The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
Recent Parliamentary Session Was
Barren of Results.
DISCUSSION OF SAMOA
BRITISH PRESS HOLDS THE
GERMANS RESPONSIBLE.
Hope Expressed That the Three Pow
ers Will Divide the Islands-Diary
of An English Lady at Manila
Treachery of the Insurgents
Americans and the Pope.

CCopyright. 1899. by the Associated PressJ
London, April 1.-The first section Of
the parliamentary session terminated
with the adjournment for the Easter
recess, and uo to now the ministers
cannot boast of any remarkable
achievements The chief event was the
reading OF the London local govern
ment bill for the second time, but as the
bin will receive most attention When 1t
enters the committee stage, the govern
meEt has no reason for self-conSratula-
ton, especially as its own supporters,
as well as the opposition, are demand
ing important notifications.
The bill of the secretary OF state Tor
the colonies. Mr.. joseph chamberlain,
to facilitate the requirement OF DWELL
irgs by workmen, has fallen NAT, as
everything depends on the permission
of the landlords.
The first matter of Importance on the
commons reassembiing Will be the
budget, which has been fixed for Thurs
day week
The Samoan blaze has been the lead
ing political topic of the week, ana
the general drift of the press comment
has been that the matter will be settled
amicably between the powers.
The Spectator this week says: The
Samoan incident looks ugly, but we
do not think it will come ID anything.
Under other circumstances the bonn
bardment would have produced war,
but as matters stand, the three powers
will arrive at an agreement. Let Us
hope that they will divide the Islands
for the peace of the world. Any gov
eminent is better than the condomin-
iuan."
The Saturday Review throws the en-
tire blame upon the German agents,
and declares the bombardment Will not
prove an unmixed evil if it finally con-
vinces Germany of the folly of making
Samoa the ''scapegoat of international
jealousies in the south Pacific"
EVENTS AT MANILA.
Extracts from the diary of an English
lady at Manila haye been published in
the papers here. They give Il graphic
description Of the situation at Manila,
the outbreak of hostilities and the feel
ing of panic among the residents.
They also tell of the scare in the city
In the middle of January, owing TO the
small rising inside the walls. The peo-
pie packed up their jewels, money and
clothing, all ready 10 run. Under date
Sunday, and says:
"a huge red ball soon assembled from
the rebel camp as a signal of attack,
and the firing increased steadily. A SOL
der came to tell US that the rebels had
burned the waterwofl1s, and That NE
must fill everything we had, as the
supply would stop in 2 few hours. The
firing came nearer and nearer. We
seemed to be in the very center of a
perfect storm of bullets all around the
house. At last we heard that the rebels
were driven back, and saw the nome
troops return Poor things! They were
dead beat, just tramping along, drag
eing one foot after the other, and be-
hind them was the sad little procession
Of wounded on stretchers."
On Feb. 8. referring 10 the skirmish
at A1alati. she wrote:
when the fire was too hot for the
rebels, they put up n white flag and
showed the butt ends OF their rifles. Sc
the Americans advanced. and when
quite close the rebels fired at them.
This horrible treachery met with just
reward
FRENCH IN ABYSSINIA
The well known French painter Aim,
Nicolas AIerot. who has just returned Il
France from Abyssnia, tells a pitifu
tale of the manner in which he wa:
treated by the Abyssinians. and of his
disappointment over the loss of French
prestige. He says very wrong idei
obtains regarding the influence en-
joyed by Frenchmen in Abyssnia. He
claims Frenchmen are contemptuousl!
looked down upon and are regarded a!
less than nothing, while the British, OF
the contrary, are feared and respected
He concludes:
From what I have seen I am per
suaded the English viii soon become
masters Of Abyssinia. just as they have
OF Egypt. This is inevitable"
Holy Week in Spain was celebrated
with more than usual religious splen
dor, the queen regent, who is ultr;
Catholic, and the cabinet giving fresf
proofs of their desire to conciliate th-
vatican and the prelates who so sue
cesSTully assisted the government il
checking Caclist intrigues. Consequent
ly the Madrid churches yesterday wer
visited by thousands, ali traffic was sus
pended, and all women wore mantillas
At Seville yesterday, while a process
sion was carrying the famous image o
the virgin, dressed in the most eXpen
sive silks and velvet and wearing $50,
GOO pesetas' worth of jewels, the imag
caught fire and was completely de
stroyed. Most Of the jewels were re
covered.
AMERICANS AND PAPACY.
The Spectator this week prints an in
teresting review of Anericanism an,
papacy, Analysing the situation devel
oped by the pope's letter and Carolina
Gibbons reply and ssetching the fu
ture outlook. II says:
I'VE may take Il that for the presen
AnaeTicanisan has received a setback
and that the authority Of the papacy i
re-established in the United States"
Reviewing the HeCker dispute, AM
the controversy over the endowment o
Catholic institutions, the Spectacle
says:
1.-THE diplomatic wisdom Of the pop
is usually a powerful element In pre-
venting a serious misunderstanding be
tween the vatican and the Unites
States. Whether the real syInpathie
of the pope are republican or not il I
clear that he judged II polite to be OF
good terms with the worlds TWO grea
republics. Whether the triumph O
Rome in AmericanisTn is permanent, o
whether the paPal claims win lead to
serious breach in the American church
will depend greatly upon the next non
tiff Catholicism sits very lightly llpo1
thousands OF American Catholic lay
men. They DO not want to quarrel wit
the priest or break with the church bii
neither will they abandon the docneetf
libertiq they have Won, neither Mi
they escape the atmosphere of lbert-
in which they live"
f. +. Nisbitt the dramatic critf,, o
the Times. and the writer of tn
Handbook" in the Referee, IS dead.
Mrs. Gladstone is III, but it is h0pe
her illness is not Of a serious nature.