The herald., 1898-09-11
TIE ELLOf knARTOUM
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fAKS GREAT BRITAIN FEEL
EXULTANT
rE DIPLOMATIC VICTORIES
8 Less Cause for National Self
Congratulation - Meteorological
and Personal Gossip
associated Press Special Wire.


Associated Press Special Wire.
LONDON, Sept. 1O.--The event Of the
week. the capture of Omdurman and Incl
ientaly of Khartoum by the Anglo-Egyp-
IAN army under General Sir Herbert Kitch-
,ner, has produced feeling of exultation
throughout Great Britain. which Is a
harked contrast with the gloomy forcbod-
ngs Of the past months, during which
Iveryone has been finding fault with the
government. and 1t was generally believed
hat the country's rivals were overmatch-
ng England at every point. The complete
less of the victory has had most exhilar-
lting effect ard has undoubtedly impressed
The continental nations. while the cordial
praise cabled from the American press has
been much appreciated here.
A Diplomatic Triumph
The understanding arrived at between
Great Britain and Germany allows the
formers plans in South Africa to be car
ried out without fear of German Boer
Alliance, and the dismissal of Ii Hung
Chang from the Chinese Foreign Office.
following the Cars peace proposals, is
taken as evidence of the complete triumph
of British diplomacy in the Far East
Vanity Fair, an ardent supporter OF the
government, in a gleeful review OF the ST.
uation, says: Looking Eastward, we see
pauperized Russia ready to climb at our de-
SIRE" "And last of ALL" continues Vanity
Fair, which has been most persistent in Its
abuse of America. eff we look at America,
we are confronted with the sight OF q
friendly nation ready 10 back us up when
ever our desires are mutual. Who will say
now that the horizon is not clear and that
old England. instead of having taken q
lower place, sits not now on a higher pin.
nace than everY'
An Army Scandal
Serious charges are made against the
Commssariat Department of the army, Il
being claimed that the soldiers have been
improperly supplied with food and other ne
cess!ties, and that many have committed
offenses In order 20 be sent to prison, pre-
ferr1ng incarceration to the treatment they
were receiving on Salisbury Plains, and in
proof of this. 1t Is a fact that the prisons
in that neghborhood are so crowded that
the officials have refused to receive more
prisoners until their facilities are enlarged.
Chamberlain's Talk
A long cabled interview with Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, the British Secretary for the
Colonies, who Is now in the United States
on visit to his wife's parents, has been
received with incredulity by the English
press.
The Daily Chronicle says: "rhat he
should have talked Of railroad through
the Transvaal from Khartoum to the cape,
or have disclosed the Anglo-German I'M
Outstanding, or have performed other
feats OF like description, is beyond believ-
Ing. II these stories are true, then, indeed,
Lord Salisbury's blazers are quenched
forever IN the white light OF Mr.. Cham.
berlain's indscretions."
Tropical Weather
Tropical weather continues here and on
the continent. The thermometer in LON
don on Thursday last registered ~ degrees,
which Is the record for the summer, while
the returns for the past thirty years do not
show any previous record above " for
the month Of September.
The whole of Great Britain continues
without rain and the almost unbeatable
atmosphere In London is intensified by
sultry, white mist, which Is 20 thick on the
Thames that the steamboats, had to stop
running. There have been innumerable
cases of sunstroke and apoplexy and the
iron works OF Birmingham and the Black
Country are closing on account Of the heat
Fires are occurring among the trees and
in the grass on the commons.
A Water Famine
bo limo io
End of London are especially pitiable.
There has been the usual water famine
and for three weeks over mindon people
TO say nothing Of animals, have been SUI
fering from the shortage. The situation
is daily growing worse. fevers are breaking
out and as the indications Of rain are
scarce as the signs of snow, the supply o.
water has already been curtailed three
hours daily and promises to be further
shortened. The heat has also been grea,
In Paris where an ice famine prevails and
the French soldiers have been suffering so
much during the army maneuvers that they
had to be abandoned. The Paris meteoro-
logical authorities hold that sun spot is
responsible for the extreme heat.
Minor Matters
1t now appears that Mr.. George W. Cur
zon, the former Parliamentary Secretary
for the Foreign Office, and newly appoint
ed viceroy Of India, will not be raised to
the peerage before he goes to India.
The health authorities have issued a
warning against the use of American chew
Ing gum, which is becoming the rage among
children in the East End. The authorities
consider 1t more dangerous than ice cream
which the Italians sell in the Street and
against which there has been a rigor-
Gus crusade
TO-DAY, which Is now edited by Barry
Paine, instead Of Jerome X. Jerome, de-
votes several pages this week to the ex-
posurs of the alleged "Klondike Flasco,"
especially 10 the reported corruption Of Of
Metals. / publishes letter from a prom
inent Etglishman, who says:
The police, land office, postoffice, gold
commissioners office and mounted police
are an corrupt. The Americans are hav-
ling the laugh over the Britishers about
'pure government. I would rather see the
whole country handed over to the Yankees
han see such a shameful state of affairs