The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
CONDEMNS HER NEIGHBoR FOR
a SIMILAR POLICY.
Scandal in Germany Closely Con-
nected With British Royal Family
american Jockey, Tod Sloan,
Exciting the Interest of News
paper cads-Employers' Liability
Bill.

lasting nearly "a hourS. AldillS he'"
greatly delayed thereby and there we're
numerous accidents.
Owing to the death of the Duchess OF
Tecl, all the great social arrangements
have been cancelled at court and gen
eraI mourning viii be ordered
London. Oct. a0-(CopyriSht, 1897, by
the Associated Press.)-The African
situation has been aggravated by the
French seni-offieial note, made public
on Tuesday last and reading:
'The news from West AFRICA tore-
shadows great difficulties at Nikhi and
! in Boregu. The Niger company CBrit-
| ish) is sending officers there to inclte
rebellion and distribute arms to the
natives. In view Of this situation
! French troops have been dispatched
| TO the district from Senegal, as a pre-
ventive measure. Moreover, the Brit
| ish negotiators for settlement Of the
! Niger question have been in Paris for
! over a, week, and everything points TO
| Great Britain seeking to let matters
drag. Seemingly she does not intend to
discuss the question. but means will
undoubtedly be found to foil these tao
! tics"
Then the situation was further ag-
gravated by the reply OF the British
| colonial office issued the same day, de-
! claring that there did not seem to be
! any reasonable fear of complications at
| Nikki. capital of the Borgu territory,
! provided the French government be-
! haVes reasonably. 1t was added, how
! ever, at the colonial Office that Great
/ Britain has taken the determination to
more effectively police her territories,
and if the French persist in trespas5ing
complications will naturally arise.
PRESS OPINION
! rrr
! is pointed out shows that both sides
are inclined to lose their tempers. Even
! the uneXcitable Times says: If the
| French are unWise enough to persist
! in carrying out the theory of effective
possession constituting title. they viii
find that we shall be reluctantly obliged
| to apply it too"
| It is one of the rare occasions upon
which the press is unanimous, papers
of all shades of opinions promising the
Marquis of Salisbury the nations sup
port in bringing the French filibusters
to their senses"
1t is amusing to hear the worlds
most notorious land grabbers con-
demning France for following
similar policy. France, however,
! seems equally determined not to re
oede. In fact the st. Louis speech of
! the French colonial minister, NJ. La
! bon, seems to show that the cardinal
| feature Of French policy in Africa is
i the extension of French influence from
/ the west coast TO the Nile, which
means an uninterrupted series of
posts and protectorates. In short, with
( excitement rampant at home there is
/ imminent danger of the rowing armed
expeditions meeting in Africa The
! situation is brin full of dangers and it
/ looks as If a conflict can only be
avoided by a hurniliating surrender of
| grabbers OF Central Africa and the
/ upper Nile valley. Great Britain has
I always claimed the right of supremacy
in the Nile valley. Sir Edward Gray
! in 1895, Informed France that any
invasion Of that territory would be
regarded as an unfriendly act, and
( the present secretary of state for the
/ colonies. Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain. has
| Endorsed his words, Yet, two French
| expeditions are nov there and Great
! Britain's petition in upper Egypt is
! thereby dangerously imperined-
AMERICAN JOCKEY.
Tod" Sloan, the American jockey
who is riding for the LoriIlard- Beres-
/ ford stable here. has been so successful
! lately, that the papers are asking
whether the American short stirrup
I and tuclled-up action has not a decided
/ advantage in the case of sure-footed
I animals. Sloan is still positive that
! st Cloude II won the Cambridgeshire
stakes on Wednesday at Newmarket
| George L. Watson, it is announced,
has designed racing cutter of about
( the size Of Bona. the property of the
! Duke of Abruzzi. nephew CT the king
! of Italy, for Herr Krupp, who is now
/ building the yacht at his works at
Essen. The new boat is to meet
Emperor Williams Meteor in the Bal
tic races early during 1895
THE DEAD DUCHESS.
The newspapers are making great
deal of fuss over the death of the
duchess, appearing with turned rules
and printing pages of obituary matter.
Her royal hishness was undeniably a
good woman but certainly she was not
the idol of the people which the papers
make her out to be, and her great Vir-
/ tues were not recognized until by the
marriage of her daughter to the Duke
! of York, she became the mother of Il
future queen of England. Prior to that
the Teeks had for years been in great
financial difficulties and occupied an
unenviable position among royalties
both here and on the continent.
The story of the charge of the Gordon
Highlanders across the free zone at the
storming Of Dargai Ridge, which has
come in from India, reveals many in
stances of great personal heroism and
has produced an extraordinary wave of
patriotism throughout Great Britain.
AZ the music halls and the theatres
/ everything which can be possibly con-
| strued into an alluston of the bravery
and dash of the Highlanders is raptur-
ously applauded,
ROYAL SCANDAL.
| a painful scandal is agitating one of
the minor courts of Germany closely
connected with the British royal fam
( lily. The eldest daughter Of the heir
presumptive is reported to be in a
delicate condition of health. the cause
i OF her trouble being a lackey of the
court, whom she insists upon marrying.
| The czar and czarina yesterday con-
! Guided their visit to the Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Hesse at Darn
stadt- While there his Russian majesty
( stroIjed about the streets and Forest
but two Russian police agents always
kept him in sight
The anti-grain gambling crusade is
of deputies has appointed a committee
! TO Investigate and report upon the pro-
posed prohibition Of speculation of grain
/ and articles of food generally Almost
all the members Of the committee are
favorable to the idea Of stopping gam
bling, but they recognize the difficulty
of doing SO without interfering with
! legitimate speculation. The committee
is, however, determined 20 thoroughly
/ investigate the reports OF commerce