San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-02
LONDON CABLE.
ENGLAND FOREIGN POLICY IS A
FAILURE,
The Papers are Unit in FavOring Arbi-
tratiOn With the q. s. Jan Maclaren
Tafies Q. S. one and England two.

BILE weather continues to prevail in
England and ON the continent in this
country, for several days during the
past week, the temperature was al
most. Springlike, the mercury ranging
over 80 degrees in the shade. In
Paris, on Sunday last, the tables in
front of the cafes and restaurants
on the boulevards were crowded with
people breakfasting and otherwise re-
freshing themselves. On the other
hand, along the rivers and ALGERIA
the weather has been unusually cold,
the mercury at Monte Carlo and at
Algeria recording under 40 degrees.
Most of the newspapers, in review
ing the events of 1896, criticiSe the
happy go-lucky optimism of Great
Britain's foreign policy, as evidenced
by the little effect it produced during
the numerous menacing storms which
have marked the year. They cite that
the Venezuela trouble was quickly
followed by Transvaal dispute, and
then came the insult of Emperor Will
liam in his dispatch to President
utSCl1 anu lIt lSOldllOu vi
Britain in the eastern question.
The newspapers, therefore, insist
that the foreign policy of Great Brit
ain is behind the times and requires
to take existing facts considerably
more into account, or it may expect
indefinite repetitiOnS of loss of pres
tige, brought about by taking up a
stand which, later it is compelled to
abandon owing TO miscalculatiOns of
Great Britains means of asserting
her resistance to the opposition of
other powers.
The st. James Gazette makes speciaI
reference to Venezuela and says: IF
it is right now to arbitrate terms as
arranged by the United States, is was
right to do so a year and a half ago
when Lord Salisbury emphatically
refused Secretary Olney's demand"
Continuing, the st. James Gazette
asks why the Marquise of Salisbury
created IAN impasse" from which we
could not escape without war or sur
render. We took surrender.
In conclusion, the st. James Gazette
remarks:
with no aggressive or ambitious
designs upon our part. We have been
within measurable distance in sim
gle year of war with Russia, Germa-
nv, America and the Transvaal. With
a few additional warships and cruiS-
ers. some thousand or more trained
seamen and StOkers and an army cap
able of sending three corps with ar
tillery and transport, say to Canada
or COnstantinOple, we could face such
combination as that with better con-
fidence."
The Times. in its New Year edito-
rial. reviewing the foreign relations
of Great Britain says: 1t is peculiar
ity appropriate that the year which
will be distinguished by the celebra-
ton of the diamond Jubilee of the
Queen, should also be marked by the
conclusion of a treaty of arbitration
with that other great nation OF our
race.
If adds: We hardly hope or desire
TO arrange our differences with other
nations in this manner, which seems
natural and practicable when dealing
with a people closely allied by blood
with ourselves.
During the last two months Sir
Donald Smith, the Canadian high
commissioner, began an exhaustive
inquiry as to the places from which
Immigrants go to America win the
view of diverting as many as possible
of the desirable ones to Canada. In
order to assist such a movement he
has now arranged that more eHec>
tive publicity be given to immigrants
of the advantages of Canada.
Sir Chas Upper. the eX-mnister
and high commissioner. returns to
Canada on January Z.
The chief feature of the setate mar
ket year Just closed was the large
number of noblemen selling The
Duke of Devonshire sold a fine es-
tate of $4,000 acres in West Cork in
Guiding the town of VandOn. to Sir
John Arnott. for f250.O00. Isl $50, 000
Lord AshbuprtOn disposed Of a Will
shire property Of 10000 acres; Lord
Churchill sold the magnificent Corn
bury park, Charl Bury OxforGshire,
consisting of 5000 acres, with the his
torical mansion which was formerly
the hunting lodge of Henry III. and
the Marquise of Queenberry disposed
of his vast Rinmonte estate to a Hud-
dersfield manufacturer
During the past fifteen months
nearly $1,000 persons have become
converts to the Roman Catholic
church. of this number about 1000 be-
ing in the diocese of Westminster
alone.
Elan Meclaren." the Rev. John
Watson. D. D.. who has Just returned
from his visit to the United States. is
loud in his praise of Yale university.
which reminded him of an English