The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-13
BREATHES OF WAR
ENGLAND'S FIRST LORD OF THE
ADMIRALTY SPEAKS

Pretensions in That Quarter Will be UT
held il it Takes the Power of the En-
pire to do 1t - British warship Di.
patched to DeIagoa Bay.GeneraI oreig
News.
London, April 12.-The speech Of tn,
first lord of the admiralty, George ]
Goschen, at the farewell banquet ten
dered on Saturday to Sir Alfred Miner
The newly appointed high commissions
of Great Britain in South Africa, ha:
produced great sensation and the i'm.
minence OF war between Great Britain
anG the Transvaal is the common talk
Of the street.
Referring to the presence of British
blue jackets and marines in South
Africa, Mr.. Goschen said:
They are 70 represent to Sir Alfred
Miner the British power in South
Africa. They are the guarantee to him
and TO our colonists. to the loyal men
who support British rule. that the coun-
try IS determined TO maintain its power
In those quarters and that it will back
Its nigh commissioner with the power OF
the British empire
a dispatch from Cape Town today
confirms the report. apparently, OF the
dispatch OF the British war vessel to
Oelagoa Bay. The British warship Rae
coon sailed today from Cape Town I'M
der sealed orders. The officials there re-
fuse 10 dvulge her destination, but it is
SH sc 70, TIlala
Bay and the report is generally believed
1t was semi-of1icially announced this
afternoon tina. the British troops going
to South Africa are merely intended to
relieve the regiments already there,
which are bound for home at the ex-
piration Of their terms of foreign service
OBSOLETE IRONCLADS.
London, April 12.-The first lord of the
admiralty, Mr.. Goschen, referring to the
suggestion OF Lord Charles Beresford.
made last week, that seventeen obsolete
ironclads belonging TO the reserve might
be armed with modern guns at the cost
Of one million pounds Cs5. O0O, 000). or the
amount necessary 10 build two new iron
clads, said in the house Of commons to-
day that the matter had frequently re-
ceived careful consideration upon the
part Of the admiralty, but, he added. the
subject was too important to be dealt
with in reply TO a question in the house.
and he suggested that It had better be
reserved for consideration when the
Ehipbuildng vote is discussed.
GAMBLING IN FUTURES.
london, April 1.-THE financial score
tary, Mr.. Hanbu-y, replying to a cues
ton in the house OF commons today.
announced that the board of trade would
ask the government of the Dominion of
Canada to furnish a report on the re-
suit of the law prohibiting gambling in |
futures.
ENGLAND WON'T LEAD.
London, April I2.-Answering a ques- |
hon regarding the prospects of the gov |
eminent sending out invitations to a |
bimetallic conference, Mr. Balfour reit-
Grated in the house Of commons today |
hat there was nothing in the situation |
which would lead MIN 10 suppose that |
anything could be gained by Great
Britain taking the initiative in promot-
Ing an international bimetallic confer
ence.
London, April 12-Patrick O'Brien.
Parnellte member for the city OF XII
kenny. asked the government for IN
formation in the house of commons to-
day as to whether it had received any
claim for compensation in behalf of
Edward ]. Ivory, the saloon-keeper of
New York, who was arrested in Glasgow
on September II last. and who was dis
charged from custody on January 20.
The treasury officials having failed to OBJ
tain evidence sufficient TO convict him on
the charge of conspiring to cause
dynamite explosion, which brought
about his arrest. Mr. Balfour, in reply.
said the government had not received
1otice of any such claim.
FAMINE IN CHINA.
San Francisco. April 12-Accordinr to
advices brought by the Gaelic. natives in
the vicinity of Ichang, China. are diving
by hundreds, of starvation. The maize
crop last year was almost total fall
ure. and as the people exchanged their
maize for rice 10 last them through the
winter, food has been scant for A long
time. Supplies are now completely ex- =
hausted, and the harvest OF death has {
begun. The officials are making efforts
10 furnish food for the starving peonIe
by sending in rice, but the supplies they
are able to contribute are so small and |
the number Of those in direst need Is 81
great. that little good is accomplished.
Uwing TO The difficulty Of Transporting
the rice in the famine districts. only
nose living along the waterways are
aided For those in the interior there =
40 help and the mortality is great and
growing steadily. Even in the sections
that the relief supplies reach the amount
gwen 20 each family is so small that il
teTves barely to sustain life. and does
not relieve the pangs of hunger. No es-
innate Of the loss OF life is given. but il
n reported to be heavy.
BIKES IN NICARAGUA
Washington. April 12-By decree I
10 the state department hv
United States Consul Wiesik, az Mana
qua, the Nicaraguan government has re- :.
duced the duty on bicycles TO 2-lO0 [
rents per pound, or about s2.IS for O
machine as packed for that country. The Il
I'D duty was about 10 cents pei. nound. n
Inc consul says there is a good one7ine c
Tor American wheels in Nicaragua now b
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