The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
MIR. RHODES POPULAR.
Great Enthusiasm al the Reception
Of the "South African
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with his breezy optimism, which served
as gilded coating for the unpleasant
fact that the negotiations with the gov
railway had failed and that the company
needed another t3,OOOONO.
The audience, among whom were a
number 81 fashionable ladies, cIeered
him wildly. At the conclusion of his
speech Alr. Rhodes was obliged to adj
dress an overflow meeting outside the
| nail: Such an enormous crowd surround
| that policemen were required to escort
INN back to the office of tile Chartered
| company. The aftpr-effect of Mr..
hhodeS speech was less favorable. how
ever. and shares Of the British South
Africa company suffered decline
| Carnesie's Offer to- Furnish Rails.
| Mr. Rhodes reference tc the Carnegie
companys tender of railroad iron for the
| thodeslan road and his explanation Of
ITS rejection has attracted considerable
| attention. The correspondent here Of
the Associated press interviewed MIR,
Rhodes upon that subject. Mr.. Rhodes
said:
| My policy has been to support home
industries wherever it can bc .its,e from
business point Of view, but there is no
| need for Americans to be DISCOURAGED.
| We positively will go into open markets
! IN tn" future. | personally believe the
| open market to be the best in every in
tercSt. can seq no reason why the
American and steel industry should not
watch us even more closely than in the
past. for Khodesia is going forward With
out government support and we want to
| attract eHterpr,slng Anglo-SaAonS and let
them see the enormous scope before
them.
THE governments caution III x,Ipryort-
ing us is 10 new thing. Take Madasa4-
! car for example. No man has done so
much for that island as Gen Galtienf.
| and yet even now he is Obliged TO 20
upon his knees and supplicate the French
| government to follow even our limited
| example and open up the country.
! The German Emperor, who is man
OF Immense intelligence. sees clearly the
| ultimate value Of present support in SINH
lar cases. l believe that Americans are
quicker to see business possibilities than
the average EngliShnlan. who is eau
| tious, conservative and insuar as a rule.
but once the Brit"n sees clearly. then
no amount Of capital is enough to sink
You can say that Americans are as vel
come in Rhodpsia as brothers. Three
years will see the crest nf an euor-
nous wave Of prosperity
| Regarding the Philippines.
| Regarding the opening up Of the Phil
| ippine>. Mr. Rhodes said
! If my observation IL correct the
Americans will be quick, to see the great
possibilities IF trade iii that direction and
will not stand waiting but will rush
with capital to develop the industries Of
! the islands. 1t is impossible to believe
| that the America1 government. with such
facts and possibilities beyond shadow
of doubt, will hesitate moment. as the
British government has done regarding
Rhodesla.''
Mr.. Rhodes concluded the Interview by
the statement that the whole Of the e..
! 600. 900 needed for railways III Rllodesia
| has already been assured
Queen Victoria returned from her stay
ut Cimiez to Windsor on Friday Her
majesty was delayed one day at Cher
bonrg by rough weather on the English
! channel.
| 1t is expected that the birthday houors
| will include peeragr for the British am
| bassador to the United States. Sir Julian
Pauncefote. i'll recognition of the part
| he has taken III the promotion Of an An
glo-.American understanding. This dis
tinction will come very apropoS. in view
| of Sir Julian pauncefotes selection as
the British representative at the peace
| conference.
Pardon Phoenix Park Suspects.
The Queens birthday will also be the
MulIett, O'Hanlon and FitzhariS. the
three men sentenced to penal servitude
for life for completely in the murder of
Sir Frederick CavendiSh, chief secretary
for Ireland. and r. H. Burke. the per
manent under secretary for Ireland. IN
Phoenix park. Dublin, on May q. 1882.
| The case of these men has been consid-
cred by the cabinet and it is understood
that the prisoners will te liberated on
| the Queens eighticth birthday.
| f,1S. h1~
dislike of electric light. which has now
been introduced in all the royal palaces.
! The Princess of Wales mas just taken an
| opposite step. and has abolished electric
ity and reinstated gas for lighting at
| Sandringham.
According to several papers the Earl
| of Cadogan has decided t" resign the
| lord lieutenancr of Ireland. owing to ill
| health. The earl. however. has been in
! duced to postpone the tender Of his res
| ignation until after the Duke Of 1Ork's
promised visit to Ireland. The Earl of
as successor to the Earl Of Cadogan.
| The Curzons Put on Airs.
| Lord Curzon gave it to be understood,
when he accepted the vice royalty of In
dia that he did so because he thought
that the climate would improve his
health. Private advices. however. init
| mate that the contrary has been the eff
! feet and that Lord Curzon has been suf-
| fering from ill-health ever since his ar
rival in India. According to Today. the
| Curzons have been rather overriding the
dignity of the vice-royalty. in contrast to
| the ways of former viceroys. The pub
LEGATION mentioned says that the present
| practice in Simla and Calcutta is all on
lines of the most rigid etiquette. In
| formal gatherings the hosts always enter
last and only when dinner is announced
| n hey in tncre hor "a
long lane formed by the guests and an
obsequious suite. They sit facing and
commonly address each other, according
to Today, as Your Excellency.' Old
hands, it is added, are inclined to snig-
ger at all this, which is bad imitation
but concludes Today. sarcastically. lit
must be very pleasing to pretty Miss
Letter and her sisters, all republican
born"
| Sunday Papers Not Popular.
| The agitation against Sunday newspa-
pers has had Il splendid inning this week.
The Earl of Rosebery. in the course Of
| public speech, took up the matter on
Tuesday and declared strongly against
the system, appealing for "a truce of
Cod between the Mail and the Tele-
graph, whose proprietors were sitting on
| either side of him at the time. His lord
ship intimated that each WAS DESTROYS of
ceasing the publication of his Sunday pa
per if the other would agree to do like
wise.
The evidence points strongly to the
fact that neither Sunday paper has been
the success anticipated, and other news
papers are jubilant at the position in
| which the two rivals find themselves,
both being willing, but ashamed, to with
draw.
| Mr.. Harmsworth. proprietor of the
Mail. has written a letter saying that
| he hopes the proprietors of the Daily
| Telegraph will accept Lord Rosebery's
! proposition and agree to truce. Mr..
Harmsworth adds that the Sunday news
paper development is quite as unneces-
| sary in England today as it was in the
United States thirty-tve years ago. when
it commenced there One by one the
| most conservative newspapers of the
| United States were forced into the Sun.
| day market. Mr.. HarmswOrth concludes
! by saying that the present is golden
| opportunity to stop the increase of the