The herald., 1897-10-03

Tor New York today from Southampton
on board the American line steamer St.
LoN1o. after passing several weeks IN
qglond Ireland and France.
To = representative Of the Associated
Press he said that unQuestionably there
would be famine in Ireland Mr.. Dali
sell added: Indications OF this can be
oeen from the car windows Hay stacks
are floating in the fields; the peasants
are unspeakably wretched and the coun-
try seems to be more miserable every
year"
Referring to the new United States
tariff. CONGRESSMAN Dalzell said: Il
have had very little opportunity to OBJ
serve the effect Of the tariff but judge
It 10 fulfilling our anticipations and that
It will give American merchants, manu-
Sacturers and workin gmen more to do.
say this from the fact that all the
busine IS men have met in Europe are
denouncing 1t and complaining that it
has lessened their business This is par
ticularly the case with the merchants of
Paris who complain that their American
trade has decreased"
CUBAN QUESTION
Truth prints statement, said to ema-
counting for the Cuban situation. He is
quoted as saying that in Spain there is
no such thing as public opinion, and that
the government of that country is a mere
struggle between a number of profess
eional politicians, and with very few
exceptions these politicians endeavor
to feather their own nests. Captain
General Weyler Is credited with having
thA fVVNf IN.
Islands, and he is said by the Spaniard
referred to, to have increased it in Cuba,
although probably he has had to divide
with a good many politicians at home.
The Spanish army is pronounced to be
as rotten as the Spanish civil service
system, and still, according to Truths
informant, when a Spanish regiment is
sent to attack force of insurgents, the
Spanish commander sends an emissary
with a purse who makes arrangement IS
which provide that while the Spanish
march one way the insurgents go away
by another route.
BRITISH BLUSTER
The British public seems to be con-
vinced that Americans are trying to lead
Great Britain into a trap by including
Russia and japan among the participa-
tors in the Bering Sea seal conference
and the newspapers and government
offlcials are fostering this idea. Not only
was the letter Of the United States Am
bassador, Col. John Hay, of July 29th
excluded from the Blue Book on the
Bering Sea question, but with two ex-
ceptions, the newspapers did not pub
lsh Colonel Hays letter when 1t was
furnished to them by Reuters Tele-
graph Company, and not one Of them
has commented upon It.
The comments Of the Globe and Vanity
Fair on the situation are especially Of
fensive. Vanity Fair says: 1T looks
as If we must do something to suppress
the Yankee. Unless the constant an
noyance Of Washington ceases, gun
powder may have to be used. We hope
the matter will be settled as we do no.
want to see the United States put back
many years, nor are we anxious to make
history for them"
Vanity Fair further consoles itself
" with the belief that the eagles voice Is
far stronger than its beak and bigger
than Its courage.
MINOR MATTERS
The Marlborough baby will be christ
eueu al oleIluelIu tOWdTQS tQe END OF Oc-
tober. and 1t is reported that the Duke
and Duchess Of York, who will visit the
Duke and Duchess Of Marlborough for
the shooting season, will be the sponsors
Of the infant
The retiring Lord Mayor of London
Sir George Faudel-Phillips has achieved
Z record 30 far as charitable funds are
concerned During the twelve months
he has been in office, Sir George has
raised 100000 pounds, (ss, 500, ,ooO), the
bulk Of It being the Indian famine fund
The Australian starting machine for
race tracks was used for the first time
IN England on Thursday last at New
market when the welter handicap was
run.
Great interest was manifested in the
;: starting machine and the result is said
; to be most satisfactory. The Prince OF
Wales and Lord Rosebery were keen
observers Of its workings.