Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-14

Chamberlain, the most governmental
utterance OF the sessions to the dec
laratiOn Of war. 1t cannot now be long
before the issue Is known. When the
united cabinet, speaking through the
mouth of the sovereign declares the
position of the queens subjects In
South African republic lis inconsistent
with the promise of equal treatment
wherson my grant Of internal indepen-
dence to that republic was founded and
the unrest caused thereby is a constant
source OF danger to the peace, and pros-
perity OF my dominions in South Africa"
1T needs no sOOthsayer to explain that
the ministers therein explicitly declared
that the Transvaal must submit to the
demands made in the queens name or
accept the consequences. 1t Is impos-
sible to accept the suggestion that the
ministers are merely conducting q
great game OF bluff A high official
OF the colonial office speaking to the
Representatives of the Associated Press
said: Surely the Americans realize
that their sympathy and interests are
with Great Britain over the Boer ques-
ton. There are large numbers of Amer
leans Uitianders. 1t is to their benefit
as we'll as to the Britishers that these
reforms should be carried out. The case
of John Hays Hammond, the Ameri-
can engineer imprisoned in the Trans
vaal, ought to have brought the situa-
ton home to the Americans.
The Irish element in parliament. some
persons say. continues its best efforts
to embarrass the government negotia-
tons in regard to the Transvaal.
&c Loo, hot CITE 70 -
ment at Washington has been making
Inquiries of the British colonial office
regarding the government OF the British
view of the possible adoption of British
methods in the Philippines.
The engagement of Lady Randolph
Churchill to young Lieutenant G. F. Nj.
Cornwaliis-W West. brother OF the prin-
cess of Pless, is meeting with the most
violent opposition. The Marlborough
family is quite furious at her while
Lieutenant Cornwallis-West's family is
denying the engagement everywhere
and has cut Lady Randolph Churchill.
All influence is being brought to bear
in the matter. The prince of Wales
even went to see the Corvallis Vests
and especially to talk 1t over and also
spoke to Lady Randolph Churchill on
the subject. Nevertheless the engage
ment has not yet been broken off.
A letter from st. Petersburg discloses
the fact that the late Czarowitch had
four sons by morganatic marriage
with man who had been employed as
telegraph clerk, though descendant OF
q royal Caucasian house. In conclusion
the letter says that possibly the pres
ent car will make his morganatic
nephews counts.
Commenting on this visit with Presi-
dent Roca, of the Argentine republic to
Brazil as an event of quite peculiar sig
nificance the Saturday Review. with
customary anti-American view. does
not see anything improbable in the sug-
gestion that an anti-northern American
alliance Is contemplated. 1t says this
United States has absorbed Cuba, Porto
Rico and is hungering for Santo Do.
mingo and hopes shortly to see the Eng
llish excluded from Orinoco and theil
own client Venezuela at Barina point
Nicaragua is threatened and there \
every ground for the larger Soult
American states to be forearmed.
The Genesee papers have announced
THAT Spain has signed important con
tracts with several Italian shipbuilder
to reconstruct a powerful fleet for her.