The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13

Copyright, 1899 by the Associated Press. }
London, Aug. Pit is but a short
step from the momentous reference To
the Transvaal in the queens speech al
the propagation of parliament and the
final statement in the house of COM
mons of the secretary of state for the
colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, the last
governmental utterance of the session
% a declaration, and il cannot now be
long before the issue is known.
When a united cabinet, speaking
through the mouth of the sovereign,
declares that the queens subjects in
the South African republic; lis consist
ent with the promise of equal treatment
whereon my grant of internal indie
pendence to that republic was founded,
and the unrest caused the reply is a
constant source of danger to the peace
and prosperity of my dominions in
South Africa" it needs no sooth- sayer
to explain that the ministers therein
explicitly declared that the Transvaal
must submit to the demands made in
the queens name or accept the conse-
quences.
1t is impossible to accept the sugges-
ton of Michael Davitt and I. z. O'Con-
nor, Irish Nationalist members of par
lament, and others, that the ministers
are merely conducting a great game of
bluff, and il may be taken for granted
that, failing the acquiescence of Pres
ident Kruger TO the British demands,
they mean to compel acquiescence at
the point of the sword. A high official
of the colonial office, speaking TO a rep
resentative of the Associated Press
said:
To Interest of Americans.
Surely the Americans realize that
their sympathies and their interests
are with Great Britain over the Boer
question. There are large numbers
among the Uitlanders, and it is to their
interests as well as to the Britishers
that these reforms should be carried
out. The case of Mr.. John Hays Ham
mond (the American engineer VINO was
imprisoned in the TransvaaD, ought to
have brought the situation to the
Americans. We fully understand the
underlying sympathy of the United
States for all outlying republics; but
the protection of the citizens in this,
whether American or British, ought to
have nothing to do with the republic
principle"
The Irish element in parliament,
same persons say, continues its best eff
forts to embarrass the government ne
gotiationS in regard to the Transvaal.
The United Irish league, at a meeting
held in South Mayo this week, after a
speech by Mr.. Michael Davitt, passed
resolutions of sympathy with the
Transvaal lin the courageous opposi-
ton to the dishonest attacks of Rand
capitalists and their allies in the Brit
ish ministry"
President Kruger Waiting Events.
President Kruger still seems to be
waiting on events The latest kilograms
are more reassuring, but nothing de-
cisiVe is known as to whether Mr.
Chamberlain's proposal for joint in
quiry Will be accepted. The fact that
the seni-official German papers are be-
ginning to hint pretty plainly that the
TransVaal can expect no help from
Germany may combine with the Brit
ish governments steady preparations
for war to hasten a satisfactory settle
ment. In any case no military move
ments would be possible until October
A rumor is current that Great Brit
ain has secured a concession from Por-
tugal providing that in the event OF
hostilities in South Africa, Great Brit
ain would be permitted to land troops
at Delagoa Bay and march them into
the Transvaal. This rumOr, however,
lacks confirmation, and is generally dis
credited.
Board of Trade Returns.
The board of trade returns for July
have been received with chastened sat
isfactien. While the totals indicate
considerable progress, an analysis /
shows that the imports have not been |
swollen with raw material for manu-
features, a large percentage of the i'm |
proving imports is accounted for by |
coal and other irreplaceable commodi- |
ties and machinery, which go 10 swell |
the manufacturing enterprise of their |
rivals. In short, ii is useless to blink |
at the fact that the tendency is per- |
sistently against British commercial |
and more flooded with foreign wares, |
while the exports are about the same |
as they were decade ago. The news |
papers are comparing this situation |
with the bounding progress Of the Unit
ed States, and are using it as a text /
against the "inanities and fallacies of |
one side in the free trade system be- !
loved of Cobdenites.'" -
The engagement of Lady Randolph |
Churchill to young Lieutenant 6. F. NJ
CORVALLIS West, brother of the Prin-
cess OF PleSs, is meeting with violent |
opposition. The Marlborough family
is quite furious at her, while Lieutenant
Corvallis Vests family is denying
the engagement everywhere, and has
cut Lady Randolph Churchill dead
All influence is being brought TO bear
in the matter. The Prince vi Wales
even went to see the CORVALLIS Vests,
especially TO talk it over. and he also
spoke to Lady Randolph Churchill on
the subject. But. nevertheless, the en-
gagement has not yet been broken off
Grand Dukes Four Sons.
a letter received here from st. Pet
ersburg discloses the fact that the
Grand Duke George, who died suddenly
at Abass Tuman, in the Caucausses
July 10, had four sons by a morganatic
marriage with a woman who had been
employed as telegraph clerk, though
she was the descendant of a royal eau
caussan family. According to the let
ter, Gar Alexander III, father of the
Grand Duke George, hearing of the
marriage. said: 'One must not deny a
dying man anything"
Even then it was thought the disease
from which the cZarowitch was suffer-
ing was incuarble. In conclusion. the
letter says that possibly the present
ear will make his morganatic nephews
counts
Rudyard Kipling has taken his fam
lily to Scotland. HIS residence over
looks Andrew Carnegie's estate at
Skibo. so Kipling will secure a desired
seeiusion.
Anti-American Talk.
Commenting on the visit of President
Roca of the Argentine republic to Bra !