Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-09-11
7HE NEWS OF EUROPE
The Transvaal Outlook Not Quite So
Warlike Now.
BUT KRUGER MUST GIVE IN.
The Seamen's Strike and Church or
England Controversy still Excite
Interest -Americans Crowd
LOndOn-Other News.

London, Sept. 1l.-Ihe actual STATUS OF
the Transvaal crisis appears to be un-
changed In spite of all the clamor and
excitement raised by the rumors preced-
ing the cabinet council Great Britain q
ministers apparently have done nothing
more than strengthen the hands of Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary OF
state for the colonies, thereby confirming
the representations of the most cOnserv-
alive element. As far as the interna-
tional relations are concerned war is no
nearer now than 1t was a week ago,
though the friction in South Africa itself
is keener and more likely to produce a
conflict. Putting aside the countless dip
lomatic intricacies that have arisen dur
Ing the week, suzerainty remains the
main issue. President Kruger Of the
Transvaal Republic has cracked the nut
and found slzerainty its kernel. If he
refuses to swallow it, there will be war.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Chamber
lain hoped the cabinet would take more
radical measures than they did. If the
general understanding of their action is
well founded, they have only countenanc
ed still further delay, specifying day
when such delay must end. For weeks
Mr.. Chamberlain has been telling Presi-
dent Kruger that Great Britain could
stand no further paleying about suzer-
ainty aud intimating by speeches that the
day and even the moment had almost ar
rived when Great Britain's patience
would be exhausted hencS this cabinet
exhibition of prolonged Ntish patience
has tended to create more pacific feel
ing, but which, after all, Is probably only
general realization that unless the
Beers take the initiative we shall have to
wait for some time for the crisis
Compared with this the warlke sign of
sending out 10000 troops has small sig
nificanca. The public mind in the inter-
I'm between now and the date believed to
have been set for ending the negotiations
Is likly to be replete with the same con-
fusing offers and rejection of offers that
have marked the recent weeks. Whether
or not President Kruger will eventually
back down is still matter of great
doubt in spite of his latest pacific utter
ances and those of his agents.
The seamen's Strike.
The strike of seamen and steamer fire.
men which began last Monday continues,
but as yet it has had small effect on the
shipping industry. The Seamen's union
and the shpowners make utterly oppo-
site statements. both claiming success,
but there is no doubt that unless the sail
)rs effect better organizaAp JON they will
lot achieve the object for which they are
striving, an occasional slight raise in
wages. Some delay in vessels sailing and
he importation of seamen and firemen
rom the continent are the only results
30 far achieved.
The church Of England fight continues
o attract attention. Most of the bishops,
including the bishop of Lincoln, Right
Rev. Edward King, who were tried sew
'ral years ago for ritualistic practices
lave issued letters to their various do
eses ordering obeyance Of the archbish-
ps decision. Many Of the clergy, how
yer, frankly announce they will not do
o. A weekly secular paper compares the
hurch trouble with the Indian mutiny.
which, it says, it will be remembered,
rose chiefly over the trivial smearing of |
rease on the cartridges served out to the
epoys.
Mr.. T. p. O'Connor's NJ. A. P. MAINLY
about People, says that though Lord
William Beresford had every prospect of
eng second on the list Of winning race
orse owners at the end Of the season 1t
now doubtful whether he will be ahead,
$ he always has been ready to lay great
dds on his American horses. Referring
} the new partner whom Lord Beresford
Dok upon the retirement Of Mr.. Pierre
NJ. A. +. hints that it may be
IL Duchess of Marlborough incognito.
Queen Victoria, it is reported has sent
} Emperor William a priced copy of her
lmily tree, showing King David at the
p. a pet idea entertained by the queen
that she is descended from the psalmist
rough Zedekiah's eldest daughter, and
is said that Emperor Williams convc-
on of his divine origin is greatly due to
8 grandmother's foible.
Americans In London.
The completion of the White Star Line
'mpanys new mammoth steamer Oce-
lic has proved a great boon for hun
eds of America bound tourists, who are
wv swarming In London hotels and
'arding houses, unable to secure steam
lip accommodation. Undoubtedly there
e from 800 to 600 Americans thus
randed in London. The manager of a
uriSt agency said that he had "as
UGH as 10 guineas' premium offered to
cure the right to sleep in barber chair
the st. Louis" 1t is believed that
xt year, with the Paris exhibition in
ogress, the conditions in this respect
ii be worse.
Memory of the gallant scene which was
messed in the harbor Of Apia in 1889
wildly recalled by the announcement
the retirement of Rear Admiral Henry
'ey Kane, G. B., who successfully +
ought out the British cruiser Calliope
nd the cheers of the dying American :
llors.
All those hill coteries and oliques de- :
'ibed by Rudyard Kipling In his stories
Anglo-lndian society are threatened =,
tn determination by recent order
1t in future the troops must spend the
tier part of the cold weather under
avas instead Of in barracks. This is ,
ne to check the ravages of enteric :
'er, said to he due to the proximity of :
: mems quarters to the bazaars. Liv-
under canvas means exile from all
tiers of civilization.
from Constantinople comes the report :,
It Russia has objected to the sultan ~
eng pneumatic guns at the northern =.
rance to the Bosporus on the ground q
t such action implied that he doubted Il
cars friendiness. The result is that b.
sultan has agreed not to place the
is there and has Cancelled the contract q,
de with the New York Pneumatic y,
II company, which had arranged to h,
ply the weapons. 1t is said the sultan w
the idea of employing pneumatic -
is from the accounts of the actions of 81
United States dynamite cruiser Vesu
$ during the late war between the
tied States and Spain.
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