The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-11-09
L-ANSDOWNE
SECRET ARy
Takes English Foreign
Office.
SALISBURY is WORN OUT
General Botha Still Fighting in the
TransvaaI-- Steyn Is IT.
reconciIabIe.

LONDON. Oct 31.-The Marquis of
Transformers elevation to the foreign
secretaryship, according to the an
nouncements in the newspapers this
morning, has, figuratively speaking,
taken the country's breath away. 1t
was as unexpected as 1t is unwelcome.
Even the staunchest ministerial mouth
pieces among the African newspapers
openly denounce it. The Globe declares
the appointment only shows Lord sal
isbury is completely out of touch with
the feelings and wishes of the elector-
ate and the Conservative party, while
the Liberal Westminster Gazette croak-
ing over the discontinue of the minis
terial newspapers which have been so
loudly demanding the retirement OF
Lord Lansdowne, express relief at the
fact that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain was
not given the post saying:
THE latter's appointment would
have filled thoughtful people with dis
may, and it is something to have es-
capped this serious danger"
Lord Salisbury apparently arranged
matters with the Queen at Balmoral, a
resign the premiership and devote him
self exclusively to the Foreign Office.
He wrote her majesty to this effect, but
she declined to accept the suggestions.
Lord Salisbury, therefore, went to Bal
moral to discuss the question, with the
result that the Queen carried her point.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: 1t is
announced, seemingly with authority,
that Lord Salisbury acting on medical
advice has decided to tighten his Ia
bors by relinquishing the Foreign Sec
retaryship. Lord Salisbury has had
over eleven years in the Foreign Office,
and, though he has passed his seven
tieth birthday, If he had merely con-
suited his own natural desires, he
would have continued to hold the two
offices which he has occupied with such
unvarying success. AS Prime Minister
he will be able to exercise general con-
troll not alone in foreign affairs, but in
other departments of the public SER
vice. Lord Lansdowne, who has been
a favorte at the War Office, will be,
according to the Telegraph, the new
Foreign Secretary. He is a weak poll
tician, but has been a successful Vice
roy, and is persona grata with his Pre-
mier. With Lord Lansdowne at the
Foreign Office, Lord Salisbury will still
be able to direct the foreign policy of
England, whereas such might not be
the case if strong man like Mr..
Chamberlain has been appointed. 1t is
not unlikely, however, that there Will
be a great cutlery If Lord Lansdowne's
appointment should be officially con-
firmed
CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEMES.
NEW YORK, oct 31.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: Mr..
Chamberlain again is under obligations
TO his enemies for magnifying the i'm
portance of everything he does. French
suspicion pursues him to Gibraltar and
Malta and invents all sorts of insidious
schemes and intrigues in explanation of
what is in reality holiday journey for
rest and recreation. Englishmen laugh
at the idea that Lord Salisbury has
sent him as an emissary from the For
,egn Office to investigate the condition
of Morocco and the strategic value of
Geuta. or that the Admiralty has arm
ed him with rowing commission to in
yestigate the relative Importance of
Mediterranean naval stations At the
same time his unvarying success in eX-
citing suspicion abroad and command
ing the attention of his enemies in
England is proof of his power and in
fluence. There is a strong feeling of
.ChauVinism even in sober minded Eng
land but the press is under self
restraint and does not encourage it by
indiscreet utteranCes. There is deep
distrust of France, and a firm convic-
ton among men of influence that Eng
land must always be on guard against
her. The opinion has been constantly
expressed among military men during
the last ten days that the agreement
with Germany was not aimed against
Russia, but against France, and that
its effects have already been witnessed
in the abandonment of offensive pre-
parations for welcoming Mr. Kruger
at Marseilles and Paris and in the eN-
pulsion OF Sipido. These Vagaries OF
judgment are not reflected by the Eng
fish press, which under the wise leader
ship of the Times, never loses its head
in foreign affairs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-Mr. Joseph
Chamberlain has arrived at Gibraltar.
He had a conference with Sir George
White, the Governor, and inspected
privately the Notifications. II, NJ $
Caesar was there to meet him and con-
Yey him to Malta. His son Austin, a
Lord of the Admiralty, accompanies
him.
Paris dispatch says: Suspicion
of Secretary Chamberlain and his Med
iterranean trip Is Increasing, lie Figa-
70 calls him the Terror OF Peaceful
Government
lie Journal says that Mr.. Chamber
lain with his son ana Sir George White,
the defender Of Ladysmith, are at NAL
IA to study with the Governors Of the
naval stations In the Mediterranean
the exact condition OF the British naval
forces and 20 take into account the