The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-08
APPEAL TO
THE COUNTRY.
British Ministry Will Call an
Election in October.
Anthony Hope a Candidate For
Seat in Parliament.
CARNEGIE Is COMING.
CARNEGIE is COMING.
Will Return to the United
States Next Month.
Skibo Castle to Be One of the
Finest in Scotland.

copyright, 1900, by Associated Press.1
London, Sept. S.-The week has been
prolific of discussion, but though the
main questions of international and ma
tional interest appear to be profiting by
the general desire for peace, which re-
mains the factor of international pol
icies and appears to be approaching a
solution they have not yet reached the
point of fnality which Great Britain SO
earnestly desires in order that she may
attend to her private concerns Among
the latter stand out most prominently
the South African question and the gen.
eral election
BY help of the desire for peace, dorni-
mating all nations, Great Britain has
been enabled to achieve without min
drance the formal annexation of the
South African republics, which as a cab
met minister declared last year would be
IAN unmitigated misfortune" Lord Rob
erts' proclamation, however, has not ad-
yanced matters much The jingoes pre-
tend that the annexation of the Trans
vaal is tantamount to the end of the
South African war, but the Boer view of
the question differs, and as a matter of
fact, there are no signs that the British
are masters of the country anywhere
except in the case of strips of land along
the railways. However, in spite of the
disconcerting persiStency of the burgh-
ers, the British government apparently
has determined to carry out the scheme
for an early appeal to the country. Eiv-
erything appears to be shaping for an
October election and the return to Eng
land of Lord Salisbury during the COM
ing week will probably be speedily fol-
lowed by definite pronouncement of the
date of the dissolution as well as British
views of far eastern matters. Among
the interesting features of the election
news is the movement on the part of the
Liberal Unionists to return to the Lib
eral fold and to be again what Sir Will
liam Vernon HarcOurt described himself
to be in his speech Of September 4,
liberal without any adjectives."
Mr.. Anthony Hope (Hawkins), the
novelist, is a candidate for a seat in
parliament. He has been adopted as the
Liberal champion for F'alkirkburg.
Special dispatches from New York
have surfeited the reading public here
with more or less circumstantia1 details
of the acute crisis in the affairs of the
Carnegie company and it's reorganiza-
tion, etc But Andrew Carnegie char
acterizes the report as devoid of founda-
tion in fact. In a telegram to the AS
sociated Press he says:
I'VE are a harmonious, happy family.
No changes are desired or contem-
Charles S. Smith, of New York, who is
returning to the United States this week
after an extensive tour of Europe, has
just completed a fortnight'S visit to
Carnegie. Mr.. Smith said: Mr.. Carne-
gle is going to have one of the finest
castles in Scotland when the repairs are
completed. He had two hundred men
employed on the castle and grounds all
summer, doing wonders in transforming
the estate. I played golf nearly every
day with Mr.. Carnegie and know that
the stories of dissensions in the Carnegie
company are utterly unfounded. We
know President Schwab was in Europe,
but he was not at Skibo castle.
Iron is low but Mr. Carnegie is hope
full concerning the future commercial
outlook in the United States. He is go
ing to the United States in October
It have never known SO many fmprovi-
dent Americans in London said United
States Vice Consul WeStacott to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press sat
this time of the year you are sure to
find many who have overtaxed their
financial resources. But the applications
for relief here outnumber anything in
the history of the consulate OF course.
there are no means in our hands to
finance stranded travellers and if there
were they would long since have been
expended. Guests at the leading hotels
say they can not go into the streets
without being besieged for financial aid
by impoverished compatriotS."
The visiting members of the Kansas
City fire brigade are entertaining crowds
at the Crystal palace. The smartness
of the American firemen has called
forth unstinted praise from the London
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