Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-28
NIKKI STORY DENIED
CREDENCE GIVEN TT. HOWEVER,
SHOWS SITUATION Is GRAVE.
TOD SLOANE, THE JOCKEY
He Is Cutting n Great Figure I'm
England-Proposed Statue OF WASH
fpgton In London-other British
Notes.
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IOTctS near Nlkkl, west AlflCd, IL du
k. thorita'ively denied, but that genera
- credence was given to the rumor show
n how grave the situation is.
Since the initiation of the wild polio!
6 Of sending armed bands from DahomeJ
a and Lagos, led by hot-headed officers, e
assert the authority OF their respective
> nations, and grab anything in sight
which might still be unoccupied, 1t has
been believed that a collision was bound
to occur sooner or later. Both govern
ments have repeatedly been warned TO
recall these rowing expeditions and await
the settlement Of the Defamation Com
mission now sitting at Paris.
1t is difficult to apportion the blame FOR
this state Of affairs That the French
Initiated the system OF raiding the con-
tested territory in West Africa is indis-
putable. but the Colonial Columbus, as
Sir William Vernon Harcourt. the Libe-
raj leader, has nicknamed Joseph Cham
berIain, the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, has made a serious false step
In following suit. If a diplomatic pro-
| test on the subject had been promptly
! lodged in Paris, and vigorously pushed
the whole question would probably have
been amicably settled by this time but
instead OF this the French have been
| permitted to invade the admitted limits
| OF British Lagos territory, fight the ma
| tlVe and occupy towns, so that they
| might more easily reach and occupy the
| Say-Boussa-Nikki triangle, which is the
| subject of dispute.
1t is known that the Marquis of Sails
| bury has not asked for reparation, ana
Will 4, ;-.,e
| story appears TO be incredible. If the
Marquis Of Salisbury and Mr.. Chamber
lain have a settled policy regarding West
Africa, they have failed TO make IL
known, and all they seem to be doing
at present is to impress the French with
tho fact OF Great Britains unlimited
"squeezability"
PERILOUS POSSIBILITIES.
Inc present situation is fraught with
perilous possibilities, and the loss of the |
httie seif-respect the Tory ministry has
IeIt For this the country and press.
even the Conservative newspapers. are |
demanding reprisals, by the reseizure. |
Ior instance, Of the town of Roussa |
lately seized by the French. though be, |
lieved to be Enthusiastically within the |
British sphere, and by the breaking off |
OF the negotiations in Paris until the
acts Of the Dahomey officials are for
mally disavowed.
In the mean while another batch Of
eighty British officers and non-commIs-
stoned officers sails from Liverpool to-
day for Lagos, West Coast of Africa,
accompanied by battery OF six 12-pound-
er Maxlm-Nordenfelt howitzers, special
ly supplied by the Colonial Office. with
out consultation with the War Office.
1t Is computed that when the forces
In process of being dispatched are Joined
10 the troops already there, Great
Britain will have $50 officers and nom
commissioned officers and 1900 troops in
West Africa.
Commenting upon the fact, the semi
Official Temps, Of Paris, says: "The
British troops will be received by our
troops who are already de facto in nos
session, and who propose TO remain so
until the pending negotiations are set
lied by equitable compensations Iegiti-
nateiy shared by France and England
Until then we shall not swerve."
III this means anything, IL means that
France intends to extract further grace
.ul concessions" from the Marquis OF
Salisbury similar to those in connection
With Siam, Tunis, and Madagascar.
STATUE OF WASHINGTON.
ID. C. Murray, the novelist is pro- c
posing national subscription to erect :
n London statue in honor of George '
Washington. Messrs. Bayard and Hay q
lave both approved tho scheme. The I
Daily Chronicle, however, questions
whether the statue might not result in n
n enlightenment Of relations, and says: 9
Like ali near relatives, England and O
america quarrel now and then. Perhaps 4
ONE day it might occur to a boisterous >
lingo TO make the statue OF the Father q
his People the subject OF an unedify- n
lg demonstration" II
The cotton-trade crisis, which It was :.
oped had passed, is again TO the fore =
he operatives have consented to arbitra-
ion, by request OF the trades, for the
ime since November LIST, but the en-
loyers desire to make the period from ~
september I'D to the end of the year.
he operatives have practically unani-
lousiy rejected this proposition, and their
ote will be communicated to the en- pi
loyers on Monday, when they must pl
ither adopt the views of the men or ST
recipitate Il lockout T.
The newspapers were apparently too =,
revious in growing over the find OF al %
,ged important Venezuelan documents at e'
reytown, which was Immediately hailed 81
S settling the case, and as useful re- DS
lff to American "meddlers in their neigh su
Ors' concerns" The Colonial once now m
nnounces that the value Of the docu- II
iicapt," and that they will not neces- pr
tate any alteration in the statement or an
lie British case, as already submitted. Of
TOD SLOANE TIC
No American celebrity who has appear ~
in London in recent years has cut -
rger figure in the public eye than TOD" oee
oane, the jockey who continues to pile '
a phenomenal record OF victorieS-ten !
ms or dark horses. 1t is Sloanes man u
n of living and OF training, even more "a
an his race-traci achievements, which ms
IS caused so much comment among the PR
rftish sporting gentry, not to mention lu'
9 public at large.
The little jockey lives at the great
,cl Hotel, in almost the luxury OF a
metallic commissioner. He has char Pa
red a suit of four handsome apartments
erlooking the Thames embankment. the c
1st expensive in this very expensive e.
and here surrounded by -
pictures, his extensive OUTFIT Of trunks, r. r.
d the retinue Of those fair-weather va
ends, who are always willing TO share 49,.
e earnings Of success, and attended by ~. ~
valet, he maintains a style greater -
-. ,'.,,.1a - .I.Ito~os -. tin
e same roof. a. a.
lie does not camp at the race-track uiu
arters, as do most OF the English M
keys, but travels back and forth be- VIC
cen his hotel and the turf daily. His
* is piling up daily this week with
egrams from the most prominent
semen of England asking him I'm ur- III