The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
[uqR[CUES
OF NATIONS
INCREASED
Incidents That Enrich
the Stock Pot of
Politics.
BONES OF CONTEN-
/ lON AODEO.
First Came the Attitude Of
Austria and Russia as to
Turkey.
NOW ENVIOUS EYES ARE
CAST ON GERMANY.
Great Britain's Campaign In India
Assuming More Serious Nature
as Winter Approaches.
First Came the Attitude Of
Austria and Russia as to
Turkey.
NOW ENVIOUS EYES ARE
CAST ON GERMANY.
Great Britain's Campaign In India
Assuming More Serious Nature
as Winter Approaches.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

LONDON, Nov. 2O.-The stock pot OF in
ternational politics has been enriched dur
ing the last few days by two or three bones
which promise to furnish an opportunity
for plenty of contention hereafter. Russia
contributed the first in her notification,
November 49, to the Porte, that the arrears
of the Russo Turkish war indemnity
amounted 10 FL, 100000. and that if
Turkey intends to apply part OF the Greek
war indemnity to an increase Of the Turk
lsh ornaments Russia will demand the
payment OF this amount. This was fol-
lowed by second note on the same sub
ject.
Austria furnished the second bone in her
demand for the payment of arrears due
the Oriental Railway Company for trans
porting Turkish troops during the war,
the railroad being an Austrian concern
and the arrears amounting to f23O 600, at
the same time insisting upon the di-
m sal of the Vail of Adana, Asia Minor,
and OF the Mulaessarf OF Mersna, the
port OF Adana. the two officials who were
responsible or the indign. ties 10 which
an Aus rian merchant, Brazzafolli, was
recently subjected to. and also Tor their
share in the insults planned of by the
Austrian Consul! at Mersina, who inter-
fered in beh alf of Blazzafolli. the agent
there Of the Austrian Lloyd Steamship
Company, to all OF which demands Tur-
key submitted.
hidden ally the Turkish Government
is also said 10 have abandoned her naval
reorganiza ion plans "a a result of the Sec
ond note OF Russia on the subject of the
war indemn ty arrears due that country.
Germany favored the contents of the
stock pot with hot sauce from China in
the shape of the landing of her sailors
and marines at Kiao-Chau, ostensibly for
the purpose of insisting upon redress for
the murder of two German missiona lies.
but possibly it is intimated in order to
obtain good coaling station and harbor
ior repairing her feet in the !ar East.
Great Britain's part in these proceed
ings remains to be developed. Germany s
sweep down upon Kiao-Chau Bay has ex-
cited the chancellorIes, ana the advices
from Shanghai that TWO steamers have
been chartered there to convey stores and
materials in KiaoChau Bay, coupled with
the fact that the German marines are now
engaged in building winter barracks,
leave little doubt that GERMANY has prac-
ticaly annexed Kiao- Chau Bay, which,
next 10 fOrt Arthur, Is Tue mOSt lm-
rortant harbor in China.
The news from India is about as dis
couraging as it can be. The sudden re-
crudescence of the activity of the tribes
men, when 1t was thought the aft ,ir was
about finished, shows that whatever the
British officials may think the natives of
the inva led country are not aware that
they are b9ate2. Their supplies of am
munition and food seem to be inexhaust-
ible. while, according to the latest evil
dence they have been in the receipt of n
| constant supply OF rifles and cartridges
from Birming ham via the Persian Gulf
and Afshanistan.
bad .eature of the campaign is the
rapid approach of winter. 1t is already
bitterly cold on the frontier, and the Brit
ish OOPS are not equipped for winter
campaign. The cost OF the mili'arv onnr-
ations is already est m ated at f2, 500 900,
and this amount will proba oily be doubled
by the e of the cam paign.
"Satan's Invlsib World Displayed, or
Despairing Democracy" is the sen sational
title a sensatio ial book dealing with
the New York campaign, which w. A.
Stead, ed or of the Review Of Reviews.
will We to the public of England and
Amt rica next month as the fruits OF his
recent trip across the water. The book is
to be ompanion piece of "If Christ
Came TO Chicago''