The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-24
NAFEKING Is FORGOTTEN IN
GREAT BRITAIN IN THE
TROUBLE IN CHINA
HOPE FOR SPEEDY RELIEF
EngIishmen Are Seemingly Honest
in Desire to Act in Concert
With Other Powers in
Restoring Order.
by the Associated Press.

Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
LONDON June % Never at any time
In her history has Great itritain been in
Volyed in 81 many diverse issues that vi
= tally affect the future Of her empire. And,
though iaere IRE still at stake I'm s, uth
Africa military, territorial and financial
considerations that in their magnitude
have scarcely been exceeded during the
century, Great Britain IS no exception to
the rest of Europe in being wrought up
to pitch of intense anxieJy and antici-
patton, to the exclusion of every other
topic, by the drama now being enacted in
the far East. In the excitement Of tile
moment the relief of Mafeking seems a lit
tie thing compared with the relief Of
Vice Admiral Seymour and the interna-
CiOnal forces. Spion Kop, Paardeberg and
Colenso sink into insigniticance compared
with the spectacle presented by the land
and sea forces of the gI'eCtest powers in
tic w..c.G fghting side ~ idle against a
common enemy. With keen sense of the
relative proportion of things, Great Brit
ain quickly turned her eyes to China, not
so much perhaps, on Immediate develop
ments. as upon the possibility Of the
epoch-making war or wars which may
arise out of the present crisis.
The death of Count Muraver, the Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs. evoked
no caHtlng obituaries or expressions OF
regret here for the British press in spite
unanimous in realizing the gravity of the
present turn of affairs. To quote a Stald
and conservative weekly, The death of
Russias minister removes an obstacle to
- the cordiality between Ehgau1 and Rus
sia," and, although this summarizes the
comment of the leading papers, there Is
little hope expressed thai Russia's ag-
gressive policy towards China will be
much modified. Apart from the material
view of the result Of Count Muravicfts
death, it is generally referred to as one
of the most pathetic happenings In the
present era. for, according to the dead
mans critics he seamed. owing 70 the
crisis in China on the verge of accom-
plishing the object to which he mas de-
voted his life.
LIKE MURAVIEFF.
Lord Lochs death, almost coinciding
with that of Count Mur1vefs. also re-
moves one who was connected with mat
ters in the far East. 3 efore he became a
colonial governor LcrC Toch assisted in
the negotiations which resulted in the
treaty of Tien Tsin in 1860, and only es-
capped execution at the hands of the Chi
rese empire by fifteen minutes grace.
Like Muravieff, he was struck down when
the dream of his lifetime seemed about
to be realized In his tdse it was Brit
ish federation over tho VIII Die Z South
Africa.
the missionaries not to have themselves
murdered is one more instance of Ills ur.-
common ffanlI1 1ss, or as IL is Orlen re-
ferred to, his thinking aloud phase"
Among the secular press the premIers re-
mark will meet the appreciation of the
sound common sense, but it will not adj
church votes to The Conservative party at
the next general election. wii-h. by the
way, is still further postponed on acct unit
of the Chinese troubles.
STERN MEASURES. i
Great Britain's army in South Africa
is slowly accomplishing the work of
pacification. The smouIdering embers of
what once was fierce resistance occa-
sionally flare up, but the hard fighting
seems TO be practically over. The Brit |
ish military progress in the Transvaal is |
scarcely more interesting now than the
events in the Orange river colory during !
the last two months.
The TransVaal annexation proclama- |
ton is soon expected. Almost all reports |
indicate that the Beers are realizing the
futifity of further struggle, when op- |
posed to such an Overwhelming force
One of the most notable features Of the |
week in South Africa was Lord Roberts |
abandonment of humane measures to- |
wards the Beers, which he had so long |
persisted in, despite the criticism Of the
r. British colonists and many officers. The |
be meted out to those who give the Beers |
passive assistance, but on those who af- |
ter surrendering resist the British arms |
savors more of Gen. Kitchener than Of |
''Bobs"
Kumassi still awaits relief Gov. Hodg-
son is expected to hold out, but even af- !
ter the siege ends little can be done to
subdue the natives until the rains are |
over. In December a punitive expedi- !
tion, with a corps of white troops will
probably be sent The mortality among
the officers of Col. Willcox's staff shows
how useless 1t would be to send MANY
white troops until then.
The khedives unfortunate illness has
. robbed London of much of the expected
festivities, and in some respects has
made the visit somewhat of a f1zzle.
Some such stimulus to trade Is badly
needed, as in spite of the efforts of the |
: royalties the season is dull in the ex-
treme.
RUSKIN HALL SCHEME.
The London Trades council is deter
mined not to be identified with the gift
of Ruslin hall to America. They de-
clare they know nothing about 1t. deny
that funds are being subscribed by Eng
lish trades unionists, and are issuing a
circular warning labor organizations
against an appeal for subscriptions. The
American unions have been similarly
communicated with. A correspondent of
the Chronicle AYERS that the money has
rot been subscribed, but was merely an
nOunced as a bait for further subscrip-
tons. and decries what Is declared to
be ''Vroomans attempt to voice the as
- pirations of British democracy"
The most interesting theatrical news
is the engagement of Gertrude Elliott
as leading lady by Forbes Robertson for
IlSis autumn tour. Miss Elliott. who
came to England a few years ago as
companion of her sister Maxine, has
made rapid strides in her profession The
Chronicle says:
She is an almost new, and certainly
delightful, type; her possibilities are