The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-20
Joseph Pictured, slOan-LiI<e. Bestride
a GaIIOping Lion, Trying to Catch
Up with other Orators.
COMMENTS ON AMERICANS
CONSERVATIVES ANXIOUS TO RE-
TURN PROMOTER HOOLEY's GIFT.
Cream of the News from other Lands
-Ex-King MiIan's Life fin Peril
-Esterhazy's Charges.
Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press)

Copyright 1898. by the Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Liberals car
toonist pictures Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain,
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Sloan-like. bestride a galloping Hon and
catching up to other patriotic orators with
the remark: 81 must hurry up with my
lion; am g little late" In fulfllment of
this sentiment the colonial secretary has
made three speeches, handling the whole
field of Great Britain's foreign and domestic
policies in his customary uagloved and
breezy fashion, which has brought upon his
head storm Of angry retorts from CONT
mental politicians. Their organs remark
that no Bnglishman speaks nowadays with
out throwing compliments at the United
States, and one paper charges Mr.. Cham
berlain with becoming remarkably bold
since Great Britain has induced America
to promise to fight her battles" to which
the Spectator replies: I'VE trust the Amer
lean public will clearly understand that we
are not seeking a hard and fast political
alliance. We do not desire to go beyond the
acknowledgment that if we or tho United
States get our backs to the wall the other
Anglo-saxon will be at his side"
The English newspapers are unable to find
anything but good in the trend of affairs
Dingley bill in a friendly tone, the Statist
finding in the acquisition of colonial terri
tory the hope of a relaxation of the high
tariff in the United States themselves. 1t
observes that it would be a startling anon
ally if the Dingley tariff was maintained in
all its prohibitiveness in the United States
while the new possessions were open to the
trade of the world. The Statist does not
doubt the United States fully recognizes
this. and adds: international cordiality
has obtained such warmth that the fore
boding is often heard from the man-fn-the-
street that it ray be impossible to maintain
1t without c. ling AS a politician put 1T,
antagonistic interests may be developed
which may lead the Americans to discover
that we have always been arrogant, land
grabbing britons, and we may remember
that we have always considered them
blatant, oiTensive Yankees. The United
States-Canadian conference is watched with
some nervousness owing to fear that 1t may
put the friendship to strain"
The Gear has given new proofs of his de-
termination to rule the Russian empire over
the heads of oficialdom, which strengthens
the belief that the peace proclamation was
the enforcement of his personal viii. Per-
sistent rumors have reached the Russian
capital for months past of crop failures
throughout European Russia, and the
Cars inquiries on the subjectshave ELECTED
stereotyped reports that the suffering is eX-
aggerated. the ministers being too absorbed
with diplomacy to interest themselves in the
famine, sent the minister of the interior on
a tour, and he conferred with the local Off
GERS, who threw dust in his eyes The Gar
has now commissioned two of his personal
adjutants to learn the facts and report upon
the efficiency of the local officials. They
have been instructed to deal directly with
the people and to ignore all omcials. The
Russian press rejoices at this, and declares
that bureaucracy is panic-stricken at see
ing its control threatened
Sir John Bridge, the chief police magis-
trate for London, boldly gave a judicial rat
ification Of old-fashioned British sporting
standards in committing for trial the Off
Gals Of the National Sporting Club who
were concerned in the fight in which Thos.
Turner was fatally injured. The magis-
tPate declared that It would be a great mis-
fortune II glove contests were decided to be
illegal. He said it was necessary and laud-
able for youths to become boxing experts;
but he added that he was compelled to de-
clare the fight Illegal because the contest
was for money.
Sir George Baden-Powen, NJ p, who was
British commissioner for the Boring sea in
1881, and British member of the joint COM
mission at Washington in 1892, is pronounced
to be at the point of death.
An identical paragraph appears in to-
days papers saying that the Earl of STRAIT
ford who, it is said, is to marry Mrs. Sam
uel J. Colgate, of New York, is a passenger
on board the White Star line steamer Teu-
tonic, which sailed from Liverpool, for New
York. on Nov. Is. The earl, who is wild
over, and who was born In 1881, Is very
acres of land in different parts of England,
and also owns some valuable property in
the Millwal district of London. The family
title is the fourth earl and he was formerly
a lieutenant colonel of the Cold Stream
Guards.