Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-10
A LONDON BUDGET.
Preparations for Serious Trouble 10
TTalSYaal.
A CASTLE AS A GAMBLING DIN,
Program for tho Qucen's Jub lee-ihf
bicycle In Ihe service oil the
ATmy--Notes.

dlcs.ions that tine British preparatio ms
against the Transvaal multiply In
many directions. Ii was semi'o III cisl-
ly reported during the week that TWO
more regiments nave been notiii sd to
prepare for service In South Africa
aud negotiations are peniing with
Scotch chip owners for four irans'
ports, to DO ready at the end OF June.
Though President kIueger has
court msrtialled his grsndsoa, Lieut..
Elod, for using Insulting language
towards q leen Victoria, the most
bitter comments eau be heart ~ tue
clubs among the better classo. II peo.
ple here against President Kruger,
who, IL liz claimed, nas done as much
as Lieut.. EluG to insult the queen.
Tue liberals are evidently beginning
to scent common troubles AMI are
raising up warming finger. Truth
on this subject sayt: This pressages
danger that we shall crift into war
with the Transvsal. Lord Salibbury'z
government Ia apparently bent upon
forcing u quarrel upon President
Kruger. Every occasion is taken to
insult him and everything he does, Ia
misrepresented.
Ii The outcome is not war, this is
only because the wiser men IN the
ministry have at length realized that
war with the Trnnsvaal docs not mean
Il contest with puny African tribe,
but race war in which majority OF
the whites at the Cape Rnu all the
Beers will be against u.s."
A RIVAL TO MONTE CARLO.
The recent visit of King Leopold OF
Belgium 10 London had Tor lts ObiecI,
it now appears, TO conclude contract
by the terms OF which syndicate
rents for a number OF yesrs the kings
splendid chateau in the Ardennss Tor
use as u gambling club. The grounus
and park are ezquisitly attractive and
the king is to build large hotel a1-
Joining the chateau. The promoters
seriously believe that the place VIII
rival Monte Carlo. No one apparently
| protests against this extension Of
| gambling oens in Belgium which are
beooInlng unssvory.
Each chief prizs OF the lottery has &C
| far fallen to a laborer and the labori q
people are universally Investing thell
savings OF years in the lotteries.
| A NRw LACE MACHINE.
| Dispatches from Vienna describe O
| new machine for the manufacture OF
lace which turns out an article mo-
| dislinguishable from hand work.
| Hitherto lacs machines have only pro-
uuced meshes In perfect squares, Civ
ing the lace ptiff appearance. Thii
| ie now abolished ami Ii 10 expected
that the machine, which is the inven.
| ton OF an Austrian named August
Matitsch will have the effect OF trans
ferring the lace industries to new
centeTB.
DEFENDS ON THE QUEENS HEALTH
Although the programs OF the dia-
mond Jubilee festivities are practically
drawn up with the superstition thA
they will be carried out, the Associated
Press learns that everything rs oontin-
gent upon the state OF the queen'l
health, and she will act entirely upOI
the advice OF her physiciaus. II hei
majesty 10 not very well she will re
main Mt Buckingham palace, and Il
she takes part In the procession ant
shows signs Of fatigue, she will n
once leave 1t and abandon the plan o.
visiting st. Piufs cathedral.
RETURNING AMBASSADOR.
The Hon. Wayne Macyesgh, the
retiring United States ambassador Il
Italy, will be the first Of the retirin.
diplomats to reach home, IA he ssils
for New York on April l5. Wher
asked what he thought OF the new
United States cabinet, Mr.. Mac
Veagh promptly said: l think the
country 10 to be heartily congratulate
upon its cabinet and the same Is tru'
OF its diplomatic appointments. Tn,
gentlemen selected are, l believe, II
every instance, admirably fitted iuj
the posts assigned them.
AS to his views OF the extra session
OF Congress ana the proposed pep
tariff, Mr.. Mac Vesgb replied: / thinl
President Mex lnley did exactly RICH
In calling an extra session. l do not
myself, believe the protective system
10 auy longer needed In the UniteC
Ststes, but 1 recoynis- that the recenl
election entities the Republican part,
to pass bill satisfactory TO the sdvo
Gates of high duties ana therefore tn,
sooner Il Is passed the better.
Uncertainty ae to what the dutie
are to be Is woree even than higl
duties, and II the new tariff take
effect at once, ths country will hav
three years In which to test 1t by Il
fruits before the next presidential
election.
a STIRRING SPEECH EXPECTED.
The next dinner OF the Eighty clu
will be held at the hotel Cecil mex
Tuesday. Sir william Hsrcourl wi
be the guest Of honor anu IL expected
to make stirring speech in referenc
TO the Cretan troubles.
THE CYCLE FOR MILITARY SERVICE
The authorities OF tho royal militar
tournament have accepted the o1fer o
the cycle corps Of the 26 h Middlese
volunteers to furnish team OF men l.
give displays at the forthcoming tour
ament in June, Illustrating the posi-
biIitieH OF the cycle from militar
point OF view. The performance wi
consist OF riding over and surmourt
, ing obstacles, firing both from IN
ground and the saddle. and carryin
; wounded men.
COMPLAINING OF A LOTTERY.
/ The lIiberal newspapers are con
, | planning bitterly OF the latebt Iris
charity lottery, which 10 pstronizsd b
Earl Cadogaui lord lieutenant ,