Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-25
CABLE LETTER FROM LONDON
Russia, France and Germany
Contemplating Joint Action
WITH THE IDEA OF COERCINa
Great Britain Into Giving the
Beers Independence.


copyrighted, 1900, by The Associated Press.
London, Eng, Oct. 20. -"I be.
lieve, said Emperor William recently.
THAT 1t Is to Germany's advantage for
England to have the Boer Republics, i,
The completes accuracy of this i'm.
portrait quotation, which gained
strength from the fact that it was
not said with any idea OF repetition
or for the sake Of modifying soma
British diplomat, IL reliably vouchedI
for. The remark was made in the courssI
OF a conversation between the Empe,or|
and leading German, whose advice in|
matters of commercial policy nil
Majesty greatly relies upon, and who.
by the way. is not lover of Greatl
Britain and her works. Through N
recent visit Of this individual to Enc.
land, The Associated Press seenredI
knowledge of what may be fairly de.
serted as the Emperor's candid opinion
of the South African matter, fr,I
several days, the English and CONT.
nertal rarers have contained hints.
and even assertions, that Rufsia
France and Germany are contemplating
joint action with the idea OF coercipo
Great Britain into granting at least a
degree Of Independence TO the Boary.
Several correspondents have ddducpd
the most cjre1mstaniial details to;
prove tha eSistenes OF this updsrcurrens
of projected diplomacy between tbs
Powers mentioned; and, while thp X
English public has grown inursd al
Intervention 'rumors, this latest res,7slE
has secured pc small degree OF credepre
and has even affected the msrke.p,
Whether Russia an;! France ever ron. h
Eempialad such action ia not tncE1
hut tho circumstances under which 4
Empernr William spoke effectually nd
definitely disposed ri all possibility Of
any European Intervention, fer It il
acknowledged on all sides that Ruv,1
and France would not act eithnt
Germany. The British Forcing 0ifco
Processes ignorance of any secret 10.
teutions on the part Of the cont'nclll
Powers in regard to settlement O ;hs n
trouble in South Africa, and, indaCG,
appears genuinely to dishslinve Ito
possibility of any such thing happen
ing.
The elections are over and Parlia. X
ment is prorogued for a month, 40 The
condition OF affairs in ireland is 10
crossing the attention of the leading
Englishmen. The gravity of the irieh
situation has becn pointed out in n
these dispatches, but only new is Eng.
land waking up to a realization Of i's
fact that the next few years Eromisc to \
be among the most stormy which have
ever marked the history Of Ireland.
Michael Davitt has prepared and 4
circulated for the signatures Of
Nationalist an address to fnrm,r
President Kruger, expressing admia, \
tion and sympathy for the latter, and
referring to England as an "oppr@.
sor," to the war as "wioksd and dis.
honest" and saying: Seldom in his
tory has such noble stand been made
for political liberty by small bard Of
freemen against an overwhelming horde
Of meroenaries in the pay of thosa vino
coveted their land and gold and hated
their Independence. The names Of the
mountains and plains of your Republic
will take place in history beside
Marathon, Sempach and Bunker Hill
as incentives in the strivings for
human liberty"