The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-17
FROM AFRICA 70 CHINA
PUBLIC ATTENTION IN GREAT
BRITAIN Is TEMPORARILY
TURNED
MERCHANTS RATHER sKEPICAL
Those Who Have Large Interests in
China Think the Boxer Uprising
Has Been NIagniGed as to
Importance.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 16-The serious condi-
tion of affairs in China is daily becom-
ing the most absorbing topic in Great
Britain. Pekin is heard of now almost
as much as Pretoria, while countless cor
respondents and amateur diplomats talk
cd leamedly upon the perils presented
by the far Eastern crisis.
Ia view of the general public's concern
and the dispatches from China, 1t is
rather remarkable TO learn that the Box
ers appear to have but little affected
the great volume of business between
China and England. The largest houses
in London trading with the far East,
corporations, insurance companies, banks
and merchants, are fairly unanimous in
saying their operations are not interfered
with The manager of a leading bank,
with branches at Tien Tsin and other
places i'm China, said:
We set kilograms daily from our rep
resentaJVes. They seldom ever mention
the rising"
However, this section of the businss
world and those whose capital they rep
resent, are naturally awaiting the out
come of the crisis with anxiety. They
are apparently more disturbed over the
possibility of the powers falling out
among themselves after the Boxers re-
Ceivc their quietus than over the amount
of damage the Boxers will wreak prior
To thai event.
Secretary Hays attitude is watched in
England with the greatest interest, but
it is pretty generally recognized that the
United States mas no intention of pulling
any chestnuts out of the fire.
WEST AFRICAN REVOLT.
There IS such plethora of crises to-
ward Europe in which British interests
are concerned that the average reader
OF English newspapers finds it hard to
keep track Of them or play them in their
position of relative Importance. China ap-
peals only vaguely to the masses, which
still maintain acu,e interest in the dOingS
OF Lord Roberts and his men. Nor are
the dongs of the British force in Ashanti.
IepulSed by an overwhelming horde of
natives. forgotten. The Liverpool mer-
chants, who practically mOnopOlize the
trade with the west coast of Africa, are
loud in their prOtestations against the
governments tardiness in sending rein
fOrcemoutS while even the conservative
wecklies admit that the usual mistakes
have been made of Understanding the
strength of the enemy. The news Of ris-
Ing ON the nearby colony of Gambia adds
no little to the strain which affairs on
the west coast of Africa have imposed on
the resources of the military organiza-
ton, whose normal complement has its
hands fun at the other end Of the dark
continent
CAPE CRISIS.
But perhaps more important than any
or these is the political crisis at the Cape.
il is dawuing on Great Britain that un-
less this is tactfulIy and satisfactorily set
straight, the pacifcation Of South Africa
may be indefinitely delayed. The putting
down of a possible anti-British agitation
i'm Cape Colony similar to that which has
existed for a century in Ireland, but
oenizej as being a far more serious task
than out-hanking and disarming the
Beers.
July will witness a pan-African confer
CEce i'm London. with the object of secur-
ing increased recognition of the rights of
Great Britain's colored subjects The idea
originated with II. S. Williams, a native
OF Trinidad. whose appeal met with an
enthusiastic response, and Southwestern
Africa. the West Indies. Abyssinia, and
il is said. the United States. will send
representatives,, with the view of looking
after the general interests of the colored
race The demands will include a thor
Cugh system of education, and republican
and peasant proprietorship, with especial
reference to South Africa and the West
Indies
The arrival in England of the West In
dian cricke1team, composed OF white and
col0red men, is greeted as another sign
oi imperial unity. Ihe games this week
attracted large crowds, but the visitors
were badly beaten. They have another
chance against the irst-cIass teams
DEATH OF MRS. GLADSTONE.
On all sides the death Of Mrs Gladstone
has called forth genuine expressions of
sympathy and admiration. such as would
scarcely have been written about any
other woman in the kingdom. The trend
of them all is that she was the ideal wife
Her coffin is exactly similar to Mr.. Glad
stones. Both the private services at
HaWarden and the public ceremony at
Westminster viii be as simple as possi-
bic, in accordance with her own IDEAS
and those Of the great cOmmoner.
Though their grandson comes into pos
session Of Hawarden, it will remain a
kind OF family house, Herbert Gladstone
and his sisters being as free to come
and go as they were during the lifetime
of their parents The Young master of
liawarden, who is not yet of age, is a
pleasant, merry-loOking youth, who will
leave Eton this year, and then go to
Oxford.
Rev. c. M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kan,
has received a hearty welcome in Eng
land. He was the guest at Liverpool Of
Rev. G. 7. Aked, who has lectured in
America. Large crowds heard Mr.. Shell
don recount his experience at Topeka
which led up to his writing I'm His
Steps,
The total value of the seventeen events
secured by five American Jockeys at AS
cot IS &23,9i4, while the English Jockeys
Won only &13065.
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