The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-30
SCANDINAVIAN KINGDOMS
FEARS OF WAR BETWEEN NOR
WAY AND SWEDEN.
British Claims Will Doubtless Be
Upheld IN West Africa-Caven-
dish, the African Explorer, Will
Undertake Another Expedition
England and King Menelik.


tension, all signs point to an early
improvement in, if not a complete soiu-
ton of the various international polit-
zeal problems agitatng the nerves Of
Great Britain The foreign and colo
NAL officers are beginning to see day
light through the darkness which mas
long been enVelOping the lar east,
West Africa, the upper Nile and India,
and unless signs fail and information
from the best informed circles Is faulty
the Marquis Of Salisbury and Mr.. Jo-
seph Chamberlain. secretary OF state
Tor the colonies, viii divide honors, and
Great Britain viii secure about all she
asks. So far as China IS concerned, TINS
view, in connection with the speech OF
Mr.. Curzon, the parliamentary secre-
tary for the foreign Office, at Bottom, on
Tuesday, and the reported acceptance
of the British loan, is generally regard
ed as correct. Mr.. Curzon foreshadoW-
ed the probable success Of the loan ne
gotiations, the achievement of Great
Britain'S purpose in keeping the ports
free TO the whole world and the mainte-
nance Of treaty rights whereby
spheres of influence are rendered i'm
possible"
The Russian proposal Of a loan on the
same terms as Great Britain was not
taken seriously. 1t is understood that
drawing upon her war reserve funds.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
France is daily showing less inclina-
ton to burn its fingers in game In
which, even if successful, Russia would
be the only gamer, while Germany ap-
pears to have set completely around
TO the British side. Throughout the
situation has never been so alarming
as sensationalists attempted to paint 1t.
Hence the cars peaceful assurances
and Lord George HamiltoE's statement
in his speech on Tuesday. that rela-
tions with Russia We're entirely salts
factory, is not surprising.
Turning to West Africa, an official
of the colonial Office informs the As
ISOLATED Press that the impossibility of
securing witnesses from the west coast
earlier is the reason for the delay in
the Paris negotiations. Some of the
most important witnesses arrived only
last week. and they are now in Paris
Thus TAR ali the British demands have
been coCceded nominally, and ''provis-
ionally pending the result of the con-
vention," but Mr.. Chamberlain is per
fectIy satisfied that the British claims
viii be upheld, and that the French
viii be confined westward of a line pro-
i9nged from the present LagOs-Daho-
mey frontier to the Niger, and along the
right bank OF the Niger to Say IN
the meantime he does not propose to
risk being caught mapping by prob
able adverse decision of the convention,
so he is pushing troops and supplies to
the front as rapidly as possible. A new
regiment of 1000 hussars has been en-
rolled at baden during the last few
weeks, and detachments viii be sent to
the front as soon as the men become
eEicient.
UPPER NILE.
In regard to the Upper Nile. the in
teresting news which Mr.. Curzon drop
ned on Thursday to the effect that the
notifications of the treaty between
Great Britain and King MeEelik of Abb
yssinia have been exchanged and that
the government hopes shortly TO ac-
credit representatives at the Abyssinia
court, has given the greatest satisfac-
ton as helping to solve the question Of
the Upper Nile. The terms Of the
treaty viii not be divulged until it is
presented to parliament, but the hints
dropped at thu colonial Office indicate
that the agreement is based on the
principle that friendly Abyssinia on the
Upper Nile is preferable to hostile
France. Therefore King Menelik viii
be allowed to crafty his ambitions in
the equatorial Hinterland in a manner
not interfering with the Anglo-Egyp-
tian plans.
as 2 warrior the agreement also con-
templates assistance in opening up the
country, and It is understood the Brit
ish viii acquire the right to traverse
Abyssinia and other advantages which
viii become apparent as soon as khar-
tOum is reCaptUred.
CAVENDISH THE EXPLORER.
In the meanwhile young Henry Cav
erdish, a distant relative of the Duke
Of Devonshire. is preparing to start
again for Equatorial Africa, accOmpan-
led by Lieutenant Andrews. eight Brit
ish officers and Mr.. Doddson, who was
the companion Of Dr.. Donaldson Smith,
the American explorer
Cavendish viii take with him 400
armed men ard a number OF rapid FIRE
guns. As his objective point is the
junction Of the White Nile and the
Sobat river at Sobat. the purpose OF
the expedition, it win readily be seen,
is 70 cut off the French from Hashoda,
which is only d short distance north Of
Sobat.
Possibly Mr.. Cavendish may be able
20 take advantage of the new treaty
with King Nenelik and get q short cut
through Abyssinia. While Mr. Caven-
disn is personally defraying the cost Of
the expedition, il is known that he has
been In frequent communication with
the MARQUIS Of Salisbury through the
Duke Of DeVOnshire, 50 il IS safe TO say
the expedition is under government
auspices.
SWEDEN AND NORWAY.
The news from Christiana on Friday
last that the committee appointed TO
d-sw. up proposals for the better regu-
Yation Of the relations between Norway
and Sweden. has been unable to reach
an agreement, indicates that the ten
son between Sweden and Norway is
fat approaching the swapping point
and II is stated that on the frontier
the arning Of both parties is rapidly
progressing. both sides preparing for
war.
SPANS NAVY.
The Correro. organ of the Carlists,
discussed the visit of the United States
battleship Maine 10 Havana and eX-
presses the belief that the Spanish
would be iustiiably alarmed, adding:
As a fact it is the government itself
which is seriously alarmed, though
every effort IS made to disguise it. In
spite of the official statement Of Ad-
rniraI CerVaras, the admiral OF the
feet, or Tuesday last, at a conference
with the minister Of marine, when he
asserted that the recent evOlutions had
demonstrated the perfected condition OF
the Spanish fleet. Admiral Cervaras in
reality reported that there was not a
ship ready for service; that the vessels
not actually in dry dock, ought to be
there: that many Of the boilers were
defective: that some of the ships were
NOT vet armed, and that most Of the
--essels require cleaning. IN view of