The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-11

Copyright, 1895. by the Associated Press.)
London, Sept 1O.-The event of the
week. the capture of Omdurman, and
incidentally of Khartoum by the Anglo
Egyptian army under General Sir Her
bert Kitchener, has produced a feeling
of exultation throughout Great Britain
which is in marked contrast with the
gloomy foreboding of the past month,
during which every one has been find
ing fault with the government, and it
was generally believed that the coun-
try's rivals were overwhelming her at
every point.
The completeness of the victory has
had a most exhilarating effect and has
undoubtedly impressed the continental
nations, while the cordial praise ca
e. bled 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 At
rica to be carried out without fear of
German Boer alliance, and the dis
missal of Ii Hung Chang from the Chi
nese foreign Office following the cars
peace proposals, is evident of the COM
plete triumph of British diplomacy in
the far east.
Vanity Fair, an ardent supporter of
the government in a gleeful review of
the situation, says:
Looking eastward we see pauperized
Russia ready to climb at our desire"
land last Of all" continues Vanity
Fair, which throughout has been most
ingenious and persistent in its abuse
and misrepresentation of America, IF
we look at America we are confronted
with the sight of a friendly nation
ready to back US up whenever our de-
sires are mutual Who will say now
that the horizon is not clear and that
old England. instead OF having taken
lower place, sits on a still higher
pinnacle"
CRIMINAL NEGLECT.
While the transport and commissar-
lat depaI tments of the British army, as
exemplihed 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 be-
ing Inadequate to the demands, the
contract for the catering was given to
Sir Thomas Upton, and if the reports
are 10 be believed. the soldiers suffered
considerable privations. Indeed, it
would seem some of them suffered so
much that they committed offences,
preferring prison to the treatment they
were receiving on Salisbury plain. This
is corroborated by the fact that the
military prisons in the neighborhood
We're so overcroWded that the officials
declared they would not receive any
further prisoners. BESIDES this the suf-
ferers from sickness and accidents
complain of great neglect. They say
they were without food and drink for
hours or until civilians succored them.
TRIPS TO KHARTOUM.
The tourist agencies are planning
trips to Khartohm which this week has
demonstrated to be less than nine days
from London. Last Saturday General
Kitchener despatched Colonel Hope
from Omdurman, the former Dervish
stronghold on the river Nile, near
KhaTtoum. to Cairo, and he accom-
plished the journey in S712 hours.
A lonS cabled interview with Mr.. Jo-
seph Chamberlain, the British secretary
of state for the colonies. who is now in
the United States on a visit to his
wife's parents. has been received with
incredulity by the English press. The
Daily Chronicle says:
THAT he should have talked of a rail-
road through the Transvaal from
Khartoum to the cape, or have dis
closed the Angle-German understand
ing or performed other feats of a like
description is beyond believing. If
these stories are true then indeed Lord
Salisbury's blazers are quenched for
ever in the white light of Mr.. Chamber
lain's indiscretions."
Tropical weather continues here and
Oh the continent.
The thermometer in London on
Thursday last registered 90 degrees,
which is the record fot the summer, /
while the returns for the past 80 years
do not show any previous record above
81 for the month of September.
The whole of Great Britain continues
without rain, and the almost unbreath-
able atmosphere in London is intensi-
fed by a sultry. white mist, which is
so thick on the Thames that the steam |
boats had to stop running. There have |
been innumerable cases of sunstroke !
and apoplexy, and the iron works of |
are closing on account of /
the heat.
LACK OF WATER.
The conditions prevailing in the east
END of London are especially pitiable. /
There has been the usual water fam |
inc. and for three weeks over 900. 900 /
peen suffering from the shortage. The
situation is daily growing worse. fevers
are breaking out and as the indications
Of rain are as scarce as 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 suf-
fering so much during the army man
euvers that they had to be abandoned. /
The Paris meteorological report says
hat a sun spot is responsible for the
extreme heat.
Il now appears that Mr.. George n.
|urzon, the former parliamentary sec
-etary for the foreign office, and newly
appointed viceroy of India, viii not be
'aised to the peerage before he goes to
India.
YANKEE CHEWING GUM.
The health authorities have issued
warning against the use of American
chewing gum, which is becoming the
age among children in the east end.
The authorities consider it more dan
serous than ice cream which the Ital-
ans sell in the street, and against
which there has been a rigorous cru
,ade