Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-22
WAIT ON THE PREMIER
Salisbury to Set the Date for Hold
ing the Parliamentary
Elections

London, Sept. 15.-When n claar-o,,.
issue is again dscernible in the confusia,,
surrounding the Chinese diticplHn.
there may be a reawakening of real in
terest, but at the present China hoId.,
quite secondary place in the publi,,
mind in England. The parliamentary
campaign is in full swing, but LORI
Salisbury has not yet taken the countr,
into his confidence as to balloting dar.
ana the consequent uncertainty gives thu
umI-speaking by getting on every con
Sutuency an academic tinge. SO, GreaJ
Britain, lacking a more interesting top,c
has returned to the consideration of th,
war in South Africa and the newspapers
are eagerly scanned for signs of the real
end of The campaign, as Great Britain
IS tired Of carnage. President Kruger
dramatic retreat has led the commenta-
tors to reann0unce the close of the war.
but the long list of casualties and death,
In hOspi ais, aggregating POO a week
which continue TO fill up the bulletin
boards at the war office, belle their state
mentS.
British Losses Severe.
The claims hitherto made that the
British losses in South Africa have been
small as compared with those Of Other
campaigns appear tC need revision. judg-
ing from recent calculations made by a
well-known actuary,- who finds that Of
the officers in South Africa, I'll per
thousand have been killed or died from
wounds, BOG per thousand of the officers
have died from disease, while of the men
ID per thousand have been killed or died
from wounds, and BIS 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 hugely disproportionat,,
and also that the rate of mortality in
South Africa is much greater than in thr
FraDco-German war. Krugers millions
are the subject of dlsrespectful para
graphs and long narratives of dispraiso
The lowest estimate of his wealth is IL e
100000, invested abroad, while some cal
culators figure his wealth at f5,000.0O0
The TranSyaal government is supposed
to have f2,000,00O or $4,000, 900 in con
tinental banks, which will be boarded by
the managing committee. DR.. LeydS
says. for future rising when England
is in other difficulties.
London Behind the Times.
All kinds of rumOrs are current re
garding the coming of American enter
prise and capital to relieve L0ndon'>
congested traffic. That the metropolis is
far behind every provincial center in
many things that 20 TO make up
modern city is beginning to be realized
by EngliShman as well as by Americans
and a demand is arising for new blood
American or otherwise-capa of solv-
ing transit problems. One had only to
attempt a journey to the city this week
to realize the costly delays, and vexa-
tionS to which business is subjected I'm
der present conditions. The main artery.
Trafalgar square, to the Bank. is
so torn up that it takes cabs
and buses thirty or forty minutes
to cover journey of less than
two miles. Connected. with nil
this congestion is the great problem of
housing the working classes. at which
the closest students of London's social
problems are aghast though they readily
perceive that the only remedy as in the
case Of lessening the congestion of the
street, lies in widespreadng network Of
rapid transit; which, under the comfy
council rules, must hereafter be subtcr-
ranean London, therefore, will gladly
welcome American aid; and there is no
lack of indication that Americans are
actively seeking investments in this and
other directions. There is scarcely a ho-
tel in London that does not contain an
importat representative of some Ameri-
can industry or enterprise which he is
actively engaged in promoting