Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-30
old WORLD GOSSIP
Englishmen Will Have Heavy lax
Burdens Because OF tho DUH
African War.
Britons Tire Of Chinese trouble anq
Would Accept an Excuse to End
the Fighting,
German Think Kaiser is UnWise-
Germany's Grain Imports
News and Gossip.

Germany's Grain Imports
News and Gossip.
London, July 80. The man in the
street who has become a conspicuous
figure in current diplomacy and POLITICS
has a rough way of forecasting the
conditions IN the near future. He as
serfs that pound earned will be worth
~ sh!llings for long time 10 come. and
possibly a sixpsnce under. whatever
may be the mysteries in China OF the
military calculations on South Africa
or tbs magnitude ofsthe relief measures
Required for the famine in India. The
jleontinuance of taxation al the present
nigh rate is a certainty, and the out
look is serious from the point OF view
i OF the street because the burdens
curing q long period Of peace We're
! those OF war. taxation and according 10.
| i.fgilsh theories there must be 10 re-
| eours.. To tariff schedules 10 meet tn,
emergency of war.
\ The cost of war in South Africa as
! estimated by Mr.. Wyndham, already
5exeeeds S3o5,0o0.0oO. and he is probably
4 tine only optimist who fanci.s that the
1 asgregate expense is already closely in.
eiuded in the first estimate H.. has
/ asked for China service i,.serve $4,000
4 ooc. but there is no ciaryoyant among
the government tinanclers imaginative
3senough 10 conjecture what may be the.
eost of preserving the English COM
'nercial interests middle China ii the
8catastropne IN Pekin opens the way for
\ a partition of the empire
II Lord Wemyss' Vaccinations re-.
specting the invasion from he con,i-7
snent at the ides Of November ara taken
more seriously than Lord Salisbury
WAS disposed to regard them when he
Scranked his fine joke over the collection
of shooting stars, the income taxpayer
/ may be confronted with choice be-.
tween ruin at home and emigration 10
Jsome cline where the resources of tax
alton are not exhausted in times of
piping peace and no reserves left for a
period of war.
This is an exigency not beyond the
range of possibility whensthe skies are
5svercloudcd in every quarter and the
alton So that whoever runs may read
The immediate prospect for the man
in the street IS dearer money. The
contro! of the. inarke, during the last
! Week and mas enforced the official mini
mum.
Al iinancial experts expect that the
5|4tightness in the money narke, Will
Il crease. since the Indian government
i loan Of e3,o0V.ooo has already been an
& nauneed, and il is also evident that the
Hchanceiior Of the esehequer must
4. speedily De III the market 10 borrow
large sums 70 meet the supplementary
4 army estimates and other, changes
H lAne reduction OF The banks reserve,
! the eyl1arts assert, must b. prevented
!, by higher rates and a large amount Of
gold secured from some quarter. The
4 problem which the bank directors are
4 nov considering fhe easiest ana sur
est method OF attracting gold from
America. and it may safely be- az
sumed that the rate Of interest will be
raised point by point nntil il comes,
NO INTE.lsfS in AFRICAN WAR,
The fe1narkab bic feature Of the Mar III
l. South Africa Is the pubic indifference
Ito details. Military experts no longer
!seemment in the press upon the opera
tions in the field, War maps nave ,.isap-
peared from the daily flies and specia
/. correspondents, @lth three or four eX'
ceptions, have retired from service
The closing Incidents OF the campaign
!, are passin1 almost without obserya
4 ton.
ii is not clear what IS meant by RI
, khaki campaign III politics when TIA
> story of the war with its marches
j. 5skirmishes, battles and records q
f heroic fortitude and gallantry haN'
ceased to interest the bored and listles
! public.
Ger. Hunters campaign south o
! Bet,1ieheIn has not been followed Will
2 intelligence. even By the veterans q
; military clubs, and Cen. BroadNoodt
!, hunt after DeWet has been the su,jec
Of private wagers, with the heavies
betting on the fox,
: Fl Pan Mali clubs are n3t London, am
the west end Is not England but u-hei
j allowance Is made fer the listlessnes
: and lack of earn.-stnass in the ainles
: smart sets.it still remains an inomal
that war which interested the classe
Y and masses of the entire nation lei
months ago should now be regarded a
7 duh matter which interferes win tn
ordinary peasures$of society and coun
. try house life and with the enjoymen
= Of cricket matches and harse racing.
The reason for the apathy is the pub
lie conviction that the prestige of tn
British army has suffered from the un
!, expected protraction of the war an
!. that little should be said about the un
equal conflict between an imperia
). army Of 10000 men and the remnant o
! the Boer commanders. 10000 strong.
= TIRED OF CHINESE ROW.
All week we have hung between hop
and despair, tormented by the con
ficting news from China. but hope ta
i prevailed and ait the week $ end the i'm
. preston is decided and strong tina
= some and perhaps a majority of TIL
. white men in beleaguered Pekin ma
remain alive today.
The first thing that really excited til
q feeling of hope was the announcement
/ that an autograph letter from 81
3 Claude Macdonald. dated July 4. ha
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