St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-01
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LANGUAGE USED BY THE LONDON
ECHO, SPEAKING Ole, SPANISH
RULE IN9CUBA.
THAT PICNIC + IN ASHANTI
PROVES TO HAVE bEEN A HIGHLY
PROFITABLE AND sATIsFAC-
TORY INVESTMENT.
KAISER WANTS A NEW DREIBUNp
He Thinks the Combined Fleets of
Germany, Russia and France
Could Cow England.

LONDON, Feb. 29.-The Cuban reso-
luton of the United States senate has
had mixed reception here. There
has been considerable feeling in favor
of Cuban home rule, although many
distinguished personages and inf1uen-
tial organizations are afraid to advo-
cate it for fear of reaWakening the
apparent slumbering agitation Of Ire
land. The Echo, however, comes out
flat-footed on the subject, and SAYS:
1.-THE resolution will be warmly ap-
proved by civilized mankind There
is not a shadow Of doubt that Presi-
dent Cleveland will promptly act in
accordance. For more than a year
Cuba has been a hell on earth, and
the Spaniards and Turk are on a par
so far as atrocities are concerned"
The forthcoming proposals Of the
government for strengthening the navy
create the greatest interest on all
Sides Mr.. Goschen will present the
navy statement on Monday, and the
debate on it will take place on Thurs
day. The consensus of opinion on the
subject is that there is universal
determination to meet the necessities
of the moment, and protect the country
IL Jill IIiC PCiliS VI oily pOSSlDlG COM
bination of powers.
The British and French negotiations
at Paris on the Niger question have
been temporarily suspended The
French representatives accuse the
British Of trying to acquire possession
of territory within the French sphere,
and there the matter lends for the
present. 20 =
INDIGNANT SPANIARDS.
The newspapers of Madrid are get
ting very angry at the action Of the
United States senate, and the evening
newspapers Of that city express them
selves in even more violent language
than their morning contemporaries.
They say the language used during
the debate has madesa painful impress
sion. They aver that the statements
made are untrue; that the Cubans have
no organizations: are not in possession
Of single town. On the other hand, it
Is maintained that the Spaniards have
respected all prisoners, and to call
them barbarians Is regarded as an
unprovoked and unJustifiabIe insult.
There has been a good deal OF notice
attracted to the remarkably well di-
rected manner in which the Ashanti
expedition was organized and carried
out. From first to last there was not
the slightest hitch of any descrip-
ton, even the commissary and train
departments, where there is generally
more or less trouble. Now comes the
statement that the whole expedition
cost only 100000 ($6OO,0OO). 1t will
therefore be seen that the British have
made pretty good bargain in Ashanti
They have not only acquired ''pro-
+ tectorate" over Ashanti, which means,
practically the annexation of that ter
ritory, but the unfortunate King Prem
peh has been fined $4,000 ounces of gold
in addition, SO that the little Ashanti
picnic" may be looked upon as being
quite a successful affair, especially
when it's small cost is considered.
EYES ON AMERICA.
In politics during the week there has
been more attention directed against
Washington than towards any other
capital, unless it is Constantinople,
where today a fresh and apparently
very dangerous state of affairs sudden
~ blossomed out. But, strange to say,
the possibility Of fresh complications at
ConstantfnopsC comes as a relief to the
greatly strained minds of the political
leaders here, for it distracts attention,
to a certain degree, from the clouds
hovering over the British empire. If
reports from Berlin are to be believed,
Emperor William. of Germany, is &C
lively engaged in trying to form a
new dreibund. consisting of Russia,
France and Germany, and it is init
mated that he would not be opposed
to proposition to unite the fleets of
the three countries in an attack upon
Great Britain to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the empire. Of course, the plan is by
no means a new one and has frequent
ly been considered by much more ex-
perienced men than the German en-
peror. The fact remains, however,
that the recent warlike utterances
against Great Britain have had a
healthy effect upon her statesmen and
others, for they have opened their eyes
to the fact that the British fleet
powerful as it Is. is not as powerful as
1t should be in order to meet such a
combination as the one that Emperor
William Is credited with trying to
engineer, and there is no doubt that
considerable strengthening of the fleet
and army will be carried out here in
the promptest and most effective man
ner possible. The country now sees
clearly that there is a possibility that
some day or other there may be an all
Britain which may necessitate the
greatest struggle in the history of
those islands, and the people it seems
are ready to go down into their
pockets in order to provide funds
necessary to arm the nation to meet
such an emergency.
THE DUNRAVEN INCIDENT.
The efforts to induce the London
Athletic club to reconsider It's deter
mination not to engage in international
sports for the present are not meeting
with much success. The Dunraven
incident is too fresh in the minds of
most people here, although sportsmen
generally condemn him out and out.
to permit of any probability of inter
national contests just now. Then
again political matters have also
stirred people to a degree which rend-
ers it advisable to allow the hot heads
to cool off before there, are any further
trials of strength in4friendly rivalry.
But it is predicted that oafter all this
trouble better feeling Will arise and
good fellowship and healthy ambition
will once more perchseveF the athletic
aroma. t'i
QUEEN GOES 10 FRANCE.
1t Is now definiteIyyi FILED that tha