Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-03
YEARS WAR CLOUDS
London Papers Criticize Lord salisbury's
Foreign Policy.
CONSIDER IT TO BE BEHIND THE TIMES
St, James Gazette Thinks Safety Lies in
Larger Army and Navy
IAN MACLAREN SINGS AMERICAS PRAISES
Pleased with Yale, with Public Life and
with the White House,
FINDS EVERYTHING LIKE 1T IS "AT HOME"
Scotch Literatcur Describes Cleveland
as Very Able and Honest and oiney
as Having strong and
Powerful Intellect.
Pleased with Yale, with Public Life and
with the White House.
FINDS EVERYTHING LIKE 1T IS "AT HOME


LONDON Jan 2.-Unseasonable weather
continues to prevail in England and on the
continent In this country for several days
during the past week the temperature was
almost springlike, the mercury ranging from
so degrees in the shade, and in Paris on
Sunday last. the tables in front of the
cafes and restaurants on the boulevards
were crowded with people breakfasting or
otherwise refreshing themselves. On the
other hand, along the Riviera and in Algeria
the weather has been unusually cold, the
mercury at Monte Carlo and at Algiers re-
cording under 40 degrees
Most of the newspapers, in reviewing 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
the Transvaal dispute, and then came the
insult of Emperor William in his dispatch
to President Kruger, and the isolation OF
Great Britain in the eastern question The
newspapers therefore, insist that the for
eign policy of Great Britain 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 stand
which later it is compelled to abandon
owing to miecalculatiom of Great Britain 3
means of asserting her resistance to the op-
position of other powers.
The ST. James Gazette makes special ref
ence to Venezuela and says: IF it is righ;
now to arbitrate on the terms arranged by
the United States, it was right to do so Ii
year and half ago, when Lord Salisbury
emphatically refused Secretary Olney's de-
mand' Continuing, the st. James Gazette
asks why the marquis of Salisbury created
IAN impasse" from which he could not es-
cape without war or surrender In conclu-
sion the St. James Gazette remarks with
no aggression or ambitious designs upon our
part we have been within measurable dis
| tance in a single year of war with Russia,
| Germany America and the Transvaal. With
| a few additional war ships and cruisers,
some thousands more trained seamen and
stokers and an army capable of sending three
corps with artillery and transport, say to
Canada or Constantinople, we could face
| such a combination as that with better con-
hdence."
NEW ANGLO-sAXON TIE PLEASEs.
The Times in its new year editorial re-
viewing the foreign relations of Great
Britain, says at is peculiarly appropriate
that the year which will be distinguished
by the celebration of the diamond jubilee OF
the queen, should also be marked by the con-
clusion of a treaty of arbitration with that
other great nation of our race. We hardly
| hope or desire to arrange our difficulties
with other states in this manner, which
seems natural and practicable when dealing
with people closely allied by blood with
ourselves"
During the last two months Sir Donald
| Smith the Canadian high commissioner, has
began an exhaustive inquiry into the places
of destination of English emigrants who go
to America, with the view of diverting as
many as possible of the desirable ones to
! Canada. In order to assist such movement
he has now arranged that more effective
publicity be given to intending emigrants
of the advantages of Canada.
The chief feature of the estate market
in the year just closed was the large num-
ber of noblemen selling. The duke of Devon
shire sold fine estate of $4,000 acres in
West Cork, including the town of Vandon,
to Sir John Arnot, for f250 ,000 Lord Ash
burton disposed of a Wiltshire property OF
900 acres; Lord Churchill sold the mag
nifcent Corbury park, Charlt Bury, Oxford
shire, consisting of 5000 acres, with the his
torical mansion which was formerly the
hunting lodge of Henry VIII, and the mar
qus of QUeensberry disposed of his vast
Kinm)nt estate to Huddersfeld manufac-
turer.
During the past fifteen months nearly
5000 persons have become converts to the
Roman Catholic church, of this number
1000 being in the diocese of Westminster
alone.
IAN MACLAREN SINGS PRAISES.
Ian Maclaren" Rev. John Watson, ID. 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 Eng
lsh university. He says the Yale professors
are most scholarly and cultured and adds
that the students are very bright, making a
splendid audience. DR.. Watson was also
much impressed with the important position
taken by the Scotch in civic life in America
and says that American women are a great
deal less part Of public life than they are
in England. In addition the Scotch divine
was. fayorably Impressed with American
home llfe because in all it's essential fea-
lures 1t resembles English life" DR.. Wat
son is further quoted as stating that the
richest class in America amounts to a close
imitation of English country house life. In
an interview the popular preacher-author
describes his luncheon at the white house
where, he said, President Cleveland inn
pressed him as a very able and honest
man" The impression left in his mind re-
garding Secretary Olney was that he has
strong, powerful intellect" Both President
Cleveland and Secretary Olney, 1t appean
from the interview with Or. Watson, ex-
pressed satisfaction at the fact that the
difficulty between the United States and
Great Britain was settled The patriotism
OF Americans generally and their attach
ment TO the central government" were other
features and that much impressed Ian Mac
Laren" during his sojourn In the United
States. In conclusion DR., Watson is quoted
as saying that he found the Presbyterian
church in America to be strongly holding
It's own.