The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-10
LORD MAYORS INAUGURATION.
CROWD WAS OUT TO VENT ITS
MARTIAL ENTHUSIASM.


spoke of Happy solution of SHmO-
an Question-EngIand Made " Mis-
take in Letting the Beers Collect
Munitions of War.
London, Nov. 9.-The Lord Mayors show
which marked the induction Of A. J.
Newton into office was favored to-day by
exceptionally brilliant weather.
Anticipated floats failed TO satisfy the
London crowds, who poured out in enor-
nous numbers to vent their martial en-
thusiasm. The streets were lavishly deco
rated with flags. but the absence Of de
tachment Of the household cavalry and
the substitution of a number of schoolboy
brlgades testified to the presence OF the
veteran regiments at the front.
AT the Guild Hall banquet the Marquis
of Salisbury, Lord Wolseley, Mr.. Richie,
Lord George Hamilton, Lord H0lsbury,
the lord chief justice the Duke of MARI
borough and few minor diplomats We're
present Mr. Chamberlain was absent
Lord Salisbury and Lord Wolseley We're
warmly cheered as they passed from the
reception in the library into the banquet
ing hall.
During the course of the banquet Lord
Wolseley announced that orders had been
given to mobilize another division for
South Africa. and that the government
was quite prepared to mobilize a second
army corps.
Lord SaIisbury's Response.
Lord Salisbury, rising at 9:15 O'Clock to
reply TO the Lord Mayor was greeted with
I'M
and a general waving of handkerchiefs.
The premier spoke of the cordial relation
ship between England and America, say
ing
I'VE feel we can now always look for
sympathy and a fair hearing among those
who share with us so vast a mission for
the advancement Of mankind"
Continuing, he said:
"Our situation in South Africa is the
only part of our relations with other ma
tons to which any term of apprehension
or doubt can be applied.
This morning you had intelligence of
| an agreement between ourselves and one
of the great continental states, with which
| for many years we have entertained reia
! tions of sympathy and friendship beyond
others. Samoa is not in itself a very i'm
| portant matter, but it was important be
| cause it constituted a subject of differ
| ence between ourselves and nation whose
| good will we prize very highly. ] do not
! know entirely the reason why the German
! people and government attach so much inn
| portance to Upolu, but they do, and we
| are very glad to find means whereby with
| out in the least finishing the rights and
| advantages of England, we are able to
| crafty their Views and sentiments.
| Il believe we have arrived at a very re-
| markable phenomenon, an agreement
which is agreeably pleasant and advant-
ageous to both Powers; but this is inter-
| esting particularly as it indicates that az
the present moment our relations with the
German people are all we could desire"
| Mistake England Made.
Lord Salisbury again spoke of the causes
| which led to the present war In South Az
RIGA and denied the reports that England
| had not made adequate military Drepara-
| lions.
1.-THE evil" he said, dates back to those
unfortunate arrangements in 1881 and 1884
by which we deliberately permitted a COM
| munity obviously hostile to enjoy the I'M
bounded, unlimited right of accommodating
munitions of war against us. Year after
year an accumulation of munitions was
made which could only be directed against
| u.s. Hampered by these arrangements, it
was impossible that we should avoid the
| interval of trial and danger necessarily to
| intervene between the moment when war
| was declared and the moment when our
| forces could accept contest and appear up
| on the field.
That interval has nearly passed. Our
| troops are beginning to arrive. Foreign ma
tons have complimented us upon the
! calmness with which we have received the
| intelligence of occasional checks. What
ever strategy there might be we are well
aware that the beginning of our conflict
with the Beers must be marked by re-
| tirement of our troops from positions they
are not strong enough to occupy. 1t is ne
| hot VIC CHI wa 10 O
| reinforcements. ! do not attempt to fore
! cast the future. / only say that my faith
| i'm the British soldier is unbounded, and
am deeply gratfed to feel that he is in
! the vigorous and sagacious hands of Gen.
| Butler.
Ministers Got No Gold.
"Regarding the future, 1 win only depre-
cate some very strange assertions that
see occasionally In the continental press
Only the other day l saw it asserted, not
| by chance writer, but by man who has
been a member of a French government
that this war had for its objects the graft
| fication of the lust Of greedy lords, who
| desired to partition among themselves the
| gold and diamonds of the TransVaal Now
l beg to assure the gentleman that Her
| Majestey's cabinet have not had a farth-
| ing from the Transvaal or from any other
| gold fields. There is the Yukon, about
which there is no contest If there had
| been any chance Of our gaining advantages
| these Yukon gold fields should have yield
ed something but 1 appeal to my friend
Lord Hamilton, to know If the cabinet
ever had a farthing from them. Laugh-
| ter)
Il go further. England as a whole would
| have had no advantage from the possess
sion of the gold mines, except as her gov
| eminent conferred The blessings Of gold
administration upon those engaged in the
industry. All successful industry breeds
commerce, and all commerce has produced
is TO the advantage of England, aud all
industries and commerce flourish better
under her good government than under
| any other regime in the world. But that Is
the limit of our interest.
| ''What we desire is equal rights for all
men of all races and security for our fell
| low subjects and our empire. The hour
for asking by what means these results
| can be obtained is not yet come but these
| are the objects and the only objects we
seek We do not allow any other consid-
| eration 10 cross our path / have seen II