, 1898-11-08
READY TO GUT CABLE.
BRITISH WARSHIPS ON HAND FOR
MOVEMENTS ON CANADIAN
COAST.
khalifa Is Likely to Be Captured by
Natives on Frontier Of Kordofan-
Uneasiness at Paris Over Possibil-
ity OF Other Issues Coming Up in
the Near Future.

ST. Johns, N. F.. Nov. The British
government telegraphed the colonial
ministry today asking the number and
tonnage and capacity of steamers
available at this port to convey coal
from Sidney for the use of the British
warships.
The cruisers Cordelia and Pelican
will be held at Sidney to capture St.
Pierre and protect st. Johns in the
event Of war being declared. The
| cruisers are also being instructed to
break the French cable between St.
Pierre and Brest, France.
Cairo, Nov. 8.-Khalifa Abdullah, the
defeated Dervish leader, is hard press
ed on the frontier of Kordofan. south
west of Khartoum, by natives friendly
to the Anglo-Egyptian expectation, and
it rs believed that his capture is i'm
minent. Ali Shereef,. his son-in-law,
is already a prisoner and is being
brought to Khartoum.
New York. Nov. IA dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says:
No man, even in the most v~irulent
mo surrender" papers, biames the gov
eminent acrimoniousNy for not having
dragged the country into a policy Of
dangerous adventure on a subject
which has never for a single moment
taken hold Of public opinion in France.
Among most moderate men there is
a feeling that England has been lack
ing in prudence and perhaps in fore
sight in not considering the amour
propre Of her neighbors, as she easily
might have done.
It Is remarkable hat Lord Salisbury
in his speech, while admitting the dis
appearance Of the direct cause of the
acute dispute. seemed to open a door
somewhat ~complacently to numerous
disputes which may arise between
England and France.
From thes. words it is implied that
other questions which diplomacy is en-
deavoring to disconnect from that Of
FashOda, will be shortly brought
up by discussion, and it was in order
to Influence these settlements which
England is disposed to hasten. that she
decided to make such an imposing and
clustering demonstration as a mari
time power.
iUneasiness as to the future-if not
the immediate, at least not far distant
is not. therefore, quite dissipated in
circles where an endeavor is made to
foresee more distant consequences Of
the recent incidents.
This feeling Is reflected by the some
what fantastical formula of a diplomat
list when abiding TO the events of the
war between Spain and the United
States: ut seems to have created a
new style Of mind among Anglo-Sax-
ms. Great Britain, who, according to
her national song, rules the waves
Is unknowingly uncomfortable at see
ing the record Of her naval victories
beaten. even by a friendly power"
In business circles where II is the
custom to take things pretty much as
they come without looking far ahead,
thre is undisguised satisfaction.
RIOTS LIKELY AT PARIS.
London, Nov. 8.-The Daily Chron-
icle say this morning
I'VE have received information from
a reliable quarter Of a well organized
plot in Paris, in the ven Of an in
quiry before the court Of cessation
proving favorable to Dreyfus to foment
a riotious outburst in the French CAPT
tai, to attempt to overthrow the civil
power and to assassinate the leading
champions Of Dreyfus.
These reports are confirmed by in
terviews had with M. Trarieux, former