The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-07
JOHN BULL SHORTS
KNOCKOUT OF ARBITRATION
BREAKS HIM ALL UP.
st, james Gazette Associates Free Trade
and Brotherlv Love Ia an Editorial Way
and Upbraids the Thankiess Yankee Tor
Rejecting the Boundlessness OF British
Observation-Disclosures the Senate's Ac-
tion to Anything But the Real Cause-
The TransvaaI War Cloud-Hawaif and
Japan-Foreign News


The rransvaal War C1oud-Hawaii and
Japan-Foreign News.
London. May 6.-The afternoon pa
pers are bitter az the rejection OF the
arbitration treaty by the United States
senate. The ST. James Gazette pub
fishes a long article headed: free
Trade and Brotherly Love-" in which It
gays:
"Great Britain has removed every
hau,pering tariff and thousands OF
SQUARE miles Of American territory,
scores of her cities and millions or her
citizsns thrive by virtue Of the English
market alone. Yet the senate commit
tee has just piled UP the most vexauous,
harassng and impenetrable wall OF
tariffs any nation ever formed against
another, while the senate itself has de-
cided agains. a permanent machinery
for the peaceable settlement OF disputes
the much abused diplomats were advis-
ed that the treaty would be accepted, but
the politicians preferred 10 listen 10 the
councils of an eX-c0nvict and sworn
enemy Of England, who, having taken
The oath OF allegiance 10 the queen,
spends his vacation in Washington ad-
vising the senators to hope and work
patiently for an opportunity 70 twist the
British lions tail. We rejoice at the
new Canadian preferential tariff for
many reasons, not the least of which is
that il restores 10 US a weapon with
which TO fight our rivals in the future.
Free eimports al any price deprived us
OF that weapon"
OTHER TARIFF TREATIES.
London, May 6.-In the house Of COM
mons today the parliamentary secretary
for the foreign office, Mr.. CurZon, re-
plying TO a question as to whether in
consequence Of the tariff proposals DE-
Canada, the government was considering
the advisability OF denouncing the treat
les Of commerce with France and Beigi-
UNI, said the matter was receiving care
full attention but that the government
was unable to make 4 statement on the
eubjec al present.
MKINLEY COUNTED ON.
London. May 6.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette, treating on the same subject, says:
an its amended form, the treaty was
not worth preserving. but the principle,
like the soul of John Brown, goes march
ing on. President Mckinley backs it,
and his advocacy is worth having"
HEAVEN BORN-REALLY?
The Globe says:
THE heavSn-born measure was too
advanced even for the most go-ahead
nation OF the world. The Boring Sea
arbitration ought to have taught our
statesmen that the American govern
mAnt cannot be trusted to carry out its
obligations in a matter of this sort. II
las been a hopelessly one-sided game
for this country. However, we do not
fear that the ignominious end will harm
In any way The present friendly relations
between the two countries
TRANSvAAL WAR CLOUD.
London, May "a special from Cape
Town saps that the army reserve Of the
colony of Natal has been notified 10
hold itself in readiness for active serv-
ice.
II is farther announced that the au-
thorities OF the Transvaal have instruct
ed their field comets to thoroughly pa
troll the Natal border and report in
stantly any suspicious movements.
Finally the special dispatch says that
O circular from the Transvaal has been
distributed in Cape Colony and in the
Orange Free State calling upon the
Africanders for help. II says: I'VE do
not want your money nor moral sup
port. We want you to come and help
us"
HAWAII AND JAPAN.
San Francisco, May 6.-The steamer
Alameda. from Honolulu. April 90.
brings the news that the Australia, on
April %. brought via San Francisco
from the Hawaiian minister at Toxic.
a6yices informing this government that
the japanese warship Naniwa was on
her way TO Honolulu with a Japanese
commissioner on board to investigate
the cases Of Japanese immigrants who
were recently denied landing by this
government.
japanese now in quarantine were TO
be liberated yesterday, hut fresh case
OF smallpox will keep the men in con-
finement for another eighteen days
more.
The Hawaiian cabinet has decided af-
ter. many conferences on the labor ques-