The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-06
ADDING 70 THE D[tENSES.
sEARCHlICHTS AND NEW GUNS BE-
ING MOUNTED IN ENGLISH PORTS.
County Council Elections In London
SERIOUS Blow 10 Salisbury Min
tstry-EngIish Paper intimates

Copyrighted. 1873, by the Associated Press
LONDON. March 5-The semi-conster-
nation which was created at the Tine of
Prince Henry's visit. when the German
warships Deufschia nd ana Gefl3u suddenly
doomed out OF the fog without having pre-
viocsiy been signaied. has aroused the
authorities TO a sense OF the necessity Of
taking additional precautions, and they
are getting quick-hring guns and search
lights AT the entrance Of Portsmouth nar-
Dor there viii be light powerful enough
10 sweep Splibsad. and guns will be so
placed that ships entering must pass un-
der their muzzles The admiralty has also
! ordered the prompt delivery Of ten twelve
inch guns and swenty-four slx-inch quick
firing guns Of a new pattern. the special
features OF which are their breech mechan-
Ism and new apparatus for working
their primers
Inc new guns work wholly automatic
ally ard at their firing trials they gave
the greatest satisfaction, the round taking
only six and q half seconds, and eight
rounds being fired In ffty-s,x seconds
Tney have striking power of 1914 foot
tons. against 32n attainable by the pres
ent guns. The officials here claim these
are the best results obtained by any naval
power.
The result Of the London county council
elections has been 10 infiict upon the Mar
ouis OF Saisbury's government the heayi-
est blow II has yet sustained. The whole
cabinet descended into the arena and the
Unionist caucus pulled the party wires.
John Burns scented Delilahs." otherwise
the primrose Danes" invaded the slrms
like swarm Of locusts. but London re-
pudiated the attempt TO interfere In her
municipal concerns. Lord Rosebery's adj
mirab!e intervention on the womens side
has led to a significant revival of the ru-
mors that he aspires to resuming the Lib
eral leadership. II is generally admitted
that Sir William Vernon Harcourt's pc
riod OF probation has been unsatisfactory,
and many of the Liberals are quite willing
to shelye him.
After reflection. the Saturday Review
concludes that the seriousness of the at
tack on King George of Greece has been
greatly oyerrated. Indeed. Ii insnuates
that the whole affair was engineered with
the idea of arousing. as it actually did. a
revolution Of feeling in favor of the dy-
nasty. The Saturday Review compares the
known power of the Gras rifle bullet. capa-
bic OF piercing eighteen inches of solid
oak. with the slight dent In the metal lamp
and the small mark on the woodwork
where the bullets struck the carriage. notes
that the horses had several slight abra-
sion and the harness was cut and con-
the horses did not bolt. ''in which event
there might have been some danger"
II the Tientsin correspondent of the
Daily Mail was well informed in saying
that japan has adore Ssed a note to Rus
sia demanding explanation of the continued
occupation OF Port Arthur. 1t must lead
taken In connection with the activity In
the identification OF Weihaiwei TO a re-
Of hn N nd
alarm which kept the two hemispheres on
tenter hooks at Christmas. As the Asso-
ciated Press pointed out on January % the
diplomats have always dreaded that Japan
would take Isolated action In defense OF
Korean neutrality. To this trouble. which
seems TO be brewing. is attributable the
continued dispatch OF Russian French and
British achievements TO the far East.
Evidently Japan is preparing for the strug-
gle which must come scene day. and which
viii be the fiercer the longer 1t is delayed.
Carolus Duran sails for the United
States on March to paint some OF the
best-known American beauties.
serious misfortune has occurred to
the Cambridge University crew. c. n.
Steel the light blue stroke has had a
sudden attack OF gastric influenza.
IN consequence OF tile Strong recOln-
mendation or the bishop of Delaware and
others, IL has been decided to start the
| Order of the Daughters OF the King in
England OF which many bishops and
clergymen are strongly supporting the
movement. and a meeting has been con-
| vened In the church house for Monday
next In order TO inaugurate the order.
The English press has universally print
| 81 praises Of the statement that Mark
| Twain (Mr Samuel l.. Ciemens) has paid
| re last Of his Webster & Co. debts Or
| ne ai,ister. writing 10 the Times on the
| subject. saws:
with ths exception OF the historical
| case or SIR Walter Scott. I do no, think
| here is 20 he found In the records Of
| Nterainre anything equal to Mark Twaln's