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By Maj6r ome
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tiago
5Ji V bKJiLKi 1 ILlaM
tK- .t-t i .T :;!:: .- aa-'aJa ,: ;-. - j:;;r:s.BM l;-:-;:;
ain
M) SYSTEM IN ANY DEPARTMENT
Troops Huddled Together
-. 'Separated; in the 'Embark.
-
lancespeficiency of Proper
Cu ban Pro vision;! l Assem
Rrder the H-blding of
t - heuiDiyv-iuoan
- l . '
. ' Washington, - rsovmix - ine
war
investigating. commissionneico a ses
sion- here today for the v"yrrpose of
liearing'.the testimony of Major-Henry
Jiomeyne. a
retired army pflicer. Jle
said that ne had aslred at the beginning
of the war for a military assignnent
to go to the front in his papacitjas
s
an officer,, but i it ! was refused and He
then vi-nt ias.-.- a ! correspondent r of
"vetlily newspaiter Hi testimony cov
ered the,--'embarkation of the troops at;
Jfurt: Tampa-ind! the campaigning- in
; CuIjjjl. -He saidthat - when hp went to"
J'ort Tampa, -the bank of the canal
there was' covered withTjjops. Hq
liafl wanted to go lover with the Tenth
-infantry which, . was his old regiment,
tut no one could tell him where the
regiment waif) to be found, .nor did any.
one appear to knowjon what A'essef any
of the . particular ; troops were to em
"bark. There "was" gTeafi confusion, aa
xx. consequence of which a part of a
command would go on j one . vessel and
, part on another. : He had seen no or-
AlCr for the systematic embarkation of
the troops and he had heard it said
;that they were told to'! go aboard hel-t-r
-skelter.- -'-.J- ; . ;
' "V,hen asked : ip: - express, an. pinion
&S to the pieparation for the embarka
- tion . the witness stated that : to do so'
would, involVe criticisjm of hfs superi-'
. rs.". The commissioners i insistetl "upon.
reply, and .Mr. Romeyne replied ,that'
he did. not think the preparation was'
lueh as it should have been. "There
was," he sa
jijid - also . of
for landing.
d, "a lack, of surf boats,
order and" of preparation
i When the landing, was
undertaken
the troops i left the ships
-indiscrtminately, -parts I going at one
'-.'time and vther parte at r other- times."
'die fold of the effort to tow two light
. .-i over to (Cuba,', but Isaid that one
was lost and that it was the general
; impression that ft twas lost on purpose
"because it retarded the progress of the
'Uwet.
In' response to d question from"Jen
Tal i McCuok
Major Jtomeyne said
was difficult to land any
that while It
thing, ambulances; andr wagons could
'have been lalndedi-as easily as tlie ar
. tillery. i He had seen only one ambu
lance at thefrontat the battle ofwEl
Cahei' and wag not'j used; for con--.
veying.the vhounded to the rear. '
v Speaking df other incidents ' of .i this
'""battle he safd -there was general sur
prise that an inflated balloon had been
..earried -at the head ofi the attacking
column, thuii indicating t6 the. Span
,',tards'the exact location! ofi the troops;
"but he did not know at whose orders
this had been do net, - I
- He said the town of Siboney was
vithout- excption.4 the . j dirtiest place
:he?had"e-yer! seen in-his life and that no
effort 'was nade to' clean it up before
the fever bmke out. 'rherewas a: de
ficiency of prppor, food a If the fever hos
pitaLs' ,and tne cooking I-was. generally
, poor, . Any jine in thisj hospital was
liable- to contract yellcjw fever. I He
had boerr a iTatient in llie hospital and
said there i hhd been no lnegl.ee t. of i pa
tients by thtf. medical .; attendants at
this 1 ho?pital or at the t hospitals J-for
.-the woundedJ -He had, khown ufgeons
. ini -the - latteif hospital- to -work sixty
"houFs without cessatirmi ?. . .. j.-.
"-Why; did thv-y not have more sur
reons?" asked -iolonel renby.
The witnesjs said he could not an
:.twer.? . : i . : 't--::; 't1 L- f
v -ifajor.j,ltoifiey-iieV' said fhe h'ad come
- niort.h. as a convalscent with many :oth
s'rf convalescents. on 'the-transport Con
cha. an( he fritkMsed th!e provisioning
: , of the. vesseli in severe iterms. "Many
rf-t'h-e m.en we're vompelleft to sleep on
boa r d bu n ks -w i t h o u t . , bl a n k e t s o r p i 1 -"lows
and vith no 'covering- at night
ovcept the cotton uniform they wore
-luring the day. "The water was of
fensive to both-, sisrnt and smell." ' he
. fird. rand tne' food was' poor and scan
ty., iikme. being nrovlded i espt-ejally fov
cr,n alescents. -The' meat war eanne3
. ami muoh of, the hard, tack moulded.
rjHe also. stated, thatitbere was only one
Phy-?cian .aboard the.: vessel ''a-nd. thatr
h -w: as a convalescent.- Six men tad
died o0 the jw-ay, up ,-and Major.- Ro-meyTTr-
e-xpresjseil -the opinion, in re
. spnse "t." - a .ou'estion - from Cittain
II o well. that
fnd food The
with ! proper attention
lives of - at least sarin? ! of
thepe men could have been -saved. Ho
said b? was; tinab'ie; to place the re
I , ffp.on sibil it y- for ; the: neglect, but that
'the captain of the jvess'el had stated
tthat w hWn h made: application to pro
Ho Jameira for fresn food and -water
fore. starting on the.; vovage . f rom
wntiaco the Request -was refused. '.:
Jen era 1 Wilson. ex-Governor Reaver'
rtici-f'aptain Howell go to Camp Meade f
tiVnorrpw for, the purpose of inspecting
that tiamp., j
erBAN pnoyisioxAL. assemblt.
A PrsWIerrt , Masso. cf vthe provisional
buban tgoprniment, has ' cabled 'from
-Hanta ii'Vuz del Sur to Senpr Quesada,
.. pecretriry -of tte Cuban .legation here,
' 5ayJngjr- "-'Assembly ihas: not yet me,t,
Otwinglto. th absence of the quorum,"
This .whs cai'jpd out bv Inau'iry- from
SenorQi7esr!o';L- as to reports coming
lv way of Santiago., representing the
Cubani -'assembly a.4iiq, session at Santa
Cruz d el u r ja n d eirgaged i n ; i mtor
tant qfuestionsj relating to i the; future
-the I Island, the disrmamenf- of the
Cuban army.,, etc, - : i ' v- ?
of the
Preparations of
Campaign
'at TampaGreat Confusion- Commands
,UonfThe Lack of Surf boats and Ambu- ;
Food in the Hospitals-Th-e
bl y not
in SessionTo'
tutional As
lined. a Const
l'oncy uu
j It has been stated that.-the assembly
organized! by .choosing General - Garcia
as presiding officer, thua indicating the
military element i under Garcia -would
dominate jthe assembly
There; are evidences that President
McKinley j and his cabinet have , as
surances hat the action of the Cuban
provisional government will not be an
tagonistic to the policy at Washing
ton,: but . rather in , sympathy with the
execution (of that policy. -J : - j
. Senorl Quesada Is 'satisfied that this
will be the course of the; Cuban as
sembly ;.when It begins work, and it is
probable -that he anade this view known
during a i-ecent interview with Secren
tary: Hay at the state- department. In
the eveht of his leaving Washington
to attend the assembly at Santa Cruz
del Sur.iit will be with the special pur-
pose of securing co-operation between
the' a u t h o r 1 1 ies - h er e and ; there and
overcominjjr'alfl friction. Speaking of
th Cuban assembly, Mr. Quesada- said:
"It is only, the; first step toward a.
regular and constitutional:' form of
government and it will give way later
to an assembly truly representative of
all the people of Cuba. For the pres
ent President Masso "has called togethr
er. this j provisional body, which is
necessarily! crude,! because of the unset:
tied conciition of affairs in Cuba. It is;
however, riot a- military assembly, only
eight :or. tn out of a membership of
f'rty-eightj from :the - military ranks
The others! are from civil life, 'doctors;
lawyers aid planters, and represent
the best elements in the community.
This assembly will not form a constitu
tion,: but will . :. provide for a constitu
tional conyentioni wrhich .will take up
the important work of framing a con
stitution: and establishing a permanent
government for the island." 1
With this programme in' view, it is
hardly expected that the tuestion of
annexing Cuba' to the. United will as
sume large proportions for the present,
but will remain in-abeyance until the
Cuban government is sufficiently: well
. esta-blished to permit it to express the
wishes of the people of - duba; on the
question of annexation. ' :
DE1TIIOFJEDGEGKEEN
He DIp at His Home In AVatauga Tlie
CJovenoTAlfco Appoint Hl ;Siircessor
for Next I Two jYears The Halifax
Political Prosecution
(Special to The .Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. , C,, November 2: Judge,
I,. L, Green, of the ! Tenth superior:
court 'district, died -today at his home
in Watauga county, j " ' ' j
A rumor was current here that this
would necessitate sthel-reprinting of all
the' judicial tickets. State Chairmen
Simmons and. Hoi ton thad a conference
arid found that th'elaw is plain that
where a .vacancy occurs within thirty ;
days before an election it can only be
filled by ' the governor's appointment, .
which holds for two I years until ; the1:
following election.! I Governor Russell
.will accordingly fill sthe vacancjyj Judge i
Green was a republican and wtas elect-
ed four years ago. i ' . i
. ExOongressman Buck Kitchin and
several other democrats of j Halifax
. county, who are charged by the negro",
! i. . ' it . 'I 1 . . .. i . - i
oteptoe, . lorcioie- .entry, .-'.oi nis
house, will- be here' tomorrow- -afternoon.
A telegram 1 received tonight
says it is . a political prosecutipn, . engi
neered "by the republican state chair-
man.
THE' TVEU IIAUBOU MOMTOKS
To be Iucreaed lu Size Co . FonrThou
sand Ton Displacement
i Washington," November .2. The navy
department is considering the advisa
bility; of modifying, the plans for jthe
four new harbor i monitors by. increas.
ing their size from' 2,700 tons! to 4,000
.tonsv enabling tiiem to carry ! lour 12-
inch p., in two turrets, instead of
jpniy two guns .in one turret. , .
: Lewis. Nixon, tone of . the succussful
biiders for building the monitors, "was
at, the navy department, today in con- j
sulfation with the secretary on the !
sublect, which.-wasf later in the day, F
considered by the board of bureau F
Chieff- As the offensive power of the
monitors can bel doubted, at an! increase
tin cost that still places' the figure
vithin- the appropriation, the change
probably will ; be imade.
ISaptlHt Convention to meet a't Aahe
- , Tllle ; ,.
(Special to The Messenger.)
i- Raleigh, N. C, : November 2. Rev..
John E.' White,' secretary of the Bap
tist stateboard,rsays a special invita
tion was today received from First
Baptist church, of Asheville, to have
next year's Nprth f Carolina
convention; held there.' . He
Baptist '!
convention will, in all probability, . be i
v.i , Tfc u'
held there. The convention has nevpr
met west of the, Blue Ridge,
.j. .
WILMINGTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEjfljEIt
WHITE JIAX'S RALLY
A Iloatin; Time. In the Fifth Ward
Lat Slsht-.fir. Jf L. Croom Come
Ont for W hlte CoTfniraeutruatn
'.
Indian Attend and 7Iake Mpeeche
A white man's rally was held "last
night at the stand at Seventh and
Castle streets, and the Fifth: Ward
whooped it up la the enthusiastic man
ner which has inspired the boys during;
this remarkable' campaign. - Rosin bar-
rels at Front and Market streets were
lighted early In the night to advertise
the meeting, and at several places:
around; the standi there rosin barrels:
blazed to give the" patriots light 'and
glowfc'to the occasion. .
r A crowd of about 400 or 500 went out
to hear the speakers. Among those in
attendance were about a dozen Croatap
Indians, who, were escorted from up
town by a delegation . of Fifth ward
ers; 'The Indians are from Skuffletown.l
liobeson county, and they are here at-i
tending the- United ;States court. They
.went, tp . the meeting wearing '.white
government buttons, and they enthusl-i
astically entered into the spirit of the!
iiiy. ;
. At 8; 30 o'dock Mr. M. F Dowling, in
a ringing speech, introduced B. G. Em
piei Esq , who ably presented the
issue of white government and created:
enthuiasm for the cause. ' The crowd
lustily cheered his remarks. ; ' - :
. The next speaker was Iredell Meares.
Esq., who spoke for more than an hour.)
He made a magnificent speeclf and the
crowd gavehis utterance's the heart
iest applause. Mr, Meares read the
following letter, which w.as wildly ap
plauded: 1
."To MyFellow' Citizens of Wilmlngri
tfxnr i
"1 expected tonight to address you
upon the political situation In our ity
but; owing, to my confinement to my
room 'from an attack of rheumatism, I
am deprived of that pleasure,' and. write!
this " letter instead.- .1' "have been re
peatedly urged tp. allow my name to
run on .the republican ticket for
sheriff, and my -friends are-insisting on
it, even though an-amicable arrange
ment : has been made to restore . good
government to pur city.' 1 1 cannot and
will, not allow my name to , be used,
and I am. opposed to running any re
publican ticket ' in this county. ,
"I 'have always been a ' republican,
but under the; present condition of af
fairs, approve of the position of Gov-.-ernor
Russell and his friends and de
sfre. to see the business men',- tax-pay
ers and property owners control the af
fairs in this coUnty and city. '
1 - v "J. L. CROOM." '
The-s crowd then unanimously, yelled
"Fishblate!" , "Fishblate!" and ex
Mayor Fishblate had to take , to the
stand I amid ' the cheers of the - crowd
Captain James M. McGowan in pro
duced; him as the old democratic war!
horse,' and he made a brief .but stifring
speech. The cheers and applause that
greeted him show that he stil holds his
former popularity in . the ; Fifth. He
has been doing some g-ood work in the.
campaign and ' the boye appreciate it. -i
C. C. Locklear,. a Croatan Indian, was
introduced . by Mr. DOwiirig, ! and
he ' . told ' the crowd A that the
Croatans were; "with - them : for
vyhitel government He promised that
Robeson county would go for white su
premacy and said all the Croatans ask-;
ed for was an asylum for their unfor
tunate people.. He was heartily '. ap
plauded. i The crowd then .yelled itself hoarse
fjr the favorite of the Fifth 'ward; Jus
tiice .G. . .W. Bornemann, who made a
brief but warm speech. !
I Mr. W. S. Hewlett wras called 'for, and!
apnid enthusiasm he made a rineiner
speech that added to the enthtisiasm4
, i nere is nothing wrong with the:
Fifth. - - "
The Rarbecne and Rally Today ..: 1
The county democracy will be here
in full force today to attend the -white'
man's rally and barbecue at Hilton
park.. The country horsemen .will be
met. at Seventeenth and. Market streets
by the Wilmington Red Shirts, Roughl
i-iiaers ana citizens, who will accom
pany' them on a parade to Hilton.
l he parade will move from Seven- ?
teenth .street 'down Market to Front,
then, up Front to democratic headquarters-'
in the old First National Bank
building,: where the speakers and oth
ers will join the procession.- The : pro
cession will then move ;down Front
street ito Castle, out Castle to Seventh
up Seventh to Red Cross, on Red Cross
to- Fourth and up Fourth to- the park,
The speakers will be "Messrs. Geo.
Rpuntree, M. S. Williard, W. H. Neal,
Iredell Meares, B. G. Empie and Geo.
L..I Peschau.
All. the white' men are invited and
the ladies . are especially invited.
., j Trouble In Columbus
The democrats of Columbus county
are in a stir and there is likely to be
trouble. Mr. J. A. Brown, of Chad
bourn, chairman of the; democratic 'ex
ecutive committee, .was in the city yes
terday!' and he received information
that, the, registration books . of Wil
liams' l township, had been stolen or
j fnZLSZ
ts.
the south-
oastern : part of the county, adjoining
orry county, S. C, and it:is the dem-t-e'ratici
stronghold of the counts-- At
last accounts the democrats had a ma
jority v of over ; 300 registered in the
towhsriip. and it is said the fusionlsts
had offered $500. to get tlie vote of that
xownsnip out or tne. way. xne regis
tra-s are unuer -suspicion ana if the
ioofcs are not forthcoming they' will
h ave a mountain of trouble' on hand.
Tie democrats threaten to swinar them
up I if there has been any dirty work
by tthem. There are a lot of mad dem
ocrats in Columbus, and they will se t
the words on : fire if those books are
not trotted out." . " , v
!TVnId'nt Let Dancy Speak
John C. Dancy,; the negro collector of
j thej port f Wilmington, is campaign
ilngiip s'Jvt-al of 'the eastern counties
of the stat Yesterday. he had an a.p-
pointment o speak at Wilson, but
the I white government cohorts met hijn
me "OWIJ t ' Vnt
-sdown the Atlantie and North Carolina
.t . x.' . - v
iidiii i-trtxi r iui;i nis iv liAitJii mrw
i hern.
Try ins to Keep up their :SpHrIi- hj
Loud Boatlns-Fnionit TAtb
Inz thrlr Eleetlan Ttrket-Af PUlI-
elan In Trouble Popullt lielnc
Driven br the Futlou : JTIacU
Tote for Fourier i i .1
i' . -: . . . . . ; LS
Messenger BuJai
Raleigh, X. C.
Novettitri 2.
The republicans issued a nalgn
circular today in which they fet tforth
asj facts the statements of he5 tgro
Steptoe of Halifax county ' tiiatrxiCon
gressman "Buck" Kitchin an dtb,ers
assaulted him and broke into house
in .Halifax county. j j j -
f The next contest will be in Edge1
ii - i ' -, ' . f - - : ..' j . . '.. A
combe i county, where ; the situatipn Is
a duplicate of what It was in Wilming
ton and New Hanover. The populists
ay they "failed to adjust" ' thejr. fcom
promise' ticket. - ; .
In Granville county' the fuiqnists
did not fuse. tThere are threeitibkets
In that county. Populistspeakjjft as
"in a bad fix.? The populists Rave no
organization in Stanly. Theyt (lalm
that Rkhmond county will go JSr f us
lon . a'M'--aa X 4- aaaX-M-
, ! Republican Ghairman Holtonssay he
does not believe the statements that
there will be shooting particuliujy in
Richmond county, r. He . says' h could
jump in there and . run put ' th'ii w'hole
erowd. i He says he wrote todajl a cir
cular asking that all disorder, -An- the
state be reported to Jiim so he en Shave
the grand juries to investigate;
tThe other day the republican jesti
mate of thirty-eight senators aiVd! seventy-seven
members of the hertisp as
the ;fUsion strength was given, .s from
Holton. Populist Secretary! Ayr isay's
today that the democrats fcanrkit get
over eleven senators,)
members of the houses.
and' fijjtyi
fiye
k ji December 28th . the association;. ' of
courity supervisors, and that! of cper
intepdent of academies meet feee.
: County Supervisor E. M. Mati'kfe of
Vance, is in trouble. He is to b?t"ied.
He is in 'politics too and the stafe Sup
erintendent does not say good 'things
about him. He is a fusionist.
t4 v.-:
-!
The news as to the; : reorganisation
ot the state guard into three regftiAnts,
is not, for some odd reason, tovbgfven
out until th day after thexelfection
It was promised by November lSjtT, and
has nothing on earth
to doi with
the
election
si TheJ rpniiblinnns .nnrl . nnnnlisfR I nrp
watching their election tickets! jt ilol
ton and Ayer are sending them but.
The populist ticket has the arjn of
the state. The republican tlcklt jhas
a small picture of McKinJey, ground
which are grouped flags "guns, cnhon,
etc, in colors. It is: quite,; a rlgudy
l it is; said that populists in theThird
district are being "driven to. v6t for
Fowler for congress. lA populist lays
so. When asked who was cSriying i
them he. said ( "Senator
Butler and5 the
'-IS
machine."
n Republicans are not! now willfng to
bet that they will carry the fsldwer
house, i They are very bitter ijidjee'
li.Ji Tha anitimfltit is maria tht taa! Tfo.
groes will vote largely in to w&rfbut
lightlyjin the country district' guu ou LUW uieie.
, ; Populist fusion comment on Pfax IN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES,
county is that "it is in a worse fifi han 1 Washington, November " 2.-The crit
any county in the state." It is lfunny ! ical situaiion of affairs between France,
to hear populists here brag. ne of j and " Great Britian is excitinftl lively
them says that not a populist ian be ' interest among members of tbl diplo-
fpund in Sampson county who will Vote
tne democratic ticket i rney aiuo say
that from Raleigh westward th jbig-
best majority against
the demCjciatic
ticket will be given.
WILL HAVE QHDKIt .
Resolutions' Adopted at a 7Ieetgn; of
tlie Citizens of lVLlllamstoitji f
(Special to The
essenger.Ji
-.1 - -5:3
WilHotvic. rtn M r
November;
11 AAX&Cfc4.ii,UXJ., A . . V., W V" UV.,J
The following action has
been etaken
by our citizens regarding the negrcg in
vasion, wired i you last night. jij'. j
ri -4 '-' -:.'.-:: v i- A-,- v Bf-M '
iAt a-meeting of the white wple
of Williamston. N. p., held at"Odll fel
lows hall on the evening of Novsnlber
1st the following resolutions
were
adopted;
1 Whereas, On the night .of thf j
1st
of Ottober an armed band of nCgoes
invaded this town, and
mgrcjied
through the streets of William
on,
discharging their guns i in vioJatiotii
of
peace and order, and j ' '
j i Whereas The white : people Of
sthe
town desire to maintain -quiefeiand
peace. , r;-: vr " : d -a-'a',
i,We therefore demand v that the
'.' -1 1
mayor
Oi me saiu: tywu uig-ie
a, sufficient force to maintain lai nd of Btate for foreign affairs, subsequent
order and we require him to call.jon Jy president of .the board of trAie and
all good citizens to aid him in main
taining.-good order, j . " f
) Resolved, That- a copy of thes nes--olutions
be sent the mayor of the oKn.
A Defanlter for 71 any Year j
Hanover.f: Penn:, November .4A
long hiddeiJ deficiency, ireachipg y:but
$57,000, ; hais been discovered, i he
accounts oj the late John H. itle
man. Cashier of .the First Natjowal
"bank of this place, who died jCbjut
three weeks' ago. r The books : -;ha.ve
been in the hands of jan experti ac
countant since Alleman's death, abd
the shortage was thusi reveal ed.fe Mr.
Alleman had been, cashier ofi the ah k
for twenty-eight years and. at. no-'tine
was he ever suspected of "doing. wrog.
His 'defalcations were cleverly coeited
up? by means of ?tkiting or the uepof
drifts on. .different out ! of town b'3.R;ks
and thus deceived even the banbi ;ex-.
aminers. Mr. Alleman . was .-. ; .iftiqjer"
bonds of $30,000 ! and he bank vf 11
theref'ore suffer little and it still has a
surplus .of fW,000!pver jail liabilitisi
''?' 'A - A A .:-; ; 'f.::'X :J . ?
3,;1S!IS.
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TO CLOSE PEACE
Spain's Representatives pecteJ to Wit Iraw from the Joint Coin in Ls
sion-Commcnts of GeViiian Pressor ,-tjitudc of Our Government
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More Talk of ' Interference European Powcrs-No ,
J f Change in 5thelashoda Sitiu UtnWlJelief that the ;
' ; ' , j Egyptian Question will Ifr Jijmii a General i
pi European "Vt ur.-.
British warships here; the feist -class
battleship Centurion;, the nt class
cruiser Narcissus, -the secoiad. class
cruiser Hermione, the torpedo boat der
stroyer Whitihgj the torped'hoat de
stroyjer Fame,, the torpedo ! ioat de
stroyer Handy and the first jcMss gun
boat,! Peacock, have, cleared jff action
and are ready for sea at an hr's no
tice. ; " . k
Th?, first class battleship fftorious
and the; first class cruiser urgjaunted,
at Che Foo, are coaling to t'Kjir fulL-
' 'If
est capacity. . '- fm
Th4 greatest secrecy ' is maintained
as to the meaning, of these, 'warlike
preparations, but there is no dVibt Im- i
' M ; .:." . . '
portant instructions . are exp-ited at
ahy -moment - ,f
A large -Russian .fleet is embled
at Port Arthur. . U
' London, November 2.-The aispatch
from jWei Hai - Wei a, announlcjig the
war preparations of the British naval
authorities there. ' is 'regarded here as
being of grave importance, coupled
with the French Anglo war jj prepara
tions.!; It ' is surmised thatp Russia,
profiting i by : the present relations be
tween5; Great; Britian' and Frfliie,,-has
decided to push forward, hen-isims in
the far east by forcibly seiatng
valuable treaty port of Newif Jhwang,
which Great Britian cannot ,$C"fniit, it
is'said. Ji
NO CHANGE IN" FASHODA, i?ITTJA-
- j - TIO.N.
. A semi; official noteyfssued (hs even
ing relative to thereports of a settle
ment of the Fasfoda question;, says: .
- 'The , matterIs substantially In the
same positioXas it was whenthe blue
book jandyellow book were published.
It is pgr anticipated that ' France will
take further, action until MajVsr Mar-
chanorS' arrival at Cairo on Thursday,
ien explanation will be forthcoming
as tojhis reason for leaving Iashoda."
A Frenchman has been arrested at
' DovejT for attempting to ent: the big.
;' matiq corps' here, and on som of the
pnases or tne controversy apnears to
be mtire exact than coming frotia Paris
and London. The dispatches U d ay at
tached -much ; significance to the ab
sence of Baron Courcel, the! iiFrench
ambassador,-from .London anf it was
stated j tlj at .France would sw her
bassador at London. 'j
The journal official receiVedt at" the
Frencjh embassy however, ' .ays- that
the appointment of M. Paulj 'imbon
as ambassador for .London to Succeed
Baron Courcel, was officially gazetted
on September 21st. vM. Cambon, is a
brother of Mr. Jules Cambon the
French ambassador here, who was con
spicions .in the peace negotiations be
tween this government and Spainl He
V has been ambassador at Constantinople
and is now on his way from that point
to London., . ' .
- At the .leading embassies here there
is little idea that the Fashod affair
will lead t to war, although thfe is a
very general opinion that the Egyptian
question in general may lead tjT a con
flict in which; other European coun
tries than. France ,ancT"Great IlBrftian
may take partr''
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED
::jj.'
London, 1 November 2. RigB(j Hon.
James! Bryce, former under sretary
triad
now member of parliament in h'e lib
eral interest for - Aberdeen, sneaking
there this evening, endorsed Iiord Salr
isbury's stand In the Fas hod a "Contro
versy, declaring that the military con
trol of all the navigable wafers in
the Bahr !el Ghazeal basin, as irell as
the Nile, must be secured to Egypt,
Referring to increasing cojjdlality
between the United States an preat
Britian 31r. Bryce said: ''Whiri . last
in the United States I was .strpbfc- with
the change in public sentimentl TJie
spontaneous outburst of feeling . in
Great Britian when the Europanj.pow
ers wished to intervene agangt the
United States during the recent,' war
with Spain made the Americans-tinder-
stand how close we felt the'ie be-j1
tween j then, and cUrseives. . Thy
showhrjthat they appreciate and-1 recl
rocate our-entiment.-. l would"? nerer.
advocate-a formal
events, the obstacles
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British War
IIgOTI ATIONS
V
serA i.jhut all the conditions exist for
a so id and durable friendship betwoea
AmV tica and Great BriUan. They I
hayt . nj adverse interests anywhere,
in tfc e world and they have common. J
aims ;in! sundry -regions, p Everywhere i
eac& ciijp render a great service to the,
other and they can understand ono i
anatheii; better than either, itan under-,
stand, iny foreign country, i Nature
an4 fiisiory meant them to'-be frienda
an4 Ihelcloser and deeper that friend
shifsthe better it will b for" the
greie3 and welfare of, both; - .
TO -iRPAK OF PEACE NEGOtlAr
. Si'. : - '. . - I ,! ..I i
TIONS.
Lit dan. November S.The Paris'cor
.-I 1
resiadcint of The Morning Post says:
"It m expected that a rupture of
peat 'negotiations between the UniU
S'tatt ad Spain will be offlc!allyn
JtLl -IM; T.-t.t.. rr :
noui'uledion Friday. Tho feel In
is tx at tie attitude or the bpa
irral loflaEI In view of the
posais of the United Sta
they.'my ultimately jregret haying
falleU tORagree quicklywivh the adver
sary??
The Vienna correspondent oft Tho.
Times ys: yThe Spanish commis
sioners Tannot be surprised: neither
the Spanish: government by America's
decision xo' take the Philippines; Poo- !
siblSuhei Spanish people were not pre- t
parjpi igr it ana tne commissioners
wer.i pretending gurprisel so that 'the I
Eovei-n-mnt may be better able to face 1
public dtlnion. Certainly everybody f
outsjde.csf Spain must have understood r
that fthe archipelago was lost to Spain-;
TAlK OF EUROPEAN INTERFER-i
ENCE.
t i ;r-t
A-iy
Tt n -HBi-lln. rrrreeynTtAant- rt : thru f
Berlin
Statart says: "Russia! and another!
powyr ace creuiteu wiiu iuo iuu;uviv
of itiniting-' to Washington that the'
anm xati)n of the Philippines must be
precjded; by a comidon agreement on i Ir
futd-V action in certain circumstances-''
' TPq German papers express their
feeUa; very frankly. The Hamburg-;
WEfe HAI WEI 2 , j, - I -iscbr
Correspondent says: "Tho
Unid Sjates are conducting the; peace
negi'tiatiins as they conducted the:'
wariJThte" mask of humanity is be-.
ingfjgradually dropped, revealing the
broils bajnd of strength.! -When the I
protocol Stvas signed not; a; foot of Phil- .
ippHe sil was in American - hands. ,
Preden McKinley, demands the .com.-j i
pletfisUprender only because ( victory i
In ;tbfrthcomIng elections depends
upon I The American demand, how j:
evef i less a' blow to Spain than to
the! f irdpean powers which seem de -
siro-t i t& seieciiug uavar buiuuuh uu :
the rfil3ppines.'r j 1 v . ' ! J -! 1
f-; Bf;rsen Courier admits that-the
pow-lfi av no cause for interfering,
but!! them to watch American ex-
pan-ife'ivith jealous ejeal 'r : i ; j. i
; it'v Kational Zeitung says:- "If
Spaf "ainot obtain compensation suf
flcir. ,tt cover the Philippines and
CuCgK tSebts, she would be better off
witgjjtthe isianas. LooKing at tno
con,;Trf lal and strategical value of .
thef.?ilppines, we would not be. sur
pri '& resistance on the part of
som4lof the rowers. Moreover, It, la
eviit -jtht the inhabitants do; hqt
calr Acquiesce in American-an nex
atioii" 'I .';'-, 5:.':,i.';!r'-.;lf "',;; vtl;: ...j t'l't1'
TiiC Frankfurther j Zeitung thinks
thati- jt$r the elections the American
comft ss?oners are likely to make some
concM'jsidns since the chief question ls
Jow'r) fonquer the Philippines from'
the i'tiaiitants than how to overcome'
SpaT Resistances ' J. ' -
Th I "Uienna correspondent of, tho
DailP T"Iegraph says .-"Austrian cabi
net: bidders an English protectorate
Bifif ng Powder
tnrjf. r '
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powders are the greatest
nie" ;cer to health of the present day;
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