The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-30
JOHN BULL JARRED
8THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN
CROWDED WITH BIG POLITE
. Al SENSATIONS.
TURKISH RIOT FAXED UP.
INTENDED TO AFFORD AN EXCUSE
FOR ANOTHER MASSACRE OF
ARMENIANS.
SITUATION Is MINED IN RHODEsIA.
Some Doubt as to the Good Faith
OF the Native Warriors In
SurrenderinE.

LONDON, Aug. 29.-Politically the
past week has been the liVeliest in a
long time, the b~ombardment Of the
palace of the sultan of Zanzibar, the
rioting in and about Constantinople,
the settlement of the troubles in h
desia, the beginning of the cars tour
of the European capitals. and the ad-
vance of the British expedition up the
Nile having provided columns of inter
esting news daily. The Zanzibar in
cident and the Constantinople massa-
ores came like a couple of tornadoes.
The British press is unanimous in
expressing the opinion hat the attack
npon the ottoman bank has done I'M
measurable harm to the Armenian
cause. and news of fresh massacres
Of Armenians in the provinces In re-
prisal is hourly expected. The lperaI
newspapers, however, express the gray
est doubts Of the genuineness of the
bank affair. They believe it was got
ten up by agents. The Speaker today
saws: The official report ~ascribing the
affair to the Armenian agitatOrS IS
STAMPED in every detail as a ~falsehood,
and certain proof that it is a tissue
of lies is that the assailants OF the
bank. after their capture, were re-
moved on board Sir Edgar V~incents
yacht. This is not the way the sultan
deals with rebels caught d-hande
If these prisoners really revolted
against The sultan they would not nave
lived ten minutes after their surrender,
and the Irresistible conclusion Is tina
the men were secretly acting under pal
ace orders, and that the riot was pro-
NOTED in order to afford an excuse for
another massacre.
Regarding the b~ombardment of the
palace of Zanzibar it appears that the
government, in spite Of the pressure
brought to bear upon 1t from lingo
quarters, does not intend to make Zan-
zibar a British colony. The present
sultan is a mere figurehead In the
hands of the British officials. The pres
ent system of government is much
cheaper than a colonial government
and it win please the natives better, as
they want to live under a Mahomme-
dan sultan. The greatest difficulty in
the way of a colony at Zanzibar is in
the fact that it would entail the i'm
mediate abolition of slavery, which
would be certain to lead to trouble.
+. Said Khalid, the suppressed usurper,
made a very clever move in taking
refuge In the German consulate, as,
according to the German press, he will
only be handed over to the British on
the latter's guarantee that he will be
treated, If not as a prince waging war
against Great Britain, at any rate as
a political prisoner. Thus he could not
be executed.
According to the latest news from
Zanzibar, Said Khalid has had a rev.
dictionary center in Zanzibar for
French consulate, and had been wait
ing for an opportunity, which was fur
nished him in the death of the sultan,
to make IN outbreak.
The situation of affairs In Rhodesia
Is daily more reassurfng. The leading
chiefs are already carrying out their
arrangement with Cecil Rhodes to lay
down their arms. Over 100 kraals have
surrendered INC others are preparing
to do so. 1t now appears that the Rho
desian insurgents were terribly pressed
for food, and would have been starved
IL had the uprising continued another
month.
A friendly chief, Gambo, however,
says that the Matabeles are playing a
deep game. He adds: II never thought
the kwhites were such fools. The Malta
beles are merely gaining time to col
lect grain and continue the fight. Are
the whites mad that they cannot see
that h arms yielded are mostly use
less, n that very shortly after en-
ticing the whites to bring their women
and children to settle near their strong
holds they will rise and commit a gem
eral slaughter"
1t is announced that France has
signed a twelve-year treaty of COM
merce with Japan by which France
agrees to consular jurisdic-
ton and the French concessions at the
open ports within three years, and the
two countries to exchange the most ia
VOred nation treatment. France is
thus put upon the same footing as the
United States.
The advance Of the British expedi-
ton up the Nile has been seriouly re-
tarded by unheard of weather during
the past week. A heavy cyclone swept
the advance camp. with hardly my
warning, by a sand storm, followed by
a thunder storm, which demolished
hundreds Of huts and tents, destroyed
twelve miles of the new railroad and
cut off Geographic communication with
the front for several days. Many SOL
diers had narrow escapes. The tents Of
the intelligence department at Kosheh
were overturned and confidential pa
pers were scattred over the desert.
Many of these documents were lost,
and 1t is hoped they will not fall into
the hands of the Dervishes.
In political circles it is believed thai
h difficulty between Italy and Brazil
will be amicably arranged, as Italy.
with her AbySSinian troubles still I'M
settled, has quite enough to do without
engaging in hOStilities with Brazil. es-
pecially in view OF the state Of the
Italian %exchequer. From Rio De Janeiro
IT is stated that it is not believed there
will be n serious complications, as
the Brazilian government is determined
that the material damage sustained bv
Italians and the demagogic insults to
the Italian flag shoul be fairly dealt
with. and that suitable amends will be
made.
Several Of the leading bankers and
brokers have been asked what effect
the unlimited coinage of silver would
have upon American securities and in
terests in England. The nag of
R~Cthschilds' bank said: England be-
ing a sold country naturally feels
alarmed at any attempt to pay Amer
lean debts at half their value. 1t would
have a disastrous effect upon such Sc
c~CrIties, and in fact this crisis was for
seen by US months ago, and our deal
tng in such have been very slight. The
ice coinage of silver would have verv
little effect upon London, as the deal
ings in Americans have, since the be-
ginning of the year, been extremely
light"
a prominent member of the Biuetal-
lie league remarked: Zone of the most
striking facts here in connection with
the L. s., presidential election has been
the marked change in the last few DAYS