Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-07-16
NEWS OF ENGLAND
Our Efforts to Get Chinese News
Praised by Britishers.
CORRUPTIONS OF LONDON.
II Is Stated In Parliament That the
British Capital Has Dens as had
as New YOrk's TenderlOin-The
Australian Federation.

| LOndn,l, July lG.-Ihe fate OF the lega'
lions ut Picking continues to absorb al
most undivided interest in Great Brit
ain. AS the days of silence drag into
weeks the public tension and anxiety in
crease. There is Il feeling Of gratitude
here for the strenuous efforts the Unit
ed States Is making to compel China to
Civ" Minister COngcr n chance to cable
meSsng" from Picking, and while faint
hopes are entertained that they will he
successful it n generally felt that some
such effort might well have been attempt
ed by the British foreign office.
One of the cearcst pronouncements
upon China comes from Mr.. Archibald
Ross Colquhoun. the well known CORE
spondcnt of the London Times, whose
study of far eastern conditions has
made him an authority on the subject.
Writing to the parliamentary secretary
al the foreign office, Mr.. William ST.
John Brodrick, Mr.. Colquhoun declares
that unless prompt relief is attempted
the Europeans will be massacred, and
if they are able to hold out until the re-
volt subsidies there will be IAN indelible
impression ON the Chinese mind that
their escape WINS due not to the strength
aud determination Of Great Britain, but
to their own forbcarancc." He adds:
'The loss of prestige will be irrepara-
bic in either case. | am convinced that
II determined assault on the native city
of Ten-tsin would clear the situation
and open the way to Peking.'
The commanders now at Tien-tsin are
not winning golden opinions from the
English public, who, while suspendinR
severe criticism, fail to see why the
united forces should be so impotent to
achieve anything and SO apparently out
classed by the Chinese not only in num-
bers, but in artillery and some people
are almost inclined to believe in strategy
The Week In London.
In parliament the week was redeemed
from total tediousness by remarkable
expose of London's corruptness by Mr.
Samuel Smith, Liberal, member for
l'lintshire. and Mr.. John Burns, So.
cialist member for Battersea. The al
legations made by these members, and
Home Secretary Ridley did not deny
them, show conditions which equal any
thing discovered by the LexOw and
Mazct committees in New York-immora:
dcns, matchmaking and bribery Of tho
police apparently tlourishing and great
ly ON the increase, especially in the Wset
Enid. Degraded criminals, declared Mr.
Burns, who were cleared out In 1898 are
establishing themselves in large num-
beers in the metropolis. and he offered to
show Sir Matthew White Ridley West
End haunts where "the bestial form Of
vice of eastern origin is taking root
lie also asserted that 1.-THE West END
club proprietors and brothel keepers have
the police directly under their CONTROL
Mr. Burns cited individual instances
and ended by telling the home secretary
that if he did not stop this bribery the
evil would deepen until they saw a
state of affairs in London similar to what
| had been seen in the Tenderlon of New
York. where Il chief inspector had earn
ed 100000 a year by matchmaking gam
bling hclls and prostitutes All police
men in the West End, Mr.. Burns sug-
gested. should be paid better, as their
present pttancc made even trihng brides
terrible temptations. Tho home secretary
was aghast and said he would examine
into the charges. Mr.. Smith confined
himself chiefly to exposing public obsccni-
ties MANY things" he declared, were
tolerated in England which would not be
allowed in American
Australin's New Federation.
The appointment of the Earl of Hope
tom To be the first governor general OF
the federated Australian colonies at Il
salary of 100000 meets with general APP
prevail. AS governor of Victoria the earl
became immensely popular in Australia.
while the tact with which he has filed
the duties of lord chamberlain has great
ly added to the young peers reputation.
Though Australian federation is an es-
| tall>hcd fact, owing to the queens sig
nature being affixed to the bill, and
| though the governor general has been ap-
pointed, the location of the Australian
capital has not yet been decided upon.
BY the terms of the new constitution it
is to be in New South Wales, distant no
less than 100 miles from Sydney. The in
telcity rivalry makes the final selection
| Il matter of grave import. When the mat
ter is decided, Il hundred square miles
will he taken from New South Wales,
| becoming the property of the common
wealth. ON the same plan as washington
and the District of Columbia. In the
meanwhile Melbourne will be the tempo
rary seat of the legislature.
The Prince of Wales has set a new
fashion. This time it is single breasted
frocll coat CARRIED in this innovation. he
| appeared at the queens garden party.
and now all fashionable London is order
| ing the new garment, and soon double
| breasted "frocks" are likely to be oddi-
ties. With the exception of the lapels and
| the fact that it does not button over, the
coat is the same as the ordinary garment
The merits of the Prince of Wales coat
are said to consist in the fact that it Is
cooler and affords opportunities for dis
playing variegated vests.