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SECRETARY
Takes English Foreign
Office.
SALISBURY IS WORN OUT
General BOtha Still Fighting in the
TransvaaI--Steyn Is r.
reconcilable.

LONDON. oct. Si.-The Marquis of
Lansdowne's elevation to the foreign
secretaryship. according 10 the an
nouncements In the newspapers this
morning. has. hguratively speaking.
taken the country's breath away. IL
was as unexpected as IL Is unweIcome.
Even the staunchest ministerial mouth
pieces among the African newspapers
openly denounce ~. The Globe declares
the appointment only shows Lord SAL
isbury II completely out OF touch with
the feelings and wishes of the eIector-
ate and the Conservative party. while
the Liberal Westminster Gazette croak-
ing over tho discontinue of the minis
teriaI newspapers which have been so
loudly demanding the retirement OF
Lord Lansdowne. express relief at the
fact that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain was
not given the post, saying:
The Iatter's appointment would
have filled thoughtful people with dis
may. and II Is something TO have es-
capped this serious danger"
Lord Salisbury apparently arranged
matters with the Queen at Balmoral. n
week ago. His own inclination was TO
resign the premiership and devote him
self exclusively 20 the Foreign Office.
lie wrote her majesty to this effect. but
she declined 20 accept the suggestions.
Lord Salisbury. therefore. went to Bal
moral to discuss the question. with the
result that the Queen carried her point.
NEW YORK. oct. 3t.-A dispatch 10
| . nat ~rfl n IL q
announced. seemingly with authority.
that Lord Salisbury acting on medical
advice has decided 90 tighten his la
bors by relinquishing the Foreign Sec
retaryship Lord Salisbury has had
over eleven years in the Foreign Office.
and. though he has passed his seven
tieth birthday. " he had merely con-
suited his own natural desires. he
would have continued 90 hold the two
offices which he has occupied with such
unvarying success. As Prime Minister
ne will be able TO exercise general con
troll not alone in foreign affairs. but In
other departments OF the public ser
vice. Lord Lansdowne. who has beer
"a favorite at the War Office. will be
| according to the Telegraph, the new
Foreign Secretary. He is n weak poll
tician. but has been a successful Vice
roy. and Is persona grata with his Pre-
mier. with Lord Lansdowne at th'
Foreign Office. Lord Salisbury will still
be able 90 direct the foreign policy o
England, whereas such might not b'
the case N a strong man like Mr.
chamberlain has been appointed. II 4
not unlikely. however. that there will
be great outcry n Lord Lansdowne'
appointment should be officially con
frmed.
CHAMBERLA1N's SCHEMES.
NEW YORK. oct. 2i.--A dispatch Z
the Tribune from London says: MI
Chamberlain again is under obligation
90 his enemies for magnifying the i'm
portance OF everything he does. Frenc
suspicion pursues him 20 Gibraltar an
Malta and invents all sorts OF insidiou
: schemes and intrigues In explanation q
what IL I'm reality holiday journey 10
rest and recreation. Englishmen laug
at the idea that Lord Salisbury ha
sent him as an emissary from the Fol
eign Office 10 investigate the conditio
, of Morocco and the strategic value
Ceuta. or that the Admiralty has arm
: ed him with rowing commission to II
vestigate the relative importance {
(. Mediterranean naval stations. AZ n
= same time his unvarying success In e'
citing suspicion abroad and command
ing the attention of his enemies
England II proof OF his power and IL
fiuence There u strong feeling
| Chauvinlsm even In sober-minded Ems
: land. but the press Is under sci
| restraint and does not encourage IL =
u lndlscreet utterances. There Is dee
q distrust of France. and a firm convi'
n tion among men OF influence that Eni
, land must always be on guard again
!. her. The opinion has been constant
expressed among military men durir
= the last ten days that the agreemei
with Germany was not aimed again
) Russia. but against France. and tn
its effects have already been witness'
in the abandonment Of offensive pr
a parations for welcoming Mr.. Krug
nj Narseliies and Paris and In the e
pulslon OF sipido. These vagaries
Judgment are not reflected by the En-
, llah press. which under the wise leade
- shlp Of the Times. never loses its he'
IN foreign affairs.
- NEW YORK. oct. st.-Mr. JOSEF
Chamberlain has arrived at Gibralts
+, lie had a conference with Sir Geor
a. White. the Governor, and inspect
r. privately the fortincations. III. M.
M caesar was there 20 meet him and CO
w. vev him 90 Malta. His son Austin.
ve Lord 81 the Admiralty. accompan
NJ him.