The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12
PREMIER SALISBURY
CANNOT BE BLUFFED
Powers Recognize Each Others
Rights In China.
Emperor Williams Message to Kip
ling Connected With International
Politics-An Expression of Friend
ship For Americans-Peter Dunn
Introduces Mr.. Dooley to the
Public-ceci1 Rhodes Captures the
Germans With His Railroad.


Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press)
London, March 1.-THE British lion
and the Russian bear came to uncom-
fortably close quarters this week over
the Chinese imbroglio. The newspapers
had already begun to talk Of a serious :
crisis and grave outlook, but the diplo-
matte switchmen again succeeded in
warding of a collision on the subject
of the Northern railway, conflict be-
ing averted by a Russian backdown. =
according to the jingoes and by a COM
promise according to more impartial
observers.
The real explanation Of the affair ap- :
pears to be that Russia made a protest
against the British railroad contract,
partly as a feeler and partly as q warn
ing. If the British premier had SHOWN
weakness, Russia would have persisted,
but in any case Russia. by her protest,
ELECTED a ministerial statement in the
house of commons that the conditions
of her loan did not constitute foreign
control. Thus Russia obtained pledge
that no such Interpretation would be
placed on the contract in the event Of
default, which is a further substantial
concession to the Russian claims in
northern China On the other hand,
Lord Salisbury scored in securing d
withdrawal of the Russian protest. But
Russia also gained a point with which
she has good reason to feel satisfied.
The Times thinks Lord Salisbury
achieved a considerable success, wnlch
must unQueStiondbly strengthen Great
Britain's position at Pekin. The paper.
however, also sees in the adjustment
of the dispute a triumph for the pacific
and conciliatory elements of Russian
craftsmanship and above all a prac-
tical expression Of the czarS deterTnl-
nation to meet Great Britain half way
in the removal of all the regrettable
MISUNDERSTANDING which have hitherto
kept Great Britain and Russia apart.
The Times adds that it is sure the
British government is prepared to give
fuller recognition TO accomplished facts
in the northern Chinese provinces and
to assist Russia in regularizing her p0-
sition on the basis of reciprocity IhlS
remark of the Times shows that the
British now accept the classification OF
Manchuria as an accomplished fact
and they only expect their government
to secure compensation in other direc-
tions.
FINANCIAL DILEMMA.
The conservative government has got
itself into financial straits The pub
Hcation of the naval estimates COM
pleteS the various items Of national eN-
penditure, which total up &112,1S5,2OO
being an increase Of e4.4l1,20O over the
estimates. 1t is probable there will be
a. deficit Of over S4,00000 which, it is
expected, the chancellor of the exche-
uuer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, viii,
meet by a reimpositiOn of the former
tobacco duty and an increase OF the IN
come tax to nine pence.
The suggestion is made in the press
that the deficit be met by a suspension
of a portion of the sinking fund. The
city. however. is opposed to this as
calculated to weaken the whole hnan-
cial position of the country in a time
not only of peace but of ample revenue
and great prosperity.
A raw of sunshine in the financial sit
uation is seen in the apparently boom
ing state of trade, as shown by the
board of trade returns. The imports
since December show an increase or
e1.1OO 900. as COMPARED with 1898, indi-
eating that the purchasing power or
the country is still growing These
satisfactory figures help the chancellor
of the eXchequer in taking hopeful
view of the revenue for tie coming
year: but thew will not avert the neceS-
sity of new taxation.
The liberal press naturally makes the
most of the governments nnanclal uli-
fcuIties, which are attributed to the
governments policy Of 'Doles to
Squirearchy and to extravagances.
WILLIAMS MESSAGE TO KIPLING.
Emperor Williams message to Mrs.
Rudyard Kipling has naturally attract
ed great attention, particularly the rel
erence to ''Our common race The first
impression here was that Emperor Will
Kin1incr An16rl-
can. especially as the German papers
referred to the American author Kip
ling" but this impression is quite erro-
neous. The emperor was a reader OF
Kiplfngs works long before he settled
in America. His majesty, however,
knew that Kipling'S wife was an Amer
ican and it is thought he intended to
include America when he spoke of the
| "connmon race" The Spectator today
saws: THE emperor is evidently will
| ing TO substitute the Teuton for the
Anglo-Saxon as the ruling race of the
| frt11re. He did not venture to call Kip
ling an American; but being anxious
that his telegram should be taken as a
! compliment to the Americans, rather
| than Fnglishmen, the German journals
received a hint to describe him as an
American at least. The Germans read
KipIing and know his pedigree as well
| as we do. and that is the only explana-
tion we can offer for their otherwise
inexnlicable unanimity in laundering"
The Spectator, in another article, re-
marks: 1T must be singular eX-
perience, even for Kipltng, to wake up
from a. serious illness and find that two
| orreat peoples have been interested in
his fate: that an emperor has grieved
for him in words having the weight OF
| a. politicaI manifesto, and that his value
to publishers has been increased by
hundreds, perhaps by thousands.
year
PETER DUNN'S SUCCESS.
"Mr. Dooley in Peace and War;" by
| Mr.. Peter Dunn. the newspaper man OF
Chicago. has met with a wonderful re-
ception here The book is quoted every
where. and the author is spoken Of as
another Mark Twain The Spectator
toiav. during the course Of a long ra-