Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-08-21
INTEREST IN DRBYFUS.
England Under the Spell of the Rennes
Court Martial.
SOME QUESTIONS AT IS5UE.
Important Home Matters Now Pend
ing-The Church PrOblem-The
Nicaragua Cannl-Other In
teresting Topics.

LeuLS luul Ut uuOlucI llliiS No'iN A"'9S 3"
whirlwind Of patriotic enthusiasm. The
nation seems completely absorbed IN the
Dreyfus case. As each day passes with
out an answer from the Beers to the
proposition of Great Britain for joint
commission to investigate the effect
which the franchise reform legislation
would have on the uitlanders the proba-
biity of a pacific settlement of the diff
Guilty decreases. Yet national interest,
tired of delay, flags as the tension at the
war and colonial offices grows.
If war comes. Great Britain will awake
with tremendous start. If the Beers
surrender to the British demands, scarce
~ more than a ripple of interest will be
excited, so long as the Rennes court mar
tial holds the world under the spell of its
dramatic recital. From a political point
of view rapid and successful war
against the Beers would probably
strengthen the hands of the Conservative
government more than any other out
come Of the present crisis for the vast
preponderance of public sentiment al
ready heartily indorses the course of MIR.
Chamberlain. secretary of state for the
colonies, and once the British soldiers
meet their old enemy, the Beers. few
would remain bold enough to openly op-
pose the morality of the war.
The Church Problem.
Many awkward questions in regard to
the governments home policy are pend
ing, and perhaps it is fortunate for the
Conservative party that the exciting
events abroad distract attcHtion from
them. OF these home matters none is
more serious than the Church of England
problem. The Conservative press and
broad minded clergy are begging the rit-
ualists to obey the decision of the arch
bishops against their practices; but, as
The Daily Graphic says:
"Now we have come to the parting of
the ways, and even before the various
bishops have formally issued their anti
rituaistic order prominent clergynen
have raised the flag of rebellion and de-
fiance. The high church party seems
hopelessly divided as to whether to tenn
porarly obey or openly defy"
The speech which Right Hon. Henry
Chaplin, president of the local govern
IL ent board. made a week ago suggest
Ing the taxing of wheat I shilling per
quarter i'll order to provide the nucleus
for an old age pension fund, has aroused
great opposition, especially among the
L'1ionists. and it has been discussed free
ly by all during the week.
The Saturday Review in an article on
Europe and Americans, sneering at the
proposed nglo-American alliance. frank
" declares that it amounts to little or
nothing. I'VE have The Review says
"acccpted it almost as an axiom Of sound
policy that friendly relations with the
United States is the only object worth
aiming at in the western hemisphere. a
few music hall ditties and after dinner
speeches would convince us that the OBJ
ject is secured and that we should forth
with ignorc all American concerns as
contemplate strife Of parties"
Believes Canal Inevitable.
The Review, continuing. says the COM
pletion of the Nicaraguan canal Ivy the
United States is certainty and eX-
presses the belief that it will deal Brit
ish commerce perhaps the greatest blow
It has ever sustained. The paper sup
poses the canal to be inevitable, but
contends that Great Britain, in allowing
1t, should stand out for remuneration on
account Of waving her BulwerClnyton
treaty rights. Enemies possibly" con-
cludes The Review, "rivals certainly, we
must be with the United States in the
years to COME
Commenting on American monopolies
and trusts, the paper referred to says the
visit of United States Senator Mark
Hanna and others to Europe, SIS far
from having the high political objects
mysteriously limited at. Their presence
on this side of the ocean is simply con
nected with their own schemes for shift
ing burdens onto the shoulders of Eng
lish and continental capitalists, and it
will be interesting to note whether the
latter are sufficiently i'll informed as to be
caught"
A correspondent sends to a paper of
this city an interesting letter concerning
"Ruskin's evening of his days. at Brant-
wood. The master, he says, is failing
fast. He has passed his eightieth birth
day and weaknesses incidental to such
an advanced age have taken possession
Of his mind and body. He is practically
confined to his house, save for occasional
airings in a bath chair on sunny MORN
ings. He never reads, nor does he write
"and Ruskin," the correspondent adds,
''has given his last message to the
world"
As the tide of American travel turns
homeward the question of steamship ca
pacity becomes acute. THE great trou-
ble," said an official of a transatlantic
line, sis that Americans come to Europe
like people going to the theater-that is,
they come In long procession covering
several months. As soon as the autumn
opens the European curtain falls and the
entire audience wants to get home at
once. Thus the crush is concentrated in
the first few weeks of autumn, and it is
fair to say it is impossible now to get a
berth in midSeptember or mid October.
What is going to occur during the Paris
exposition I am unable to say. 1t is al
ready estimated that $4,000 Americans
will come to Europe, and many of the
best accommodations are now sold for
our June sailings in 1900"
The Dubonic Plague.
Public opinion in Great Britain is be-
coming agitated over the danger in re-
gard to the bubonic plague, which, now
that 1t has broken out at Oporto, is only
three days journey distant from Eng
land. A leading authority on the sub
ject, who was for many years a resident
Of Hongkong and attended thousands of
patients there during the terrible out
break of 1894 and who made special re-
search into the origin and progress of the
disease and its extraordinarily rapid |
propagation by insanitary conditions,
says:
1.-The sanitary arrangements Of many |
towns in England. including London, are
not calculated 10 defeat the disease. If |
we get the plague in the east end Of
London, the chances are that it will
spread like wildfire, just as it did in
Hongkeng The bacillus thrives AMID
lnsanltary surroundings, while sunlight
and plenty Of air kill it. The period of