The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-22
THE CRISIS IN INDIA SERI-
OUSLY.
WORST OF IT is OVER.
THE SUPREMACY OF JOHN
BULL.
OR FOUR WARS ON HAND.
Great Britain Engaged in "a Number
of Military OperatiOns-GOssip
of London.

LONDON, Aug. 21.-Though the acute
crisis in affairs on the frontier of Brit
ish India seems to have passed, there
is no doubt there has been genuine
cause for the scare which prevailed.
Practically all the tribes throughout a
mountain district, 800 miles long and
200 miles deep, are up in arms, and
though their reverses will probably cool
their ardor and prevent further seri-
Gus fighting at present, the greatest
care will be required in order to restore
peace and order.
The speedy nipping in the bud of this
dangerous instruction has demonstrate
ed the splendid state of preparation
to which the British army in India has
been brought. Within a few days a
fully equipped force Of $1,000 men of
all arms was hurried to the front with
out a hitch. proving beyond dispute
the military strength Of Great Bril-
tain's position in India and furnishing
food for thought in Afghanistan and in
Russia
In this connection it is interesting to
note that the British at the present
moment, are concerned in a multitude
of more or less extensive military OPP
erationS, including three separate cam
paigns in India. besides the campaign
in the Soudan, the occupation of the
Island of Crete and in suppressing the
revolts in Matabeleland, Basutoland,
Bechuanaland and in the Niger dis
trict.
Lieut.. Squier, of the artillery school
at Fortress Monroe, Va, and Prof Gre
hnr Of no
remarkable demonstration during the
past week of the possibilities of their
synchronograph. The government tel
egraph officials gave these men the
use of a clear line, $50 miles long, max
ing circuit through London, Leeds,
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York
and other places, over which the Amer
leans succeeded in transmitting short
messages at a speed equivalent to
1000 words per minute. The MESA es
were received with perfect clearness.
Forty-four miles of the line were un-
der ground. thus adding to the diff
Guilty of the trial The highest rate at
tanned by them in America was 5000
words per minute over an iron wire
thirteen miles long
The latest enterprise at the vestry
OF st. PancraS is attracting much at
tention among the public and has ex-
cited the adverse comment of many
doctors. The vestry has started a
bacteria incubating nursery from which
establishment they guarantee to adj
wise people within twenty-four hours
as to the exact nature of any germs
with which they are supplied. Each
medical district of the vestry of St.
Pancras has been furnished with the
necessary paraphernalia and with in
structions how to forward samples Of
germs to the bacteria incubating
nursery. Thus the accuracy of the
diagnosis in cases of suspected diph-
liberia, typhoid fever, ETC., will prompt
ly be esta blished.
1t is further understood that the
necessary outfits for securing and for
warding germs for judgment will be
distributed among the private houses
in the district of st. Pancras. The
doctors fear that the innovation will
deprive them of patients and think
that the next step will be slot machines
where, so soon as the patients have
learned the name of their complaint
they will be able to secure the neces-
sary medicine to cure them