The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-02
Any Government Better Than
Condominium in Samoa.
TREACHERY OF TAGALOS
A Vivid Description of the Fighting
Around Manila - England Will
Soon Become the Master
OF Abyssinia.
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.

WAN tHe duJouIilLlent LOT the Easter
recess and up to now the ministers can
not boast of any remarkable achieve
ments. The chief event was the read
ing of the London local government bill
for the second time, but as the bill will
receive most attention when it enters
the committee stage the government has
no reason for self -congra tulation, espe-
cially as its own supporters, as we'll as
the opposition, are demanding changes
in the draft.
The proposition of the secretary of
state for the colonies, Joseph Chamber
lain, to facilitate the requirement of
dwellings by workmen, has fallen fiat,
as everything depends on the permission
of the landlords.
The first matter of Importance on the
commons reassembling will be the bud
get, which has been fixed for Thursday
week.
The Samoan blaze has been the lead
ing political topic of the week and the
general drift of the press comments has
been that the matter will be settled ami
CaDly between the powers.
The Spectator this week says: The
Samoan incident looks ugly, but we do
not think it will come to anything. I'm
der such circumstances the lombard
ment would have produced war, but as
matters stand the three powers will ar
rive at IN agreement. Let us hope that
they will divide the islands for the peace
of the world Any government is better
than the condominium."
The Saturday Review throws the en-
tire blame upon the German agents and
declares the bombardment will not
prove an unmixed evil if it finally con-
vinces Germany of the folly of making
Samoa the scapegoat Of International
jealousy in the South Pacific
Extracts from the diary of an English
lady at Manila have been published in
the papers here They give a graphic
description of the situation at Manila.
the outbreak of hostilities and the feel
ing of panic among the residents.
They also tell Of the scare in the cit
in the middle of January owing to the
small rising inside the walls. The peo-
pie packed up their jewels, money and
clothing, all ready to run. Under date
of Jan. 8 She describes the previous
Sunday and says:
"A huge red ball soon assembled from
the rebel camp as signal Of attack and
the firing increased steadily. A soldier
came to tell us that the rebels had
burned the water works and that we
must fill everything we had, as the
supply would stop in a few hours. The
fire came nearer and nearer. We seemed
to be in the very center Of perfect
storm of bullets all around the house.
AT last we heard that the rebels We're
driven back and saw the home troops
return. Poor things They We're dead
beat, just tramping along, dragging one
foot after the other, and behind them
was the sad little procession of wound
ed on stretchers."
On Feb. 8, referring to the skirmish
at Malati. she wrote when the fire
was too hot for the rebels they put up a
white flag and showed the butt ends of
their rifles So the Americans advanced
and when quite close the rebels fired at
them. This horrible treachery met with
a just reward"
The well known French painter, Anne
Nicolas Merot. who has just returned
to France from Abyssinia, tells a pitt
full tale of the manner in which he was
treated by the Abyssinians, and of his
ppontment of the loss of French
prestige. He says very wrong idea
obtains regarding the influence enjoyed
by Frenchmen in Abyssinia. He claims
Frenchmen are contemptuously looked |
uOWn upOH, anu are Regarded as less |
than nothing, while the British, on the
are feared and respected. He
concludes: From what I have seen l
am persuaded the English will soon be-
come masters of Abyssinia, just as they |
have of Egypt. This is inevitable"
Holy Week in Spain was celebrated
with more than usual religious splen-
dor, the queen regent, who is ultra
Catholic. and the cabinet giving fresh
proofs of their desire to conciliate the
vatican and the prelates who so sue
CeSsfully assisted the government. in
checking the Carlst intrigues. Conse-
quently the Madrid churches yesterday
were visited by thousands. all traffic
was suspended and all the women wore
mantillas.
At Seville yesterday, while process
sion was carrying the famous image of
the virgin, dressed in the most expens-
i've silks and velvets, and wearing $780,,
900 pesetas worth of jewels, the image
caught fire and was completely de-
stroyed. Most of the jewels were re-
covered.
The Spectator this week prints an in
teresting review of Americanism and
the papacy, analysing the situation de-
veloped by the pope's letter and Cardi-
nal Gibbons reply, and Sketching the
future outlook 1t says:
I'VE may take it that for the present
has received setback,
and that the authority of the papacy is
established in the United States
Reviewing the Hecker dispute and the |
over the endowment of |
institutions, the Spectator
says: The diplomatic wisdom of the |
pope is usually powerful element IN
preventing serious misunderstanding |
between the vatican and the United |
States. Whether the real sympathies
Of the pope are republican or not, it is
clear that he judged it polite to be on
good terms with the worlds two great
republics. Whether the triumph of
Rome in Americanism is permanent or
whether the papal claims will lead to
a serious breach in the American
church will depend greatly upon the
next pontiff. Catholicism sits very
lightly upon thousands of American |
Catholic laymen. They do not want to |
quarrel with the priest or break with |
The church, but neither will they aban- !
don the domestic liberties they have |
won, neither will they escape the at
nosphere of liberty in which they live" |
F. F. Nisbit, the dramatic critic of |
he Times and "a oe