The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05

unsatisfactory. Even the reassurins
statements made by the secretary O
state for the colonies, Mr. Chamber
lain, has not changed the public oDin
ION on the subject, and today he j:
openly accused of trif1ing with the
situation and pretending that th'
scanty forces there are able to COPE
with the
/ REBELLION OF THE MATABELEs
and its possible outcome. 1t seems be
yond question: that Buluwayo and
! Gwelo are the only two stations IL
, Matabeleland which are in a defensive
condition, and that there is a strong
possibility that communication witt
| these towns will shortly be entirely
cut off. Mr. Chamberlain disinclina.
! ton to have strong reinforcements OF
British troops sent to South Africa Is
said to arise from his desire to dc
nothing which may give color to the
| French and German charge that the
real object of sending the reinforce
ments to South Africa is to coerce
the Beers. Then, again, the scope OF
the Soudan expedition appears to be
widening, and there is considerable
fear in many quarters that the gov
eminent does not realize the extent
( of the undertaking. Experts in Der
| wish warfare say that the Anglo
Egyptian force is inadequate TO cope
with the situation, and that there Is
acute danger that communication
with
THE ADVANCE GUARD
of the Egyptian troops may be cut off,
and the latter be annihilated before 1t
| is possible for the support of the Brit
! ish troops to arrive. 1t is urged that
achievements of at least 10000 troops
should be promptly sent to Africa from
India alone, and it is pointed out that
according to reliable information the
Khalifas forces are pouring in the
Dongola district with the evident inten-
| ton of getting behind the advancing
forces. Should the march be contin-
ued and the troops from India be
promptly landed at Suakim, they will
break Osman Digna's force and threat
en- the rear of the Dervishes.
In less than month the whole coli
umn of the Anglo-Egyptian army,
which will push up the Nile will be
concentrated thirty-fve miles from
Wadly-H alfa, ready to march upon
Akasheh.
THE RAPID PROGRESS
to the front shows that the transport
arrangements are working we'll. Men,
arms, ammunition and stores are be-
ing conveyed over a very difficult route
without the slightest hitch. General
\. H. Kitchener the sirdar of the
Egyptian forces will remain at Axe
sheh until he succeeds in collecting
his complete forces there. In the in
| teival the camel corps and cavalry will
push forward to the nearest Dervish
post, at Suarda. The Dervishes are
already accommodating near Akeshah.
DR.. Lillian Hamilton, the English wo-
man physician to the Ameer of Afghan
istan has a three column letter in the
Times detailing long conversation
which she had with Amer on the criti-
cism aroused in England on his cam
paign to subjugate Kaf1ristan. The
Amer contends that the Durand treaty
of 1898 which gave Great Britain rights
over the Chitral district also gave him
full rights over KaflriStan and he is fully
determined to stand by the treaties, re-
CARELESS of the consequences. The fears
POSSIBLE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
are the immediate motives for his action
The Russians were within few days
march of Kafiristan and could have &C.
cupied it easily and thus would have been
within two days march of Cabal, and
within gunshot of other vital positions in
Afghanistan..
Dr. Hamilton warmly defends the
Ameer against the charge of wishing TO
-.
says that on the contrary the Ameer re-
cosnized their splendid fighting powers
and has tried to win their loyalty so as
TO have their assistance against Russian
invasion. The letter gives interesting pen
pictures of the slavery question DR.
Hamilton thinks that no foreigner ever
mad the entree into Afghan harems as she
mas mad, and consequently she is able to
certify that no Kaffirs are enslaved, and
that no tribe in fact, except the Hazaras
was ever reduced to
SLAVERY BY THE AFGHANs.
The report printed in New York news
paper that a British expedition has left
Georgetown, British Guiana. 10 establish
stations west of the SchomburclS line is
of1lc1ally pronounced to be uniounisd 1t
Is added that the report probably orig
mated in the fact that me colonial gov
eminent has sent a surveying T.a-ty Tito
the country between Purum and lower
Cuini, in order to ascertain the pcssi-
bility of making a road or railway 10
open up the gold fields.
Advlces received here
FROM MONTE CARLO
show that there is a hitch in regard to
renewing the gambling concession.
According to the terms of the present
contract. the Prince Of Monaco rec Ewes
S250,OOO yearly for the exclusive right to
maintain a, gambling esta blishment within
the borders Of his dominions (the area
OF the principality of Monaco is six
square miles, in addition to 100000 which
are the expenses of the principality,
whose population is about 1000 The
prince now demands S5o0,000 for the ex-
penses of the principality alone in adj
dition to the large sums which the Cas-
inc spends annually in the maintenance
of roads. buildings. etc. The receipts
from
THE GAMBLING TABLE
for the year ending March 81 were $780,
GOO, under those of the previous year,
and so the company win only be able
10 pay a six per cent dividend. 1t is ex-
planned that there is much less plunging
than usual and that the people who fire.
quent the casino are a less desirable,
class that formerly
The hotels of Moscow have already
disposed of every room available for the
coronation ceremonies and fetes. Suits
of three rooms have been rented at from
Sl,500 to $500.
THE STEEL COMBINE.
NEW YORK, April 4.-The Herald
says: Before the steel manufacturers
went into session yesterday they were
waited upon by committee from the
tin plate manufacturers association,