New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-15
THE NEWS OF LONDON.
INTEREST IN EXPERIMENTS IN TELEo'
RAPHY BY AMERICANS.
DECREASED BRITISH EXPORTS UNDER THE
DrHGLEY TARIFF-THE NILE EXPEDITION
AFGHAN PLOTS IN INDIA-THE
BAYREtTH FEsTIvAr.-PREsr-
DENT FAUREs VISIT
TO RUSSIA.

DENT FAUREs VISIT
TO RUSSIA
London, Aug. 1.-THE Postoffce officials here
are deeply interested in the experiments In
telegraphy made by Professor Crehore. OF Dart
mouth College and Lieutenant Squer Of the
Military School at Fortress Monroe. who assert
that their device enables messages TO be trans
mitted with extraordinary rapdty. The in
ventors. speaking Of their device. said:
THE experiments over short circuits in tho
United States have been entirely satisfactory.
but we were unable TO secure facilities for long.
distance operations, and came 10 Eng
land and asked the help Of the Government.
We explained scheme 10 Superintendent
Preece of the Telegraph Lines Department and
his interest Immediately aroused. He
promptly placed the Government plant at our
disposal and directed his subordnates 10 give rs
every possible aid in the trials making over the
London and Birmingham line"
1t is understood that the tests made have
been entirely satisfactory. The inventors how
ever. are reticent. They desire to avoid pub.
lcity until the practicabilty Of their scheme has
been fully demonstrated They seem to fear
possible rivalry 1t is asserted that their device
will transmit enough matter in an hour. over
An official Of the British Postofice said. There
is no doubt the Americans have a most valua-
BILE idea, which may result in greatly cheapen-
ing telegraphing. We not yet quite satis-
fed Of its practicability, but the experiments
Of next week will settle the uncertain points.
am surprised that more assistance is not
given to inventors In the United States Eng
land seems more friendly to American inventors
thar their own home"
Messrs. Crehore and Squier are thinking ~
going to France and Germany to show their
invention to the telegraph officials Of the gov.
ernments OF those countries
Consul-General Osborne says that the invoices
Of exports filed in his office since the new United
States tariff became law have decreased ~ per
cent. Only In the case Of diamonds and other
jewels has there been an increase. A large bus-
ness has developed in jewery. which hereto-
fore has mostly been smuggled into the United
States through Canada, no consignment having
been recorded for long time. Mr. Osborne
thinks the dealers made up their minds that
Il is more profitable 10 pay the lower Dingley
rates than to incur the costs and risks Of snug
Cling.
The Consul General hears that a leading TIM
plate manufacturer Is going TO transfer his ous-
ness TO the United States on account OF the
tariff and that some woollen manufacturers are
going TO do the same and for the same cause
Abu Hamid the post on the Nile just captured
by the Anglo Egyptian forces. is most impor-
tant strategic point, giving Sir Herbert kitch'
ener the British commander command OF both
ends Of the railway which. starting from Wady
Halfa. below the First Cataract, Is being pushed
rapidly to its terminus at Abu Hamid. above the
difficult Fourth Cataract. and which viii soon Ds
completed. Gunboats are now being oult IN
England for transportation In sections 10 Aou
Hamid whence there is open water TO knartou'h
These gunboats are powerful They draw ohy
two feet Of water steam fourteen Knots an hou''
and are armed with fifteen-pounders ana Maxim
rapid fire guns 1t is announced that the "ho's
dotilla will be ready to move south from Az"
tIamid early in 1898 1t is possible. however.
that Berber the next important point on tho
Nile NAV be seized before long. without waiting
for tho naval reinforcements After the Anglo
Eovrt,an forces are gathered at Abu Hamid. Ber-
har Suakim and probably Kassala, the fnal
advance on Khartoum will occur. Serious hgh'-
,rg is expected before the Mahdists are routed
hence the necessity for British troops to supple
ment the Egyptians. 1t Is reported 'ha' 'he n""
ufa has go 900 soldiers under his conmahu' ou'
in all probab bty this is an exaggerated repoi''
The action Of the Ameer Of Afghanstan' Ao-
durrahman Khan, in recalling to Caoul' MS cap''
,al tho Afghan agents at Simla, Calcutta h0'@'
oh, and Bombay combined with the report Una.
the Ameer some time ago sent thousands "'
conies of book on the Jehad. or HOLY war !"
the native Indian regiments, ana III vie" VI '""
fact that the force which attacked Fort '""D-
kadr. near Peshawur, last saturday was eoi"'
posed principally OF Atghans. the leader OF 'n'
latter being in constant communication VIII"
General Ghalam Haidar, the Afghan corninahner
at Asmar. the latter being the Ameers "'o''
trusted officer, confirms the dispatches oi '"o
Associated Press of some weeks ago re'a'N'
to the plotting Of Turkish emissaries IN Atshan'
istan with the object OF arousing the ia"a''
o,.r, q, the tribesmen. II also shows clearly
H., ,ho simultaneous outbreaks at three dis
tinct points in the northwest or lndia were III
s,,yated from Constantinople in revenge for tho
alleged insults TO the Sultan on the part OF "reat
Britain. .
Tho Turkish newspapers. evidently inspired
from the palace, are printing lurid pictures Ok
the dlsafrection in India said to be caused oy
British outrages, and, in short. there Is a resu-
lar propaganda upon the part or turkey 10
create troubles for Great Britain in Mahome'ah
circles as an offset to London's abetting the
Armenian agitation.
The officials OF the India Office admit that
Afghan officials have been concerned IN the re-
cent risings in India. and the strong reinforce
ments OF British troops which are now peihs
nushed TO the front show that the authorities
are fully alive to the dangers existing. IL u
strongly hinted that the long-threatened kus-
sian intrigue has materialized. but circu'n-
stances hardly warrant this assumption.
The dispute in the engineering trades is ex'
tending in area. and week hence seventy thou-
sand men will be involved The Sheffield em-
ployers have Joined issue with the Employers
Association, and the contest has become one or
endurance Each side is trying to starve OUT
the other The firms which have conceded the
eight hour days work are small concerns while