The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

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Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, into the
orthodox Greek church, the signif-
canoe of which, is that it is generally
admitted to be prelude to Russia
recognition of Prince Ferdinand 1t
also shows that Russia and Turkey are
now
HAND IN HAND
and this is proved by the fact that the
latter country has already asked the
powers to recognize Prince Ferdinand.
The powers will not oppose this re-
quest. as it settles a delicate question,
and it is doubted abroad whether
Russia will obtain the influence in the
long run that she hopes to attain
through her influence over Bulgaria
The pope, it is known has been
greatly annoyed by Prince Ferdinand's
action and has declared that it excom-
municates him.
Considerable comment has been
caused by the appointment of Ii Hung
Chang to represent China at the cars
coronation. especially as it is con-
nected, by rumor at least. with the re-
ported Russo-China alliance There
is a strong belief in diplomatic circles
that Russia will try to use Ii Hung
Chang to the full extent of the latter's
capability to being adapted to push
the cars policy. But, on the other
hand there are people who think it
probable that Ii Hung Changes rival,
Wung Tung Ho, the emperor's tutor,
wants to get him out of the way and
has caused the Chinese diplomat to
he sent to Russia for the coronation in
the hope that Ii Hung Chang will so
seriously damage his reputation that
he may pass at least an unpleasant
hour when he returns to Pekin.
Though the
TRANSVAAL QUESTION
led in the parliamentary debates, the
Venezuelan dispute came in good
second and some interesting remarks
were heard for and against the Beers
and boundary arbitration.
Then, again, the speech which Mr. T.
NJ Healy delivered on home 9Ile,
which question bobbed up as serenely
as ever. is generally conceded to have
been the cleverest heard this session.
1t was in marked contrast to the fee
bic, Watery character of Mr.. John Dill
Ions remarks. Mr.. HeaIy's speech was
a fine fighting effort. and he repeated
ly scored the Conservative leader. Mr.
A. ]. Balfour. to the delight of the oc-
cupants of the Irish benches.
The remarks of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, the Liberal leader, proved
very satisfactory to the members of
his party. and his attitude toward the
VENEZUELA DISPUTE
has been strongly commended by Con-
sentative as we'll as Liberal organs.
In fact his urging arbitration reflects
the general feeling of the house of
commons, and for that matter, of all
the thinking portion of the population.
Mr.. Chamberlain's speech on the
Transvaal question produced an excel
lent effect; but the credit he has gained
by his mastery handling of the SUBJ
iect from first to last has been marred
by what appears to be an error of
Judgment in publishing his message to
President Kruger before it was de-
livered to the chief executive of the
South African republic, who only got
a short cable summary from the secre-
tary of state for the colonies-briefer.
in fact, than the one sent to the cape
by the news agencies President Krue-
ger was greatly offended at this slight
and replied CURLY. resenting interfer-
ence in the internal affairs of the
TTansvaal
Under these circumstances there is a
general feeling that the imbroglio is
IN NO WAY SETTLED
and that the international side of the
question is still susceptible of trouble.
The publications of the blue book
here and the white book in Berlin,
show that there has been sufficient
friction between Germany and Great
Britain over the Transvaal for the
past eleven months, and the shrewd
attitude of Portugal in delaying max
ing a reply to the request to allow
German marines to land at Delagoa
bay until the crisis was over, has given
a great deal of satisfaction here.
The English newspapers interpret the
correspondence as disclosing that Ger
many is aiming to establish a veto,
not merely over the political, but over
the commercial union Of South Africa,
and there is a general feeling here that
GREAT BRITAIN MUST. RESIST
this pretention to the utmost. The
eign affairs, Baron Marschal Won Bic
bitterness, and it is thought to have
Great Britain, especially in the case
of his denial of any knowledge of ref
ugees having appealed for German in
tervention. But this denial is puzzling,
in view of the British official advices
to the contrary.
The blue book just issued on the
Armenian negotiations is exceeding
ly interesting. It shows that Russia
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