The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-12-06
MAKES THEM LAUGH
CurzOn Says He Bears All tn, Bur-
dsns Of the Foreign Office
ZIG CHINESE CONSPIRACY
A Powerful Society Working for
the Overthrow of the Chi
nese Empire Gossip
In London.
,opyr,eht 1896 by Associated Press.

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under secretary for the foreign Office.
/ George n. Curzon, made on Wednes-
( day at Manchester and in which. COM
pletely ignoring the Marquis of Sails
I hurry. he depicted himself as alone
bearing the burdens OF foreign affairs.
As a result, even the staunch conserva-
| tive newspapers rebuke his conceit.
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks the con-
clusion to draw from his speech Is that
j the government is blessed beyond
measure In its foreign affairs secre-
tary. Mr.. Curzon also read to the edi-
tors severe lecture on the way they
should conduct their newspapers. He
said their news is always unreliable
and their correspondents hang around
the various foreign Offices with sort
/ of spare us-a-cpo air.
The imperial zolleverin ha dan inning
/ at the congress of the agricultural
| union In Manchester A big bevy OF
conservative members of parliament
was present and a resolution was
adopted urging the establishment OF a
union. Lord Mannheim expressed the
opinion that Joseph Chamberlain. sec
retary Of state for the colonies. had
failed because. in his proposal the
colonies took free trade as its basis.
| His lordship suggested to let the col
| cnies impose their own duties. simply
giving British goods an advantage OF
| 10 per cent.
Robert a. Yerburgh. member of par
! lament for Chester. has come forward
| with a draft of a scheme to carry out
one of the protectionists' pet ideas,
net storage for wheat. as a pick-me-up
7 fer British husbandry, and as re-
serve of food stuff in the event of war;
/ He proposes that the government
/ build 40 graneries. each divided into
/ l50 silos and capable of storing 2.50o.-
| 900 quarters of wheat. The silos will
| he 100 feet across and will be built OF
brick or concrete. according to the
/ plan. Every Arrangement Is 10 he
made for shifting. airing and cleaning
/ the grain. IL IN estimated that the
capital outlay will he G21. .500.0 900 $l0i,-
| 00O.000). and that the annual cost OF
storage will he G2S2000 s1,410.000D. IL
the scheme Is adopted Great Britain
will thus have permanent reserve
of 100000 quarters Of wheat.
Samuel l.. Plimsol, the sailors
friend. whase work In behalf of sailors,
passengers at sea and shipping gener-
ally has won for himself worldwide
fame. is launching another crusade.
This time he is attacking the trusts. In
a long letter to the newspapers he
points out America as sad example
| of the pernicious effects of such organ
| i,ations. He says: The epidemic of
rapacity has reacher Europe. where, as
i'm America IL may he expected tn
spread with sudden and unexpected
rapidity." Piimsoll winds up with a
proposal that parliament appoint a Sc
lect committee To inquire into the
| whole subject
Lord Mayor Phillips informs the as
| 81 hat Iut haan
yet arranged for the proposed banquet
| 10 United States Ambassador Bayard.
hut the Marquis of Salisbury. To whom
the matter has been mentioned, receiv-
| ed the suggestion with the utmost
kindness and cordiality.
| There Is much interest aroused In n
letter to the London Times. signed "old
Fashioned Patriot" explaining the pa
| triotic instructions given to American
youths. He tells how. not only boys.
hut girls. in the United States are
drilled in giving the military salute In
schools to the stars and stripes. and
suggests that the same system be
| adopted In British schools. This let
ter has ben reproduced everywhere and
! the Globe warmly supports the system.
| adding: The union jack stands for
| more than the star spangled banner,
recalling a long and glorious past
The imperial council of Russia will
| shortly consider the proposal Of the
minister Of justice to abolish the pres
| ent system OF exile i'm Siberia by ad-
| minstrativc order Prof. Benjamin
| Howard Of New York arrived here on
| Monday from Russia. after a pro-
| longed furthed study Of the forwarding
system OF Siberian exiles and he starts
| for New York shortly To fulfill prom
\ isc made to Judge DAILY to lecture be-
| fore the New York Geographical so
ciety. Professor Howard emphatically
| opposes George Kennan's story of Rus
/ sian cruelty and support Harry De
| Winndt's writings on the subject.
The English court is reported To he
| still in state OF apprehension con-
cerning the Bismarck revelations. 1t
| appears that the queen and her late
| consort. Prince Albert, cOrresponded
coufidentialy for many years on po-
litieal family affairs with old Emperor
| william. when the latter was simply
| king OF Prussia, and 1t is understood
| most OF these letters. originals or
| copies, are in possession of Prince Bis
nlarck and further revelations may
therefore be more piquant in their per-
/ sonal touches.
The year 1896 has proved a rare har-
vest for the company promoter. IL Is
! estimated that Glil, 10000 tSs0S, '5O,0O0D
/ shares IN different concerns have been
| offered 10 the public during the past IL
\ months being the highest amount I'm
several years past. or c4l.000.0o0 ts1i0.-
/ 900 OOO) above the same period In 1895
| and double the amount of 1854. More
than cl3.OOO.O00 1856 900 .00Ob were offer
ed last month.
The commander -in-chief Lord VOLS
ley. speaking on Modern Armies" at
| Edinburgh. said he believed the Chi
nese were designed above all races "a
be a great military and naval conquer
ing people and h. added that IL he were
given a free hand and allowed 70 se-
| lect from English officers as instruc-
tors he would undertake 20 raise In a
couple nf years great Chinese army
N hich would be ilyincible in the East
and hard 10 beat in Europe.
sun Tut son, the Chinese doctor wh0
MAS kidnapsd by an official of the Chit
] nesc Legation and who was subsequent
In released ON demand from the lord
marquis has puhlished an article
/ here in " hch h. saws the value ~ ii
Hung ChanEs head win be- determined
bg he value Of tl" Information ne has
aiken to China nnont thr doings and
pis,rr of The Chinese ahrpgd. sun Vat
-.H SAYS hc rs '1r leader uf q COM
lfary a. Canton .u October. 1885. ,u
-,.5!.ES = y':s,'! .ic:; t-r china. Th-