The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1897-10-05
MAJOR HANDY'S THREAT
OUR COMMISSIONER DISSAIIS-
FLED WITH SMALL SPACE.
SALISBURY IS BITTERLY ATTACKED
His Arrangement by Liberals Approved BY
Consciences Of Many Conservatives
England is Not Ready 10 An
smer WooICott.

SWcl VOOlCOl,
Copyright 1897 by the Associated Press.
london, oct. 2.-The question ironic-
ally asked by the Conservative press,
relative to the whereabouts Of the Lib
eral leaders, has been answered IN trip
hammer style during the past week by
the speeches Of Mr.. John Morley, the
S.rmer Chief Secretary for Ireland; Mr..
II. II. Asquith, the former home secre-
tary, and Mr.. George w. E. Russell,
former Under Secretary Of State for
India. Disgrace abroad" and dis
aster at home,' were the tenor Of all
the speeches, as was to be expected,
but it must be admitted that the arralgn-
ment is approved by the consciences OF
many Conservatives, when they recall
Russell, in dealing with the subject, re-
called Prince Bismarck's verdict of Lord
Salisbury as being q Hath painted TO
look like %iron," and Lord Randolph
Churchilrs later estimate of the Pre-
Europe" Mr.. Russell added his own
opinion of Lord Salisbury, namely,
~'frailty, thy name is Cecil"
The recent by-electiOn in East Den
bighshire, resulting in a greatly IN
creased Liberal majority, seems TO be
a warning that the people are weary.ng
of the laundering which has marked
Lord SaIisbury's policy. Mr.. Russell re-
called recent Instances in which he said
the Premier always started with a fine
display Of yigor, which "ooZeS away 50
soon as his opponent shows fight Com
t~.4uing. Mr.. Russell said Lord Sails
bury backed down before Secretary Oh
ney and is now backing down before
Secretary sherman and that during the
course Of the peace negotiations between
Greece and Turkey the Car and En-
pcror William handled Lord Salisbury
80 ~effectualIy that he was made to eat
las own pronouncemc4S.
Unless the signs are deceiying, trouble
tx brewing in West Africa between tire
.JlitisA aud the L-lch who, since lN9'
ave Ircbled their prOtectOrate I'D West
I'm Soudan, and the great bul 81 the
accession to French territory has be,n
carved ont Of country generally regard
ed as being within the British sphere Of
influence. There are mysterious stories
ahoat Of disturbances at Lagos, on the
west coast Of Africa, and the move
ments Of British troops to that part Of
the world from adjoining colonies, coup
led with the news that the French CO.
lonial minister is going to Senegal.
Coast and other signs lead to the belief
that the situation is dangerous and that
The conflict If interests is becoming
acute. A high colonial office official said
to a representative of the Associated
Press:
''The native ferment amount to
-o+b;,r. hrt tho faot iS tho French are
| hemming us around Lagos and gushing
| rs into the sea and unless we are re-
| habilitated by a commission to delimT-
ate the A~nglo-French frontier, more sue
cessfully than formerly, there IS bound
to be trouble"
The Chancellor Of the Exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach. returns to Lon
| don next week. where his arrival IS
: eagerly waited by the United States
monetary commissioners. While the
| Chancellor of the Exchequer may com
municate a message Immediately 10 th''
commissioners, it is not unlikely that II
will be a notification that the govern
ment is still unable to give them a def
mite reply to their proposals, but hopes
to be able to announce its conclusions
at some specific time.
Public men who are in the best posi-
ton to judge. think that recent devel-
opments ~foreshadOw a negative answer,
Mai. Moses p. Handy, the special
United States COMMISSIONS to the Paris
Exposition Of 1900, has had a cordial in
terview with the French Minister fol-
Foreign Affairs, NJ. Hanotaux, in re
gard to the objects Of his visit TO Eu'
rope: but he and his associates are dis
satisfied with the small amount Of
snace allotted to the United States anc
threaten to withdraw. 1t is practically
impossible for the authorities to extenC
the space. Apart from the fact that th'
I. ground has been definitely chosen. th'
:. horse car and railroad lines approved ant
the concessions granted, there IS Il
available space whatever in pro1imit!
!, TO the building.