The record-union., 1897-12-19
His Recent Remarks at KieI Sets
the World Laughing.
London Journals are Full Of Comments
Upon the Subject.
England Much Exercised Over the
Sugar Bounty Question-Said
That the Government Will, I'm
less the System is Abandoned,
Impose Countervailing Duties.

Impose Countervailing Duties.
LONDON, Dec. 1S Copyrighted, 1891
! by the Associated PreSS).-The general
opinion of Kiel is voiced by a diplo-
mats remark: 1T is a great pity that
4 Germany, having an easy, safe and SIM
pie though slightly piratical piece OF
work on hand, should not be able to
perform il without setting the world
! laughing"
The papers are full of comments on
| the subject.
The Times" says: '.The august ut
! terances are worthy of heroes of melo-
drama, and would seem high flown to
modern ideas if uttered by Phillip IL
as he dispatched the Armada; or Col
umbus, as he started TO carry the do
minion of Spain over the oceans. The
Kaiser evoked memories of Metz and
Sedan to encourage Prince Henry &c
! keep a stout heart as he faces the
perils of the Suez Canal and the ter
rors of the China Sea. Prince Henry S
peroration was closed by a specimen
| of almost byzantine reimbursement,
| unique in the annals of modern Eu-
rope"
The Saturday Review thinks the
nickname of William the Witless is nc
| longer adequate, adding that he is
stark, staring mad" Continuing, the
| Saturday Review remarks: In spite
of the ominous fact that he has alien
| ated the newspapers and professors,
| insulted the greatest and noblest when
they ventured to disagree with his ex-
! ic
| deeorted and known throughout Ger
/ ma the court of parvenues, the
poo ature continues to take him
! of Providence
The indications point to a passag
in the Queens speech at the opening
! OF Parliament referring to the sugar
| interests of the colonies
1t will probably announce that the
| Government has decided to propose d
conference of the Powers interested in
! sugar bounties. 1t is understood the
Government IS proposed to announce at
! such a conference that unless the
1 bounty system is abandoned, Great
| Britain Will impose countervailing du-
| ties.
| The Colonial Office has been greatly
exercised since the West Indian Com
mission reported and since the dis
cussions in the Reichstag, in which
! Herr Richter admitted that should
| Great Britain follow the lead of the
United States and tax bounty-fed su-
gar, the death knell Of bounties would
be sounded.
Signs are not lacking that both Ger
| many and France are not anxious to
abolish the bounties, but neither will
abandon them SO long as the other is
free to maintain them and so monop-
oliZe the English market. The obiec-
tlons OF the free traders to a prospective
measure viii probably be overcome by
| q guarantee Duties will be removed
| as soon as the bounties have ceased.
The sigrs of unrest in the sugar col
onles are having effect upon the au>
thorities. A West Indian planter writes
to friend in London saying: IF the
standard Of rebellion is raised in favor
of an alliance with the United States.
/ viii volunteer forthwith. We owe
all our suferings to the imperial con-
! nection, and it is high time il was
ended. England will have a rude
awakening"
The Parnellites are jubflant at the
statements made by John Dillon. Chair
man of the Irish Nationalist party. at
the meeting of the National Fedora
tion at Dublin on Wednesday last. who
upon that occasion said that he agreed
with John Redmond, the Parnellite
leader, that all sections of the Nation
alists should arrive "a an unders tanding
upon the leading Irish questions before
Z h.. Of ID
remarks are interpreted by the Par
nellites as being a confession of the cor
rectness of their attitude toward the
Liberals.
Mr.. Redmond said to a representa-
tive of the Associated Press: Mr.. Dill
Ion at last admits that the Liberals at
whose orders Mr.. Parnell was deposed.
have abandoned home rule But he
must &c a step further and repudiate
unequivoeally and openly any alliance
with the Liberals. Until he does so.
no unicr of the Parnellites with him or
his party Is possible
The Westminster Gazette" voices
the Liberal sentiment. saying: ..The
party Will have to free itself from the
thraldcm which Mr.. Dillon seeks to i'm
pose upon it, even at the cost of incur
ing the displeasure of his friends" This
paper further admits that if the Liber-
ais gave Mr.. Dillon the pledge demand
ed, :hey would never have the slender
est chance Of returning to power.
The reverse suffered by General
Westmacott's brigade in the Bara. Val
ley is in the nature of disaster. When
the Euphemis are translated the story
appears to be that the most powerful
force es.er sent to the border has been
bundled out of Afridiland neck and
crop. On top of this comes the news
that ii is the intention of Sir William
Lockhart the British Commander-in-
Chief. to invade the country in another
direction The reasons are obvious.
The Government feels that something
must be done forthwith TO retrieve
British prestige. and the Khyber Pass
droa. which the Afridis closed about
six months ago. will probably be COM
paratively reopened.
In the meanwhile the worst impress
sion has been created in Great Britain
by the reiteration of the statement that
the rank and file of at least four Brit
ish re giments showed decided lack of
pluck in the presence of the native reg
iments. An officer at the frontier writes.
The worst is that the native troops