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b} ble to make anything like an accurate estimate ol the probable yield of the mines. The ground is not at all even in richness and the worth of pay streaks varies greatly. All vessels touching at St. Michael this summer have had great difficulty keeping their crews, who have caught the gold jever. One schooner from Victoria was entirely deserted, and her crew, from cao- tain to cook, started up the river for Klondike. The: crew of the schooner J. M. Cole- man endeavored to desert also, but the at- tempt was discovered m time, and by the display of figgarms the men were com- pelled to remain on duty. 1 The mates of the schooners Jewett and Coleman and the carpenter of the Sanders were piped off at S Mickael and departed at once for Dawson. Every vessel from St. Michael has come away shorthanded. ' The Portland lost several of her crew, but was able to ob- t2in new men by paving high wages. Another story toid was a young Wis- consin boy with bookish tastes who fell love with a dancer, and made his claims over to her temporarily while he started out to spend the winter. The bookish lad who had wrested a for- tune out of the earth by main force saw ner and believed in her as some folks do in in He walked each day with her from the dance hall to her cabin,and bid her arever bential good-by at the door, while know- ing ones lookea on and laughed; som: {elt sorry. He put $13,000 of his $25,000 in a mine at her advice, and then made over to her half of the interest he bought. Before going away he put his entire interest in Ler rame as manager, and when he re- turns he will iind himself out the whole mine. There is not mu ) sympathy with him in his infantile folly, because of the way he treated his father. When he got word the old man was coming his filial affection moved him to say: ‘““Oh, I know what he is coming for. What he’s after is my money, after I made it. Will he get it? Guess not. I'll fool b He hurried away from Dawson on the first steamer out, only two duys before the old man arrived, achieving a triumph that makes ordinary people call him “a cad,” and the miners, with graphic inelegance, “‘a dark skunk. SHOULD WAIT UNTIL SPRING rvfi a Qérrespondem ust Returned From the Yukon. Plenty of Gold, but It Is Hard to ~Danger of Star- vation. WasH., Ang. 3 the Binghamton, N. Y., Evening Herald, who under date of June 30, sent out the first Associated Press dispatch of the great strike on the Kiondike returned to this city on the steamer Portland to-night, and g interviewed by an Associated representalive said: I have been seven weeks at the mouth SEATTLE, Stanley of of tne Yukon at St. Michael, where 1 saw every miner coming out, and iuterviewed them. As a result I feel it my duty to advise everybody to stay outuntil next spring. My first dispatch as to the discovery was absolutely true, and while wild and exag- gerated reports have been circulated since. no one, however conservative, has thus far disputed that story. ‘Tne strike was and is one of the great- est, if not the greatest, in the world's his- tory. Probably $2,000,000 was cleaned up this spring, and next spring I look for from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. The fields have bardly beeu opened up as yet. How- ever, those golng in now must bearin mind that everything in that regior was staked long before any reports reached ithe outer world, and that those golng in now must prospect for themselves, buy claims from the present owners or work for such owner. “No new strike had been reported up to ihe time of my leaving, and anocher may not be made for five years, although Alaska is an enormous country, and will yet, I believe, produce more gold than we dream of. But itisalso in many waysa bleak, barren, desclate country—a country incapable of supporting any great amount ot animal life, and a country of such rig- orous climate, both winter and sum- mer, that none but the most hardy can possibly live in it. Even they must have abundance of food and warm clothing. It is therefore simply suicidal to go in without a year’s supplies. “I am aware that there is a popular im- pression that such supplies can be pur- chased in the vicinity of the mines. They may at present, at six times Seattle prices, bvt they are taken at even those prices faster than they can be got in, and before winter is half over, if even the preseut population stays in, there will be actual starvation. *‘The average man requires about one ton of carefully selected food and clothing for # year's supplies. The summer of 96 about 3560 tons of supplies went up the river, and the population of 1500 to 2000 suffered from want. Ot this 3500 tons, probably 1500 tons was rum, tools, fur- niture and supplies other than provis- ions. “‘This séason,allowing the most {avorable circumstahces, not more than 4200 tons of supples can be got up the river, fully nalf «f which is rum and tools, as well asother supplies than food. There are more than thrze times as many people in there now than there were last winter. “Figureit out for yourself, Grub was compleiely cleaned out this svring, and if last winter there was such a scarcity thar moose hams sold for $30 each, flour for $120 yer 100, bacoa for §1 a pound, what will not Lapper this coming winter? Why, people will actually starve to death. “As to sheller, 90 per cent of Dawson was living in tents in July. Timber is scarce ana houses cannot be built. How are several tnousand people to withstana the rigors of a nine months’ winter of darkness when the mercury goes 70 de- grees below zero? **As to labor, it is trne that Jast winter— the winter succeeding the great strike, when men were scarce—wages were $15 per day; but if no new strike is made, what is to keep wages up this winter? “There are tut 340 claims on Bonanza. Ll Dorado snd Hupker creeks that will their mother, and some in their saints. | probably be worked this winter—an ave:e age of eigzht men to each, I think, is liveral. If but 2700 men are employed and there are 5000 or more seekin: work, what must be the resuit? Wages must go down. “I am told that musm.grub has zone over the divide, yet from what I know I would wager my last dollar that not to ex- ceed 500 tons of surplus, over and above what the carriers ate, will reach the dig- gings. No man going in can arrive with more than a four months’ supply. “I am also told that there is plenty at St. Michael. So there may be, but after Bsptember 15 it might as well be in New | York Ciry, for to transport it by pack train or dog sled over that two thousand i miles of icy river js absolutely impossi- ble. There is not nor will there ever be 2 dog train that can take enough io feed itself over 1200 miles. Relief is therefore impossible. Goinz over the divide in the winter would be quite as difficult. “To draw provisions for the trip from Dyea to Dawson any time before the spring break-up is an impossibility. Relief for those caught inthe Kiondike aiter winter | setsin is therefore impossible, and, in the name of humanity, I ask that a stop be put to this whclesale transportation of people without supplies. “Let no man be allowet to enter that region unless he carries with him enough food and clothing to last him a year. There are women and little children in there to-day who sbould be sent out as far { as St. Michael Lefore navigation closes. “I hear much of the boats that are building to go up the river, but aside | from the elegant steamer Hamilton, fin- {1shed by Moran Brothers & Co. for the | North ~ American Transportation and fradinz Company August 11, no new boat can be added to the carrying corps this fall. “Tue Klondike is a land of ice and | snow, as well asa land of gold. Let it not be made a land of gaunt hunger, wreich- | ednessand death. Let no one be allowed to wrest from the foolish people a few hundred thousand saved, borrowed or begged dollars. “Tuere will be as good chances for min- ing in the future as now. Let the people wait. This is not a Cripple Creek or Deadwood proposition. If caught, they | cannot walk out.”” 'PRISONER ON | THE PORTLAND The Treasure-Ship Carries an Towan Wanted for Murder. the Land of Gold | 25,000 Captured in After a Chase of The steam- gs1nto this porta prisoner who is the centra!l figure in a realistic story that 1s more interesting | | than much of the fiction published. For | nearly six months F. A. Novak had lel | an officer of the law a merry chase, in wlhich the latter traveled over 25,000 miles in the effort to capture a man under! charge of murder and arson. He finally succeeded in locating his man in tle far north, bringing him to Seattle, aud later in the day will start for Iowa, where Novak will be called upon to defend his life in the court of justice. | The central scene in this story of crime | and man’s depravity is laid in the village | of Walford, Belton County, Iowa. It isa locality greatly favored by nature and surrounded by fer i.e fields. where the in- dustrious farmer ekes oul a prosperous and happy existence. For vears past Novak was one of the leading lights and trusied men of the vil- lage. He conducted a large general store and was the chosen custodian of the sav- ings of the farmers, having at the time of his sudden departure about $20,000 of their money. He was a tirm believer in the benefits to be derived from insurance. Basides hav- iag a policy of $350V on his life, he carried several policies on his stock of merchan- ! dise,in an aggregate amount exceeding its real value. On the night of February 3 last Novak’s deep-laid plot began to work, and, as his merchandise went up in a blaze of fire, an apparently innocent soul tock flight at the same time. The following morning the arch-con- spirator bad disappeared, and the charred remains of a body found in the roins was claimed as Novak's by his family. The scheme was working well when it was discovered that an Irish farmer named Edward Murray was 2130 missing. A dentist who had performed work for both recognized the remains of Murray from work on his teeth. Suspicion was then aroused against Novak and he was looked upon as the pos- sible murderer. The fact was brought out that upon the night of the fire both men had been drinking together and Novak in- duced Murray to go with him to his store building to sleep. This he did, and neither of the two men has since been seen in life in [owa. The case was given to Thial’s detective agency and C. C. Perrin was detailed to ferret out the mystery and capture the arch fiend who may have perpetrated the crime. For nearly six months, at a cost o! $6000 and after traversing the con tinent, several times invading Alaska and the Northwest Territory, the Iynxeyed, in- genious detective succeeded in locating and teking his man into custedv. He started on Novak’s trail early in Febru- ary, tracing him to Omaha. Then a blind clew took him to Balti- more. Back he came to Omaha and then on to Seattle, where the fugitive had been several days before, taking the steamer City of Kingston for Port Townsend, where he changed to the steamer Al-Ii for Juneau. Perrin followed on to Alaska, only to find that his man had left for the Yukon but a few days before. The detective realized the necessity for requicition papers, so was compelled to return to Walford, thence to Des Moires | and from there on to Washington, Ottuwa, Regina and Victoriz, where be finally se- | curad the complete Canadin papers. He | then went to Sitka and back to Juneau. | Two months bad elapsed since Novak | departed from this point, but, notning daunted, Perrin, on June 8, with a year's outfit, started for Dvea, going over the Chileoot Pass to Lake Lindermann, where he built a boat. About the same time Novak and a party of miners were com- pleting a boat on Lake Bennett, but a few miles further on. His delay was caused in getting over | the pass with a big pack. A few days later Perrin and his Indian euide were vassing over Lu:ke Bennett in their sail- boat, wnen they encountered a party on 2 rude scow. Friendly expressions wers exchanged, but the detective sailed 1o take notice of the fuct that one of the scow’s party was the man he THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1897. men wended their way hundreds of miles down the river, Perrin reaching the Kion- dike about ten days ahead of the pursued. He scoured the nearby camps without succeeding in locating his man, and had about decided that he had gone up the Stewart River and that he would follow him there, when Novak and his party ap- peare | in Dawson. The assistance of Cap- tain Constantineof the Canadian mounted police was obtained, and in a short time the arrest of Novak was accomplisned. Perrin then ook his prisoner down the Yukon River on the steamer Healy to Sr. Michael. There a transfer was made to the steamer Portland and he was landed in Seattle this morning. Novak is about 34 years of age, having a wile and two children. He comes from a good family and presents a rather yleas- ing appearance. SR 'TIS MADNESS TO GO IN NOW All the Returned Klondikers Tell the Same Story. Sufficient Food Cannot Be Taken in to Supply Those Already at Dawson. SEATILE, WasH., Aug. 28.—8. P. Web- ster, the correspondent of the Post-Intelli- gencer Alaska News Syndicate, says: “Warn people to stay out of the Yukon country this year. Tall them it means starvation. Telezraph to every paper in the country that the people there will starve if more people go in. “I have heard these warnings repeated time and again hy every one of the Yukon miners who returned on the Portland. More than this, several have frankly stated that nad they realized there would be sufficient supplies in there for the coming winter they would not have come out. These men are in earnest. Thev know what they are talk- |ing about. These warnings, too, they askd me to write before we knew half the story of the 1ush to the region. “When we reached Dutch Harbor, on our return, and secured a few papers, the latest dated August 5, the one topic of conversation was xhat the situation would be at Dawson this winter. “When the Excelsior arrived at St Michael with her load of 130 odd people and the miners heard the Cleve and would bring 150 more they talked strongly then. After leaving -Dutch Harbor the partial extent of the rush dawned upon us. “*My God! said one man to me, ‘what are they thinking of ? Are they crazy? Thera will be terrible suffering on the Yukon River. Starvation will stare them in the faca long before spring.’ “From my pers>nal inves igation at St. Michael I am convinced the miners do not speak too s'rongly. The companies ara deing their utmost to get sapplies up the river, and were it possible to do so wou!d have food for all. But they labor under disadvautages which cannot be appreciated until seen. A serious mis- take was made by the Alaska Commercial Company in carrying up tco much liquor on the last trips of two of their boats. *‘The miners want food, not liquor. Last year, with 1500 people on the river end facilities for transportation very little under those of this season, there was a serious shortage. This year these same 1500 prople must have supplies, and they, with those who went in last spring, making a total of probably 5000 people on the river before this last rush, will r.quire every pound that can vpossibly be taken in. 1 doubt if 5000 tons of {reight will be taken up the river this season. This does { not mean 5000 tons of food, by any means. Perhaps the larger half will be food, but shovels, furniture, hardware, stores, liquor, clothing, blankets, etc., will fig- ure up nearly one-half. Tuere is gold in the Yukon country— plenty of it—but to seek it this season un- der these circumstances is no less than sheer madness. Itis more—it is criminal to thos¢ who are already in the country, ““The miners estimate that not less than $10,000,000 will be taken out of the Kion- dike district next winter. Some think the amount will reach §$15,000,000, *“All this summer the miners have been getting into shape for the winter's work, and mining will be done on d«finite, sys- tematic plans, and claims worked to the utmost limit. Last winter the work done was little more than prospecting. *'On all claims where gold has been found owners have made every prepara- tion for work. Cabins have been bnilt, wood gathered, sluice-boxes made and everything placed in readiness for a start at the first possible moment. Assoon as the ground freezes mining and drifting will begin and continue without intermission until about the 1st of May. “The dirt will then be all ready to shovel into the boxss and when the ice breaks sluice-boxes will be in operation. “Last season the remarkable rich strikes were confined almost entirely to Bonznza and El Dorado creeks and the ‘pups’ emptying into them. Even on ihese creeks not over one-halt the claims were worked. “The hillside claims along El Dorado and Bonanza are being worked for the first time this summer. o They are sluicing up rich. On some of them as high as $50 a day has been made with rockers. Nearly all the hill claims were located by men who went in during the spring. This ground is now entirely taken up. “These claims require more work than these along the creek, the dirt having to be carried to the creek for washing. They will undoubtedly add materially to the amount of dust taken out.” S PIONEER OF THE YUKON James Rowan of This City Is on Velvet After Eleven Years’ Work. Tells cf the Scarcity of Provisions and Insanity of the Present Rush. SEATTLE, Wasu, Aug. 28.—B. H. ‘Weston, the correspondent of the P.-I Alaska news syndicate, who came down from st. Michael on the Portland, fur- nishes the following: At a conservative figure the Portland brings $150,000 in gold dust. At the out- bad traveled so far in search of. Both |side the sum does not exceed $500,000. The figures may seem small in compari- son with what came down ou her first trip, but itis large when every fact is taken into consideration. There are only thirteen miners among the passsngers. None of them brings out his entire stake, They own claims which will be worked this winter, and have left large amounts, and some bave loaned money at enormous rates of interest. At the diggings money now commands from 2 to 6 percent a month on yearly loans. Fully one-half of the dust taken out is required for working mines (ais winter. Next spring from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 will be taken out. The non-arrival of the river-steamer ‘Weare at St. Michael before the Portland left accounts in part for the small list cf passengersand also for the amount of dust being no larger. It was estimated that the Weare would bring down at least fifiy to seventy-five passengers and irom $300,000 to $500,000. James Rowan is one of the old-iimers on the Yukon, going into the country first in 1886. Since then he bas made several irips into the Yukon and there is hardly a creek where gold has been found that he has not been upon. Never until he struck it on Bonanza did he strike anything biz. Now he has come back with a good-sized sack, and besides is the sole owner of No. 25 above on Bo- nanza, one of the first opened, and aiso one of the richest claims on the creek. He located No. 25 August 28, 1835, just a year ago, and started men working on lays shortly aiter Christmas. About eighty-five feet was worked by next May, and when the dump was washed in June $36.000 was cleaned up. The ground worked is 85 by 90 feet, and when werk stopped the pay dirt was keeping up on both sides. It is believed that the claim will yield not less than $6J0,000 in dust before it is entirely worked out.} Rowan is probably the most fortunate of any of the miners that caine out by the Portland. He was from San Francisco, where he will spend the winter. His claim was worked systematically this win- ter and a big clean-up made. In the spring Rowan will go back to Dawson City. “There are too many p-ople in the Klondike now,” he says. “Too wany fur the amount of provisions that are there, | and more than are needed to work the mines. Wages this winter will not be over §1 per hour and men cannot possibly werk over five or six hours. For a man to go in without provisions is insanity. Money at the present time is not of much ac- ¢ount, as it will not buy provisions, for there are none to be had at any price. These steamboats cannot pack up| enough. The old-timers had contracted and paid for every pound that could be brought long before the steamers started up the river with their loads. “From what I know of the country ana | the situation I could not be lured to go In | there this wiater. Those who go next spring stand jnet as good a show as any- | body. There will undoubtedly be other rich | districts struck, and there will be room fo! all then, but not f people rush in | as they are doing. Over half of| those who have gone in now will| come back disheartened, aisappointed, | and financially broken. Toey will find | that they wil have to work for every | ounce of dust that tbey tzke out. The | Yukon i3 the last plac on earth for a man | to look for a soft snap.” Mr. Gowler was a member of the party of Canadian police who went to the Yukon with Captain Constantine in 1395, His term has now expired, and he comes back as half owner of No. 53 above Bo- nanza Creek, has interests on El Dorado | and Hunker creeks and brings with bim a | good share of dust. He will spend the | winter at his home in Winnipeg. “All the members of our force have done well,”” he said. “C. C. Constantine, our captain,is a man who takesinterestin the welfary of his men. When the big strike was made he made 1t possible for all of us | to make our fortunes and in no way | abridge the efficiency of the force. | “Thera isa warm spot in the heart of | every man of us for Captain Constantine, which he had won long before he made it | possible for us to secure a homestake. “‘He and his wife have the deepest re- spect for every man who has roughed it with them for the past two vears. “'Some of the force have s'ruck it fairly rich. L. Jenkins took out $15,000last win- ter from his claim, No. 39, above Bonanza, and owns a half interest below Discovery. “John Murray owns a half-interest in | No. 34 on El Dorade and No. 53 above on Bonanza, besides No. 11 below on Hunkre, | His winter’s work netted him several thousand dollars. “A. Ward cleaned up $18,000 on No. 38 above on Bonanza and owns an interest in No. 50 above. “Fred Webster staked No. 51 above and bought in on No. 24 below and is all right for a good pile. *“A, Pinkerton and B. Sinclair have both got good claims b-low Discovery, which | th y will prospect this winter. Pinkerton refused $10,000 for his balf interest just | before I came out. J. Brothers located No. 37 above and took out $2000 for the litile work he did upon it, and calculates that he will take out at least $30,000 this winter. A. P. McZellar staked a good claim on Bonanza, which he sold last winter, and afterward worked a *'lay” on El Dorado and made a good clean-up. J. Thornton staked a claim on Adams Creek and bought an interest in one on Bonanza Creek. He found $5to the pan on his Adama Creek property and will work 1t this winter. “R, Churchill staked 52 above on Bo- nanza and has every prospect of having something good. “From the time our force went up there we have been st work establisbing posts. It meant bard work for all, the officers as well as the men. It is no picnic under any circum- stances. A fellow has to be his own pack- horse and everything else. Before spr.ng this year our entira 1orcz was oa short ra- tions and when the first boat got up our larder was like O!d Mother Hubbard's cupboard. “This winter I am sure there will not be any improvement in this line. There will not be grub enouch for half the people that are going in.” - Scrappers on Deck. Following the example of that “has been'’ in circles pugilistic, Frank P. Slavin, others will also try the rigors of the pase. Jimmie Carroll, wife and son, Johnny Griffen and Tommy Whalen bave completed arrangements fora sojourn in Dawson City. They intend to get there by way of the Chilcoot Pass, and will leave equivped with five mulesand a com- plete outfit, The Carrolls disposed of their bome at 424 O'Farrell street yester- day, in anticipation of the palace they will buy when they return laden with all the wealth of the Arctic. Boxing will be given by the male members of the parly on the way to the gold fields and Mrs. Carroll will act as correspondent of the | report the result of his visit to the Em- | stroy belief in the divine right theory. {ish Foreign Office at Constantinople, in i N THE REALN OF THE KALSER R | Uneasiness Caused by the Franco-Russian Alliance. Evolutions of German War- ships Reported to Have Been a Failure. Recent Wreck of the Berlin Express | Caused by Anarchists Who Plotted Against Willlam. [Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.] BERLIN, GErMANY, Aug. 28.—The visit of President Faare to Russia has been very calmly commented upon in Berlin, though there is a distinct undercurrent of uneasiness, which tends to snow that the newspapers do not believe what they are printing on the subject. The ovinion is expressed, however, that the Czar has again made it plain to France that Russia cannot be dragged into following a policy of revange, and the conviction becomes all the time more widespread, as it is in- dustriously press«ed in every quarter, that France will reliuquish the idea of revenge upon Germany and reconquest of Alsace- Lorraine, and will gradually become more friendly to Germany. Doubtless, how- ever, the wish in this case is father to the thought. An unpleasant surprise has been created by the naval correspondents of the Kreuz Zeitung and other Conservative news- papers, as well as the correspondent of the Deutsche Rundschau, report- ing the naval maneuvers near Dant- zig during the past fortnight. They de- ¢cribe the evolutions of the German war vessels as having been total failures, so far as quickness and maneuvering ability to resist torpedo attacks are concerned. On Tuesday last, off the port of Bela, one ironclaa division narrowly escaped running aground while maneuvering to escape forpedo-boats. The correspondents, Wwho were themselves naval men, and who were on board the vessels engaged in the maneuvers, attributed this lack of skill to the want of modern equipments in the German ships. The Government will ar- gue from this that more cruisers are needed in the German fleet and will urge the necessity of forming a division of cruisers. The new chief of the naval department, Admiral von Tirpitz, paid & visit to Prince Bismarck during the week and con- sulted the ex-Chancellor on naval matters especially as to the need of a larger Ger- man navy. Prince Bismarck conceded the necessity of strengthening the fleet, but he strongly dissuaded the admiral f.om making them the principal issue in the Reichstag auring the coming session of thatbody. On the following dav Ad- miral vonTirpitz went toWilheimshohe o peror. It is said on high authority that his Majesty still clings to his intention to force the Reichstag to grant much larger appropriations than heretofore for naval construction. But the Center and Libe- ral factions still oppose this proposition, and the newspaper organs of those parties never miss an opportunity of repeating their opposition to the Emperor’s pet project, There is a decided coolness between the Emperor and the King of Saxonv. The Emperor blames King Aipert for the lat- ter’s recent decision in the Sfchaumburg- Lippe succession case #s calcuiated to de- Bectuse of thiscoolness King Albert has refused to be present at the army maneu- vers next month, and bas accepted t e invitation of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria to witness thearmy maneuvers in | Hungary. The investigation into the recent derail- mont of the Hamburg-Berlin express near Cette, which led to loss of life ana thede- struction of considerable property. has yielded sensational results. The Berlin detectives have ascertained that the acci- dent was due to a criminal plot in which atleast five persons, evidently foreigners, were concerned. Dynamite cartridges were placed near the track and lighted fuses were attached to them. The political polics of Berlin have fur- | ther learned that five anarchists, evi- dently the same five persons, left Paris for Germany a week before, together, and thas they were seen at Cette the night be- fore the accident. They made inquiries in broken German regarding Emperor Willism’s trip over that road, but did not obtain correct information. Itis now be- lieved the plot was an attempt upon the Emperor's life. The Lokal Anzeiger prints an interview with Mohammed Nouri Bey of the Turk- which he is quoted as saying: '“The Ar- menian revoiutionisis in Turkey are all pupils and proteges of the American mis- sion schools at Marsavan, Bitlis, Erzeroum and Van. The activity of these schools are the curse of Turkey and Armenia alike,” The United States Embassador, Andrew D. White, returned hLere from Paris on Wednesday last and was confined to his bed on the following aay with a bad cold. FRANCE, INDIA AND THE BOERS Subjects That Engross English Political Circles. JCopyright, 1897, by the Associated Press.] LONDON, Exa., Aug. 28--In political circles at present there is plenty of talk about France, India and President Kru- ger, each contriputinga sensation through the week, while the rise in wheat has set loose an oratorical flood regarding the agriculture of England., All four topics promise abundant sequences, both mate- rial and political. The accomplishment of the Franco- Russian alliance, which some of the Con- servative newspapersare inciined to deny, expostulating that the Czar’s words could be appiied to any friendly nation, is, how- ever, accepted by the majority as an un- doubted fact. 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There is no doubt the formal alliance of France and Russia makes it henceforth impossi- ble for him to be that arbiter of the des- tinies of Evrope which he aspires to be- come. Thne dual slliance 15 at least as powerful as the triple alliance was for- merly. Itisno longer a aream.”” The Indian troubies have let loose a flood of criticism which blames every- body cobnected with the Government. Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, in a virulent letter just published, deciares that a spirit of fanaticism has« been aroused which it will be most difficult to quell, adding: “Every gallant life now lost in the on- slaugnt of the northwestern fanaticsisa victim of the reckless vilitication and persecution of Turkey, which has been the British policy since 1893 and which has ruined the Armenians, prostrated the Grecks, revolutionized Crete, lowered British prestige and alienated the Mussul- mans in 1ndia.”” Professor Armin- Vanbrick, the well- known authority on Oriental affairs, par- tially coincides with this view of the situ- ation, though disclaiming that the Sultan has had a particular band in the present troubles, which are Pan-lslamic. The Saturday Review, while exculpat- ing the Sultan, declares that Lord Rob- erts of Kandahar is believed by many of the best informed peopls to be at the tot- tom of the affair, which is classed as a legacy of the Lansdowne-Roberts admin- istration, whose motto was “military ag- gression.” The Spectator, touching npon the same subject, says: “What we are paying for and deserve to pay for is our unwilling- ness to erasp the Turkish nettle boldly. Had it been known in India tbat we alone had dared to coerce the Saltan, and that he trembled at our words, we should have had no outbreak on the frontier.” In spite of constant denials, it is httle doubted in cfficial circles that the Ameer of Afghanistan has had a band in the present troubles and that his attitude toward Great Britain is unfriendly. 1t has been known for months past that the Ameer has been ordering enormous quantities of supplies and ammunition from agents in London, and this so at- tracted notice of late that his orders were not executed. In the meanwhile no news is permitted to leak out of Cabul, the capital of Afghan- istan. Every mail is closely serutinized and all suspected letters are opened. Sir Saiter Pyne, the Ameer'sright hand man, has been expected in England on his an- nual visit for week’s Snt. but no news has been received regarding his movements and it is quite possible tnat he is detained at Cabul by the Ameer. 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