Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-17
Old WORLD GOSSIP.
Interest in South African Situation
superceding the Chinese Affairs
In London.
Flight Of Kruger Has Given
New Impetus to Bosr War
Talk.
People Anxious to Sec War Over
With Germany and the China
Difficulty.

London, Sept 17.-'when clear-cut
issue is again discernable in the confu-
sion surrounding the Chinese difficult
ties there may be reawakening of.
real interest, but at present China holds
quite Il secondary place in the public
mind in England The parliamentary
campaign is in full swing but Lord.
Salisbury has not yet taken the coun-
try into his confidence as to balloting
day: and the consequent uncertainty
gives the stump speaking that is going
on in every constituency an academic
tinge. So Great Britain, lacking a
more interesting topic, has returned to.
THE consideration of the war in South.
Africa. and the newspapers are eagerly
scanned for sights of the real md of
the campaign, as Great Britain is tired
l5of carnage.
President Kruger's dramatic retreat
has led the commentators to re-an-.
inonnce the close of the war. but the
hospitals, aggregating 20o week,
boards at the war office belle their
that the British losses of South Africa
have been small as compared with
those of other campaigns appear to
need revision, Judging from recent cal
culations made by a we'll known actu-
airy. who finds that of the officers in
South Africa 72.1 per 1000 have been
killed or have died from wounds. 30.6
per 1000 of the officers have died from
disease. while of the men 10 per 1000
have. been killed or died from wounds
and 31.S have died from disease. These
startling statistics not only Illustrate
that while the officers and men have
suffered approximately equally from
disease. the risks of the officers in
action have been highly Interpretations
ate and also that the rate of mortality
/ in South Africa Is much greater than in
the Franco-German war.
kruger's millions are the subject of
Edisrespectful paragraphs and long mar.
Iratives of dispraise. The lowest esti-
mate of his wealth is Eli. 100000 invest
ed abroad. while some calculators fig
ure his wealth a ,e5.0O0000. The Trans
vaal government is supposed to have
/ &, C 100000 or E3000,000 in continental
banks, which will be boarded by the
managing committee. DIR. Leydes says,
for a future rising when England is in
Fother difficulties.
American coal and railroad magnates
are busy here. Robert Pitcairn. super
I intendent OF the Pittsburg division of
i the Pennsylvania railroad. Is still with
I the Carnegies. and President Cassatt
Lis watching developments at one Lon
don hotel, while the Baltimore x Ohio
people have their headquarters at an
Eother hosiery. Both parties are conf
dent that American coal has found a
permanent place on the continent. IL
mot in England. Every American con-
Esul in Europe has been set to work to
supply statistics as TO the possibility of
finding ii market.
AS the period to which Lord Sails
7 bury extended Lord Pauncefote's SER
vice as British ambassador expires in a
few months, there are many conjec-
lures as TO who will succeed him II
washington. Sir Henry Howard. who
has been British minister at The Hague
land Luxembourg since 1886. and whosis
described III in this connection as a
straightforward diplomatist. just such
| a character as Americans like to deal
4 With" is more often mentioned than
]lothers Sir Henry Howard has served
3more than once at the British legation
4 at Washington and his wife is a daugh-
tier of the late George w. Riggs. Of
4 Washington, d. C. He was born IN 1843
land entered the diplomatic service in
1865.