The sun., 1900-06-18
BRITAIN 'SMANYC CRISES.
A . A.tstts
Ihe TightRLittle Island Having D.
AZ n Peck of Trouble. N IA -,
WARS TN SEVERAL T PLACES :
reIsinas South Afrirn,A Ashanti and
Eambfs,4Are Taxing Her Armies to
Ill tim est--4I.e--Ga Cape e-f foyyn .-. 500
snag worrying Englishmen,

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London, June 1.-THE serious condi- I
lion of affairs in China is daily becom-
ng the most absorbing topic in Great
Britain. Peking is heard of now almost
as much as Pretoria, while countless cor
respondents and amateur diplomats write
and talk learnedly upon the. perils pre-
sentcd by the far eastern crisis.
In view of.the general public's concern
and the dispatches from China it is rath
er remarkable to learn that the Boxers
appear to have but little affected the
great volume of business between China
and England. The largest houses in
London trading with the far east, cor
porations, insurance companies; banks
and merchants, are fairly Unanimous in
saying their operations are not inter-
fefed With: The manager of, Il Heading
Dahk,s with branches mt Tien-tsi1 and
othcr places in China, said! We get
.elegrams daily. from our representatives.
rhtSe seldom 'eVen mention the '1ising."
| However,9 this" Section Of tire business
world and those Whose capital they "rept
'esont are naturally outcome
IF the Srtsis With. an&iqty. 1irhey are ab-
parentIy MORE disturbed oyer the pqssi-
| Jility of. the powers, falling ont among
| luietus than over the amount. of damage
he Boxers will--wfeHk- prior to that
went Secretary Hays latitude Is
watched in England with the greatest
interest, but it is pretty generally rqcog-
lized that the United States has no in
.ention of pulling any chesthuts out of
| he fire. s,4f .-se J;.,a .5'
Britnin's Many Troubles. aul
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world over in which British interests are
vitally concerned that the average reader
If English newspapers finds it hard to
Keep track of them or place them in their
positions of relative Importance. China
appeals only vaguely to the masses,
(which still maintain acute interest in the
loings of Lord Roberts and his men.
Nor are the doings of the British force
n Ashanti. repulsed by an overwhelm-
.ng horde of natives, forgotten. The Liv-
larpool merchants who practically mo-
lopolize the trade with the west coast
If Africa are loud in their protestations
against the governments tardiness in.
sending re-enforcements, while even the
conservative weeklies admit the usual
mistake has been made of underestimate
ling the strength of the enemy. The news
lof the rising in the nearby colony of
Gambia adds no little to the strain which
Affairs on the west coast of Africa has
Imposed on the resources of the military
organization. whose normal complement
has its hands full at the other end of
he Dark Continent. l,.,. 81
But perhaps more important than any
IF these issthe political crisis at the Cape.
1t is dawning on Great Britain that un-
less this is tactfully and satisfactorily
set straight the pacifcation of South
Africa may be indefinitely delayed. The
putting down of a possible anti-Britsh
agitation in Cape Colony similar to that
which has existed for Il century in Ire
AND, but without the physical force ele-
ment, is recognized as being Il far more
scriqus task than outlianliing and dis
lrming the Bocrs.
!, The Crisis at The Cape.
!, y prominent Free Slater with British
+, sympnthies, but with many relatives on
! the Roer and Bond side, said that hc bc-
lioved the Bond party would break out
:, into armed revolt today were rifles 81
: easily obtained MS they were before the
. commencement of the war. He has on
= ily just come to England from the Cape
!. and, though opposed TO the Bonditcs, is
il respected and trusted by them.
4 The gravity of the issues depending on
n A solution of the situation caused by Mr.
- Schrcners resignation of the premier
. ship of Cape Colony can perhaps be bet
4 ter gagged by this Free Stater's candid
N opinion than by any censored statement
. from Cape Town.
4 The English papers devote many cd
Il torials to the. question. Those which
4 are inspired show no desire to have SiI
4 John Gordon Sprigg in sole power and
% MIR, Schreiner in the opposition ranks
4 for apart from the fact that it is doubt
A full if he can maintain his majority the
plppinion prevails at the. colonial office and
2 S expressed by almost everybody com
ng from the Cape, regardless of DO
M I4itical faith that Sprigg is utterly un
D. fitted in point of ability to steer the colo
/. lay out of the present crisis. ,Seme of the
N other English papers which are not in
!. 'pired, notably The Globe, bitterly depre
i cate begging Mr.. Schreiner to continue
n IN office or even to help out in the di
4 emma, drawing scathing parallels be
Il tween his utterances and actions. before
n and after the issue of the war was as
% iured. Those who know Cane polite,
is thoroughly say that if Mr.. Cecil Rhode,
10 could reassert his former influence oycl
x Nr. Schreiner all would be well. But
10 Mr.. Rhodes is in Rhodesia, and Mr.
81 Schreiner has recently expressed himseli
70 rs being as bitterly vindictive as evel
Is )ver what he considers to be Mr.. Rhodes
IS preach of faith with the Bond party.
5. A Pan-African Conference.
lie July will witness n pan-African confer
lie .ncc in London with the object of secur
g ng increased recognition of the rights ot
N ireat Britain's colorcd subjects. III,
IS dca originated with Mr.. II. S. Williams
'd native of Trinidad, whose appeal me-
,e With an enthusiastic response. South
vest Africa, the West Indies, Abyssini;
md, it is said, the United States will
send representatives, with the view OF
y ooking after the general interests 81
4 he colored race. The demands will in
i 'lude thorough system of education
y md representation and peasant proprie
4 .orship, with, especially, reference t.
N South Africa and the West Indies. -
The resumption of parliament after tn,
5 Whitsuntide recess was not marked b,
n my noticeable feature. In preparation
Is :or the general election the Liberals hay,
% , ,ut in circulation a pamphlet entitled
Five Years of Tory Government" II