Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-23
ALL IRE CLANOR|NG FOR WAR.
English Party Leaders EchOing Sentl-
ments Of HickS-Beach.
A Wave Of Patriotism-The Ora
tory Of Statesmen Would Indi-
cate That England is About to
Take Up Arms Against the
World--Such Speeches Are En-
Enthusiastically Applauded and
Even Music Hall Audiences Go
Wild Over Patriotic Songs.
Copyright, Associated Press.)

quick and general endorsement, in all
parts of the country, of the firm declar-
alton made by the Chancellor of the
EXchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
setting forth the the British govern
ment was determined even at the
cost of war" that the door of Chinese
commerce should not be shut to Great
Britain. The wave of patriotism now
sweeping over the land finds an echo
in every public assemblage, where any
allusion to Great Britain's attitude is
enthusiastically applauded, while pa
triotic songs at the music halls set the
audiences wild with warlike fervor.
In the meanwhile, the party leaders
are outdoing each other in following
the lead of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.
From the tone which has character
lied the oratory Of the past few days,
one would imagine that Great Britain
was about to take up arms against
the world.
The Secretary of State for the Col
onies, Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, follow
ed the Chancellor of the Exchequer with
the virtual announcement that Great
Britain was resolved to act in the near
East independently of the concert of
the powers.
MR.. HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH,
the former Home Secretary, as spokes
man of the Opposition, made it clear
that the Liberals cordially endorsed
the governments position, and the
speech of the Commander-in-Ch of
the Army, Lord Wolseley, at the ban
quet in London on Thursday, when he
asserted that if Great Britain declared
war tomorrow she could have two of
the finest and most fully equipped
army corps in readiness at any Brit
ish port before ships could be prepar-
ed to embark them has also had
reassuring effect, while the decided i'm
provement in the outlook of the Indian
rebellion has been a great relief to the
government
The newspapers of London and the
provinces are practically unanimous
in approving the policy of the govern
ment in their editorial comments. The
Times points out apropos of the re-
ported opposition of Russia to the pro-
attitude of Great Britain in no way
depends upon whether her offer of
loan is or is not accepted as in any
case Great Britain will "stand on
treaty rights and take great care to
preserve to our commerce all the adj
vantages which it can justly claim"
The Times adds:
1--WE will not have it denied to us,
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stations or regulations favorable to
foreign nations hostile to ourselves.
This right we mean to vindicate.
The Manchester Guardian says that
private letters from ST. Petersburg
received from high official in Lon
don, say the British government
is MUCH CONCERNED
at the number of Chinese fiocking into
Siberia from the northwest of China
and that the ministers have decided to
take measures to check this inroad,
'as it is commercially and politically
embarrassing
Major Williams, a special agent Of
the United States Treasury Depart
ment, has been in London for a week
department in the enforcement of the
sealskin exclusion.
Business houses have had their
American business hampered by the
recent cratic arrivals of the mails.
Complaints in past times were made
against the British Postoffice, it being
claimed that mails wele sent bv
British subsidized lines, instead of by
the fastest vessels, when more than
one mail steamer was sailing on the
same day. According to the postal au-
thorities here, this complaint is equal
ly applicable to the American postal
officials They cite an example this
week. for the mail sent by the New
York was not delivered until Friday,
while much of it might have been car
ried by the Trave, sailing on January
u, and arriving on Wednesday last,
with only few specially directed let
ters. Besides, the Teutonic. which
also sailed on January II, brought no
nails.
THE SOCIAL INTEREST
of the week conferred In the marriage,
on Thursday last, Of the Earl of Tx
bridge, eldest son of the Marquis of
Anglesey to Lillian Florence Maud
Chetwynd, eldest daughter of Sir
George Chetwynd. Bart. The ceremo-
ny, which took place in the Roman
Catholic Church of St. Mary. was by
far the grandest seen in London for
years, while the gorgeous presents,
numbering four hundred, are the talk
of the town. The bride received fifty
seven distinct presents from the bride.
groom alone, mostly jewels. from al
most priceless diamond necklaces and
tiaras to a jewelled cigarette case,
iewelled umbrellas and sunshades and
sets of sables and silver fox. When the
presents were shown, those from the
bridegroom were displayed separately
Each was labelled Lilly from TX"
The sporting press announces that Mr..
Richard Croker Will return to England
in April and run his horses at the first
Newmarket meeting.
Lord Francis Hope, the only brother
and heir of the Duke of Newcastle, and
the
HUSBAND OF MAY YOHE
the American actress, has joined thu,
board of a new insurance company FORM
ed 10 pay insurance premiums for the
clients of the company who will repay
them in weekly installments. Lord Hops
is said to be looking for a number Of
company directorships.
In the life story of Mary Anderson
(NIme. de Navarro), in the February
number of Young Woman, the American
actress dllates to the writer on the "hoI-