The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-18
DELCAssE.s STATEMENT ENDS THE
FLYING RUMoRs.
No Prospect of Trouble With rance
for the Present-FerdinRnd of
bulgaria Wishes to Throw on

tdtfhA9 ny a HH4dil Htiil0n o. ilG
public, though well-informed people are
only amused France. however. was not
the only nation which. II was asserted.
meditated an immediate invasion Of Eng
land. Russia, Germany and Austria. ac-
cording TO the manufacturers of panics,
had designs TO TAX advantage of Great
Britain's troubles in South Africa
DeIcasse Abntes the scare.
With tho cries for home defense in the
ascendant, Great Britain might have du-
plicated the scenes when the island await
ed the prospective invasion of Napoleon.
But Nj. Delcasse. the French foreign min
lister. spoke and the DOGGY Of European
hostility and interference vanished. The
hand OF the Frenchman restored calm to
Great Britain. without the bias of
friendship, he disclosed the common sense
with which France and the other Euro
pean powers were governing their rela-
lions toward Great Britain. and bore
home what has frequently been set forth
in these dispatches, T. e., that no power
had the slightest intention OF going to
war with Great Britain at present and no
power was anxious to intervene in be-
half Of the Beers. The pacific conditions
which European matters assume is far
more likely TO be disturbed by troubles in
the Balkans than by the South African
war or anything In which Great Britain
Is chiefly concerned. though even the
Balkan difficulty is most unlikely to re-
suit In a continental war.
Balkan Troubles Again.
This latest trouble consists IN the APP
parent determination OF Prince Ferdinand
TO declare himself king of Bulgaria and
renounce Turkeys suzerainty. He would
scarcely contemplate this without the
backing Of Russia, whence come Prince
~Ferdinand's generals, guns and this week
his national loan. As the Spectator points
out, for the sultan to refuse absolutely
the request Of Prince Ferdinand. sup
the triple alliance. would be a very seri-
Gus event. indeed, and it may occur
southwark instead Of eastward. are ready
to suppose
Friction with Germany Wss Serious.
However. there Is no reason to suppose
II will not blow over. as did the friction
between Great Britain and Germany over
the seizure of the ~latter's ship In South
African waters. To what extent that
friction went was only known this week,
when a blucbook giving the correspond
ence OF the governments concerned was
published. The tart demands OF the
German Ambassador and Lord Salisbury's
astonished comments at being thus ad-
dressed by a nation whom Mr.. Chamber
lain but a few weeks previous had loving
~ included In the so-calied new drei-
bundf was n revelation. Had not the
matter been completely settled, thanks
to Lord Salisbury's giving way. and had
not Great Britain been so completely en-
South Africa II would have raised a storm
Of Indignation against Germany nifty
times greater thar did Emperor Williams
celebrated cable messase to President
correspondence itself shows no evidences
OF reconciliation but II is learned that
this this has beer effected and also that
rather curious circumstances attended
the negotiations. Whenever the German
ambassador saw Lord Salisbury butter
would not melt In his mouth" and his
words were honeyed, yet when Count Won
Buelow. the German minister Of foreign
affairs. spoke publicly he was ant-Brit-
ish, and when the dispatches which
would, in the nature of things. be pub
Iished were written by the German side,
they were formulated in the same strain.
To quote a British foreign Office official.
Germany Haunted us In the face of the
world and curried favor privately"
ktpiinG a Disappointment.
Kipiing has been quite the disappoint-
ment of the week. hts The Sin OF Witch
craft creating little interest. and 1t is
severely criticised for its lack of common
sense.
hitter Obituaries on Gordon.
The will Of Isaac Gordon. the notorious
money lender. who died recently. cannot
be found and Is being advertised for II
English courts. though Gordon himself
rarely appeared. was borne hy a man
Of only IS, who &. credited with leaving
&.coo.e0 On his body was found $4,000
and In his office si25 900 in cash. This
accumulation was due to the fact that
the banks finally would not have ANYTHING
~ AN aAAN hAA1 4 NHN
obituary appears in NJ A p MAINLY
About Peoplel
"a tan. weil-buii,. erect. ruthless. daring
bird OF prey, he seemed TO spend on his
business OF cxtortion all the passion which
an ordinary human being would divide he-
tween home pleasure and other interests
o. life. During the last month he suffer
ed agony from a disease of the Jaw. AMI
when hts voice WAS reduced 70 a hifeous
croak. be kept on working fevershly ar
hts devifs Job OF breaking up homes and
hearts"
The eight months which Gordon spent
in jaii when starting on hia u%sufious ca
rcsr. ruined his health and embittercd his
life AmonE his victims De numbered
clersYmen. dnWR orphans and Hend.
thrifts OF All clas~es In England and no
frankly said ga court thnt neithsr tro
tears on the wiioN ucy Of the orphan would
have the slightest effect On him In press
irx q claim Though MS interesf reucr-
ally exceeded the principal ani ,hossh
homeless huuffeds 81 p~3pl~. ae never
charged Interest 20 his -~1-rcllE 1u.sts.
Jews ard once took "a fancy Go a aix-tca--
les regularly
rvs dead men have seer received the
nrrcilcss obituaries That appear every
where on the death ~ tbls millionaire.
Russians Iomplstn.
NossGoH contributes in the Novoe
Nrru,avs - & Hetsrshi4rg "a bitter corn
r'a,rt against the inrosde American trade
Is making ntr Slnv~l rNasc rrirEr
hui iast what ave most urgently needed
Rs the l9gal population coming tAru3gh
NIafv1rtgk. EhsF ape puf M tie market
in huge aaArtiuts au4 are scii IN su-h
a manrrr ma. Ne Ars led ts conclude .aat
tha Juit~e states Eas scr o4t ulan a.
industrial ana commercial conquest - 81
IBERIA A Aithsf'a Siberia has been a.k-
fns in men - capital In u.N's. AMI In Iron
works thv e-tegrisirs Americans wul
nave ev~rythiDE rNsay 10 fhs.r Aaufa In
order a. go distant date f1 become 80
real masters ~ thf sit-atisu au3 aurset-
crs % the goods ueelct by Siberia
Incidentally. NcssAoT treats H-ffsA
competition % being cf ao Importance