The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-10

the Radicals will offer protracted opposi-
tion to the governments policy In South
Africa, which will possibly mean proro-
cation and a general election in the near
future. Lord Saisoury's summons to the
lords, issued tonight, says parliament
will deal with matters of grave import.
The latest dispatch from Lourenzo Mar
ques, relating to the chasing Of the
steamer Guelph by the cruiser Philomet,
caused some stir, especially as it was
announced that the Guelph had landed at
Durham All cases of ammunition for the
Beers. There is pretty general feeling
that ammunition ought not to be allowed
to be forwarded. The Pail Mall Gazette,
referring to the matter, says:
There is some hope that the ammun1-
ton will be seized at Durham, as Natal
possesses a ministry whose loyalty is un-
questioned. Had not the Filipinos been
given arms by Americans with which to
fight Spain, Gen. Otis would long ago
have been enjoying his ease at home.
Similarly with the Boers we may have
to pay heavily in blood for the apathy the
Cape government has exhibited in this
matter"
RED CROSS FUNDS.
Lord Vantage, president of the British
RED Cross society, will shortly issue an
appeal for contributions to aid in the
work of the society, which, he says, will
provide two hospital railway trains and
a hospital ship. The Duke of Westmin
ster and Lord Vantage have given e1,0oo
each, and Baron Rothschild has raised
Ell, ,GGC among his friends.
Some indication of the war Office esti-
mate Of the duration of the campaign Is
given by the fact that the army has con-
tracted for eight months supply of bread
and supplies rendered necessary by the
absence of the bulk of the army service
corps, whom the war office thus evident
jy calculates will De home again by the
beginning of May.
1t appears that although the war office
called up 25,O00 resergists. only the pick
Of them-some 5,000-will be retained with
the cOors.
The authorities are pleased at the ap-
plication of number OF reserVists be-
longing to the unmobilized classes, who
are volunte ering for foreign service. The
war office announces that wives of reSerV-
lists will get SiXDence, and each child
twopence daily, while the husbands and
fathers are retained with the colors
Baron Tweedmouth presided at a meet
ing of the council of London Radicals to-
day. which, after a speech by Lord
Tweedmouth, deploring the unwise policy
of the government whose dispatches he
declared were not couched in concilia-
tory terms adopted a resolution In IA
vor of arbitration, and calling on the
government to take steps tending to a
settlement of the difficulty with the
Iransvaal by negotiations for arbitra-
ton.
AN IMPOSING DISPLAY.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler will have COM
mand of twice as many British soldiers
as the Duke of Wellington, the conqueror
of the first Napoleon, ever saw collected
on one battlefield. The reasons back of
this lavish display are probably a fear
Of a native uprising and, possibly, con-
viction of the advisa bility of showing Eu-
rope that Great Britain is prepared to re-
sent any reaction resulting from the pre-
yailing continental ill-will. In this con-
nect1on, the action of the American de-
partment of state and the friendly state