The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
YEERING TO CECIL
EYMPATHIES OF THE ENGLISH PEG
PIE COMING AROUND TO
RHODES.
COMMITTEE is CRITICISED.
IT'S PROCEEDINGS SAID TO BE EN-
TIRELY LACKING IN IMPRESS
SIVENESS.
KRUGER THE WEEKS SENSATION.
Even the Cretan Crisis Dwarfed in
Parliament by His Eight Million
Dollar Bill.

LONDON, Feb. 2O.-The feeling of
the English public certainly appears
to be leaning to the side of Col. Cecil
Rhodes, whose examination will last
another four or five sittings. The in
quiry promises to be interminable.
Commenting upon President Krueger's
big claim for indemnity as a result of
the Jameson raid, the Speaker says:
He has historical precedent, though
it is neither creditable nor hopeful, in
the claims which the United States
advanced in the Alabama dispute"
The newspapers comment on the pal
try arrangements for a state inquiry of
such Importance as the one being made
by the parliamentary committee into
the Jameson raid. 1t is held in a
small, miserable room, and the pro-
ceedings are altogether Invested of dig
nifty. Moreover, the seating arrange
ments, putting the witness in the CEN
ter of his judges, the committee, tends
TO familiarity. Everything is mean and
squalid, ventilation imperfect, and the
wall is adorned with a big map of
Rhodesia
The reduction Of the Conservative
majority in the Chertsey division of
Surrey, following on the other Liberal
successes, is received with great jubila-
ton by the Liberal press, which points
OFT that out of thirty-three bye cleo
tons since the Conservatives came into
power, the opposition has retained all
its own seats and has won four from
the government. The Liberals calcu-
late that if this rate of gain is MAIN
tanned at the general elections, the
Liberals will re-enter power with a
slight majority.
The sensation of the week in parlia-
ment was not caused by the Cretan
question, but by the dramatic manner
in which Mr.. Chamberlain announced
that telegram had been received
from the British agent at Pretoria,
saying that President Kruger had
filed a bill OF indemnity against the
1t, or cause it to be paid as a re-
suit Of the jameson raid. Mr.. Cham
berlain read the items as If they were
a BRIDESMAIDS bill (f677, $685. IS, Sd be-
ing asked for as a material charge
and 100000 for moral and intel
lectual damage" not including ''le-
ultimate private claims which may be
advanced'O, emphasizing the shillings
and pence. In every word of his short
reply he managed to express every
POSSIBLE phase of scOrn, defiance and
contempt This unmistakable evil
dence that Mr.. Chamberlain had final
~ put his foot down is hailed with
general delight. A new departure in
the dramatic duel between the Sec
rotary of stats for the colonies and
President Kruger has been reached,
&ITu it is likely that the government
will prevent a counter claim for the
Boer raid into British territory in
1886, which. according to parliament
airy returns, cost Great Britain over
fl 900 000
The international sanitary conference
a Venice is making satisfactory pro-
greSs. 1t was announced today that
Great Britain has agreed to the rati-
ficatiOn of the Paris convention Of
1885. Dr. r. ThOrne Thorne, the Brit
ish technical delegate, asserted that
the bubonic plague is less dangerous
than cholera. He deprecated the terror
of the plague, and urged that no sound
basis was yet obtained for special ac-
ton, as in the case of cholera. The
Turkish delegate expressed confidence
that the measures taken would prevent
the import Of the plague through the
Red sea. Regarding the question of in
cubatiOn, ten days was adopted as the
basis Of the sanitary regulations, reck-
Oned from the date of departure from
a suspected port.
In agreeing to the ratification Of the
Paris convention, it is understood that
Great Britain excluded from it's appli-
cation Canada, Australia and Cape
Colony. Many notable delegates from
various countries in Europe and Asia
are in attendance Count BONN Ton
care. under secretary Of state for
foreign affairs of Italy, is presiding over
the sessions. The general consensus of
opinion does not point to any great
practical results from the conference.
The debates and decisions probably will
not be made public, following the pre-
cedent of the cholera conference in
Paris four years ago, the deliberations
of the latter still being withheld.
The plague and famine in India are
producing a crisis in the Lancashire
cotton trade. The collapse of the In
dian trade has led to the stoppage Of
thousands of looms. East Lancashire
IS chiefly affected, and the employers
contemplate a reduction of 10 per cent
in wages. The men have declared that
they will fight the reduction tooth and
nail, and urge that an organized re-
strictiOn of production is what is nee,
essary to meet the trouble. If a strike
occurs 2SS.59S looms will be idle
The English explorer, Poulett Wealth
erby, just back from Central Africa,
reports that the village of ChiIambo,
where DR.. Livingstone is buried, is
abandoned, and urges erection of a
lasting monument.
More RfOting.