Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-11
THE VCIORHAT 0NDURNAN.
Success Of Briti(h Arms in Egypt
Causes Exultation in England.
THE CRITICS AfE s1LENr-rHEY
HAD PREDICbtD DISASTER RIFT
THE VICTORY HAS PUT AN END
TO THEIR GlApoMY FoREBoD-
INGs-AMERICAE PRAISE IS Ap.
PREcIATED IN oNDON-BRITIsH
SOLDIERS COM )LAlN OF HARD
SHIPS IL
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bohuon' september G.-The event of
the week, the captu of C.ndurman
anu incidentally OF partoum, by the
, Angio-Egyptian arm under Gen. Sir
Herbert kitchner. hal produced a feel
ing OF exultation oughout Great
Britain which is in marked contrast
with the gloomy forebotlings of the last
months, during which everyone has
been finding fault With the govern
ment. and it was generally believed
that the countrys RIVALS were over
matching her at every point. The COM
pleteness of the victory has had most
exhilarating effect and mas undoubted-
ly impressed the continental nations,
while the cordial praise capled from
the American press las been much APP
preciated here.
The understanding arrived at between
Great Britain and Ge.naany allows The
formers plans in South Africa to be
carried out without fear OF a German
Boer alliance, and the dismissal OF Lii
Hung Chang from uhe Chinese foreign
Office, following the Czars peace pro-
posals, is taken as evidd ~. the COM
plete triumph of BIRTHS ICY in
the far East.
Vanity Fair, an ardeno
the government, in a g.eeh
the situation, says: ''LOoN
ward, we see pauperized Russian
to climb down at our desire. And
CT ALL, continues Vanity Fair, wYcJ
throughout has been most ingenkus
and persistent in its abuse and MS
representation Of America, IF we look
at America we are confronted with the
sight of
A FRINEDLY NATION
ready to pick 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 a
lower place, sits on a still higher pin
nac,e?"
While the transport and commits
sariat departments Of the British army
| as exemplified by the admirablee con-
duct of the SCudan campaign, appear
| to be beyond reprOach on active SER
| vice. 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 catering was given to Sir
! Thomas Upton. and if the reports are
belevabie. the soldiers suffered consd-
| cradle privations. Indeed, it would
/ seem some Of them suffered so much
! that they committed offenses prefer
ring prison to the treatment they were
receiving on Salisbury plain. This is
| corroborated by the fact that the Mill
| tary prisons in the neighborhood were
| so overcrowded that the officials de-
! clared they would not receive any more
| prisoners
Beside this the sufferers from sick
ness and accidents complain OF great
neglect They say they were without
! food and drink fer hours, or until civ
| ilians succored them.
| The tourist agencies are already PLAN
ming trips to Khartoum which this
week has demonstrated to be less than
/ nine days from LonE0n. Last Satur-
! day Gen. Kitchner dispatched Col
Hope from Cindulman. the former
| Dervish stronghold on the River Nile,
/ near Khartoum. to Cairo. and he ac-
! comp,ished the journey in S712 hours.
! A LONG CAELED INTERVIEW
/ Win MI. joseph Aldl1DtI ldIA, Ni+N
British Secretary Of State for the col
| onies. who is now in the United states
| on a visit to his wife's parents. has
| been received with ircredulity by the
| English press. The Daily Chronicle
saws: THAT he should have talked Of
| a railroad through the Transvaal, from
| Khartoum to The Cape. or nave dls-
| closed the Anslo-German understand
| ing. or performed ether feats of IKE
| description is beyond believing. II
! these stories are true, then lndeed Lofo
! Sa,isbury's blazers are quenched for
| ever in the white light OF MI CnamDer-
! LAWS indiscreti1ns.
Tropical weather continues here and
| on the continent. The thermometer
! in London Thursday registered 80 de-
! grees. which is the record for the sum-
ner. while the returns fer the past 80
! wears dc not show any previous record
4 above 81 for the month Of September.
I The whole Of Great Britain continues
70 be without rain. and the almost IN
! breathable atmosphere in London is in
! tensifed by the sultry, White mist.
which is so thick On the Thames that
| the steamboats, had to stop running.
! There have been innumerable cases OF
| sunstroke and apoplexy. and the iron
works Of Birmingham aad the black
country are closing on account CT the
heat. Fires are occurring among the
trees and in the grass of the common.
The conditions prevailing in the east
end Of London are especially pitiable.
| There has been the
USUAL WATER FAMINE.
I and for three weeks over million pe0-
pie. to say nothing CT animals. have
been suffering from the shortage The
situation is daily growing worse. fevsrs
! are breaking cut. and. as the condi-
lions Of rain are as scarce as the signs
of snow. the supply CT water mas al
ready been curtailed three hours daily
and promises to be further shortened
T. The heat has also been very great in
! Paris. where an ice famine prevails. and
the French soldiers have been suffer
! ing so much during the army manoeu-
| vers that they had To be abandoned
! The Paris meteorological authorities
| hold that sun spot il responsible for
/ the extreme heat
1t now appears that Mr.. ~ CurZon,
the former parliamentary secretary for
| the foreign Office and newly appointed
viceroy CT India, will not be raised TO