The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-20
attles," to which the Spectator

battles,' to which the Spectator re-
plies:
I'VE trust he American public will
understand that we are not seeking
a hard and fast political alliance. We
do not desire to go beyond the ac-
acknowledgement that if we or the United
States get our backs TO the wall, the
other Anglo-Saxon will be at his side.
The English newspapers are unable
to find anything but good in the trend
of affairs in the United States. Thev
even discuss the Dingley bill in a
friendly tone, the Statist finding in the
acquisition of colonial territory the
hope of a relaxation Of the high tariff
in the United States themselves. 1t OBJ
serves that it would be a startling an
omaly if the Dingley tariff was main
tained in all its prohihitiveness in the
United States, While the new posses
sions were open to the trade of the
world.
The Statist does not doubt the United
States fully recognizes this, and adds
international cordiality has obtained
such warmth that the foreboding is
often heard from the man-in-the-street
that it may be impossible to maintain
it without cooling. AS a politician put
it, antagonistic interests may be devel-
oped which may lead the Americans to
discover that we have always been ar
rogant, land-grabbing Britons, and we
may remember that we have always
considered them blatant, offensive Van
KEGS. The United States Canadian con-
ference is watched with some nervous
ness, owing to fear that it may put
the friendship to strain"
RULE OF THE CAR.
The czar has given new proofs of his
determination to rule the Russian en-
r1ir.a oIre1. ha haa5S of Offipia 16OT11
which strengthens the belief that the
peace proclamation was the enforce
ment of his personal will. Persistent
rumors have reached the Russian cap
ital for months past of crop failures
throughout European Russia. and the
czar's inquiries on the subject have
elected stsreotyped reports that the
suffering is exaggerated. The minis
4 ters, being too absorbed with diplo-
macy to interest themselves in the fa-
mine, sent the minister of the interior
on a tour. and he conferred with the
| local officers, who threw dust in his
eyes. The czar has now commissioned
two of his personal adjUtants to learn
the facts and report upon the efficiency
of the local officials. They have been
! instructed to deal directly with the
peaple and to ignore all officials. The
| Russian press rejoices at this, and de-
clares that bureaucracy is panic-strick-
en- at seing its control threatened.
The French appear to be satiated
with agitation, and are willing to ac-
cept whatever judgment the court of
4 cessation will render in the Dreyfus
case. Only a few of the demagogues,
| who achieved notoriety by identifying
themselves with the affair, keep up
| their furious denunciation of their an
tagonist.
The prosecution of M. TTrbain C.ohier
for publishing the book entitled, The
Army Against the Nation, promises to
have sensational effects upon presiden-
tial aspirations. One of the chief
/ counts in the Indictment of the army is
! the mismana cement of the Madagascar
I expedition, resulting in the waste OF
! lives and money. M. Dup-., the pre-
rnier, who is the instigator Of the pros
ecution. has his eye on the Elysee pal
ace. E1M Faure and Cavaignac are
! barriers to his ambition, and M. Dupuy
-