The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-02
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The Indian troubles have let loose
a flood of criticism which blames every
body connected with the government.
Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. in Vlru-
lent letter just published. declares
spirit of fanaticism has been aroused
which will be most difficult to queH'
every gallant life now lost in the on
slaught of the northwestern fallatics
is a victim of the reckless persecution
of Turkey, which has been the BRUSH
policy since 1893, and which has ruined
the Armenians, Frustrated the GreekS,
revolutioniZed Crete, lowered brush
prestige and alienated the Mnssulllahs
in India"
Professor Arminius Vanberry. the
we'll known authority on all oriental
questions, partly comedies with TINS
view of the situation, though dlsclalul-
ing that the sultan has had any parilcI,
lar hand in the present troubles, which
are Pan-Islamlc.
The Saturday Review, while eXculpat-
ing the sultan, declares that LORD Rop-
erts of Kandahr is believed by many
of the best-informed people to be at the
bottom of the affair, which is classed
as a legacy of the Lansdowne- Roberts
| administration. whose motto was HILL
tary aggression.
The Spectator. touching upon the same
subject. says:
What we are paying for and deserve
to pay for. is our unwilingness TO grasp
the Turkish nettle boldly. Had it been
known in India that we alone mad dared
to coerce the sultan and that he trem,,
| bled at our words, we should have had
| no outbreak on the frontier
In spite of constant denials. 1t is lit
tie doubted in official circles that the
ameer of Afghanistan has had hand
| in the present troubles and that his at
titude toward Great Britain is unfriend-
| ly. 1t has been known for months past
that the ameer has been ordering enor-
| nous quantities of arms and ammuhi-
ton from agents in England. and this
so attracted notice of late that his or
ders were not accepted
In the meanwhile no news is permit.
ted to leak out of Cabul, the capital OF
Afghanistan. Every mail is closely
scrutinized and all suspected letters
are opened.
Sir Walter Pyne, the ameers right,
hand man. has been expected in England
on his annual visit for weeks past. but
no news has been received regarding
his movements and it is quite possible
| that he is detained at Cabul by the
ameer.
President Krueger's sensational de
| fiance of Great Britain is accepted cold
ly by the British as amounting TO noun
| ing and to which the transfer of Brit
ish protectorate ties from the foreign office
to the colonial office is Il reply. Joseph
Chamberlain. secretary of state for the
| colonies. has absolutely affirmed the
suZerainty of Great Britain over the
Transvaal and is determined to assert
it IN no uncertain fashion.
The Saturday Review utters dissent
| ing cry, declaring that the convention
| of 1884 was expressly framed to define
the complete independence of the Beers.
The international congress of Catholic
students and scholars, the fourth OF
IL series organized in 1883 by Mgr. Hula
of Paris. has been in session during
the week at Freiburg. Switzerland.
Seven hundred delegates representing
all nations, have been present. Among
them was Il notable band of Anglo
Americans and Irish Americans. includ-
| ing DR.. Zahn. the Catholic evolutionist
of Indiana: Mgr O'Connell. president
of the American college at Rome. and
| five professors of the Catholic univer-
sity at Washington, ID. C., and Baron
Won Huertling of Munich
Scores of papers were read. ana they
were all conspicuous for their frankly
modern advanced tone. At the same
| time the delegates were absolutely loyal
\ to the church.