The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-15
CLEANING AND COMMENT.

AMI
1t is known in Washington that the
isthmian canal is assured, that the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty is to be abro-
gated without any consideration Of it.
hat Uncle sam will have exclusive con-
troll. that h right Of this country to
fortify and defend the canal is guaran-
teed and that neutrality is assured.
This is the purport Of the new treaty
agreed upon between Great Britain and
the United States. 1t is not yet COM
pleted although practically drafted.
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Lord Kitchener having had much
practice in drawing savage orders, has
again issued one of his characteristic
to inflict death upon the Beers in
Khaki, that is if they are captured.
You must first catch the hare and then
cook it, was the oily recipe in the old
English ook book. All Beers found
wearing British uniform must be killed
at once-must be shot to death. If they
kill a few British and the cold weather
requires a change of garb for comfort
or any cause then shoot them on the
spot The late rumor from Amsterdam
relative to Boer terms Of peace is a
lie out of the whole cloth. The German
papers complain that the recent speech
of Lord Salisbury is a disappointment
because it contains no word Of con
Citation for the Beers and no prospect
of peace" The Vossische Zeituns
says: THE time we believe, is e
public opinion of Great Britain
will find the courage to openly demand
a change Of policy in order to avoid
a further weakening of Great Britain's
position in the world"
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Lord Salisbury no doubt disappointed
a great many people at home and abroad
by his rather lagubrious speech. The
Germans are Disappointed and SO are
many friends and sympathizers with
the Boers in Great Britain and Ireland
and the United States. The burden
that theBritish are bearing now is great,
but if the var is protracted much long
err these burdens will grow heavier and
the outlook more black and unsatisfy-
ing. The Baltimore Sun says:
The British premier spoke more like
a weary philosopher than a man of &C
ton. The burden of his message to the
people of Great Britain was that cOndi-
tons might be much worse, and, there
fore, pessimism vas not justified, al
though the war costs the government
Sc, 200, 900 week and the loss of life has
been appalling. Britons must be con-
tent to let the war burn itself out" to
use a phrase coined recently by Lord
Miner"
1t is said to be a stern fact that the
mortality among British soldiers in
Africa has been much greater than they
have ever experienced in any Of the
wars they have waged against savages
and semi-barbarians. The London News
Of 9Th says:
The truth is that the death rate in
the camps is incomparably worse than
anything Africa or Asia can show.
Their is nothing to match it ven in
the mortality figures of the Indian IA
min where cholera n other cpl
der I'VE to be contended with"
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There is a great deal of style assert
IIS IlSeII DIT the bldCh f1OuSe HON.
President Roosevelts coachman and
footman appear now in the most gor-
geous elaborate livery. Their hats are
tall and threatening of Teddy's own Sc
Letting. The driving outfit is simply
and ineXpressibly superb. Cockades
also adorn those top-lofty hats. This
is all a significant innovation. Is Ted
dy really touchd with imperialistic
views? The Baltimore Suns Washing
ton special says:
Two young negroes who looked
enough alike to be twins, were on the
front seat, in the handsomest livery
displayed by any president since the
days of President Arthur. They wore
lorg dark-blue coats with double rows
of brass buttons. and on their tall hats
were cockades of black burrs with a
rosette of red. white and blue silk. No
former president has used the national
colors as a part of the cockade before
Mr.. Roosevelt, who is believed to be the
first person to adopt them in Washing
ton"