The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-03-22
Mckinley Commended for Offering
Our Services
BETWEEN THE BOERS And BRITISH
To Aid in the Settlement of Their
Differences and Stop the Further
Continuance of the War.
Paris, By Cable. 1.-The United

S.@,;es mas shown selfish Europe an en-
ample said a responsible Official 10
a representative Of The Associated
Prs. when asked what was the feel
Ir,s OF t.le French government regard
ing P:e&.dcli M;kinley's offer Of his
good offices % England. we felt
continued ;ha offi:.al in question, that
uur dWa posI.c2 with respect to Eng
lG.ld n view @: the pres2rt stare OF
pI3li,. feeling there. was 100 deliclte
10 E;tIi. CT Cur acceding 20 Mr.. kru-
gers appeal: and a. this reluctance
appeared 20 be shared by every other
power. the action OF tae American gov
e.nmsnI in taking rhe initiative CAME
u; IN ae2s cable SUI Prise. That 1t did
IT,. succeed does nG: de1-lct from its
mo-it.'
TIE A;suc.:gtel Press representative
here called ne irG3-iocut2g's attention
- ne complaints Of portion OF the
Frecch press that PresidenE Mckinley
:'afEa:rei fccn S2rking Up hi5 offer,
wa.rl WIS NOE Esji:y TO i5S success,
some Talars having openly stated t.nat
his a,r;::oa was 4 mere election maros,l-
Yrr and b.: in.eIded to oe s'fccaEsfW.
In css- view," replied the official,
thee criticisms are utterly un6ustt-
fisri. FreS:deI,. Mckinley did even
mc:2 than up TO the last moment was
expected over here Only the members
% chanelerie5 who realized the deli
c-:e nature CT sucn a Sep, can appTe-
riate Americas effoI; a: it's proper
valGe. Tne French government. while
not prepared TO O2ke the initiative,
waIld. in conjunction with Russia,
readily have supported America; but
ph2 pronpt:tude Of England's refusal
cu: the ground from under them"
The official informant added that, al
tho.igh there appeared 20 be little likli.
hood O! intervention II the immediate
future yet hopes are still entertained
tiJI. a1 offer o. good offices from the
powers may eventually prove accept
able.
al any ra.:a." sd ne. 1T is net I'M
likely that it will 5e made IL foreign
Interests are in danger by the threat
ersd destruction Of the rand mines
This question Of the destruction OF
the gold mines, as predicted by Mr..
MoEtasu White, Is regarded as a seri-
c;:S mater. and Gs baing not merely
possible III: probable.
It Is Learned that the French govern.
ment mas received information to The
same effect fl en- another source, and IL
considers the descenden,S of the
Dutchmen VINO flooded their own eoun-
try in order to repel al invader quite
capable c. following this historic pre-
cednn. u the case OF foreign owned
gold mines. The French press has
taken up the matter and points out
the enormous amount OF French saw
ings sunk in the rand gold fields. 1t Is
stated i.iat If the Beers carry cut their
threat it will take a. east three years
90 reconstruct the surface machinery
md other plants. while immense de-
s.yuction could be wrough: 10y dyua-
mite TO the underground workings.
France OWES third Of the shares in
the Transyaal Cl!nas; AMI these alarm
ist predictions have already had their
effect on the QUOTATIONS.. Thus, since
TCesClay. Robinson has dropped from
30 TO 200; Fer-ei2 from 493 to 4.65,
and Geldelihllis from LAS 10 LAO.
The tension OF feeling between
France and England certainly has un-
dergcre abatenen: his week, for
which tie cc-'dl:&..0ry article c. The
! London Times is largely responsible.
The governmeri,'s 5 oil proposing an
rs:sy in all criminal p!cSa2ut::,l wa.ci
tave arisen cGt O; the Creyfus affair
meets with visc::cus cp22a.:ion trcn
the Dreyfusarda 20 whcrn 2nae3:y
! rea-.: the deprivation 3f means OF re-
dress. Dreyfus himself wro.e protest.
| Jag agains: the Dill. The SENATE COM
mi;tee this week heard Col. PIcquat
and VI. Zola, all OF when warmly con-
| Gemnci this measure.