The record-union., 1897-11-14
The Marquis Of Sa|ishury's Talk on
Lord Mayors Day
Proves Him to be a Master Of Saying
Nothing in Soothing Words.
Did Not Contain a Single Indica-
ton as to How Far the British
Government is Prepared to Go
in Indian, Egyptian, Soudan
OF Niger Affairs.


1897 by the Associated Press. 1.-The
speech OF the Marquis of Salisbury at
the Guild Hall on Tuesday last, Lord
Mayors day, again proved him TO be a
past master in saying nothing IN many
soothing words. 1t was essentially a
peace speech, and did not contain a
single indication as to how far the
Government is prepared to so in Indian,
Egyptian, Soudan or Niger affairs, be-
yond a general what can be done will
be DONE Even the supposed menace
to France has since been explained and
was not intended to excite French feel
ings, but was merely to give English
public opinion mild satisfaction from
a pretended bluff.
The monetary check caused by the
Marquis of Salisbury's bluff has been
followed by recrude sense of jingo-
ism in France, which has been intensi-
fed by the arrival in Paris yesterday
of the band of the Cars Preobrajensky
regiment. which has been sent to the
French capital as an earnest of Russian
friendship.
Another incentive to ChauvaniSm has
been found in the announcement that
d
ry and artillery will shortly sail from
Odessa in the Djibutil. and thence will
go to King Menelik's capital, with the
object of assisting the French to thwart
the British in grabbing Central At
rica.
Consequently, the tone of the Paris
newspapers is again excited. They
claim that the position of France is
unassailable, both by virtue of justice
and recent military operations, which.
it is asserted, assure the permanent
occupation of all the Niger territory
already hypothecated on the French
maps, and the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs, M. Hanotaux. is be-
ing urged not to make any concessions.
On the other hand, Great Britain is
not idle. Thirty army officers left Liv-
erpool to-day for Lagos, on the west
coast of Africa, and it is asserted that
Captain Frederick Lugard of the Royal
Niger Company, with thirty more
British officers, will start for Africa
next week, with instructions to lead
the land expedition of the Boussa, in
conjunction with the Niger gunboat
Gotilla Great Britain is making the
a sine qua non.
The budget of Monte Carlo shows that
the profits for the year ending October
3st were 100000 francs below those
of the previous year. No reasons are
assigned for this falling off. The banks
OUTLAWS include 100000 france to the
Prince of Monaco; police and grounds,
/ 100000 francs; salaries, 1000, 900
francs: orchestra and sports, 100000
francs; payments to ruined gamblers,
100000 francs. The number of suicides
during the year totaled up thirty-fi five
persons.
Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway,
and is going TO Berlin TO attend the
celebration in commemoration of his
birthday. Thereafter he will live in
Germany.
The reason for the absence of
Cecil Rhodes from the festivities at
tending the recent opening of the rail-
road to Buluwayo is said not to be due
to i'll health, but to be part of a we'll
organized plan to defeat Kruger in the
election for the Presidency of the
Transvaal. which occurs about two
months hence.
The Saturday Review" which has
much inside information regarding
South African affairs, believes there is
a fair working chance fMr Rhodes
defeating Kruger and electing a Boer
who will not be hostile to the mining
interests.
Had dr. Rhodes appeared at Bulu-
wayo, that town would have converted
the whole affair into a personal tri-
umph for Mr.. Rhodes, which would
have antagonized the Beers. and would
have undone all the nacificatory work
of the politicians, the sole object of
which is to defeat Kruger