The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-24
WILL THE PREMIER RESIGN?
But LITTLE FAITH PUT IN MARQUIS
OF SALISBURY,s DENIAL.

His Retirement Thought TO be Incv-
itaIe In Political CircIes-DuISe of
DeVonshire said TO Bc Eager for
the Premiership-EngIRn Indus-
trial DecRdencc Attributed to the
Genius of German Artisans-Pierre
LOrIIInrd Returning to America to
Winter ON n HOusebOat in Florida.
He Expresses Himself In Regard to
the Monetary Commissioners.
Copyright, 1897, by the Associated Press.
London Oct. 23.--In spite of the official
denial of the Marquis of Salisbury's APP
preaching resignation of the premiership,
belief in its truth is very strong in poIiti-
cal circles, where II is considered that his
retirement is inevitable within few
months This view of the under-current
was confirmed by a cabinet minister on
Wednesday, who privately remarked that
the Duke OF Devonshire had declared that
he means to have the premiership when
the Marquis of Salisbury resigns.
The special committee sent to Germany
by the corporation of Manchester. in orr
der to discover the cause of England's in-
dustrial decadence. found the chief rea-
son in the extraordinary development of
technical education abroad. Alderman
Crosshed, a member of the committee.
said: THE English workers are half saw
ages when, compared with the intelligent
artisans OF Germany"
A member of the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers, remarked: "The engines
and dynamos made in Germany put to
shame most OF the work in the English
shops"
But these are but types of the impress
sions coloring the whole report of the
Manchester committee, the tenor of which
is amply confirmed by the multiplying
signs of the illusory character OF the Brit-
ish pretensions to industrial supremacy.
The American line steamer St. Louis,
which sailed for New York from South
ampton to-day, had on board Pierre Loril-
lard, the American horseman. After
spending two years in Europe, he declares
that he will pass most Of his time in fu-
ture on this side Of the Atlantic. He will
winter on houseboat in FLORIDA, for, aft
er two winters on the Riviera, he has con-
cluded that Forida is more healthy as a
winter resort Mr.. Lorillard took gloomy
view of the conditions prevailing In the
tive of the Associated Press: II fail to
find European confidence in the United
States returning without improving busi-
ness, and il never will until our currency
system Is settled on firm, rational basis.
l hope England has put an end to the BIZ
metallic negotiations. l cannot UNDER
stand why she should have given so much
encouragement to the monetary commis-
sloners"
The general disposition to increase naval
armaments can be gauged by the fact
that eghty-seven warships are building in
Great Britain alone. They aggregate a
displacement of 6l2 tons. OF these
eighty-seven waiships. thirty-foAr go to
foreign countries.
The oxford music hall, this city. where
Sunday evening sacred concerts have been
introduced, adds new turn" tomorrow,
when Mrs. Ormiston Chant, the social re-
former. who came into prominence a year
or two ago by her crusade against music
halls ETC., lectures on the subject of The
Necessity for Sunday Evening Amuse-
ments."