The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-25
DOES LESS TALKING
LONDON JOURNALS COMMENT Upon
AMBASSADOR Hay.

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Even tho Very EIect-But That Hay II
Il no Longer Grass. Seems SO Far Demon
strated, His Pretty Po,iteness Upor
Landing Not Being Meant to 60 Any
F.rther-sir Joseph's Chase After Don
Paui-Foreign News.
Copyrighted 1897 by the Associated Press-)
London. April 24-The reception &C.
corded to Colonel John Hay. the new Uni
led States ambassador to the court OF
ST. James, has been most cordial on al
sides. The newspapers have been most
eulcgistic and it is emphatically case
of lie roi est mort, vive le roi-"
There have been many illusions to Colo
eel Hays dignified reticence, compared
with the volubiIity of his predecessor,
MIR. Bayard The Daily News. after the
warmest praise of Colonel Hay, says:
| 1T would be useless 10 deny that he
comes at rather critica. time. A year
ago, Great Britain and the United States
were on the brink OF war. And the re-
ception of the arbitration treaty mas been
bitter disappointment 70 America best
friends in England. Colonel Hay, OF
course. cannot influence the senate, but
he will doubtless inform Secretary Sher-
man how strong is England's wish for
its speedy ratification"
The Daily Mail says:
There is something undignihed in the
gushing manner with which we welcome
every gentleman the president is good
enough 10 serd. Does Colonel Hay speak
the truth when he talks about the at
fectionate greetings of millions of our kim
dred across the sea?' We al. know how
our kindred are anything but affection
ate, and if Colonel Hay seems to friend
", a hundred American newspapers will
call him TO order"
One OF Colonel Hays functions will be
to take part in the unwilling Of the me-
mortal of Sir Walter Scott in WestmiE-
s.er Abbey.
PRINCELY FESTIVITIES.
The Prince Of Wales left Newmarket
Yesterday for eastern Neston, near Tow
cestor, the Northampton home Of Sir !
Thomas Fermer-Hesket where he viii
remain until Tuesday. Sir Thomas Fer
-Hesketh is at present in Africa, and |
his wife, a daughter Of the late Senator |
Sharon of Sar Francisco, has large par |
ty to meet the prince, including the Duke |
of Grafton, Lord Euston, and Lord AL |
fred Fitzeroy.
HOAXED HIS HOLINESS.
There has been considerable stir in Par
is at the public confession Of Lee Taxil, !
who recently appeared as a convert to |
Rome from atheism, and freemasonry.
that he had been hoaxing the pope, the
the priests and the people Tax
ii, for long time past, has been putting
a woman, Diana Vaughan, borr of Prot
estant parents, in Kentucky, who, he de-
clared, wa sthe secret head of the Free
who, in America were devoted
to Satanism. 1t was further stated tina
under the auspices of he late General Al
bert Pike she had married the Devil
Asmodeus. Soon after, Taxil announced
that Diana Vaughan had been converted
to Catholicism, and he found ready be-
levers among a section of the Catholics
and even drew a letter with the papal
blessing from Cardinal Parochi, the vicar
general Of his holiness. Taxi announced
that ne intended TO produce Diana al
meeting, and large audience. including
1 number of priests, appeared. But in
stead. Taxi confessed that he had per-
oetrated gigantic hoax. The audience
.early lynched him.
SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION.
The developments in South Africa are
creating much excitement here. especial
y in the case Of the sudden dispatch Of
ne Cape of Good ope squadron of Brit
sh warships TO Delagoa Bay. 1t is
he general impression that Great Brit
hin is preparing for some important
move. According to one statement the
government learned that several German
had been ordered TO Delagoa
Say, and, consequently, it was determin-
ID TO forestal the Germans.
The Globe, however believes that the
is that Great Britain will
possibly obtain full control OF Mozam-
,ique, under the Portuguese flag, in re-
urn for cancellng the large compensa-
on which Portugal will be compelled to
Jay Great Britain as result of the De-
agoa award.
Great Britain would thus administer
as she does Egypt, and the
laval demonstration was intended TO ward
If the opposition of the other powers. ,
The Times publishes an interesting ar
icle from special correspondent who
ums up the situation in South Africa, |
aging:
'As seething a mass OF unassimi,ated .
dement's it would be hard to equal In .
'outh Africa OF the present day there is
10 rest. South Africa is mora unsettled ;
han at the beginning Of last year"
blue book, published today, contains .
grave warning 10 the Transvaal, in a
ispatch from the secretary OF state. for
he colonies. Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, 70
he British high commissioner in South
africa Lord Rosemead. dated March s.
z which, referring TO the Transvaai.
lien immigration bill as breach of the
1ondon convention, Mr.. Chamberlain re-
-rets that, in spite OF the repeated assur-
noes Of President Kruger OF his respect
Or the convention, the British govern
nent has so frequntly been obliged 10 .
omplain OF infringement Of the conven- +;
lon. or actor Of The TFansvaal calculat-
20 lead 10 an infringement.