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KAISER PREVENTS
INTERVENTION
Wants Great Britain to Have
Boer Republics.
AID TO GERMAN COMMERCE
Ffinci and RuiiIi Would lalcrvrae Bullcr
Etplalsi III, Dlntlroui Camptlgi
ol Lil Ycir-krucr Hat
Sailed for Evropt.
LONDON. Oct, :o.-' I believe," said
?"irx ror William recently, "that It la to
Germany's advantage for England to
have the Boer r 1 u t j 1 1 a."
The complete accuracy of thla Impor
tant quotation, which gained strength
frm the fact thut It wan nt said with
an 1ra of repetition or for the soke
of mollifying some British diplomat, 'a
vouched for. The riiinik waa mad In
the tours; of a conversation between
the empTor ami cne of th leading G'-r-maria
wh' advice In maticra of com
mercial poll, y hid n.ijnty greatly re
li a upon Mild who, by th way. ! not
lowr of Or.'iit Britain anil h.-r workf.
Through a recent visit of this Individual
to England, the Ao lated Presa secured
knowledge of what may he fairly de
scribed a. tho emperor's candid opto
Ion (if the South Afr'.ian mntW.
For several day, the English and con
tinental .upfra hove contained hint,
and even assertion, that Riiiwla, France
and Germany are contemplating Joint
action with 1 Idea of co-rcing Great
Hrltaln Into granting at least a degree
of Independence to the Boers. Several
(nrreapomlenta have adduced the moot
circumstantial d?talla to prove the ex
istence o' thl undercurrent of project
ed dlplonacy belwte n the powers men
tioned and, while the EnirllHh public
haa itrown Inurel to ini?rventon ru
niora, thla Innt revival haa at-cured no
aninll degree of credence and haa even
affected the nuitketa. Whether Jtueala
mil France ver coniempiatid audi an
action l not known, but the clrvum
aianciii und-T which Emn-ror William
pike efi.oiually and definitely dlnpose
of oil polbllity of any Kuropean In
tervention, for It I. aoknowl,lg. U cn all
.Me. that r.uxnli and France would not
act without Germany.
Tliire I. evm luritier .Isnlflcnnce in
hU niaji'.ty'a proni'iinei-ment for, alnce
he made the atatement referred to. hla
Interviews ha conferred with the Itoer
dipcat'-a. Tills occurred only a few
day. g and It can be Inferred that
It. !yda,(tlu diplomatic ngent of th
Tran.vaal. wn Informed that It would
be hopeleaa to exptvt any aid from Em
peror William toward the Intervention
campaign planned to aynchronlie with
Mr. Kruger. a Ival In Europe.
The HrltUli foreign office pixifoasea Ig
norance of any eecret Inlentlona on the
part of the continental powera In-regard
to a a'ttlement of the trouble In South
Africa and, Indeed, appear, genuinely
to disbelieve the pnanlblllty of any aueh
thln happenii f. How It would meet
fuch an eventuality, however, ran be
Judged from on expression uoJ by nn
( Hclal who la regarded aa nMna; more
In Lord Sallntmry'a confidence thnn any
ether man and who anld to 11 repre
aentatlve of the ARcnclnted Prea:
"What! Interference mooted agnln?
Why, wo would fight nil Europe first."
To whnt extnt Great Trltaln nmy be
Indebted to KiiiiTor William for ten
dering auch a Hfrlona alternative ne
cesnnry can only be surmised; but
It Is not doubted here that the antl Jlrl
tlsh feeling among the people of Trance
and I!nilft daily gain virulence and
that It l not likely to be decreased by
the presence of ex-rtveldent Kruger In
Europe. The Axsoclnted Tress learns
thnt his majesty's conviction thnt It
w n.ld be to Germany's advantage to
have the Itrltlsh control the Ituvr re
public spinng apparently not front any
Idea of gaining counter concessions or
from a general policy of friendship
but from a dlntlnct Idea that Germany's
eonimerci would be Immensely benefit
ed thereby and thnt the adjacent Ger
man territory -would be improved, be
cause he Implicitly trusts that the Ger
man manufacturers and German ship
ping Interests can cut the ground from
under their Hritlsh rivals., even In the
latter's own territory.
KRUGER HAS SAILED.
LOUKENCO MARQUES. Oct. 20.-
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CHARLES HEILBORN it SON
The Dutch cruder GeiderlanJ, with
President Kruger on board, sailed at
noon. Hh will call at frares-Balam,
Tanga, Jlbutil and Maraelllea.
UULLER'B DEFENSE.
NEW YORK, Oct. M.-Ceiieral Ilul
ler'a speech n Natal. In defenm of his
plnn of campulgn a vear ago, Is the
topic among Ilrltlsh military men, says
the Tribune's London correspondent.
Ills frankness appeals to the best In
atlncta of EnglUh character and will se
cure for him an enthusiastic reception
when he return. His Judgment In mak
ing the relief of Ladyamlth the first
objective point of the campaign and In
preventing th H'er occupation of lower
Natal Is now vindicated by the unbiased
opinion of military men In London. He
was a victim of British over-onfldence,
which had forecast a grand promenade
from Cape Town to Pretoria.
If he was unjustly censured for con
ducting a campaign In a corner Instead
of carrying out his original plan, he
waa rlt;h:ly hell responsible for failure
at Colenso and Pplonkop, although Col
onel Long disobeyed orders In one bat
tle and General Warren was unmanage
able In the other. II was enabled to
partially retrieve his reputation by sub
sequent good work, but there will be no
dissent from his own manly confession
thnt he Justly lost the chief command.
That Ceneral Huller was offered the
chief command In surceslon to Lord
Roberta and declined It Is not officially
conlrmed.
Il".ler' tribute to Sir Evelyn Wood
will be helpful In keeping him at the
post of adjutant-general, where his term
will not expire for two years. Wood's
deafness would have been a great ob
stacle to success In the Held.
Genernl Hull r's reference to the tre
mendous strain on the Individual sol
dier under Mre day after day ought to
moderate thJ teal of the agitators for
sweerlng and drastic military reforms.
A system which develops heroism and
patience! In the Individual soldier Is not
so black as It has been painted.
WRECK UN NORTHERN PACIFIC.
One Passenger Fatally Injured and a
Ton of Mall Lest.
HELENA. Mont.. Oct. M. The first
section of the Northern Paclflc west
bound train that left St. Taul Tuesday
night, with a large contingent of home-
seekers, was wrecked near Eddy, six
miles west of Missoula. An earth slide
had displaced a roll and Ihe train left
the track. The fnglncer and fireman
'.'.ire Injured seriously, and Roy E.
Dosley. of Missoula, fatally.
A ton of mall went Into the river.
TURKISH MASSACRES.
Anotlw-r Outbreak of Horrible Atroci
ties by Mussulmans.
PARIS, Oct. W.-A special dispatch
from Constantinople to Petit Bleu says
new and frightful massacre of Ar
menlnng have Just occurred In the
district of Dlaibeklr. The Mussulmans,
It Is arrested, pillaged, outraged and
killed during five days without the
Intervention of the Turkish troops.
Eight villages. It Is added, were entire
ly destroyed and burned.
MRS. CROCKETT GUILTY.
Pendleton Woman Will Get Life Im
prisonment for Killing Her
Husband.
PENDLETON. Oct. SO.-Mrs. Minnie
Crockett was today found guilty of
murder In the second degree for killing
her husband near this city on October
2nd.
The penalty Is life imprisonment. The
case will be appealed.
CIVIL WAR CONTINUES.
Naturally Rich and Fertile Country of
Colombia Is Devastated.
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
FANAMA. Colombia. Oct. 8. The civ
il war goes merrily on In Colombia.
The country Is being drained of all Its
resources and the most pitiful poverty
prevails In all dlrectlons t
The Interior of this naturally fertile
and rich land Is devastated. Colombia
will, at the end of the war. be a coun-
try of paupers.
NEW YORK'S REGISTRATION.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. The total reg-
Istratlon In greater New York for 1900
is 62(1.154.
CHINA WILL NOT
BE PARTITIONED
Agreement Entered Into Between
England and Germany.
OTHERS ASKED TO JOIN
Opts Door Aiinred-I'prltlgf of Peformtri
Oalolof StrtB(lh Near Cutoa
WiMcrcet May Sooi Be
Recalled.
LONDON. Oct. 21. The agreement
between Great Britain and Germany to
maintain the territorial Integrity of
China, while It savors of Independent
action and would doubtless be alhered
to despite the protest of any other
power. U iioi looked tipen here as form.
Ing an obstacle to the progress of ne
gotiations upon the basis laid down
In the last French note or indeed upon
a.iy propositions which will not in
fringe upon the essential principles of
the Ar.glo-German compact.
The Associated Pr?ss la Informed that
Lord Salisbury's recommendations
when answering recent notes, especially
that of France, all bid fair either to
be accepted In toto or to result In such
mollification that Great Britain will be
assured tht territorial Integrity will
be conserved and will be able to Join
whc'.c-heartedly In the negotiations
which may already be said to be start
ed In Pekln.
Apart from gratification over thj
agreement with Germany, a much more
hopeful spirit Is evinced at the foreign
office at the end of this week than was
shown last week, over the prospect of
a successful termination of negotia
tions. There Is no effort to conceal the
fact that the new compact Is prac
tically a repetition Df Secretary Hay's
open door note to the powers.
That Lord Salisbury should have se
lected Germany, or vice versa, to be
a party of this pronouncement is tak
en to be highly significant of the close
relations between the two powers In
question and may almost be said to
constitute an alliance which for pur
poses of the Immediate future bids fair
to bring Germany into even closer
touch with Great Britain than she is
with the other members of the triple
alliance, though It can be safely as
serted that Austria and Italy will read
ily accept the Invitation to concur In
the principles enunciated by the Salis-bury-Hatxefeldt
agreement. That :he
United States will fellow suit Is taken
here as a foregone conclusion, while
the British foreign office expects Japan
and hopes France will do the same.
Russia, of course, is a difficult factor
In the situation but it Is not believed
she will stand out against the world.
ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
LONDON. Oct. 20.-Germany and
England have formed an alliance to
maintain territorial Integrity of China
and to keep ports open. The terms of
this agreement, which was arrived at
October 16 between Lord Salisbury and
Count Von Hatsfeld. German ambassa
dor to England, are officially given out
as follows:
"The German government and her
majesty's government, being desirous
of maintaining their fnterests In China,
and their rights under existing trea
ties, have agreed to observe the fol
lowing principles regarding mutual pol
icy In China:
"Firstly It Is a matter of joint per
manent International interest that the
ports on the rivers and littoral of Chi
na should remain free and open to
trade and to every other legitimate
form of economic activity for the peo
ples of alt countries, without distinc
tion, and the two governments agree
on their part to uphold the same for
all Chinese territory as far as they
can exercise Influence.
"Secondly Both governments agree
that they will not on their part make
use of the present complication to obtain
for themselves any territorial advantage
In Chinese dominion, and will direct
their policy towards maintaining undi
minished the territorial condition of the
Chinese empire.
"Thirdly In case of another power
making use of the complications In Chi-
na In order to obtain under any form
whatever such territorial advantages,
the two contracting parties reserve to
themselves the right to come to a pre
liminary understanding regarding the
eventual step to be taken for the pro
tection of their own Interests In Chi
na. "Fourthly The two governments will
communicate this agreement to the oth
er powers Interested, esceclally Austria-Hungary,
France, Italy, Japan,
Russia and the United States, and in
vite them to accept the principles re
corded in It."
MISSIONARIES MASSACRED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The state
department has received a dispatch
from the consul at Che Foo, under date
of September 9, transmitting an ac
count, based on apparently trustworthy
Information from a Chinese source, of i
the massacre of missionaries In Shan SI
province. Those murdered were:
Mian Whltethurch, Miss Hearll, Mr.
ami Mrs. T. W. Plggtt and son. Mr.
Robinson, Miss Duvall, and two daugh
ters of Rev. E. R. Atwater .Mr. Stokes
an! wife, Mr. Deynon, wife and three
children, Mr. Farthing, wife and three
children. Dr. Lovett, wife and ene
child, Mr. Whltehouse and wife. Mr.
fllmpon and wife, Dr. Miller Wilson
and wife, ten Roman Catholic prl-sts
(French). F. W. Davis, O. E. Williams,
Dr. D, II. Ciapp and wife, and Misses
Rowena Bird and Susan Partridge, one
hundred and forty native Christians,
Mr. and Mr. Atwater and two children,
Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Price and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Langren, Mlag Eldred.
CAMPAIGN OVER.
PEKlN,Oct.20.-Fleld Maraha! Count
Von Waldersee said this morning that
he regarded the campaign aa over and
exoected to be recalled, personally,
soon.
CANTON THREATENED.
CANTON, Oct. 20.-The rebellion Is
gathering strength along; the East riv
er, and the officials here are preparing
to defend the city. The acting viceroy
and other officials subscribed several
hundred dollars for the relief of the
Christian refugees.
MISSIONS IN DANGER.
HONG KONG. Oct. 20. The Chinese
here say October 23 is the day ap
pointed for the destruction of the mis
sions In Kwang Tsun province.
ARBITRATION IM PRACTICABLE.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Arbitration of the entire Chinese ques
tion has not yet been given serious con
sideration by officials and diplomat
here, out Its demands are so manifest
that some of the powers would welcome
a solution effected by this peaceful
means.
One important reason why Its adop.
tion haa not been urged Is tba: Ger
many would probably not consent to al
low arbitration of claims she will pre
sent growing out of the murder of
Baron Von Ketteler, her minister to
China, taking the ground that her na
tional honor Is involved and this cannot
be a subject of arbitration.
As officials think of the matter they
can see another reason against arbi
tration and that is that as all the great
powers are Involved It would be im
possible to obtain arbitrators free from
prejudice. It Is further pointed out that
the peace negotiators who are to sit at
Pekln can do as effective work In the
way of bringing about peace as would
a board formed of the representatives
of the powars at any other place.
Notwithstanding the failure of the
Imperial court to return to Pekin. there
is reason to believe that pressure Is
still being exerted upon the emperor
and empress dowager to Induce them
to go to their capital. It is understood
that this government has gone so far
as to express a willingness to reduce
the strength of Its legation guards If the
Imperial court will resume Us seat at
Pekin. Minister Wu has cabled this
fact to 14 Hung Chang for presenta
tlon to the emperor and empress dow
ager. So long, however, as other ra
tions maintain armies In the capital It
Is unlikely that the court will return.
FAMOUS AUTHOR DEAD. .
HARTFORD, Conn.. Oct. 20. Charles
Dudley Warner died suddenly this
evening.
HARMON FOR BRYAN.
Ex-Attorney-General Forsakes the Gold
Democrats.
CINCINNATI. O.. Oct. 20. Judson
Harmon, who supported Palmer and
Buckner four years ago, declared him
self today for Bryan.
Judg? Harmon was on the bench
here for many years and succeeded
Secretary Olney as attorney-general n
the cabinet of Grovcr Cleveland. Today
he gave out a letter In reply to a let
ter from Mr. Irwin, 'an attorney at
Colorado Springs, Colorado-. Harmon
said:
' While I disagree with Mr. Bryan
as strongly as ever about many things,
the free coinage of silver Included. I
Intend to vote for him because, like
him and the- Democratic convention, I
believe those things are r.ot so import
ant nor so urgent as others on which
I heartily agree with him.
REPORT OF GENERAL SHAFTER.
Department of the Columbia Is Defi
cient In Artillery Equipments.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. General
Shafter, in command of the department
of the Columbia, has made a report
to the adjutant-general. A portion of
It Is devoted to the defenses of Puget
sound and the Columbia river, showing
that they are in a natlsfactory condi
tion. The report of General Shafter con
tains a report from Major Hess, of the
Third artillery, who says that there
has been an essential lack of Instru
ments and equipments for the artillery
department
Efforts have been made to keep the
:;uns and material in the best condition
but thre has been a lack of artillery
men for this purpose, they having been
drafted for duty elsewhere.
ARCHBISHOP IS
FOR M'KINLEY
Great Catholic Prelate Explains
His Position.
REPUBLICAN PARTY BEST
Rt. Rev. Ireland Sayi Vole for It Servei
Beit Intertill of Country aid Aids
li Beit Solution of New
Problem.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-ArchblshoD
Ireland today gave out the following
personal statement as to his attitude
In the political campaign:
"It cannot at first sight seem mora
or less Important for any citlren to
tell the public how he Intends to vote.
In voting, each citizen obeys the die-
tales of his own sense of civic duty;
he rhould almply do this and leave
others to do likewise.
"However, alnce a certain number of
newspapers have jndertaken to say
hw I Intend to vote and In so doing
rgvo misinterpreted my Intention and
have not been unwilling to make polit
ical capital out of my supposed vote.
I will give to the question how I Intend
to vote a categorical and unmistak
able reply. I Intend to vote for William
Mchinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
"In giving my voie for the candidates
of the Rjpubllcaa party I am satisfied
In my own conscience that I serve the
best interests of the country at home
and abroad, that I contribute to the
maintenance of the country's material
prosperity and of peace and good will
between the several classes of Its popu
lation, that I aid th country In bring
ing the safest and most honorable so
lutions of the complex problems which
confront It as a result of the late war
and In retaining for Itself the exalted
position which It holds at present com
mercially and diplomatically before the
other nations of the earth."
. m AMERICA RANKS SECOND. ,
Next to Great Brlralnr Has the Largest
Tonnage In Shipping Under
Construction.
LONDON. Oct. 20.-A quarterly re
turn has been Issued by the Lloyds
showing that the United States at the
end of the last quarter has next to
Great Britain the largest tonnage In
shipping under construction.
This return Is attracting much at
tention and the Statist publishes a long
article in which It points out that the
actual and prospective development
of shlp-bulldlnj in America is even
much greater than might be Inferred
from Lloyds' report.
The Statist considers that the Impe
tus to ship-building given by cheap
materials and the large demand for
tonnage will receive further stimulus
from the marketing of American coal
abroad which, the paper says, is one
of th most remarkable economic evo
lutions of our time.
SEVENTEEN SPEECHES.
Bryn Finished the Tour of New York
State With a Hard Day's Work.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Oct. 20.-Mr. Bry
an concluded his four days' campaign
tour of the state of New York with
two larsre meetings in this city tonight.
Refor reaching Buffalo he had made
fifteen addresses during the day. The
attendance at most of the day meetings
was good and at some of thm quite
larue. The audlenc?s could not be said
to be enthusiastic as a rule, but every
where the 'Democratic party candidate
was accorded the most careful atten
tion and respectful treatment.
During his state tour Bryan has
made about sixty-five speeches, ne left
this city tonight at 12 o'clock for Hun
tington. VT. Va where he will begin
a day's trip across West Virginia on
Monday.
FAST TIME FOR BRYAN.
Train Put on Extra Speed to Get Him
to Rochester on Time.
NEW YORK. Oot. CO.-The railroads
did some very rapid work to get Mr.
Bryan to Rochester somewhere near on
time, says a special to the Times. On
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western,
between Ithaca and Rochester, a speed
of sixty-five miles an hour was reachd,
although the road winds considerably.
At one point the train lurched so vio
lently that the sauce bottles and
glasses were whirled oft the dining
tables.
ELECTION LAW PASSED. '
End of the Long Fight In the Kentucky
Legislature.
FRANKFORT, Ky.. Oct. 20.-The two
houses of the legislature thla afternoon
nassed the non-nartiMn ei-eti'.u !-
agreed upon by the legislature. Gov
ernor Beckham will sign it.