Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-11-10


says: "EstcOurt, Pietermaritzburg
and Ladysmith are all safe for some
time to come"
London. Nov. 10. The Guild hall
banquet last night following the in
ductiOn into office of Il new lord mayor,
y. J. Newton. was as usual attended
by many men of note, chief among
whom We're Lord Salisbury and Lord
Wolseley. Chamberlain was absent.
The lord mayor began the speaking
and during the course of the banquet
Lord WOlseley. announced that orders
had been given to mobilize another
division for South Africa and that the
government was quite prepared to
mobilize second army corps. Lord
Wolseley said: Il am proud of the
sailors. soldiers and volunteers, who
are all OIL guard. We have hard work
before us. for our foe is brave. and it
i no mimic warfare in which we are
engaged. When one reads of the work
which our local forces in Natal have
done in the past few weeks, one must
deem them worthy of standing side
10y side with the best regulars
Salisbury Refers to Uncle Sam.
Lord Salisbury. rising to reply to tn.
lord mayor. WAS greeted with intense
enthusiasm. prolonged cheering and Il
general waving of handkerchiefS. He
said in part: For several years our
relations with and cordial feelings to-
ward our kinSnen on the other side
of the Atlantic have been constantly
growing. and though neither we inter
fere in the affairs of their continent
nor they Interfere in the affairs of
ours, we feel we can now always look
for sympathy and Il fair hearing
L.
q mission for the advancement of man
Refers TO European Hostility.
There is undoubtedly certain acer-
bity of tone among the writer's for the |
foreign press. but / do not believe that |
the trend of this opinion affects the |
peoples Of foreign nations. | am quiet |
certain ii does not affect their govern |
mcntS. and | will say that I have noted |
as one OF the cheering symptoms of the |
present time The happy relations exist |
ing between the United States and our !
selves cheerSl and the sympathy with |
which we watch the + approach toward |
the same great problems that we our |
selves have had TO solve. That is not |
TO say that | do not feel the greatest |
sympathy with their late antagonist, |
the kingdom of Spain. We entertain !
the highest hope that out of that war |
be an abundant growth-civiliZation |
and culture i'll that ancient and most |
interesting monarchy.
Recent Deal with Germany.
This morning You had Intelligence |
of an agreement between ourselves and |
one of the great continental states. |
with which for many years we have |
entertained relations OF sympathy and !
friendship beyond others. Samoa is not /
it was important because it constituted |
n subject of difference between our
selves and n nation whose good will |
we prize very highly. The |
agreement is somewhat complicated. |
but. roughly, il may he said that the |
Germans had great interests in this isl |
and because they have invested large |
amounts in its cultivation and because
they have constructed n great com
merce of which they are proud. To us.
on the other hand. islands are gener-
ally only valuable when they furnish |
good harbOrs. Upolu furnishes u very |
bad harbor.
Both Parties Get a Bargain.
We'll. in these circumstances. we |
We're glad to accept n remuneration of |
the treaty claims and rights of Ger
many over another island. Tonga.
where there is an admirable harbor. |
We took the harhoT and Germany took |
the territory. in which for many rea-
sons the Germans are interested. / be,
Iieye We have arrived At n very re- !
narkable phenomena. an agreement |
which iS agreeably pleasant and ad- !
to both powers. but this i . |
particularly because il in |
at the present moment our
With the German people are |
all we could desire.
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR CRITICISM.