The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-30
JOHN BULL FEELS ABlT JOLLY.
WILL GET ABOUT ALL HE ASKS
WITHOUT GOING TO WAR.

HIM beIIeNeu TO be Approaching
Chinese Ports TO BE Kept Free to
the Whole World and Spheres of
influence TO He Rendered ImpOssi-
bIe-EngInnd to Get the Chinese
Loan and Also What She Wants in
Africa.
Copyrighted 1885, by the Associated Press.
London. Jan. 2s.-After an unusually long
period of extreme tension, all the indica-
tions point to an early improvement, If not
a complete solution, of the various inter-
national political problems agitating the
nerves of Great Britain. The foreign and
colonial offices are beginning to see day
light through the darkness which has long
been enveloping the far east, West Afri-
ca, the Upper Nile and India and unless
signs fail and information from the best
informed circles is faulty. the Marquis of
Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain, secre-
tary of state for the colonies, will divide
the honors and Great Britain viii secure
about all she asks.
So far as China is concerned, this view
in connection with the speech of Mr..
Curzon, the parliamentary secretary for
the foreign office, at Bolton, on Tuesday.
and the reported acceptance of the Brit
ish loan, is generally regarded as correct.
Mr.. Curzon foreshadowed the probable
success of the loan negotiations, the
achievement of Great Britains purpose
in keeping the ports free to the whole
world and the maintenance Of. treaty
rights whereby spheres of influence are
rendered impossible"
The Russian proposal of a loan on the
same terms as Great Britain will not be
taken up, as il is understood Russia her
self would not be able to handle il with
out drawing on her war reserve funds,
and France is growing daily less inclin-
ed to burn her fingers in a game in which,
even if successful, Russia will be the
only gamer, while Germany appears TO
have come completely around to the Brit
ish side.
Throughout the situation was not so
alarming as sensationalsts attempted to
paint it. Hence the peaceful assurances
by Lord George Hamitons statement in
his speech on Tuesday, that relations with
Russia We're entirely satisfactory will not
surprise America.
The colonial Office reports the prospect
of clearing up the West African question
bright. The foreign office is informed of
the impossibility of securing witnesses on
the western coast as the cause of the de-
lay in the Paris negotiations. Some of
the most important witnesses arrived only
last week and they are now in Paris.
Thus far all the British demands have
been conceded, pending the conclusion of
a treaty.
Mr.. Chamberlain is perfectly satisfied
he teh ali a
and that the French will be confined TO
the westward of a line from the Lagos
Dahomey frontier to the Niger and along
the right bank of the Niger to Say In
the meantime he does not propose to risk
being caught mapping by possible ad-
verse decision pending the convention so
ne rs pushing troops and supplies TO the
front as rapidly as possible. A new regi-
ment or 700 hussars has been enrolled at
Aberdeen during the last few weeks and
the detachment will be sent 70 the front
as soon as the men become efficient.
Possibly Mr.. Cavendish may be able to
take advantage of the new treaty with
King Menelik and get short cut through
Abyssinia. Although Mr.. Cavendish is per-
sonally defraying the cost of the expedi-
ton, 1t Is understood that he has been in
frequent communication with Lord Sails
bury, through the Duke of Salisbury. and
II Is safe to say that the expedition Is un-
der governmental auspices. The liberality
and enterprise of the young explorer Che
is said to be spending $200O coo of his own
money as well as substantial subscriptions
from other sources) is highly praised
In the meanwhile Young Henry Caven-
dish, distant relative of the Duke of
Devonshire, is preparing to start again
for Equatorial Africa, accompanied by
Lieut.. Andrews, eight British officers and
Mr.. Dodson, who was the companion OF
I1nnqlflCnn A
plorer. Mr.. Cavendish win take with him
400 armed men and a number of rapid fire
guns. AS his objective point Is the junction
of the White Nile and the Sobat river
at Sobat the purpose of the expedition,
IL will clearly be seen, is to cut off the
French from reaching Fashoda, which
is only a short distance north of Sobat.
The Illness OF King Humbert, of Italy,
Is again causing uneasiness, the fainting
fits having recurred.
The Correro, organ Of the Carists. dis
cussing the visit of the United States bat
tleship Maine TO Havana, expresses the be-
lief that the Spanish public is juslihably
alarmed, adding: "As a fact, il is the
government itself, which is seriously
alarmed, although every effort is made
TO disguise 1t. In spite of the official
statement of Admiral Cerevais, the Ad-
miral Of the fleet on Tuesday last, at a
conference with the minister of marine
when he asserted that the recent revoiu-
lions had demonstrated the perfect condi-
ton OF the Spanish feet, Admiral Cere-
vais stated that there was not ship
ready for service; that the ships not act
ually I'm dry dock ought to be there; that
many Of the boilers were defective: that
some ships were not armed, and that most
Of the vessels require cleaning. Through
the perfidy of the United States, ii is not
surprising that such neglect and helpless
ness create alarm"
According to the same paper, great inn
portance is attached to the conference be-
tween M. Patenotre, the French minister
to Spain, Senor Gullon, the Spanish min
ister OF foreign affairs, who, 1t is said,
discussed the action of the United States,
and in which the former said there was
great alarm in France at the course of
events The fact that NJ. Patenotre ,s
entirely conversant with affairs i'm the
United States lends additional importance
TO the matter.
TELLER CONGR