The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-17
English Complications in West Africa
Discussed By a Bishop.
SUGGESTS PLAN OF SETTLEMENT
Recent Order of the English War Office Fur
nshes Food For the Funny Fellows on
the Papers Bad News For
Wine Drinkers.

London, Oct. 16.-The English newspa-
psrs which are fond of preaching unc-
tuous sermons on The subject of the claw
1essness of Americans" have food for
reflection in two EVENTS In London and
its suburbs this week. The Honor Oak
Golf club possessed One-Tree Hill for
thrse years. Finding the property was
club caused the ground to be fenced in,
thus shutting out the general public
to the great delight of the neighboring
residents, whose life had besn made
hideous because of the congregating
there of drunken, dog-fighting roughs
from the slums of Deptford. There
upon it was claimed that the public
rights were being encroachsd upon and
the agitation against the golfer assidu-
ously fomented eliminated on Sunday
last when mob of 1000 persons, armed
with clubs and stones tore down the
fences and demolished everything in
sight. They destroyed the golf links
and reinforced by over 1000 other rioters,
the mob advanced upon the club house,
driving the golfers within. Bricks,
stones and logs flew until the club house
was wrecked.
When the rioters were unable to dis
lodge the determined members of the
club, some of the rioters brought bundles
of straw with the intention of setting
fire TO the premises and they were only
prevented from carrying out their ptr-
pose by ths timely arrival Of police re-
inforcements, the few policemen previ-
ously on the scene having been as badly
maltreated as the golf players, one of
which fell into the hands Of a dozen
roughs, who pounded him with sticks
until the unfortunate player was in
serious condition. A renewal of the
disturbance is expected tomorrow.
DIR. Hartzel the American Methodist
Episcopal bishop of West Africa, in an
interview, emphasizes the increasing
dangers of the situation in West Africa
owing to the activity of the French au-
thorities as already outlined in cable
dispatches to the Associated Press. The
bishop Gays that unless the best staites-
fnanship is brought to bear upon Afri-
can problems the European wars of the
next century will be fought on that con-
tinent. He suggests as the best solution
of the problem that Great Britain should
give Germany Walfish Bay and give
France Ashanti, Bathurst and all rights
In Morocco and Algiers, France ON her
part withdrawing all her claims in
Egypt (which England cannot surren-
DER
The newspapers are poking a great
deal of fun alt the latest war office order
prescribing the weight and height of
candidates for commissions in the army
who must not be less than s feet inches
high and 100 pounds in weight at the age
Of Is or feet 6 inches high and 1888
pounds in weight when q years old.
4 1t fS POllutu OuI uihdL uiucT CillS Tul6
neither Lord Wellesley nor Lord Roberts
could have entered the army while Ma
poleon, Nelson wellington, julius Cae-
sar Alexander the Great and William
OF Orange would Aave been barred.
The champagne vintage Is finished
Owing to the changeable summer and
wet September, necessitating too early
gathering of the grapes the vintage will
be very medium, both in quality and
quantity.
The reapproachment between Queen
Victoria and her grandson. Emperor
william, of Germany, Is proceeding
apace and it is now highly probable
That his majesty will pay a brief visit
to Balomral in November. sailing on his
yacht from Kiel for Aberdeen.
In connection with the empercr's
yacht, it Is said, Queen Victoria ts so
eniamoued of the appearance of the
1ohenzollern that sl,e ordered Tho plans
of the latter to be duplicated in the
buildings of the new yacht which t,as
Just begun.
Marriage In High Life.