Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-26
ENGLISH FEEL HURT
Regret Expressed at Failure of Joint
Commission to Agree,
UNITED STATES CONSIDERED INDIFFERENT
Criticism is Made on the Difficulty in
Securing an Umpire.
AMERICAN INVENTION SCORES TRIUMPH
Automatic Coupling is Imported After a
Thorough Investigation.
AMERICAN INVENTION SCORES TRIUMPH
FILIPINO FIREBRANDS ARE CONDEMNED
Insurgents Cause Loses in Estimation
of Europe from Recent Barbara
ties-khalifa's Activity Near
Kbartoum Causes Remark.

rama has shown a succession OF varied and
| striking pictures this week. The attempt
to burn Manila, the funeral of the late
} President Faure, the threatened lombard
ment of Muscat by the British war ships,
! the resurrection of the khalifa and the re-
| ported death of the ameer of Afghanistan
were unfolded to public gaze in rapid sue
cession. while the proceedings in Parlia-
ment offered background OF unusual in
| terest
The adjournment of the Anglo-American
commission at Washington has caused a
feeling of deep regret here and the opti
mistic tone of the British foreign office ex-
! planation is not reflected by the general
! public. which as a rule processes to hope
| that the fresh attempt to reach an agree
ment in the autumn will prove more sue
cessful.
The Spectator says: Arbitration seems TO
| be a difficult method of settling interna-
tional disputes. The professional diplomats
! have a right to chuckle little"
Press Finds Fault.
The St. James Gazette, during the course
| of long article on Americas refusal to ac-
! cept an umpire, headed: The Inconsistency
! of the United States" contends that Ameri-
| ca now refuses what 1t agreed to in the case
| OF the Venezuelan arbitration. when King
Oscar was empowered to appoint an umpire,
and says:
! The English commissioners in the present
/ case therefore, have not made a proposal
| unfamiliar to the United States, yet they
! meet with a refusal Under these circum-
! stances we are compelled to ask what the
! United States really wants. 1t knows an
! umpire is necessary let us choose man
! from the acceptable candidates after discus
/ sion with ourselves. Unless it makes some
/ such proposal and offers satisfactory set
/ tlement on the boundary line we shall De
! compelled to suspect either the sincerity OF
! its friendship and its gratitude for Great
! Britains recent diplomatic assistance or its
| Willingness to abide. in a doubtful case, by
| the principle of apbitrati9n. whereof 1t is
| the foremost champion and greatest bene-
| ficiary in the past.
! The events at Manila have been followed
here with interest and there has been gen
| eral condemnation of the Filipinos' attempt
| to burn the town.
! The Speaker calls it suicidal policy"
which win only injure themselves.
The Spectator says: ''If the movement of
| the Negros and other non-Tagal races in
| favor of Americans is genuine, it will not
! only yield the material for Sepoy army
| but what is more important, it will furnish
I them with moral justification for their
! empire"
| A private cable received in London COM
! putes the loss to foreign merchants by the
! bombardment of Iloio at S5,000000 Only
! one European warehouse it appears, es
! capped.
American Couplings Endorsed.
An announcement very fiatterng to the
! United States was made in the House Of
! Commons this week when the president of
the Board of Trade, C. T. Richie promised
to introduce a bilF to compel railroad com
| panies TO adopt automatic couplings. Mr..
| Ritchie in so doing said that the assistant
secretary having charge OF the railway de-
partment OF the Board OF Trade, Francis ].
| Hopw ood, recently returned from a mission
I 10 the United States and reported highly in
| favor of American systems. He showed indis-
putably that there had been a great saving
OF life since the adoption of automatic
couplers on American railroads.
| The Daily News. commenting on the above,
| said IAN interesting feature of the proposal
is that it is frankly avowed to be the result
of a lesson from experience in the United
( States. Our public departments hitherto have
not been very ready 10 admit that they had
anything to fearn from abroad, least of all
I the Board of Trade"
| The London municipalities bill, introduced
! All '44t iipuse VI 1OuliuOHS feDTuhTy Go Dy
Arthur j. Balfour has been well received
( generally. The most striking feature OF the
/ bill is the revival of the ancient city of
! Westminster, which will comprise the whole
| of the immensely valuable and busy area
/ from Temple Bar 10 knights bridge and
| from Oxford street to the River Thames, in
which are included nearly all the theaters
! CLUBS, government Offices, parks, royal pal
aces, embassies. etc, and the aristocratic
/ districts OF Belgravia and Mayfair.
1t Will be FIVE times the size OF the city
| OF London proper with five times its popu-
! lation, and il will be a serious rival of the
| ancient city Of London, whose ratable value
! is s4,45000O. while that of the city OF
/ Westminster is G4,s5O,O GOO. The imperial
/ and social importance of the new city will
/ be tremendous.
hhaiifa is Energetic.
! The news that the khalifa is gathering a
host varying in number from 900 to
! 600 men, and is marching on Khartoum
/ came with a rude shock 10 the people Of
/ Great Britain, who were under the impress
! sion that he was at most a solitary Wanderer
/ in the desert. Official circles, however, ex-
press satisfaction at the fact that the
I khalifa is apparently determined TO make
4 another onslaught on the Anglo Egyptian
! forces as they are confident he will easily
/ be defeated.
| Major General Sir Archibald Hunter, the
/ governor Of omdurman, is quoted as saying
/ in an interview Il regard the khalfa as
a nuisance. He is no longer dangerous and
I II will greatly simplify matters if he comes
/ out and fights."
| In the meanwhile detachments OF British
/ troops have been ordered to get ready to
1 return TO omdurman from lower Egypt and
strong expedition will be formed and ad-
I yanced 10 meet the khalifa.
There is considerable anxiety over the
/ reported death OF the ameer of Afghanistan
/ but up to today the Indian government had
4 received no confirmation OF the story. There
/ is only enc Engishman at Cabul; the rest
/ left recently owing to the ameer not paying
their salaries. Sir Walter Pyne. the head
| of the ameer's workship has left Cabul