminent in another direction.
Under the circumstances, it is not
astonishing that there are people who
really believe that the dismembermen
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