St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12
THE MUSIC OF THE
GEAR.
ENGLAND WANTS MORE MEN.
THE ARMY is LIKELY TO BE IN
CREASED IN NUMBERS
SOON.
of Africa VIII Soon Blaze With
Open War.

LONDON, April 1.-THE reassem-
bling Of parliament has been the feat
ure Of the week for London, and the
daily questions regarding foreign af-
fairs that are showered upon the SEQ
rotary of state for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, and the under secretary
OF state for foreign affairs, George N.
Curzon, have served to draw attention
again to the unsettled state in all d.
rections. .Well-inferned persons think
Africa is going to blaze with war from
Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope, and
there is said to be a strong possibility
OF Great Britain having to conquer the
Transvaal, a task which alone would
require at least 10000 troops, Conse-
quently 1T is likely that the British
army soon will be largely increased in
strength, as it is considered extremely
doubtful If 1t is capable Of graphing
with the work seemingly cut out for it
in Africa alone.
In the meanwhile Great Britain's Eu-
ropean enemies are on the ,qui vive.
The attitude of Russia is especially
d1squleting. Even newspaper like the
st, James Gazette expresses disgust
with the supineness of the govern
ment which allows Russia to pursue
her advances unchecked in the direo-
ton Of Port Arthur, and says.
To-day Russia has all and more
than she dreamed Of in Crimean days.
France Is her maid Of all work. Ger
many is her friend, Turkey is her vas
sal, and half Of the powers Of the world
are dancing to Russia's time.
The situation in Gloucester, where
vlrulent smallpox is raging, is so Sc
flous that the government is likely to
take charge. Up to March % there
were 700 cases, and since there has been
an increase of fifty weekly. The per
centage of deaths is %, and the town is
In state Of panic. The dean Of Glou-
cester has issued an appeal for assist
ance; all race meetings have been can.
celed, and all railway and holiday ar
rangements have been abandoned. The
town IS generally avoided, and other
towns are 1nstituting guarantees. The
SITUATION is due to the anti-vaccination
views Of the local council, and now the
cltlzens, including those who were vic.
Iently opposed to vaccination. are rush.
ing IN thousands to be yaccipated The
newspapers generally hold the local all
thorltles to be responsible for the dis.
tressing state Of affairs.
Lord Renold Cover has written let
ters to the newspapers, urging the
Prince Of Wales or the Duke of York
10 discard the silk hat, as being "the
ugllest and most unhealthy headgear
OF the century" adding that if the
prince did so, "our classes are so in
tensely snobbish they would follow the
fashlon adopted by a prince of the
blood
In the sporting world, the feature of
the week has been the large
NUMBER or point to point and
nunt meetings which are al
ways held during Easter week. The
feature of the steeple chase meeting
last Monday was that W. c. Eustis. q
nephew of James B. Eustis, the Amer
lean ambassador to Paris. with his
own horses won the Hunt cup and the
Houghton cup, the two most coveted
trophies, and also won the Fairy House
plate, on a friends horse. against the
best professional jockey in Ireland
London is still comparatively empty.
Many Of the great crowd Of fashion
ables and officials who flew to the coun-
try, the seaside or to the continent
have not yet returned from their Eas-
ter holidays. But the popular restau-
rants and theaters show few signs of
their absence, and have been as crowd
ed as ever during the past week. In
deed, at the restaurant, which for years
has been the fashion, and where one
can see royalty and the very smart
est people in England seated next to