El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-02
ARTILLERY FOR INDIA.
Great Additions Being Made to the
British Forces There.

A London letter mas Tue lolIo"4H
The fact that no less toan III odtterl' 5
of horse and field artillery nave oeen
ordere d to embark for India durlcg the
,nonths of Sep ember and October is
much commented upon in military cir
cles Under ordinary circumstances
the four batteries now in ludla wtuld
have been relieved this month. But
these batteries have been ordered 10
remain in India, and, therefore, there
will shortly be on the frontier II pat
teries of artil cry, full complement
for an army corps. AS the DriCl7n
force now Assem- bled on the frontier Is
of ample strength to wipe out all Wis
BILE resistance, the only conclusion
that can be reached in relation TO the
dispatch of reipforcementS OF artillery
5 that the authorities are possessed OF
Information of a serious character. Inc
intim alton conveyed ny the war ONCE
on Monday last to the London CONNER
cial gent of the ameer OF Afghanlstan
that no war material or machinery Tor
the manufacture there Of, will be allow
ed to cross the frontier during the
present crisis, indicates that the Brit
lsh government has by no means en-
tire confidence in the ameer's hdellty,
and it is limited the government mas
learned that, while protesting frlendll
less to Great Britain, he has been sec
reilly preparing for war.
We'll informed circles are also dis
cussing the story of secret correspond
ence between Russia and Afgnanlstan,
which is said to have fallen Into the
hands of the British officials, and 1t is
further intimated that widespread
plot has been discovered.
The truth, or otherwise, OF these
stories Will develop hereafter, but the
fact remains that the large Increase In
the strength of the British artillery in
India cannot be Intended for use
against the Afrldis.
TIE extent of the distress threaten
ing Ireland seems to depend largely as
to through which party'5 eyes 1t Is
viewed. The council of the National
Federation has decided that the coun-
try is on the brink of a widespread
calamity, and calls upon Messrs. Dillon
and Harrington to cOnvoke meeting
of the Irish members of parliament for
the purpose of equisitiOning MIR.
Balfour, the government leader in the
commons, to call an autumn session OF
parliament to devise relief measures
and to pass bill reducing rents In l. E.
land in proportion to the loss incurred
by the tenants owing to the wholesale
destruction of their crops. On the
other hand, the Dublin Express says
the cry of famine is only continual
tion of the party cry which is raised
every year the Unionists are 10 Office,
and adds:
MAY BE SAVED
judging from the past we may hope
that much OF the crops doomed to de
struction by the prophets of evil will
be rescued and that the general YIELD
will be much larger than expected"
The Daily Independent regards the
suggestion that the Du hess of York
will shortly appeal for funds in behalf
of the Irish, who are threatened with
famine, as being an insult, and says:
IF the country was ten times as badly
Off as it is likely to be, it would res Mt
anv charitab bile appeal to the English"
The In, eDenGe nt enphat, C ally denies
thai Ir land, as whole, will suffer
acu d ,stress.
Figures furnished in the report OF
the inspector of inebriate retreats
ST ow that the effect of legislative in-
terventiOu to reform drunkardS is still
experimental and wholly inadequate.
About ope-third Of those ntering these
retreats are entirely cured.
The report contends that the number
of hahi ,ual drnnkards in English 90
ciety is grea ~ underestimatei. 1t is
certain that among women of all
ly.
Lord Rosebery is preparing to re-
enter public life. He has recon mend
ed making speeches and has round of
autumn engagements. He visited Mr..
Gladstone Tuesday, with the view, it
is suggested, of getting the ''grand old
man" to start him on the right road to
secure the support of all factions of the
party,