The age-herald., 1897-11-14
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Charged by PrOsreSSiVeS as Trying to Gain
 Control Of the Schools.
DENoMINATIoNALIsM IS OPPOSED
Hope of Speedy Ending of the Engineers Strike Still Vague-France Adopts Re- forms in Criminal lnvestiga-
 lions Rhodes Hot

London, Nov. 13-The speech of the Marquis of Salisbury at the Guiad'hafl, on Tuesday hast, Lord Mayors day, again rroved him to be past master of say nothing in many soothing words. It was essentially a non-ccmmlttal spe,c,h and did net corisain a singls indication as to how far the government is prepared to go in Indian, Egyptian, South Afr gan or Niger affairs beyond a general "wGlat can ta done Will be dona." Even the supporsd msnnce to France has sub aaquently been explained and was not intended to excite French feelings, but was r:ly intended to give English public feeling mild satisfaction fer a pretenEel bluff. The premier's utter aIlcss on the subject of interna u1onal fedsllaticn, l1 to the conclusion that the aims splendid isolation and the im- per,a1istic plans of the secretary of state for fine coloc:fes, MT. Joseph Cham barlain, have n5t yet progressed enough to allow Great Britain to maintain her isolation from the rest of the wo1ld. :" The continental newspapers regard dis tru,.fu1ly the praise of the concert of powers coming from the isaier of the pcwer, which, rightly or wrongly, the whole of Europe believes to be the most untrusfwcla.E1y element in 1t.
 The rf-os,-esslves lean to saslcu.arigm and accuse tt,s molerates of a desire to again bring tlse people under the priests of the church of England The modlsrates cp- r.i1e the rroporntion to introduce de- nonffiational training into, the schools, but thsy claim a monopoly of the de- sire for economy so far as consistent with efflc.snt education. The expendi- tlne of the schools, under the pressn mt board, with progressive majority, shows a nap.d increase in the cost per child.
 While a preliminary meeting of the epresentaitves of the striking engineers and of the employers of the men will be held on Monday next to settle upon the
 
 the meditation of the board of trade, the expectation of a spe;dy settlement of the dispute is hardly more sa,Iguine than it was a week ago.
 The French chamber of dsputies On Friday adopted a. b.ll which has alrsady bern passed by the senate providing for reform fin the criminal investigations be- fore examining mag st.ates which have besn such a notorous scandal. Owing to the secrecy of the procedure prison CTS are enrapped by magistrates de- e,rous ef continuing thzm. Hereafter prisoners must ben fnter-ogated inmed- lately after their arrest and in the pres cree of their lawyers.
 Alphors,e DauGejt is a candidate for the late Duke of Aumale's seat in the French academy
 Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway, and is going to Berlin to attend the eel ebrations in commemorat.on with his birthday. Theri after he will Five in Ger many.
 ; The budget of Monte Carlo shows that the profits for the year ended Oct. 31 were 5,000,000 francs below those of the previous year. No reasons are assigned for this falling off. The banks outlays include 2,000,000 francs to the Prince of Monaco; police and grounds, 1,500 900; salaries, 1000 600 francs; orchestra and sports, =S0O00O; payments to roulette gamblers, 100000 francs, and for the prevention of suicides 100000 francs. The number of suicides during the year totalled up thirty-fve persons.
 The reasons for the absence of MT. Cecil Rhodes from the festivities at- tending the reosrit opening of the rail- way to Bulowayo, it is said, is not to be due to i'll health,- but to be part of a we'll organiz d plan to defeat Kruger in Transvaal, which occurs about two months herce.
 The Saturday Rsview which has much cn:ide information regalfng South Afri- can affairs believes there s fair work ing chan4 eff MT. Rhodes defeating Krueger and eleo.ing a Bosr, who will not be hostile to the mining interests
 Had MT. Rhodes appeared at Bulowayo that town would have converted the whole affair into personal triumph for Mr. Rhodes, which would have antag- all the paciflca ory work of the present ele ctrons. the sole object of which is to dsfeat Krueger.
 A Louis XIV drawing room suite com posed of a sofa and six arm chei,rs with old Beuvis tapestry has been sold in Paris to London dealer for 14.vU0 pounds ($70,00O.)