Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-22
This Decided Stand Stirs Up Hornets Nest
Among Continental Powers,
DIFFICULT TO FoRESiE THE OUTCOME
General Scramble Among the Powers Not
Unlikely to Occur,
ENGLAND ACCUSED OF Cov-TING CRETE
Rapid Mobilization of the Britisk
Army to QuclI Revolt in India
Causes Much favorable
Comment.

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LONDON, Aug. 21.-The marquis Of Sails
bury's definite ommitta of Great Britain
to the policy of insisting upon the evacua-
tion of Thessaly by the Turkish troops.
whether the Greek indemnity is paid or UNI
paid, is universally approved by the British
press and is equally condemned by the con-
tinental newspapers.
Il is difficult to foresee the outcome. The
British premier proposed that Greece should
pay a small sum annually, representing the
interest on indemnity and an instalment on
the total amount, as in the case of the
Turko-Russian indemnity; but there seems
to be little chance of the powers accepting
the propositions. The great grip of the mar
quis of Salisbury on the powers is found in
the latter's intense desire to get peace
settled and the Turkish army disbanded, as
until this last step is accomplished the peace
OF Europe will be continually menaced. 1t
is suggested that Great Britain may abandon
tho concert of the powers. This is probable
and would be regarded as proof of bad faith
and would throw the powers into a violent
and dangerous ferment because, rightly or
wrongly, it is universally believed that Great
Britain is bent on treaChery.
The bogy Of the present moment in the
chancellories of Europe is the rooted belief
tIlaJ GTedJ BRITAIN Is duAluuS II seiHe IL
island of Crete. Consequently, were Great
Britain to desert the concert of the powers
at the present moment its action would
produce a general scramble among the pow
ers, followed by a free fight or a menacing
anti-British combination. However, it is
| still hoped that Greece will manage to unite
the knot by finding a sum sufficient to in
duce the Turkish government to order the
| withdrawal Of it's trOODS to the frOntiera
designated in the draft of the treaty OF
peace.
EAST INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Though the acute crisis in affairs on the
frontier of British India seemed to have
passed, there is no doubt there has been
genuine cause for the scare which prevailed.
Practically all the tribes throughout a
mountain district 500 miles long and 200
miles deep are up in arms, and, though
their reverses will probably cool their ardor
and prevent further serious lighting at pres
ent. the greatest care will be required in
order to restore peace and order.
The speedy nipping in the bud of this
dangerous insurrection has demonstrated
the splendid state of preparation to which
the British army in India has been brought.
Within a few days a fully equipped force
of $1,000 men Of all arms was hurried to
the front without a hitch, proving beyond
dispute the military strength Of Great
Britaln's position in India and furnishing
food for thought in Afghanistan and in
Russia. In this connection it is interesting
to note that the British at the present
moment are concerned in a multitude OF
more or less extensive military operations.
including three separate campaigns in India,
besides the campaign in the Soudan, the
a,a,nntinp ~ tho leland nf rrntn and in
suppressing the revolts in Matabeleland.
Dasutland, Bechuanaland and in the Niger
district.
Lieutenant Squier of the artillery school
at Fortress Monroe, Va, and Prof. Crehore
of Dartmouth have made some remarkable
demonstrations during the past week of the
possibilities of their synchronograph. The
government telegraph officials gave these
men the use of a clear line, $50 miles long,
making a circuit through London, Leeds,
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York and
other places, over which the Americans sue
ceeded in transmitting short messages at a
speed equivalent to 1000 words per minute.
The messages were received with perfect
cleaTness. Forty-four miles OF the line were
under ground, thus adding to the difficulty
Of the trial. The highest rate attained by
them in America was 1900 words per minute
over an iron wire thirteen miles long. The
inventors claim that the trials demonstrate
the possibility Of sending press messages
between New York and Chicago at such
speed that the contents of a newspaper
could be transmitted in an hour.
BACTERIA NURSERY.
The latest enterprise of the vestry OF st.
Pancras is attracting much attention among
the public and has excited the adverse COM
mont of many doctors. The vestry has
started a bacteria incubating nursery, from
which establishment they guarantee to adj
wise people within twenty-fOur hours as to
the exact nature OF any germs with which
they are supplied. Each medical district
of the vestry of st, Pancras has been fur
nished with the necessary paraphernalia and
with instructions how to forward samples
of germs to the bacteria incubating nursery.
Thus the accuracy of the diagnosis in cases
Of suspected diphtheria, typhoid fever, etc..
will be promptly established.
; 1t is further understood that the neces-
sary outfits for securing and forwarding
germs for Judgment will be distributed
among private houses in the district of st.
Pancras. The doctors fear that the innoYa-
ton will deprive them OF patients and think
that the next step will be a slot machine
where, so soon as the patients have learned
! the name of their complaint, they will DO
/, able to secure the necessary medicine to
-icure there 4rLcien
Normal rainfall i'Trade report of the number
Total Iraialoiptcies in 1896 is gratifying, show
Retng a decrease OF 1913 cases with an mate
loss to creditors of upwards of 100000
Cs5. 600, OOO) below the losses of 1895. The
total liabilities Of the bankrupts In 1886 were
. about fl0, 900, 900 and their assets were about
e "a. 800, 900. The loss to creditors was the
e lowest on record.
s The Speaker this week publishes a long
f. article presenting the gloomiest view OF
the prospects of Spain. 1t says it sees no
chance of the war in Cuba "~ceasing TO OUT