The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-19
FOR LARGER GAME
THAN TIE SAVAGE MEN OF THE
HILLS ENGLAND IS LOADED

There Are HintiD.s of a Foe About Rus
sia's Size to BE Net Mt the Gate of India
In Witness Whereof Are the Anna.
ments and Troops Being Forwarded in
Strength Altogether DisproportioDate
to the Requirements For Crushing u
Twopenny Rebellion - Irish Famine
Mixed With Politics.
London, Sept. 1S.-The fact that no less
than ten field and horse batteries have
been ordered 10 embark for India during
themo nths or September and October is
much commented upon in military cir
cles Under ordinary circumstances the
four batteries now in India would have
been relieved this month. But these Dat-
teries have been ordered to remain in In
Ola and therefore there viii shortly be on
the frontier fourteen batteries of artil-
lery, a full complement for an army
corps. AS the British force now assem-
bed on the frontier is of ample strength
Il wipe out all visible resistance, the only
conclusion that can be reached in the
dispatch Of reinforcements of artillery is
that the authorities are possessed of in
formation Of a serious character.
The intimation conveyed by the war Of
fee on Monday last 10 the London COM
nlercial agent of the Ameer of Afghanis-
ian, that no war material or machinery
for the manufacture thereof will be al
n ha
present crisis indicates that the British
government has by no means entire con-
fidence in the Ameer's fidelity, and il is
limited that the government has learned
A., mat while protesting friendliness 10
, Great Britain he has been secretly pre-
iparing for war
Well informed circles are also discuss
ing the story Of secret correspondence be-
tween Russia and Afghanistan, which is
said to have fallen into the hands Of the
British officials. and is is further init
mated that a widespread plot has been
discovered
The truth or otherwise Of these stories
viii develop hereafter. but the fact re-
mains that the large increase in the
Strength OF the British artillery in India
cannot be intended for use against the
Afridis
FAMINE IN IRELAND
The extent Of the distress threatening
Ireland seems 20 depend largely as 10
through which party's eyes it is viewed.
The council Of the National Federation
has decided that the country is on the
Drink or widespread calamity, and
calls upon Messrs. Dillon and Harring-
ton 10 convoke a meeting of the Irish
members Of parliament for the purpose
OF requisitioning Mr.. Balfour, the gov
eminent leader in the commons, to call
an autumn session of parliament TO de-
! wise relief measures and to pass A bill re-
ducing rents in Ireland in proportion 10
the loss incurred by the tenants owing 10
the wholesale destruction of their crops.
On the other hand, the Dublin Express
says that the cry OF famine is onIy q
continuation Of the party cry which is
raised every year the Unionists are in Of
fee, and adds:
Judging from the past, we may hope
mat much Of the crops doomed 10 destruc
non by the prophets of evil will be res
cued and that the general yield will be
much larger than expected"
The Daily Independent regards the sug
geSiion that the Duchess of York will
shortly appeal for funds in behalf OF the |
IFlsn who are threatened with famine as
being an insult, and says:
If the country was ten times as badly
OIL as 1t is likely to be- it would resent |
any charitable appeal TO the English"
The Independent emphadcally denies |
tnaf Ireland, as whole. will suffer acute |
distress