Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-01
THE NEWS or EUROPE.
England Very Much Interested In the
Coghlan Incident.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
The AnGlO-Russian Agreement Re
garding China Puts an End to
Contentious Between Them In
Relation to That Country.

dent has caused a great deal of stir on
this side of the Atlantic and has fur
nished the press of England and the
continent with a fruitful topic of dis
cusson Throughout the week. The Eng
fish papers have taken a lenient view of
Captain Coghlan's indiscretion and ex-
cept in the case of one or two notorious
anti-American journals have been dis
posed to find excuses for him. The
Spectator, in an article which is typical
| of English comment, says:
Though we must join in the censures
of Captain Coghlan for his indiscretion,
we must not forget that what he said
| was substantially in accordance with
| the facts. The Germans behaved at
| Manila in most irritating and un-
| friendly way to the United States. 1t
| was absurd for them to expect to act
| the part they played without raising
| feeling of the most intense bitterness IN
such high spirited body of men as the
| officers and sailors of the American
navy. An explosion of this feeling was
bound to come sooner or later.
| The Speaker takes a more common
| sense view of the matter and rejects
1.-The brutal and insulting suggestion of
the German papers that Captain Cogh-
Ian was intoxicated" The Speaker
assumes that Captain Coghlan thought
| he was talking in confidence to per-
sonal friends and members of the Union
| League club and let himself go. His
heaviest punishment" The Speaker
adds, will not be any that the secre-
| tary of the navy can inhict. but the
| consciousness that he has unwittinGly
| done an injury to his own country
The Lion and the Bocr.
Referring to a speech made by the
| secretary of state for the colonies, Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, early in the week
| explaining that the massing of large
| British force in South Africa was due
| to the fact that the Beers had erected
| forts at Pretoria and Johannesburg,
| which was regarded as menace to
Great Britain. The Speaker declares
that the speech was quite as mischev-
| Gus and unjustifiable as Captain Cogh-
lan's and that it had given greater Of
Tense to the Beers than Captain Cogh-
lan's gave to the Germans and MI
Chamberlain's indiscretion was just as
| useless as Coghlan's.'
Another indication that the causes OF
| friction between Great Britain and the
Transyaal continue increasing is given
| in the announcement by Mr.. Chamber
| lain that Great Britain had informed
! President Kruger that the dynamite
| concession by the Transvaal was a
| breach of the London convention. Inc
| Daily Mail commenting upon TINS
| statement, says, "Kruger's sands are
| fast running out. and the hour is APP
| nroa ching when England must take ac-
ton"
The Chinese Contention.
| The announcement that England and
| Russia have signed self denying
agreement regarding China. which is
| intended to put an end to the conten-
| ton over railway and other concessions
In that country, is the most important
news of the day 1t is officially con-
frmed here. and the papers are running
it with big headlines. The news comes
on top of Mr.. George j. Goschen's
speech on Wednesday last, in the course
| of which, after taking an optimistic
view of the political future and with
| reference to the agreements arrived AT
with France and Germany, he said. "A
friendly understanding with Russia is
also on the eve of conclusion.
The present agreement puts an END
! to the Anglo Russian struggle IN emma
and is tantamount to settlement or
the question of the spheres of influence
| of the two countries. Under this agree
ment Great Britain has undertaken not
to press railway or other concessions IN
north China. while Russia agrees to the
British demand that no part of the ba-
sin of the Yangtse- Kians shall be alien
ated Russia also recognizes explicitly
tot t,,tN nGtC q RIO
supreme in the Yangtse basin. which is
| understood to extend a considerable
distance north and south of the river.
though no attempt has been made TO
define the region. Everything recently
has pointed to Russa's desire for set
Element in order to allow the successful
exploitation of the Siberian railway and
also with a view to raising money in
Great Britain for the development OF
the industries of Russia. The activity
of Russian bankers and agents of the
Russian minister of finance in London
has borne testimony to the hnanclal end
that Russia has in view.
Wants John Bulls Money.
Strong proof of the anxiety of the
Russian government to tap English
capital appeared in the publication in
the London Times OF secret HeIno-
randum recently submitted to a COM
mttee of Russian ministers by M. de
WHITE. the minister of finance, who
frankly states therein that Russia cam
not dispense with foreign capital. Re-
ferring to Russia's agricultural depres-
sion. NJ, de White pointed out that free
trade England is the only market in
which Russia can find relief. England,
he said, is the largest buyer of Me agri-
cultural produce of the world, yet up to
the present time Russia has had hardly
sny footing in the English market. NJ
de WHITE adduced statistics of English
imports of cattle, sheep, wheat and
flour. showing that in each case except
that of sheep the United States over
whelmingly headed the imports, while
Russia was at the bottom of the list
He therefore urged the fostering of Rus
sian trade with England and then en-
larged upon 1.-The Importance of Eng
land as a market for placing Russian
funds" and the necessity of attracting
British capitalists by the stability of
the industrial regulations of Russia and
otherwise inspiring confidence. The an
nouncement of the Chinese settlement
Is one of the first fruits Of M. de Whites
policy, and it will undoubtedly have an
important bearing upon the future re-
lations of the two countries.
The Statist, in an optimistic article
on the BUSINESS prospects of America,
dwells upon the restoration of confi-