Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
oNERSHtDOWs ALL ELSE IN LON
Don ANNUAL REVIEWS.
IRELAND'S NEW EXPERIMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT soon TO
BE INITIATED.
Irish Leaders Not Agreed on the At
titude TO He ObServcd-IpheavaI
in johannesburg Not Likely
tn Lead to Wnr-Lou-
don Gossip.

LONDON. Dec. "l.-IAc Spectator this
week euitomizes the reviews of the PASSING,
VEN. yi.ffCJ, i'm all to-G,,.s rswe,,,r,ars
"''' 80 - -
"e'.5f'H& 'i'tt ".e dominant TACT 81 iN'>
has been IN the rIS" IN the position Ui the
Notwithstanding peoples" 1t described
how I,rrGna has hen amazed and irri,ated
-. -, r.,
pS IHt 'Ai"h7I"" ol -Aihe'i'1' S'ou7h i-"-
rope has not dared TO interfere. But, the
Spectator says. the powers are apprehen-
siye thar the change may compel a defen-
-. t,.t -. ,
sNo cO"i!tIO4 OF Tue L''''"IS PoM'lS VI
Europe. II also quoted one periodical as
saying that the waves of European con-
t-nnt for 1ra.,t Krirgin have. beou sue
Sg.., ~. -, co,,,',.liel ~. th. srif-
CI,;. l1 - .,ri-' ,Ia ~
I.HiAs u !Le Ss''eidI poii'S ol ll's =
s.iSE-speak.nS races. which 'ulsre@afoeu
rial eoi,aIs Of tbe remainder OF the world. -
r,bo',,b M. ,,e.f,,,i.ti. tho sn.rtator
II 1.,,,I,,,. -,
Siolai; say!L'S ne E:hS ,iorI
plts may govern man M Moiiu 49, t, a.
$500 -. - 49,, - ,si1o,ot in
20 80, -. :. ~ ti SGIni,,inn vii
SGme ,, terrible. day cone jg4sNynE MI. 90" i
~ - az oli tT,eSa arrIIlI rr
I,.u.S S - III ~ -, otareb,doLyirS, is the
1tfcnffon which rbSv Geyofa to the re-
MINIS a.fair- mi revy-fourd interest
IfNntrastc SLlrn1y Win fhA same wrirers'
r,sference TO the I'nited states in recent
-.ls3r hon
comment s;iye tho IyEchires and the cor
ruption in different cities The frieuGlines
of all articles is equally conspicuous,
though lis universal sincerity Is not cred
lied by Americans acquainted with the in
ner working of British foreign policy and
who know that several of the papers ac
cIred this good will only when the Brit
ish government. during the recent war
with Spain hiuted to them that it was
most Important opportunity to cultivate
the friendship of the United States, and
that il should he improved
The only srowl comes from the Saturday
Review which. discussing the French en-
roachm"nts on Liberia ana the possibility
Of its attempted absorption. says: would
1t not be more appropriate that tile thittd
States should vent their new imperial am
bitions by taking charge OF their wretched
offspring"
The prospectus with which the American
nawsnanare hero mis- UasLi gnnaren,iv
honing TO .niist Rritish sHp1orr Of their.
movement was treated respectf,Illv but
coldIy, while the press unanimously urges
sImrnarfIv II me- ~ itrn5IbIcSon,. 80
-
The new wear brings ireland the greatest
~ ,i pa 80
ment act which, really, IN many OF It's
-. - an "a ASsis'yL .. tt,@
tloh acts ana poiicN. me FENCES through
OH ireland are piaCardeu with the a9qfesS.
IS OF the canald3tes ior membership Gf
the district councils, which the act estab-
Hshes, and appeals from landlords ana
former grand jurors are posted beSi le
those of tenant farmers and laborers
While strict party lines are not yet drawn,
there is a distinct lire of cleavage. one set,
In which the landlord class predominateS
hailing the scheme as solution of the
Irish problem and promising to legisIate
solely for the good of the people The
other set chiefly th. laboring class. pr9n-
ises 70 work i'm The new rosirions along the
old lines for tba ratIilati0n of bonon r,,is
The Irisb Iaadars arc 5j,tiSgs oS ,,,,,-.,I
John Redmond sdyising IiN nv ne naonI t
i tbnt ,lst,.I ueai S.i = iL STou laiSL' arg
acf viii lad To an a%tans o s'oi. "a oe
ernment. err lent -e11 - 1t' e>'e''S0ii o' Seii-so'-
ti,'iIL ~, mon tSho[is ms ioiIo"ers 10 con-
1I tiu'tie Luie asitat1o!l III Lhe counclIs.
,.,I' nuI' MneIher because OF the year $ un-
~ un d"t m RioS rl -! a. SHp"l pE the plnkS
.ae,ierieS men or WHISKY mdustrleS or the
si, ~, 81 d'iiitit ne GonctsSlGhS PoIllcal aella-
nast No., ~ .oHoSe ~ toi stn s[ai Ae't.s
p1St;:, MdiE lll9litlell ueefi II Nhpontlc 10
bo h, tne ,;Ti hileIt: VINE Pari!atneht
~ ~ ptlo't IL pHls PloEiul!S LOT the eStab-
ttsliriient t " Iathol!C &C., university anu
t coaiu ot astiCuiJure. me prospect OF the
Fft ms ~ tt1 Z ito . lh"SI sootHlilg
vi '''' '''"l - asi'a'o'S'
J. J ne t,, present upheavai at Johannesburg is
o,-HtLS, G -; q tiS tttis Lii .'dtS, Dut II
~ III! IN III UIIi VI SIieHaHc1s
lE De S"elled 10 total luStltEing Cumpul-
sion upon the Boers TO improve the status
of the foreign residents in the TRANS : lal
republic.
a Londoner who was in prison in con-
nection with the Jameson raid and who has
the best of acquaintance with the country,
but who IS under bonds not to allow his
name to be used in political discussion.
said Tho logic of events is driving En-
gland toward interference in the Transvaal
even more strongly than the United States
was driven 10 intervene in Cuba. President
Kruger has become very friendly to En-