Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-28
BRITAIN FORCES THE ISSUE
General twobiIisation OF the Entire
Military rorce. ordered simuisa.
ncousty with Announcement.

Kingston. Jamaica. Fob. si.-fcorres-
pendent OF ths Associated Press J.
This coiony Ia ON theverse or politl-
cal crisis which may invoi,c bloodshed.
Owing 10 the trcatnsnt Of tho colony
by the imperial r"vernmsni recently.
particularly the manner Of marketing
iu products. JamaicA, In common with
other Britlfh Possessions Ia the West
Indies, II virtually bankrupt. Unabl.
10 meet itn growing legal liabilities. the
colony ncccfsnrily looks to Great
britain for financial aid. and the colon
ish onles. through All. Chamberlain.
has answered as u has 20 Barimdocs
aud IN. smaller Islands. that aii can
De extended solely on condition that
the Imperial government shall control
the Jamaica finances hereafter. That
would Involve a change OF the consti-
tution-tho resignation OF representa-.
tive Institutions AMI the acceptance of
croWrscplony government. This ia
nHica II not prepared a. conccde. pre-
forrlnE 60 meet IT, financial crisis Ia
some other way. That other way IN by "a
drastic scheme " retrrnchment In tho
too expensive administrative estab-
lirhmentH, The revenue II not 20 niuch
depleted that the country would not
hold ~ own through the crisis, n tho
intolvrnhlD burden OF oyur-ndminiatra-
ton we're modified.
A., under the present constitution.
tho elective side Of the legislature con-
tfulH the nunucvs-providr "A majority
NJ nine ~ the fourteen representatives
vote j. snlihly for or against any imam
ClAl measure the government has never
realized that nt tho coming session this
policy NJ retfrnchmcnt would be- forced
ufpn a. 10 meet II has taken timely
action. n has begun "a rsstem OF re-
D. al N..Iu q
county by the ears.
ln the ilrnt place. the salaries OF all
rttty uiisiHlH, including office merHen-
Rufn, government building employees
ana court hous. cleaners. hay, been
reduced twcnty per cent. cftccting a
aavlng IN amounts ranging from eio
10 Eil year.
Last week nearly half OF the state
paid district medical oiiicsrr who ar,
attached to the civil service bureau
tthey cannot by practice make a living
~ the country diHtrictHl have been
Hummlrlly dlnchaiEcd without notice.
nnorr them some who have occupied
their posts Tor more than forty years.
Besides this, orders have been Issued
10 clcfr down several OF the district
public hospitals m some ~ the most
Important tarts Of the island. Yes
tofiny the governor issued warrants
converting council Tor March iith, and
40 the sumo TIM he let it be- UNDER
stood that his Intention n 20 avail
himself Of constitutional prerogatiys
10 Increase tho official side OF the house.
20 az 10 give the government u clear
majority one II 'ctivc seat IL vacant.
tho occupant M another rs out of IN.
island aud a third seat H. not TO b.
occupied this session.
Thus tho government II prepared 10
force Tho country under a prctcnse OF
cnuHtliutioullifm 90 accept tho cons
tcmplltri change Of constitution. Hut
II is not without the grivvst hlgnin-
cnnce that q general mobilization Of
the entire military forces was ordered,
simultaneously with this announce .
mrnt Tho mobilization began this
morning az Port Royal
This really means that the colony Ia
20 De- coercod and tcrfuriscd into sur
rendering ~ constitutional govern.
msut whether this reheme viii sue
coed ~ no' without "a grave and high
~ sensational crisis, remains 10 be
seen.