The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-21
England Is Determined to Push
the War.
OF THE PEOPLE
SALISBURY WILL BE UPHELD IN
PARLIAMENT.
Opinions Are Validating and Are
Swayed By News From the Front
International Complications
Threatened Unless Ladysmith is
Immediately Relieved.


Copyright, 1900 by the Associated Press)
London, Jan. 20-To thoroughly and
conservatively appreciate the political
conditions as they exist in England to-
day; to understand the reflections that
military successes or reverses in SoutnI
Africa create in the minds Of the Britt
ish public, and TO gauge the task con-
fronting the government at the forth
coming session Of parliament, it is first
necessary to realize the stupendousl
change that in the last few weeks has.
taken place in the national character.
To put it briefly, since the British army
IN the field has found the BOer army
was its match or more, the British
nation has become one huge stock ex-
change, not in the material sense, but
in sentiment.
The nation, as a whole, governs its
opinions by the happenings Of the
I hour, vacillatiHg according to the news
ticker in its traditions of centuries as
easily as the most nervous market that
ever operated in times OF uncertainty.
Nothing SO adequately lends itself to q
ready and fOrcefui simile of the pre-
vailing temper of the British nation as
the popular conception of the stock
market. As on the floor there is a GER
tain small percentage with such huge
interests at stake that they are never
budged by rumors that make or break
the small fry.
Swayed By the News.
But these compose the very inmost
ring, and their exclusiveness may be
judged in the fact that one never knows
when opening from day to day such
solid and conservative journals as the
L 1frarr p n
ara, whether they viii uphold or bit
terry abuse the government
IN a Ike manner does the majority
Of public opinion sway as famed by
news from the front Thus it is we'll
I nigh impossible to determine the real
] feeling towards the administration and
the war, and it is still harder to fore
cast the result Of the debates III par
lament
Yet. in spite Of this tremendous
vacillation, the information which rep
resentauves Of the Associated Press
have gathered from all sorts of sources
tends t0wards the impression that Lord
salisbury VIII continue not only in
power, but in the matter Of votes, with
but slightly diminished control
! which is tantamount to saving the war
against the Beers viii BE- pursued to-
the bitter end, regardless of foreign in
reference and whimperings at home.
The selection by the war Office of Ma
Jor General Darlington for service at
/ the front calls out the comment that
the government has recognized this
| officers claims at a very late day. con-
sid6ring the fact that his name is most
favorably known in South Africa,
where he spent almost his whole mill
tary career as a leader of expeditions.
A stupendous Undertaking.
While Sir Frederick Carrington's
billet is at present mystery to the
English press, the correspondent of the
Associated Press is able to say that il
was not after all the Initiative Of the
| war ONCE that he was called, and, fur
ther, that he VIII be entrusted with
what VIII be practically an Independent
command OF large proportions, and viii
attempt to achieve by means of one
/ of the most heterogeneous forces ever
] gathered on the face Of the earth. the
/ gallant objective hitherto held by the
commanders IN the field TO be an i'm
/ possibility
/ Unless Ladysmith is quickly relieved
Z the international situation promises TO
De OF more interest than the actual
1 operations. The seizure OF another
/ German vessel, following so closely
4 Count Won BueloWs business-lfke
speech in the reichstag yesterday. will
probably produce at least a keen inter-
national press war, and rumors dam
/ aging to steamer values, if nothing
more, though the discrepancies between
/ Count Won BuelOw's speech in Germany
and the representations Of the German
/ ambassador in London, the latter being
extremely conciliatory, form a reassur-
ing circumstance
Sampson Is Defended.
In oo1o.e-,4 49,
can naval campaign just issued, W. H
i Wilson, a wen known naval authority
i writes:
= As an Englishman who viii hardly
I be accused of any political bias on
American affairs. / cannot refrain from
}. expressing surprise at the unjust and
cruel attacks which have been made
! by the American press uDon Admiral
/ Sampson, or from expressing admira-
ton for the dignity self-restraint and
4 nobility Of heart with which he has
borne himself under them"
Continuing, he says: ITO Englishmen
his ceaseless vigilance, wise disposition.
! accurate judgment and courage. seem
b.. to have deserved another recOmDepse.
= and that, / beheve Of Americans worthy
Of name"
Throughout the book Mr. Wilson
i speaks in the highest terms Of the
Il
eisms which appeared in his articles in
American magazines.
= Death of a Correspondent.
The news of the death of G. W
Stevens. the special CORRESPONDENT of
the Daily Mail from enteric fever.
= Monday at Ladysmith, has been re-
! ceived with genuine sorrow in London
I where he had many friends in and out
1 of his profession Mr.. Stevens had a
: distinguished career at Oxford His
:, first newspaper success was a series Of
Il letters which he wrote from America
: headed The Land Of the Dollar" His
last work before going to the Trans
vaal was THE Tragedy Of Drevfus."
ana his long stay in hot. unsanitarv
Rennes is thought 70 have undermined
I his constitution TO an extent that made
him easy prey FOR the fever
e Mr.. Stevens made q romantic mar
: riage few years ago with a Mrs
1 ROgeTson. well known in London So
ciety. She was so years Of age and Mr..
Stevens but %, but the marriage was
! very happy. They were devoted to each
? other. Mr.. Stevens used to write to
: her daily wherever he was.
Demand For Silver.
: The i..ea that the Indian government
z win shortly have TO buy silver has
? stimulated the demand. Indications
! that the silver reserve of the Indian
currency department. has been heavily
S depleted ana VIII be further reduced
2 are found in the large sales. Geographic