The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01
GOING INTO THE
HEART OF AFRICA
Expedition to Start From London
Soon.
A
CAMB0N WAS EMBARRASSED
FRENCHMAN LISTENS TO ANG-
Lo-AMERICAN SPEECHES.
cAMBON WAS EMBARRASSED

London. Nov. 3O.-Wiliam Fitzhugh
Whitehouse, jr.. of Newport. R. 1, who
has been in London this week testify
ing in an arbitration case in connection
with a personal dispute between two
members of the Harrison Whitehouse
Abyssinian expedition Of 1900, intends
to start in a few weeks on a fresh ex-
petition to the heart of Africa, accom-
panied by Captain Powell Cotton of the
North Cumberland fusneers. They in
tend to 90 in a Belgian gunboat up
the Congo to Basoko, thence through
the PigTny forest to the north, avoid
ing the usual forest route, the Uga-
NADIA. and then push on and explore
the unknown portions of Lake Albert.
The chief objects of the expedition are
TO obtain big game, but il will also in
ciude practical surveys from which val
liable geographical results may be ex-
peeted. Mr.. Whitehouse hopes to re-
turn in about nine months.
Amusement has been created among
the members of the diplomatic corps
by what is termed the French ambas-
sadOr's ordeal at the Thanksgiving din
American society in London ii. Cam
bon was obliged to listen to expressions
Of AnglO-American brotherhood, which
toward the end of the dinner, developed
into enthusiastic prophecies that the
world would be controlled by English
speaking people, without a single ref
eTence to France, except by Henry
White, United States charge d'affafres.
who, with a tactful utteTance. officially
disOwned this thoughtless treatment of
the chief guest and got himself out of
what might have been an awkward
predictament.
Poor Cambon," said a member of the
diplomatic corps to a representative of
the Associated Press, felt very uncom-
Portable, but outwardly he took the
whole affair as a rather good joke on
himself. 1t is likely TO be a long time.
however before he attends another
such banquet. 1t was a great mistake
to invite him.
The affair has created no little annoy
ance to the American embassy.
Wales VIII Not Challenge.
Even if those alleged to be con-
Cerned in the effort to induce the Prince
Of Wales to challenge for the Ameiea's
cup did not, eategorically deny the
truth Of the report, il would be palpa-
bly, absurd Lord Dunraven and Sir
Thomas Upton, the two yachtsmen
mentioned as cooperating to this end,
are VIGOROUSLY opposed TO each other,
while other members of the royal yacht
squadron, for some reason or other,
and in spite Of the kings effort to the
contrary, vigorously oppose Sir Thomas
Upton. His chances Of election to the
royal yacht squadron are still as re-
mote as ever. Should the king, exer-
cising his royal prerogative. force the
matter to an issue, many members Of
the squadron contemplate Withdrawing
and forming another organization, but
in view of the deep rooted opposition
of such distinguished subjects as the
members of the squadron. it is not like
" the king viii push matters further.
The regular exodus Of American Of
ficials from London is now taking
place. Within a fortnight the ambas-
sador, second secretary and the naval
and military attaches viii all be in
America on leave of absence, only
Henry White. charge dafaires. and
William c. Eustis. the third secretary,
remaining at the embassy.
Commander Richardson Glover, the
naval attache. takes back for the in
Spection Of the navy department yet
another invention for controlling tor
pedOes by wireless telegraphy which
he inspected this week. The inventors
experiments show that tOrpedoes not
only can be steered by electric waves,
but can be stopped, started and fired
at will by means Of this agency.
Fall in Securities.
The stupendous fall in British gov
eminent, railroad ana industrial secur-
tiles since the South African war COM
menced is almost without precedent
In two years, the Bankers Magazine
says, the net decrease in the value of
S25 selected listed securities amounts
to the enormous total of e143, ,000
ConsOls. which the day before the Boer
ultimatum were quoted at 103% are
now 81 1916, whereas in the same peri
cd, several foreign government stocks
and American railroads rose in value
about e47 900 900. The decrease in
fourteen British and indian govern
ment funds amounted to SIC, 1872, 000
The common stock Of nineteen British
railroads lost in value, in the war pc
Rod, over esq 600, 600, while the decline
in railroad debentures and preferences
brings the total loss over R100, goo.
At a meeting of the Metropolitan
asylum's board today the chairman
said it was useless tG blink at the fact
that London was in Tor a heavy cpl
demic Of smallpox and for great ex-
pense. In contending with it. Since
Aug. 10 there has been S67 cases noti-
fed and AS deaths from the disease.
During the past fortnight 262 fresh
cases have been reported.
The foreign Office here confirms the
report that the Russo-Chinese Man
churian negotians are broken off The
officials. however attribute this more
to the opposition Of the Chinese vice
roys and the death of Ii Hung Chang
than to the operations Of Japan.
The. government has issued a notif-
cation that, owing to the proclamation
Of martial law in Cape Colony and
Natal, nobody unprOvided with a per-
nit viii be allowed to land in South
Africa after Jan. !.