The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
Premier Speaks of American Re-
IationS With Great Britain.
THEY ARE HIGHLY SATlsFAC TORY
Great Difficulty Is Experienced in Deal
ing With the South African War
on Account of Adverse Criti-
cism at Home and Abroad.

London, November 9.-The lord Mayors
show, which marked the introduction of A.
j.. Newton into office, was favored today
by exceptionally brilliant weather Anti
quated floats failed to satisfy the London
crowds who poured out in numerous num-
bers to vent their martial enthusiasm The
streets were lavlshly decorated with flags,
but the absence of a detachment of the
household cavalry and the substitution of
number of school boy brigades testified to
the presence of the veteran regiments at
the front.
A car representing Great Britain sur
rounded by her sons, the Canadian and
Australian volunteers, evoked hearty ap-
plause, as did the boys of the Duke of
York's Royal Military school. The crowds,
however, wanted uniforms and refused to
be reconciled with the lord mayors coach
and other embems of purely civic power.
At the Guild hall banquet, the Marquis of
Salisbury, Lord Woisely, Mr.. Ritchfe, Lord
George Hamilton, Lord Halsbury, the lord
chief justice, the Duke of Marlborough and
few minor diplomats were present. Mr..
Chamberlain was absent.
Lord Salisbury and Lord Wolsely were
warmly cheered as they passed from the
reception in the library into the banqueting
hall. The lord mayor proposed 1.-THE Min
listers" in a speech which he vigorously de-
nounced the Ignorant arrogance of the in
vader,' dwelling on the fact that Sir AL
fred Miner, in spite of Herculean exer-
tions, was unable to prevail with the
overbearing, corrupt oligarchy, therefore
our champions have the business in hand"
During the course of the banquet Lord
Wolsely 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 Wolsely's Toast
Replying to the toast, 1.-THE Army" pro-
posed in warm terms by Alderman Tre-
lear Lord Wolsely said:
''Every day applications are received
from volunteers in all parts of the empire
who wish to he sent to the front. l am
proud of the sailors, soldiers and volun-
teers, who are all on guard. We have hard
work before US for our foe is brave, and
it is no mimic warfare in which we are en-
gagged.
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 by side with the regulars.
1--WE at home have mobilized only one
army corps, consisting of 10000 men, of
which "A, 900 are already ON the way to the
Cape. Today orders have been sent to
mobilize another division, and If called up
on by the minister to mobilize another
army corps we are prepared to do So
Lord Salisbury, rising at a quarter past
9 O. clock to reply to the lord mayor, was
greeted with intense enthusiasm, prolong-
ed cheers and a general waving of hand
kerchiefs. The premier said:
Lord salisbury's Speech
'I have had to answer for many years
similar kind remarks made at this function
annually. Before turning to public affairs
and serious matters, my duty Is to inform
you that our situation in South Africa is
the only part of our relations with other
nations to which any term of apprehension
or doubt can be applied.
"For several years our relations and cor
dial feelings toward our kinsmen on the
other side of the Atlantic have been con-
stantly growing, and though neither we in
terfere in the affairs of their continent nor
they interfere in the affairs of ourselves,
we feel we can now always look for SYM
pathy and a fair hearing among those who
share with us so vast "a mission for the ad-
"But perhaps you think am sanguine in
saying that on the continent of Europe we
have no hostility to fear. There Is un-
doubtedly a certain acerbity of tone among
the writer's for the foreign press, but don t
believe that the trend of this opinion af-
fects the peoples of foreign nations. 1 am
quite certain that 1T does not affect their
governments and I will say that I have
noted as one of the cheering symptoms of
the present time, the happy relations ex-
listing between the United States and our
selves (cheers), and the sympathy with
which we watch their approach toward the
same great problems that We ourselves had
to solve. Thas is not to say that I don't
feel the greatest sympathy with their late
antagonist, the kingdom of Spain. We en-
tertain the highest hope that out of that
war blessing in disguise will grow-and
be an abundant growth of civilization and
culture in that ancient and most interest
ing monarchy.
"This morning you had intelligence of an
agreement between ourselves and one of
the great continental states with which for
MANY wears we have entertained relations
of sympathy and friendship beyond
others.
The Samoan Question
"samoa is not in itself very important
matter but It was important because 1t
constituted a subject of difference between
ourselves and a nation whose good will we
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