The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

and his colleagues have multiplicity
OF matters more or less urgently call
ing for settlement With France
trying TO fitch slices of African terri
tory which Great Britain is in the
habit of calling her own, and Germany
loosening the "Cinch" Albion has al
ways claimed to have in China, while
Great Britain herself is trying to grab
a little more country at various other
points, and with the preparation of
the legislative programme, the minis
try has DO lack Of worries.
FRENCH AGGRESsIYENESS.
The announcement which the st.
James Gazette made on Wednesday
last, authoritatively." that the Brit
ish government does not expect any
further trouble with France regarding
the Upper Nile regions, France agree
ing to accept the situation, is uncOn-
frmed and probably unfounded, as
there is no lack of evidence that France
is deliberately pursuing the task of
Selling the upper waters OF the Nile
above khartoum, thus cutting the
British line of communication between
Cape Town and Suez. and the powerful
colonial party in France threatens TO
upset the Naline cabinet should it re-
cede from this enterprise.
FRUITLESS CAMPAIGN.
All the forces Of General Sir William
Lockhart the British commander on
the Indian frontier have been with
drawn to the Bara valley for the win
ter Thus the largest and best equipped
force ever assembled in India has failed
and the whole work will have to be
repeated IN the spring. About Loo
officers and men, either killed or
wounded, and 100000 rupees spent in
loss. and British prestige weakened en-
the frontier are the debts against
which a few mud huts and Sangers
blown up and probably several thou
sand natives killed, are the only ap-
parent credits.
THE INDIAN OFFICE.
Rumors too precise to be guesswork
are current to the effect that the Earl
of Elgin early. next year Will retire
from the Viceroyalty of India and be
succeeded by Lord George Hamilton,
whose Indian secretaryShip will be
filled by Lord Lansdowne, the present
secretary of state for war. This would
be a good party move, as it would en-
able the Marquis of Salisbury to place
at the head Of the war office a skilled
man of business, who would satisfy the
taxpayers as well as the army, and
materially smooth the path for the in
tended popular demand for military
reform. 1t is intimated that Joseph
Chamberlain may be transferred from
the colonial to the war office, his place
being given as a sop to the Marquis of
Londonderry. whose Kicking qualities
are not appreciated by the ministry
OUR ARCTIC EXPLORER.
Lieutenant r. E. Peary, the Ameri-
can explorer. has taken the town by
storm, though he arrived here urher-
aided. The newspapers, geographers
-. -. A.
Leading geOgrapher said to q TeDre-
sentative Of the Associated Press:
Lieutenant Peary has won all our
hearts by his modesty, courtesy and
learning. We put him on the same
plane as DR.. Nansen. and have the ut
most confidence in his plans
On Tuesday Lieutenant and Mrs.
Peary dined with the Harmsworuhs,
and on Wednesday the United States
ambassador Colonel John Hay, and
Mrs. Hay gave a dinner in their honor
The lieutenant lectured at Newcastle
on Thursday, and on Friday he lee
tured at Edinburgh. There he met with
an enthusiastic reception from the
Royal Scottish Geographical society
and was presented with its medal.
Sir Clement Markham, president of
the Royal Geographical society, Will
give banquet in Lieutenant peary's
hCGOr on Dec. Il
The Saturday Review says: There
is a tinge Of hero worship in the recep-
ton accorded to Lieutenant Pearv
which SurDaSSeS the reception of DR.
Nansen. This IS as it should be. Pearv
is Of our race and speaks our tongue
and II IS only fitting that we should
feel more warmly for him than for a
foreigner Moreover the desperate
courage shown by Lieutenant Peary is
almost unparalleled in the splendid
-T.fa1-a~ of 4 vs,.rf ,1l,r, q
MINISTER HAY.
Colonel Hay has done a great deal
more here than people think, said one
of his friends recently. He has de-
clined over 80 invitations to make pub
lie speeches since he arrived in Eng
lard.
Judging from the praise lavished on
his purely literary speech at the Omar
'khay I'm club on Wednesday, he will
find It more difficult than ever to de-
cline these invitations.
INTEREST OF SCIENCE.
The member Of the British Astronom-
ical association who is going to India
10 witness the eclipse OF the sun. will
take with him a powerful ciaerato-
graph camera. which viii produce five
or six photographs per second. He
hopes thereby TO settle the question
whether the appearance of the corona
changes during the brief moments o
the eclipse.
Professor Hansen of Dakota has
about concluded his mission to Turke-
stan for the purpose of studying the
seeds and plants best calculated To re-
claim sandy wastes. He has secured a
good collection
SNAP SHOTS.
A snap shot OF the family group while
the car and czaIina We're at Darn
stadt. showing Emperor William with
his arm resting affectionately on the
cars shoulder, has furnished a Ger
man photographer with picture which
is selling freely. The Berlin photogra-
pher has skilfully detached the German
emperor and the car from their sur
.roundings. and has made ii appear that
the two autocrats We're photographed
alone, after purposely assuming a
friendly pose. When the pictures an
peared in the stores at St PETERSBURG
they were summarily confiscated.
PLAIN SPEAKING.
AT the Christmas dinner of the new
V2gabonds club on Friday. Rear Ad-
miral Lord Charles Beresford was the
guest of the evening, and he created a
sensation Dy his plain speaking on So
cial questions.
Money ne declared. lis now every
thing among US. Any vulgarian. OF
whatever nationality could h,,x, 1,ie