The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
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salisbury's Demand for Turky's Evaeus-
tion of Thessaly-Engiand May Abandon
the Concert of Powers-Remarkabie Sue
cess Of the Two American Teiegraphfc
Syste m Gloomy View Of Spain's Pres
poets in Cuba-Force of American Public
Sentiment.
Copyright by the Associated Press.)
London, August 21.-The Marquis of
Salisbury's definite committal of Great
Britain to the policy of insisting upon
the evacuation of Thessaly by h Tur-
kish troops, whether the Greek indem-
nifty is paid or unpaid, is universally
approved by the British press and is
equally condemned by the continental
pap The great grip OF the
marquis of Salisbury on The powers is
found in the ~latter's intense desire to
get peace settled and the Turkish army
disbanded, as until this last step is ac-
complished the peace OF Europe Will be
continually menaced. 1t is sug-
gested that Great Britain may aban-
don the concert of the powers.
This is probable and would be regard
ed as proof of bad faith and would
throw the powers into a violent and
dangerous ferment, because, rightly or
wrongly, it is universally believed that
Great Britain is bent on t~reachery.. AS
a diplomat puts it, "she is again on the
prowl and Europe fears to suddely dis
cover that England has executed a
coupe dc main" However, it is still
heard that Greece will manage to un-
tie the knot, by finding a sum suffi-
cient to induce the Turkish govern
ment to order the withdrawal Of its
troops to the frontiers designated in
the draft Of the treaty of peace.
Though the acute crisis in affairs on
the frontier of British India seems to
have passed, there is ne doubt there
has been a genuine cause for the scare
which prevailed. Practically all the
tribes throughout a district
500 miles long and 200 miles deep are
up in arms and, though their reverses
will probably cool their ardor n pre-
vent further serious fighting at pres
ent, the geatest care will be required
in order to restore order: The speedy
nipping in the bud of this dangerous
insurrection has demonstrated the
splendid state of preparations to which
the British army in India has been
brought.
Lieutenant Squier, of the artillery
school at Fortress Monroe, Va, and
Professor Crehore, of Dartmouth, have
made some remarkable demonstrations
during the past week of the, pOssibili-
Ties VI tIclI HS AiO opAe AiS
government telegraph officials gave
these men the use of a clear line, $50
miles long, making a circuit through
London, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh,
New Castle, York and other places,
over which the Americans succeeded in
transmitting short messages at a speed
equivalent to 1900 words per minute.
The messages were received with per-
feet clearness. Forty-four miles of the
1i-o u-nro ,1n6or Ground TING ADDING
to the difficulties of the trial. The
highest rate attained by them in
America was 5000 words per minute
over an iron wire thirteen miles long.
The inventors declare that the trials
demonstrate the possibility of sending
press messages between New York and
Chicago at such speed that the con-
tents of a newspaper could be trans
mitted in an hour.
The latest enterprise Of 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 bac-
terra i~ncubating nursery from which
establishment they guarantee to advise
people within t~wenty-four hours as to
the exact nature of any germs with
which they are supplied. Each medical
Of the vestry of ST. Pancras has been
furnished with the necessary phara-
phenalia and with instructions how to
forward samples of germs to the bac-
terra ~incubating nursery. Thus the
of the diagnosis in cases Of
suspected %dyptheria, typhoid fever, etc.,
will be promptly established. 1t is
further understood nat the necessary
outfits for securing and forwarding
germs for judgment will be distributed
among the private houses in the dis
trict 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 necessary medicine
to cure them.
The Speaker publishes a long article
this week in which it takes the gloom
lest view of the prospects of Spain. It
says it sees no chance Of the war in
Cuba "ceasing to outrage humanity,
until popular feeling in the United
States forces it's government to find a
pretext for intervening and further
complicate the situation, perhaps by a
naval war" Continuing, The Speaker
says it does not anticipate a revolution
or a Carlist rising; but it forsees a
grave increase in the sufferings of the
| people, the reputation of Indebtedness
and years of industrial relapse.
! The White Hall Review says: 1--WE
| are on the eve of a great social sensa-
ton. The dramatic personae include
a we'll known foreign prince, an Eng
| lish duchess and a distinguished
statesman. Nothing further is yet OBJ
| tainable.
The Daily Telegraph, which is always
successful with it's annual SILLY sea-
son" correspondence, is now filling the
| paper, and selling it at all the seaside
resorts, with correspondence headed
False Modesty,' describing English
methods of bathing, the separation of
the sexes, etc. The majority Of the
letters denounce the prudery of the
English methods and advocate the
American and French systems of bath
ing. An American in a letter printed
today says: The costumes seer at
Broadstairs and other English resorts