The herald., 1898-01-30

| so. In the meantime everything is
tending to take the question out of the
hands of the diplomats ana leave it to
be settled by the hands of soldiers.
The well-informed Manchester
Guardian remarks: "If Lord Salisbury
cannot come to an agreement With
| France, he cannot without the loss of
something more substantial than pres
| tige much longer defer the occupation
| Of the disputed territory. Already Brit
ish troops occupy ports of the Borgu
country and while the international
commission is marking time in Paris,
the rival claimants in Africa are draw
| ing perilously near each other. This
constitutes the real danger of the situa-
| tion."
| Some of the London correspondents of
the provincial papers having access to
government circles, point out that for
some strange reason the action of Italy
has been ignored as an actor in the Far
Eastern situation though she is play
| ing by no means unimportant part in
it. She is automatically backing up
Great Britain in her demand for free
ports and is prepared in certain even
Qualities to go further; namely, the
Italian warships will act in concert with
the British in the Mediterranean and
| elsewhere.
IN SOCIETY
The returning animation of the West
End streets betokens the approach of
THE Parliamentary season and the he
gira to the Mediterranean. The Monte
Carlo carnival season has already set
| in, the battle of flowers at Mentone
occurred this week and the carnival at
Nice will begin on February 10th. Mrs,
John w. Mackay has arrived at Nice
from Rome for the season.
Diplomatic privilege is still the sub
| ject of sarcastic comment in the press
owing to a member of an ENJOYS staff
claiming this privilege for his dog,
against the muzZling order, and the
Foreign Office has issued a note to all
the embassies, pointing out in the most
polite manner that the muZzlng order
is purely a sanitary measure and ex-
pressing the trust that the envoys'
good sense will help its enforcement.
Signora Crispi, wife of the former
Italian Premier, has set a new fashion
in Italy by appearing at outdoor fest
ivals accompanied by tame calf which.
attired in a richly gilded coat of vel
lum with ribbons, follows her like
dog. Other fashionable ladies have fol-
| lowed her example.
THEATRICAL
The patentees of the Dublin city the
aters, under an old law of George HIS,
have issued a notice prohibiting anna
teur theatricals, as the act referred to
gives them monopoly Of theatrical
performances. All Dublin society is in
arms against the lessees and they
threaten not to attend the theaters.
The fashionable theatrical success at
present is undoubtedly Arthur w. Pine
ror's comedy, Trelawney of the Wells,
and all society is fiocking to the Court
Theater. chiefly to see Lord Rosslyn,
who, under the nom de theatre Of James
Erskine, has a part in the product ccon
though the play alone would fill the
theater for a long time.
A CHURCH FIGHT
The church of st. Hellieras, Bishops
gate, this city, is now the focus of q
tremendous contest among the parish
ioners, owing to the ritualistic observ-
ances there. The vicar, who is an old
man, lives at Hastings and he ap-
pointed a curate, who introduced holy
water, the confession, the stations of
the cross, incense, etc. Some Of the par
|ishioners objected to this and a meet.
ing on Thursday night at the church
was turned into a "ritualistic bear
garden" The malcontents howled, ex~