The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07
AMERICA SHAMED ABROAD.
TASK FOR HIS RECENT
REVELATIONS.
SHOOTING AFFRAYs VERY COMMON
Conditions in the East End of Lon
don Reminiscent of the Wild
West Days.

! day repeats it's arguments of last week
on the subject of Cuba and comes to
the conclusion that when President
Mckinley gives his decision it will be
! for war. Several of the English news
papers today severely critfcfse the &C
ton Of Hannis Taylor, the former min
lister of the United States to Spain, in
publishing his views Of the Cuban
question in an American magazine. The
Pail Mall Gazette says that he Is
getting even with President Mckinley
because the latter did not keep him at
Madrid" Continuing, the Pail Mall
Gazette remarks: Mr.. Taylor finds
no difficulty in forgetting that all the
information he has seen fit to divulge
was obtained in his official character
and therefore under the seal Of Sc
crecy."
The Sun says: "One of the incon-
veniences which result to sensitive
Americans from their system of gov
eminent by the ring and gang is that
America is often shamed abroad by
the men sent to represent her at for
eign courts 1t is not long since all
international decencies were outraged
by the conduct of Mr.. Eustis, who al
lowed FUlIlSSIl 10 DG OIdWI ny d re-
porter into silly Dragging about the
helpless position of Canada, and now
it is Mr.. Taylor, who left Madrid in
something like disgrace and is taking
a revenge as shameful as it is childish
in revealing the private affairs of the
embassy"
While an early conclusion of the en-
cheering disputes is doubtful the air
has been partly cleared by the dis
claimer Of any intention of the employ
ers to break up the unions. There are
also signs that the amendment pro-
posed by the board of trade may lead
to a meeting between the disputants,
as, while the leaders are outwardly
firm, the men are showing a more con-
ciliatory spirit since the places of the
strikers have been filing with nom
unionists. There is scarcely room to
doubt that the employers will finally
win, for the resources of the employees
are rapidly becoming exhausted, as
shown by the manifesto just issued by
their executive committee admitting
that in order to win the strikers must
be aided by the public to the amount
Of $4,000 weekly.
In addition to the engineering strike,
with threatened strikes in the cotton
trade and among the railroad employees,
the muddle in the labor world is daily
growing worse.
WILD WEST RECORD.
The recent police records of the East
end of London read like the old days
Of Deadwood, Oak. Revolver shootings
have occurred almost daily and on
CDR CC6n boY,
four commitments to trial for crimes
of that description. One was the case
of boy who had killed Il girl; an
other was of youth who seriously
wounded a woman. In a third a man
shot his mistress and the fourth
episode was that Of boy who dis
charged a revolver in the pit of a music
hall. Earlier in the week boy Of
fifteen years was shot by a gang Of
youngsters because he refused to fight
and on Monday a bullet crashed
through a Watchmakers' store, narrow
ly missing the proprietor. The royal
free hospital recently had ten patients
suffering from bullet wounds. In
short the possession of revolvers is now
so common in the East-end that resi-
dents of that district appeal daily TO
the magistrate and police for the adop-
| ton of measures to put an end to
laWlesSness.
The British officials regard the
prompt agreement arrived at between
the United States, Russia and Japan,
providing for a temporary suspension
of pelagic sealing, as vindication
of their refusal to enter into the con-
ference and as a demonstration of their
contention that an understanding
existed between the three countries. 1t
is not likely that Great Britain will
| consent to stop sealing. Her majesty's
government confidently expects a set
tlement Of the question by the United
States purchasing the Canadian inter-
ests.
In spite of the statement made by
Mr.. Balfour, the first lord of the treas
ury, in his speech at Norwich on
Thursday evening, that the government
had no desire of aggression on the
Northwest frontier of India, but sought
only to maintain the present frontier,
there is little doubt that the trial made
by the punitive expeditions now Ell
gagged with the tribesmen will be fol-
lowed by the usual piece of grab. The
military despots of India demand and
public opinion in Great Britain mani
testify favors permanent military oc-
cupation of the territory practically
conquered by the British troops.
| 1t develops that the estate of Mrs
Margaret Oliphant, the -authoress who
| died on June 20, is under $25 600 It
was left to her adopted daughter.