The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-11
FOREBODINGS ARE DISPELLED
BRIToNs JOYOUS OVER KTTCHE-
NER'S VICTORY.
At Home, However, the Army Is
Not Well Supplied, and There
Was Much Misery at
Salisbury Plain.
Copyrighted. 1898. by the Associated Press.

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Anglo-Egyptian army. under General
Sir Herbert Kitchener. has produced a
feeling of exultation throughout Great
Britain, which is in marked contrast
with the gloomy forebodings of the
past months, during which every one
has been finding fault with the Gov
eminent and it was generally be-
lieved that the country's rivals were
overwhelming her at every point. The
completeness of the victory has had a
most exhilarating effect and has I'M
doubtedly impressed the Continental
nations, while the cordial praise cabled
from the American press has been
much appreciated here.
The understanding arrived at be-
tween Great Britain and Germany al
lows the formers plans In South At
RIGA to be carried out without fear Of
a German Boer alliance and the dis
missal of Ii Hung Chang from the Chi
nese Foreign Office, following the
Cars proposals, is taken as evidence
of the complete triumph of British d.
plomacy in the far East.
Vanity Fair, an ardent supporter of
the Government, in a gleeful review Of
the situation, says: Looking east
ward we see pauperized Russia ready
to climb at our DESIRE
And, last of ALL" continues Vanity
Fair, which of late has been most in
genious and persistent in it's abuse and
Misrepresentation Of America, IF we
look at America we are confronted with
the sight of friendly nation ready TO
back US up whenever our desires are
mutual. Who will say now that the
horizon is not clear and that Old Eng
land, instead of having taken a lower
place, sits on a still higher pinnacle?"
While the transport and commits
sariat departments of the British army,
as exemplified by the admirable con-
duct of the Soudan campaign, appear
to be beyond reproach In active service,
there Is no lack of allegations that
there was a serious breakdown during
the recent army maneuvers on Sails
bury plain. In the first place, owing to
the resources of the War Office being
inadequate to the demands, the con-
tract for the catering was given to Sir
Thomas Upton, and, If the reports are
to be believed, the soldiers suffered con-
siderable privations. Indeed, 1T would
seem some of them suffered so much
that they committed offenses, prefer
ring prison to the treatment they were
receiving on Salisbury plain. This is
corroborated by the fact that the mill
tary prisons in the neighborhood were
so overcrowded that the officials de-
clared they would not receive any fur
Their prisoners. Besides this, the suf-
ferers from sickness and accidents
complain of great neglect. They say
they were without food and drink for
hours, or until civilians succored them.
The tourist agencies are planning
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has demonstrated to be less than nine
days from London. Last Saturday Gen
eral Kitchener dispatched Colonel Hope
from Omdurman, the former Dervish
stronghold on the River Nile, near
Khartoum, to Cairo and he accom-
plished the journey in eighty-seven
and a half hours.
A long cabled interview with 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 That he should have talked of
railroad through the Transvaal from
Khartoum to the cape, or have dis
closed the Anglo-German understand
ing, or performed other feats of a like
description Is beyond believing If
these stories are true, then indeed Lord
Salisbury's blazers are quenched for
ever in the white light of Mr.. Chamber
lain's indiscretions."
Tropical weather continues here and
on the Continent. The thermometer in
London on Thursday last registered 80
degrees, which is the record for the
summer, while the returns for the past
thirty years do not show any previous
record above 81 for the month of Sep
TENDER.
The whole of Great Britain continues
4 a;y, oh
able atmosphere in London is inten-
sifed by a sultry, white mist, which
was so thick on the Thames that the
steamboats, had to stop running There
have been innumerable cases of sun
stroke Of 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
The conditions prevailing in the east
end of London are especially pitiable.
There has been the usual water famine,
and for three weeks over 100000 peo-
pie, to say nothing of animals have
been suffering from the shortage. The
situation is daily growing worse fevers
are breaking out, and as the indications
of rain are as scarce as the signs of
snow, the supply of water has already
been curtailed three hours daily. and
promises to beNfurther shortened.
Inc neat mas also Deen very great in
Paris, where an ice famine prevails.
and the French soldiers have been suf-
fering SO much during the army man
euvers that the latter aad to be aban-
doned The Paris meteorological au-
thorities hold that a sun spot is re-
sponsble for the extreme heat.
1t now appears that George N. Cur
zon, the former Parliamentary Secre-
tary of the Foreign Office, and newly
appointed 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 Americor
chewing gum, which is becoming the
rage among children in the. East Emu.
The authorities consider 1t more dan
gerous than the icecream which the
Italians sell in the street, and against
which there has been rigorous cru
SADIE.
To-Day, which is now edited by
Barry Paine instead of Jerome X.
Jerome, devotes pages this week to the
exposure of the alleged "Klondike
Fiasco," especially to the reported cor
ruption of officials. 1t publishes lete
ter from a prominent Englishman who
says 1.-The police, land office, post
office, Gold Commissioners office and
al