The herald., 1897-03-07
Ambassador Bayard Creased
- the Lions Tail
NAVELS FROM CALIFORNIA
Find Favor Even Among the Poor Of
England
Soudan Forcea Find More Work
for Soldiers
Associated Press spe cIaI wire

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, March 6.-Copyright, 1877
The paean of praise for the United
States ambassador, Thomas F. Bayard.
is tempered here and there in Great
Britain by criticisms as to the reality of
such laudation. One London newspaper
says: "Mr. Bayard has been SO Nberal
with butter lately that the lions tail Is
really too slippery to twist. 1t does seem
lop-eided arrangement, which is al
ways proved at the banquets, while
Englishmen all of us love Yankees, our
love is reciprocated by one person, the
United States envoy for the time being"
The National Review expresses the hope
that Col. John Hay Is not an orator.
For the past two months the sale Of
California oranges in the London mar
ket has been exceptionally large. They
have sold at from IL to 16 ehillings per
box. The very low freight rate, shill-
ing per box, from New York, has had'th
effect of bringing the fruit within the
reach of the poorest classes, and they
are preferred to the Mediterranean va
riety.
Sir Donald Smiths effort in aid of en-
igration to Canada has aroused great
deal of interest in Great ritain. The
high commissioner during the winter
and commission months arranged for
thousand lectures on Canadian ad-
vantages for intending settlers.
Despite the statement in medical pa
pers that the queen Is in perfect health,
considering her age, the statement is
again published and emanates from
very excellent source, that the sover-
eign Is nearly powerless to talk. Sciat-
lea is what the queen suffers from. and
lately 1t has become 50 much worse
that, with support, she can only walk a
few feet, and that with difficulty. She
has to be carried up and down stairs and
into her carriage or wheeled from room
to room. 1t Is this fact which necessi-
tated the prince of Wales and duke OF
Connaught taking so much on their
shoulders in connection with the jubilee
festivities. The queen will leave Wind
sor for Nice on Wednesday.
News from the Soudan shows that
great excitement prevails there. The
tions in view Of the projected advance Of
the Anglo Egyptian expedition on Ber-
ber The Khalifa is relying on Osman
|. Digna to repel the advance of the Anglo
Egyptian forces up the Nile, and has ap-
pointed him governar Of Berber. Osman
Digna has taken up his quarters at Ber-
ber and called out upward of $4,000 Der
wishes, many of whom are we'll armed
with rifles recently purchased by the
Knalifa from Abyssiania.
Advices from the Egyptian spies, how
ever, indicate that the mass of Der
wishes are reluctant to fight, and that
Osman Digna has been compelled to
dispatch a force of 5000 men to trans
verse the country, calling upon the
Arabs to join his standard under the
penalty of death.
The first news in ten months has also
been received from the European pris-
oners at Omurman, the military camp
of the khalifa near Khartoum. They are
| in state Of tremendous anxiety, and
fear they will be massacred directly
the khalifa finds he IL unable to resist
the advance Of Anglo -Egyptian army.