The sun., 1900-10-08
POWERS WILL UNITE.
A Basis Of Action Regarding China
Seems In Sight,
AMERICA SHOWED THE WAY.
Lord Salisbury Followed the Lead of
the United stntes-LondOn Making
Preparations For the Home
coming of Lord Roberts.

London, Oct. 7.-Thanks to Germany's
withdrawal of her first note and the sub
stituton for it of Il compromise there is
II general impression i'll England that
basis of united action by the powers is
now in sight. That such a satisfactory
stage has been reached through Lord
Salisbury following Americas lead is
ignored by the English papers, which
have not yet grasped the fnct that the
present German action is a direct conse-
qucnce of Lord Salisbury's verbal re-
fusal to become party to the suggestion
that the surrender of the guilty Chinese
| officials must be precedent to the peace
negotiations.
Great Britain, it is fairly safe TO say,
will now never formally answer Germa-
ny's note. But her informal answer had
| perhaps greater effect on the ncgotia-
tions than any recent circumstance, be-
sides making the continental plan for
working independently of the United
States unfensihlc.
Ending Vp the Bner War.
| With the Chinese middle showing
signs Of clearing up there is some onpor-
tulitv Of paying attention g the quiet
cudiH% Up Of Tie war III South Africa.
| Out Of 10000 wounded $4,000 have actll-
aily returned @ duty Such quick recov-
cry 81 such il larsp percentage Of the
wounded rather breaks down Bare
! loch'S theory that lao1crn war is j
| possible owing IL its slaughter. theugl
| il tG5lo, 10000 British soldiers
found Graves in South Africa.
London IS aTeady III state of q.
fancy, awaiting thc return ot the
] Ittgtspilt walnut t.Itts Gts7ti ia
timl IS snoIi IT'S tdJ elections arc over
| whole country i, likely Go givc itself up
| to polinl IF iGlilaut anticipation pend
h@ tIe ariya of Lord Roberts, whose
IrHtuu home win lr uWEcl by cclehra-
/ Itia.s sud-! al Gluai Britain has not seen
| for iIfuE SeaH
Thc aftigHla o ,l,e Canadian electors
Itmwad Il. p0lteE rHiinI aaiors TO
,nath .Ntriea i1Im gauada i. awaited
llW witI me nrgest Thc Globe edi-
! tmjni!y cSfressc tae hlna that Mr.
EuntGssa aud othnrs agreeing with his
Iilra- may hr dufpatd. bat aads
"Mhehae Si NNiln5i iaurier dhe
! premieTl Is retWuHl u uoj Uc believe the
neAt administration ~ Camlda win be
arcn mole strQH@ly impsrialist than the
present.
The Rritish Elections.
The personnel Of The ncNt British par
lianpnt as decided mp To dntc. promises
to 10 of interest. Labor is well repre-
scntcd ~ Mcssrs. Burns, Icr IIarde
and Bell the latter being the employees
representative during tho recent Taft
Nnlc raiiroad strike. Mr. Koir Hardes
success was quite unexpected. He only
wished the constituency rthe Morthyr
Tydvil district of Walesl. whore he de-
t., Ip,,;.
two days before the poll. NJ the cabinet
ministers will roappcar and nearly all
the former cabinet ministers.
one of the mnst remarkable features
Of the elections was tho sweeping defeat
of Captain the Hon. II. Lamhton of the
British cruiser Powerful. who opposed
the government candidate at Newcastle
pn-TNne. though the failure of Sir Viii
frid Lawson. Liberal. president Of the
Emitted Kingdom Alliance For the Sup
preston of the Liquor Traffic. to defent
his Conservative opponent in the Cock
elmuuth division OF Cumberland was
scarcely less surprising. Literary Eng
land viii he wen represented III spite Of
the dcfoat Of DR.. Conan Doyle aud Mr..
Augustine Birrell. for there will be
Lccky, tho historian; Professor James
Bryce, the historian; Winston Churchill
Gilbert Parker and others present al ST.
stephens to upheld the various branches
~ literature, to say nothing of Sir
George NewncS and Arnold Foster.
London is almost Solily Conservative,
and Glasgow is entirely so. In fact,
nearly all the large cities have given
l.ord Salisbury sweeping maioritics. Mr..
George j. Goschen intends devoting his
retirement to the compilation of biogra-
ply Of his grandfather, a publisher of
t-on-the-Main, whose letters to
many literary celebrities he has pre-
served and which are said to form a most
collection.
An altogether timely article of consid-
'rablc length appears in The Daily
'hronicle, written by an Englishman who
Knows America well, commenting on the
,rdcrlineSS and moderation Of the election
,rowds in the United States compared
With the rutiiarisni and lack of fair play
Exhibited often in the present cam
,aign in England.
Bubonic Plague stopped.
The progress of the bubonic plague in
ilasgow may now be said to have been
stopped. There have been no
resh cases for IL days, and the extreme
period of incubation is supposed to be II
lays. Twenty-one persons remain in the
lospital, two cases are doubtful, while
iX persons who have been in contact
With plague patients remain in the recep-
ion house. The result may be fairly said
o be crcditable to the Glasgow physi-
anS and sanitary authorities.
A remarkable case of wholesale skin
rafting has occurred at Blackburn,
where factory girl was literally scaped
~ her hair catching in some machinery.
Twenty pieces of skin have already been
aiken from her arms and grated on her
ead. They have taken root and promise
o form an adequate protection, though
he doctors say the girl will never have
ny hair and that year must elapse be-
ore she will have fully recovered
The succession to the Fairfax title is
he subject of the most friendly comment
II The Spectator, which says: THE fact
hat this most historic title belongs to an
american is pleasant and picturesque
Illustration of how closely the two ma
ions are allied by blood. We wish the
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