The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-01

to Great Britain in order to pay up. As a
result Of this confidence Delagoa Railway
debentures went up to 1s2. and shares Of
the company to Ct sterling. After the an
nouncement of the decision the debentures
went down 100, while shares could be
bought for Is Cd. or practically nothing, as
it was evident that the award provided
scarcely anything 10 make them good.
After this tremendous drop it will be a long
time before the city looks favorably on
arbitration proposals.
The lack of all interesting developments
In South Africa, except the death of Gen.
Joubert, which brought forth most gen.
erous tributes from all classes in Great
Britain. home politics have undeservedly
claimed large share of attention. Parlia-
ment has scarcely been as instructive and
interesting the aldermanic proceedings
of the smallest city OF. the United States,
it's tremendous. mentality, being largely con-
fined TO discussing the relative merits of
fogging and detention as, punishment for
juvenile ofIenders.-
BRITISH LIBERALS.
The meeting of the National Liberal Fed
Grafton merely served to show how hope
lessly divided is the Liberal party. The
substitution OF Sir Edward Grey for Sir
Henry ampbell-Bannerman as leader
owing to the latter's illness gave the i'm
perialist faction a great chance, and Sir
Edward Grey spoke, as expected. frankly
in favor of the war and all it means. The
only surprising feature of the conference
was Herbert Gladstones declaration that
IL I1r;t{ aoe tho vUhnlQ
of South Africa and in other ways his
following in Sir Edward Grey's footsteps.
Mr.. Gladstone is the chief whip of his par
ty and is supposed to some extent to mirror
his late fathers ideas He was heretofore
considered by no means follower of Lord
Rosebery Sir Edward Grey and Mr. II. IL.
Asquith and the imperial faction. But
since the speeches at Nottingham 1t must
be concluded that the Liberal party as rep
resented by it's entire assortment of lead
ers has agreed to allow the annexation Oh
the Boer republics. This step, however. will
not silence the strenuous protests OF many
of the rank and file.
The Rev. Mr.. Sheldon's issue of the To-
peka Capital. as republished here. meets
with more ridicule than anything else The
following comment 10y the Oiooc oi ehS 0i'
terprise is fair specimen: THE journal
is very like an ordinary American paper,
only duller 1t will be an evil day when
the historical rubbish which poses as re-
ligion in America, and to lesser degree
in England ever has large following"
The publication of the dispatches relating
to the action of the naval brigades with
Generals Methuen and Butler give an ex-
ceIlent idea of the splendid work accom-
plished by the sailors, and among those
singled out for the distinction of ''being
mentioned in dispatches" is an American
boy of seventeen, Midshipman w. w. Sill
lem, who was born in San Francisco and
whose mother is now the wife of the En-
glish vice admiral, Richard c. Minahan.
He is the son of the late William Sillem,
of San Francisco. 'forty-niner," and
nephew of the late Ben Ali Haggin, of
New York. The Official report of the battle
of Belmont says: "Midshipman Silem also
charged to the top of the hill, gallantly
leading his men all the time under heavy
fire, and is deserving of special mention.
The annual statement of the chancellor OF
the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
for the year ending March 81, shows net
increase in revenue over 1899 of eli, ,s99, ,377.
of which s7,462,SO1 occurred in the last
quarter and was evidently due TO the inn
mense payments for the release of bonded
goods previous to the budget announce
ment