The San Francisco call., 1899-03-05
MILE, COUEDON
WARNED LEO XIII
Predicted His Death to
Follow Faure's.
copyrighted. 1899, by the Associated Press,

Copyrighted, 1899, by the Associated Press.
LONDON, March Popular interest
here is now divided between Rudyard
Kiplings struggle with death and the
sick man of the Vatican. The Kipling
bulletins are followed with intense in
terest and the news of his probable re-
Covery is received with profound relief.
which is expressed throughout the
press, the Times, during the course of
q long editorial, saying:
The deep sympathy manifested in Amer
lea may be regarded as a hitting tribute
to the writer who has lately done more
than diplomacy, treaties, arbitration and
speech-maktng to convince the two ma
tions sprung from the same stock that
they are still in many ways one.
The illness of the Pope gave rise to
speculation as to his successor and re-
vived the stories of the intrigues at the
Vatican. But the latest favorable
bulletins have dispelled the gloomy
forebOdings. 1t appears the Pope him
self was responsible for the attack, as,
after the audiences of Monday, when
very tired, he insisted upon driving in
the garden to Leo's Tower, in spite Of
the biting north wind. He returned to
his apartments shivering with cold,
and, on feeling himself in pain, he said
he recalled the prophecy OF Mile.
cies were the talk of Paris some time
ago, and who declared that the Arch
angel Gabriel had announced to her
that the Pope would die Immediately
after President Faure.
Perhaps" said the Pope, Gods will
spoke through her mouth"
The political event of the week un-
doubtedly was Italy's demand for
door" in the Celestial empire. The
Saturday Review says:
1t can hardly be doubted that this will
prove the signal for a general and final
pected claim to the province or Fuklen
(on the mainland of China and opposite
the island of FOrmosa) and Russia will
seize a preteXt for urging further con-
ceSSiOnS injurious to British influences
out of the helpless Government at Peking.
Italy, however, has not yet got her con-
CeSsiOn, and a dispatch from Peklng says
there are indications that the DoWager
Empress is disposed to reject the demand.
The attitude of Russia regarding the
guarantees of the British loan on ac-
count Of the northern Chinese railroads
has caused considerable anxiety among
the investors, who, however, rely upon
Lord Salisbury to carry out his prom
ise and insist that China respect her
enga gements and ignore Russia's pro-
test againset the terms of the railroad
contract Up to now LORD SALISBURY
has taken a firm attitude and it is gen.
orally believed Russia will not go be-
yond a protest
The monetary and industrial situation
in America is followed with close atten-
ton here. The Economist takes a pessi-
mistic view of railroads. Speaking Of
the recent boom it says:
The holders of these securities among
British investors who have not availed
themselves of the opportunities of the
past six months to realize on their secur1-
ties are. we think, few and far between,
for in most cases the Improvement has
long since run out to such level as may
have been warranted by increased earn
ings or other tangible factors. The ad-
Vances of the past few months had noth-
ing more solid than remote prospects and
apparently oversanguine industrial fore
casts to go upon. every kind of unfaVora-
BILE contingency being cast into the shade
by glowing statements of the unprece-
dented prosperity which was coming into
existence in all directions.
The Statist takes a more cheerful
view Of the monetary situation. 1t
thinks there ought to be no danger Of
q serious dearth of money in America
during the present year, or at any rate
not before September. The paper eX-
poets trade to further expand and that
there will be an outburst of new en-
terprises.