The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-21
lIHSA IRE YAg! |
iowx TO AND rRo NJ EVERY
breath OF RUM0R.
narknblc Change In Characteris-
y tics since the War Broks Out,
& Even the Most Conservative Pa
,ers Now Changing Their Front.

~ l1c0 slhce suc WIZ sS wa
4 rven the Most Conservative Pa
,ers Now Changing Their Front.
6bpyrlrhte, 1900. by the Associated Press.
vIONDON, Jan. 0.-To thoroughly and
%nseryatiyesy appreciate the political con-
Ssions as they exist In England today; to
&6ersfand the reflections that military
Grcesses or reverses in South Africa cre-
- IN the minds of the British public, and
~ rause the task confronting the govern
Scnt at the forthcoming session of par
lament, 1t is FIRST necessary to realize the
Hupendous Changes that In the last few
<eeks have taken place in the national
Aaracter.
Nation vacillates To and Fro.
Y No nut II briefly, since the British army
sh the field has found the Boer army was
match or more, the British nation has
x,come one huge stock exchange, not In
Z ~ material sense. but in sentiment. The
alton, as a whole, governs Its opinions by
"A happenings of the house, vacilating
according to the news ticker IN Its tradi-
Cons OF centuries as easily rs the most
2ervo,ts market that ever operated in
9lrnes OF uncertainty. Nothing 30 ade-
Sunteiy lends itself to Q ready and forceful
fmlie Of the prevailing temper Of the
British nation as the popular conception
q the stock market.
The Most Conservative Affected.
LAS on the floor there is certain small
fsrcentage with such huge interests at
lake that they are never budged by ru-
hora that make or break the small fry.
hut these compose the very inmost ring,
Ia their exclusiveness may be judged in
Y tact. that one never knows when open->
ffom day to day such solid and con-
ryttiVe journals as the Times, the Morn
~ Post or the Standard. whether they
IN Alphold or bitterly abuse the govern
Eens, In like manner does the majority
the pubic opinion sway a. famed by
6ws from the front. Thus It Is well nigh
impossible to determine the real feeling
wafds the administration and the war.
I'd 1t Is still harder to forecast the result
q the debates in parliament.
Ia Salisbury Goveranent safe.
Yet in spite Of this tremendous vacilla-
In. the information which representatives
4 the Associated Press have gathered
ltsm all sorts Of sources tend towards the
fApfession that Lord Salisbury will con-
niue not only in power. but in the mat
u Of votes with but a slightly diminished
ebntrot which is tantamount to saying
be war against the Beers will be pur-
bed to the bitter end and regardless Of
Gfeign interference and whimperings at
tbme.sy.
G~n. Carrington's Selection.
XThs selection BY the war Office Of Maj.
Cen. Darlington for service at the front
oils out the comment that the govern
4ent has recognised this officers claims
J very late day. considering the fact
bat his name Is most favorably known
= South Africa, where he spent almost
Ms whole military career as a leader OF
expeditions.
Ewhile Gems Carrington's billet Is at
resent a mystery to the English press,
he correspondent of the Associated Press
\ able to say that 1t was not, after all.
n the Initiative Of the war office that
~ was called, and, further. that he will
q Independent command of large pro-
portions, ana will attempt to achieve by
means of one of the most Heterogeneous
iorces ever gathered on the face Of the
earth the gallant objective hitherto held
ny the commanders in the field to be an
impcssibility. ~ es ~ - y F
Intsrnational situatsOn Interesting.
Unless Ladysmith Is quickly relieved
ah0 International situation promises to be
Of more interest than the actual opera
tl0hF The seizure of another German
Vessel. following so closely Count Won
Buelow's business-like speech in the reich
sag yesterday. will probably produce at
lsa1tsA keen International press war; and
fuaogs damaging to steamer values, IL
asthing more, though the discrepancies
between Count Won Buelow's speech In
Getinany and the representations of the
German ambassador In London, the latter
Tsin9 extremely conciliatory, form a re-
AstUfing circumstance.
emnnd for Silver Improves.
M4 idea that the Indian government will
mcrtiy have to buy silver has stimulated
The demand. Indications that the silver
fsserse Of the Indian currency department
Aas been heavily depleted and will be
further reduced are found inA the large
sales, telegraphic transfers upon India,
euFther ear-marking of gold for the ac-
count of the Indian government and the
dispatch of gold direct to India. Accord
lng To the Statist should a further two
millions of gold be sent to India during the
hext two months, the silver holdings of the
indian government win be probably reduc-
q TO- about four crores. Before such a
lgnre Is reached purchases of silver for
coinage ought to be made, unless the In
dian government is prepared to incur risks
Et4ck might bring disaster.
ia Statist insists that the government
pWs.buy silver without delay and have 1t
coined as quickly as possible, and reasons
1hat India ought not TO be subjected to
tusfher trials on top Of the famine, also
pointing out that II troubles occur on the
Afshanistan frontier, silver alone will be
usablA
Lab0ri to Lecture Here.
a contract has been signed by NJ. Labor,
counsel for Dreyfus during the late trial
~ Rennes, to lecture for thirteen weeks
N the United States during the autumn OF
ne present year.