The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-08
BETTER LOOK OUT
ENGLAND CREDITED WITH SEUB-
BING Up THE SULTAN.

Gladly Help Blow Him, or Whether the
Butcher of the Bosphorus Has Actually
Been snubbed Up, Only Salisbury
Knows, But the Report is Pleasant
Reading-Foreign News.
Copy righted 1896 by the Associated Press)
London, Sept. THE recent atroc1ties
at ConstantinorGe have been thorough
Nv and earnestly discussed by all classes
during the week and have aroused ths
wrath of Europe to such an extent Nfial
they will probably compel ac1on upon
the part of the east some of the powers
and force the sultan TO make a radicss
change in the administration his en-
pire. There IS already evidence tnaI
the bugbear of a general European war
Is no longer sufficient to guarantee Iur-
kew Immunity for It's misdeeds. The
warships of various nations are gath
erfng in the Levant, led by squadron
consisting of a. score of British ShlpS
which ara ready to respond TO a sign
from Sir Philip CuIrie, the British am
bassador at Constantinople. The tat
ter arrived at his post yesterday, armed,
L is understood, with definite instruc-
tons from the marquis OF Salisbury to
compel obedience to oertaln demands on
the part of Great Britain, other IN con-
junction with the representatives OF
other powers, or, falling, then to rake
action alone That Great Britain means
business Is emphasized by the fact that,
prior TO his departure, Sir Philip CurI-ie
received communications from the queen
for delivery ID the sultan personally.
II i
her majesty conveys to the sultan a
kindly warning of the approa ching
storm. Abdul Hamid has a profound
respect for the queen and her letters 10
him are never without effect.
IRISH CONVENTION.
The irish national convention at Dub
lin, which closed ON Thursday, awoke
only the faintest interest IN England
and 1t must be admitted by an impartial
observer that as means of promoting
unity in the Irish parliamentary party
is was the biggest failure on record and
only served to widen the breaches exist
ing among the various factions. Even
the Liberal newspapers, which for years
have had the cause of Ireland at heart.
admit this.
IRISH CONVENTION.
In connection with the assertion that
Irish political prisoners have been driv-
en- insane by hardshipS of convict life,
st is interesting to note the report OF the
government inspector Of prisons, which
not only fatty contradicts the assump-
ton, but shows to his satisfaction that
the prison management has precisely
the opposite effect. The report quotes
figures TO show that the number Of in
sane prisoners decreased With the length
Of their Imprisonment and thar of the
average daily population of the convict
prisons, 1920 for the year ending March
81, there were eleven insane convicte
and twenty-six deaths, all from natural
causes, among them
AMERICAN POLITICS.
The Political campaign in the United
States continues to be watched here with
intense interest. Mr.. Henry I,abouchere
in Truth, devotes three pages to the |
situation, during the counse Of which he |
says:
Il am one of the warmest admirers Of
the United States, in Europe. I am a
Democrat of Democrats in the true
sense of the word, and I believe that
one of the greatest dangers to the De-
mocracy ofAmerica Is that huge accu-
mutations Of capital are in the hands OF
a. few. But as a, Democrat and one de-
srous that the cause of Democracy
should everywhere prevail, and as an adj
nirer of the sterling common sense Of
the Americans, I sincerely trust that
Bryan Will be defeated"
Truth also comments upon the rise in |
the price Of American securities on the |
stock exchange and says there are dis |
tinct signs that the large English cap
italists are picking UP low-priced shares |
and are taking their chances of election |
CONGRESSES.
The trades union congress Of Great /
britain viii open at Edinburg on Mon !
day next and viii close September II. !
1t is expected that about $50 delegates |
wiz he present and the German trade |
societies WIFI also he represented, their |
delegate being Herr Won Helm, a MEM |
Der Of the Cigar SorterS union and man. /
nger of the Workers association of Ham |
burg. The American Federation OF La
boT' mas sent over two delegates, Messrs. |
Straesser and Sullivan. There are re-
uswed indications of the agitation for |
the release of Mrs Maybrfck The news
papers stated recently that Lord Chief |
Justice Baron Russell had sent an ap-
peal 10 the home secretary, Sir Matthew
White Ridley, adducing new evidence,
and the mother Of the prisoner, Baron
ess de Rouques. has had an interview
with her. finding Mrs Maybrick in
very bad health.
The congress Of sanitary institutes.
which has been IN session at New Cas-
tie, has strongly endorsed bicycling as
being the means of banishlng a vast
number of the arrangements Of women
and expressed The conviction that the
average standard Of health of women hi
cyclists has undergone ar appreciable
elevation.
SOCIETY GOSSIP.
The duke and duchess OF Marlborough
are at present at Blenheim, where ex-
tensive alterations and improvements
have begun The prince OF Wales has
promised to visit them on November %,
and Will remain week.
The runor that DR.. Jameson Is 20 mar
ry the dowa ger countess of Dudley.
daughter of Sir Thomas AIoncreIffe, and 4
widow Of the first earl Of Dudley. who
died in 1885, IS revived by the frequent
VISITS " hich the countess has been pay
ing 70 the prisoner in Holloway Jail and
by the fact that she showed the keenest
interest in MS trial
The United States ambassador. Mr.
Thomas T. Bayard. returns to London
from his Norwegian cruise on Monday
next and remains unau September 25
when he viii start on n round Of country
house visits. His tenancy Of the resi-
denCe ne occupies here expires at Easter
M. James r. Roosevelt secretary Of
the United States embassy. goes 10
scotland on Monday.
Professor q. L Burr. the historical
expert 81 the Washington-Venez
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