The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-02
'b||BS' BADLY NEEDED
At Home to Help Prop the
Shaky Government
YOUNG HAYS FINE RECORD
Mrs. Maybrick's Prospects
Slightly improved.

of the diplomatists as to how TO best
wash their hands of the Chinese embar-
rassment, public interest is momentarily
diverted to the nations private affairs;
and the wearisome war in South Africa,
the outbreak OF the bubonic plague in
Glasgow, the widespread disturbances and
disaGection in railway circles and the
dissolution Of parliament are all receiv-
ing much attention. 1t is considered
evident from the speech of the Rt. Hon.
william st. John Brodricq. under secre-
tary Of state for foreign affairs, made
on " ednesday, that the government con-
siders the end Of the war close enough to
the horizon TO justify looking beyond it
! and preparing for a general election.
Therefore. an authoritative pronounce
| ment on the subject Of the dissolution OF
parliament is expected at an early date.
| Whether Mr.. Broderick's anticipation that
Lord Roberts present movement VIII
have a decisive bearing upon the length
| Of the war is Justified or not, remains
| for the present a matter Of conjecture;
| but there is no nistaking the intention
| Of the government to utilize any appre-
| ciable military success and ride into Of
| fee again on the back Of ''Bobs'' who,
| it is expected If all goes well, will De
| able to return in October and take up
| thu duties Of Ommander-in-chief, and,
| incidentally, to aid in the election. Lord
| Roberts emphatic commentator Of Cen
! eral Buffers strategy al MachadOdorp
looks suspiciousiy like a desire 10 restore
| public confidence preparatory 70 the de-
volution OF the future conduct Of the
campaign upon the shoulders upon which
| it originally rested.
In connection with the ultimate set
tlaaent OF T1ansvaal matters, recent ar
rivals t:om South Africa think it possible
tina. the services of Unied States Concul
Adelberr Hay might be advantageously
utilized. Young Way has managed TO
please ccth the Beers and the English"
SAID Louis De Villiers, kinsman Of the
Cape Colony chief justice, who has late
" arrived, to a representative Of the As
ISOLATED Press when Hay arrived at
Pretoria public opinion had been made
difficult for him by stories Of his English
synpathfes. The Boer feeling was so
intense that statements that Hay was
so intense that statements that Hay was
no better than an English spy were read
lily believed; but he behaved with such
quiet and good sense that he speedily
got the respect of the Boer official class,
while he did not part with the original
opinion that the Britons, in the main,
were right in the war An American
1a5 81 r. D., l,
added 10 Mr.. Hays first perplexities by
making a regular campaign to win him
TO the Boer side. Failing in this, she
gossiped freely of his alleged pro-British
purposes; but he outlived all this, was
helpful TO the British prisoners, and late
ly. under British supremacy, has inter
posed more than once in the interest Of
the Beers"
A tangible result of the recent visit 10
Mrs. Florence Maybrick at Aylesbury
prison of DR.. Clark Bell of New York.
the prisoners counsel, representative |
Of tn eAssociated Press, was the discov- !
cry Of a hitherto unknown letter from
the late Baron Russell Of Killoweu, |
Lord Chief Justice of England, to Mrs. |
Maybrick re-affirming his belief in the /
ing his conviction that she had beeen I'M /
fairly condemned This letter has since /
beeen made the basis for new memorial |
praying for Mrs. Maybrick's release, and /
50 strong is Mr.. Bells belief in the force /
of this document that a copy Of it has /
beeen sent personally to Sir Matthew 4
White Ridley, the secretary Of state for 4
the home department, at his summer |
homo in Northumberland, accompanied /
by the request that he give il his ear /
Hest considerati ton. Dr.. Bell started for
the continent today. more than satisfied /
with the effects of his visit 20 England. /
He has not only succeeded in seeing his /
client, for the first time since her in /
generation. but has since secured for
Mrs. Maybrick an interview with her
mother baroness de Roques). The dis
covery Of the Russell letter IS regarded +
as important. not because many people
doubted his sincerity but because It is
couched in such terms as to preclude any
question of his belief that she vas IN
fairly tried. Mrs. 8faybricx's friends
say DR.. Clark Bell feeals the Mysterious
OF opposition somewhere. which
binders a successful result The late M
Bayard evidently felt this when he de-
clared the case had reached the end of
and subsequent ambassadors
also met it. But many recent evidences
Of Ieniency toward tie prisoner incline
her friends 70 believe that her incarcer-
alton will not be prolonged.
The outflow Of homea0und Americans
this week is limited by the capacity o.
the St Louis ana Etruria- The former
takes an interesting IiSt OF passengers.
including 3Ir. and Mrs. Edwin Could. NJ.
and Mrs Wayne 4iacVeagh. Justice
Gray. Dr.. Schra6y. AIr. and Mrs s. Y.
E1klns Il Philadelphia. and Sousa's sand
which has just completed q continental
tour Sousa has been IN LONDON this
week but resisted the temptation TO play
in ErSiaud. as re expects 10 -eturn here
next season, When he VIII probe BY ar-
pear a. the Glasgow international expo
sition The band" said Sousa. seem
ad quite as popular - Frankfort. Cologne
and Berlin ~ AZ Psris. American muse 1
: always mos, welcome. Though M IN
q wagner were euthusls4s-
ticaly received n Germany. = brass 1ari
that can accompany q violin 500 Is an
thing in Europe, where A.
,empts TO use military bsRds Il play con-
cert music are not always pleasing such
ar instrument as the saxz7hare is IN
known II Germany and the vast n-in1as-
Of reeis< which secure the vzoIl7 effects
y the band are an innovation which sur
n-fsed many. Nearly every continental
lily has presented sous wi5h csvic fax
and Frankfort sent = delegation 70 Lon
ion Thnrssav . pers9nal.y pressrt I'm +.