Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-27
THE NEWS OF ENGLAND
Adjournment Of AnglO-American Com
mission Regretted.
LIBERAL LEADERS MISTAKE
Henry CampbelI-Banncrm Makes
had Break-Fhe khaliIu's Out
break In Not Regarded Very
Seriously by Military Men.

London, Feb. 27.-The political pano-
rama showed a succession Of varied and
striking pictures last week. The at
tempt to burn Manila, the funeral OF
the late President Faure, the threat
ened bombardment of Muscat by Brit
ish warships, the resurrection Of the
khalifa and the reported death Of the
ameer Of Afghanistan We're unfolded to
the public gaze in rapid succession,
while the proceedings in parliament
formed background of unusual inter-
| est.
The adjournment of the Anglo Amer
lean commission at Washington has
caused feeling Of deep regret here,
| and the optimistic tone of the British
| Foreign office explanation is not reflect
ed by the general public, although the
newspapers, as rule, profess to hope
that the fresh attempt to reach an
agreement in the autumn will prove
more successful.
The events at Manila have been fol-
lowed here with intense interest, and
there has been general condemnation of
the F'ilipinos' attempt to burn the town.
The Speaker calls 1t a suicidal policy"
which will only injure themselves. A
private cablegram received in London
computes the loss to foreign merchants
by the bombardment of Iloilo at S., O0O,-
900. Only one European warehouse, 1t
appears. escaped.
FlRttering to America.
An announcement very hattering to
the United States was made in the
house Of commons last week, when the
president Of the board of trade, Mr. c. |
%. l.: an
to compel railroad companies to adopt /
automatic couplings. Mr.. Richie in so |
doing said that the assistant secretary,
having charge of the railway depart
ment Of the board of trade, Nh Francis
j. s. HopwoOd, recently returned from
a mission to the United States and had
reported highly in favor of the Ameri-
can system. He showed indisputably
that there had been a great saving of
life since the adoption of automatic
couplings on the American railroads.
The Daily News, commenting on the
above, says: IAN interesting feature of
the proposal is that it is frankly avow-
ed to be the result of lesson from ex-
oerience in the United States Our pub
ic departments hitherto have not been
'ery ready to admit that they had any
iihS ~ lCdl u iIOIu dDIOdu, ledSI OF all .
he board of trade"
The London municipalities bill intro
luced in the house of commons on Feb.
3 by Mr.. Arthur j. Balfour, the gov
rnment leader in that house and first
ord Of the treasury, has been well re-
eived generally. The most striking
eature of the bill is the revival of the I
ncient city of Westminster, which will !
omprse the whole of the enormously a
aluable and busy area from Temple I
'ar to Knightsbrdge and from Oxford !
treet to the river Thames, in which are r
lcluded nearly all the theaters, clubs.
overnment offices, parks, royal pal
noes; embassies and the aristocratic
lstricts of Belgravia and Mayfair. 1t
ill be five times the size of the city of s
ondon proper, with five times it's pop p
lation, and it will be serious rival of Y
he ancient city of London. whose rata n
e value is G4.45000O, while that of the L
ty of Westminster is e4S5O, 600. The h
nperial and social Importance of the A
,W citV will he tramendouS y