Evening journal., 1896-08-01
MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND
He Returns From His Trip
Around the World.
THE HUMoRIsT IN GOOD HUMoR.


The story Of His Il sI;h Seeking Journey.
Says the 1ransvaai Il the Country of the
Frture-nis Advice, 60 TO Africa,
Young Man."
SOUTHAMPTON, Encianj, Aug. LIS. J.
clemens (Mark Twain, with his wife and
daughter, have arrived here on board the
steamer Norman from Table bay, Cape
4 Colony. Although he started out on his
tnur of the world in feeble health, heing
Obliged cften to take to his bed between
+ the delivery of lectures, and notwithstand
/ ing an attack of illness in india. the ia
tyorite humorist looked the picture of
health when he landed here. He has gone
] far and seen much in the Sandwich Is
lands, Australia. Indin and South Africa,
&but it was especially Of affairs in the
f Transvaal, where his stay was coinoident
with the excitement over the trial Of the
q reform" prisoners that he was ready to
%talk. He expressed himself as feeling
xcharned with what he had seen Of South
& Africa.
81 consider tho Transvaal the country
Nj Ihe future, said Mr.. Clemens. 1t
Xhas delightful climate and houndless nat
I
e Johannesburg a little nugget with figures
IS IN St showing the enormous increase in
3 he gold output. The bulk of the trade
M here is in the hands Of the English and
IS. ierinans, bat Americans should be able
s o command the lions sharoof the trade
= n machinery, the largest portion of the
# machinery in the Transvaal, being Ameri-
Il AN. Mr. Hammond (John Hays Ham
nond, the reform leader, convicted Of
reason and whose sentence of death was
ommutcd) intends to bring hack from
& he states with him 5000, coo worth.
Americans In the Transvaai.
"The majority Of the Americans in the
IS 'ransvaal are engaged in mining and en-
q ineering. | think there is a great open
Nng there for a young man acquainted
With this branch OF mechanics. The
Amoroan element is comparatively small,
ut the mass OF the Beers make no dis
#inctiOn between Americans and English.
nde0d all foreigners, with the exception
Germans, are referred to as English.
46 he excitemeut over the Jameson raid and
he subsequent trial of the roformers has
lbsidod, but all the reformers 1 met
greed that the cause OF political reform
as been retarded a decade by the Jamo.
)n fiasco
# Mark Twain showed his humorous ap-
recitation Of the stolid qualities of the
y DER character in touching upon their
"A; lstory. He said, with his solemn and
laracteristic drawl:
"pho flight OF the children Of Israel was
holiday excursion compared with the
Ger treis. When they finally settled in
III 10 Iransvaal like the MOrmons they
lought the country was so valueless that
M one would ever take the trouble TO dis
irb them. Though there is no doubt that
10 English preserved them from extino-
on at the hands of the sayages, their
tired OF England increased with every
torference. The hand of God as they
'mly believe guided them in the wilder
AZ ,ss TO their different settlements, and tho
nglish persisted in interfering in eaol
stance.
"In my opinion the uitlander elemen
ust Overwhelmingly prepondorate before
y ey can gain political recognition, ant
en it can only be by peaceful means.
The traveller exposed himself as verl
yorably impressed with the United State
nsHlar officials, especially Mr.. Williams
johannesburg, whom he said, 80
unit my personal friend.
"I think, " he added, "that with tho in
ease Of comuierce and the development
the countryiour government will finS
important fot the extension of Ameri
n trade to inctease the oonsulates.'
Asked regarding his own plans Mr.
emens replied that he intends to rem0iI
England no longer than six months
ID that he VIII spcnd It in some quie
acc away froSi London, where be Intend
write a book