The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-09-11
ENGLISH VICTORIES
ALONG THE nile.
The Capture Of Omdurman and
Khartoum
Causes Great Rejoicing Throughout the
British Empire.
The Conditions Prevailing in the
East End of London Said to BE
Pitiable-Over a Million People
Stuff ering From a Water Famine
AN Ice Famine at Paris.

Stuff ering From Water Famine
AN Ice Famine at Paris.
| Copyrighted. 1888. by Associated Press.1
LONDON, Sept. 10.-The event of the
| week, the capture of Omdurman and
incidentally of Khartoum, by the An
| glo- Egyptian army under Sir Herbert
Kitchener, has produced feeling Of
exultation throughout Great Britain
| which is a marked contrast with the
| gloomy forebodings of the past months,
! during which every one has been find
| ing fault with the Government, and it
/ was generally believed that the coun-
| trys rivals were overwhelming her at
| every point The completeness of the
victory has had most exhlarating eff
feet, and has undoubtedly impressed
| the Continental nations, while the cor
| dial 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 Africa
! to be carried out without fear of a
! German-Boer alliance, and the dis
missal of Ii Hung Chang from the
Chinese Foreign Office, following the
| Cars peace proposals, is taken as
evidence of the complete triumph of
j British diplomacy in the Far East.
Vanity Fair" an ardent supporter
| of the Government, in a gleeful review
of the situation, says: Looking east
F.! ward, we see pauperized Russia ready
! to climb at our desire. And, last of
ALL" continues Vanity Fair which
| throughout has been most ingenious
and persistent in it's abuse and misrep-
resentation of America, ''if we lock at
| America we are confronted with the
! sight Of a 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 England, instead
of having taken lower place does not
sit on a still higher pinnacle?'
While the transport and commissariat
departments of the British army, as
exemplifed by the admirable conduct
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, it would
seem that some of them suffered so
much that they committed offenses,
preferring prison to the treatment they
were receiving on Salisbury Plain.
This is corroborated by the fact that
the military prisons in the neighbour
hood were so overcrowded that the Off
Gals declared they would not receive
any further prisoners. Besides this,
the sufferers from sickness and acct
dents complain of great neglect. They
say they were without food and drink
for hours, or until civilians succored
them.
The tourist agencies are planning
trips to Khartoum. which this week
has been demonstrated to be less than
nine days from London. Last Satur-
day General Kitchener dispatched Colo
mel Hope from Omdurman, the former
Dervish stronghold on the River Nile,
, near Khartoum, to Cairo, and he ac-
complished the journey in eighty-seven
and one-half hours.
A long cabled interview with Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, the British Sec
rotary for the Colonies, who is now in
the United States on a visit to his
wifes parents, has been received with
incredulity by the English press.
The Daily Chronicle says: THAT
he should have talked of a railroad
through the Transvaal from Khartoum
\
glo-German understanding, or have
performed other feats of like descrip-
ton, is beyond believing If these stor-
les are true then, indeed, Lord Sails
bury's 'blazors are quenched forever in
the white light of Mr.. Chamberlains
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 degrees for the month
of September. The whole of Great
Britain continues without rain, and the
almost unbeatable atmosphere in
London is intensified by a sultry, white
mist which is so thick on the Thames
that the steamboats, had to stop run
ming There have been innumerable
cases Of sunstroke and 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 COM
mons.
The conditions prevailing in the east
end of London are specially pitiable.
There has been the usual water famine,
and for three weeks over a million peo-
pie, to say nothing of animals. have
been suffering from the shortage The
situation is daily growing worse, fe-
vers are breaking out, and as the indi-
cations of rain are scarce, as are the
signs of snow, the supply of water has
already been curtailed three hours daily
and promises to be further shortened
The heat has also been very great in
Paris, where an ice famine prevails, and
| the French soldiers have been suffering
| so much during the army maneuvers
| that they had to be abandoned. The
| Paris meteorological authorities hold
| that a sun spot is responsible for the
extreme heat
| 1t now appears that George M. Cur
zon, the former Parliamentary Secre-
tary for the Foreign Office and newly
j ppaipfod vicarov of India will yot bo