The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 27, 1899, Page 1

/T Uy ~ STATE ~—S p- g - T4 The VOLUME LXXXVII-NO. or o tional Question. PO e0e0000 40 000000000000000-0 SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 PROBLEMS OF VAST IMPORTANCE NOW CONFRONT GREAT BRITAIN Seizure by Warships of Flour Consigned to a Neutral Port Raises a Most Interesting Interna- | PREPARING AN INVASION Tall 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS BANK TELLER DEFAULTS FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND Alfred A. Borlini Loofs the American Trust Company. Popular Young Man About Town and Former Fourth of July Grand Marshal Short in His Accounts, T R e Y l | e 4 |® Fenians Said to Be Organiz- + : . |® ing Forces and Procuring B Py . |® Munitions of War in Va-“ . @ rious Parts of the Country.‘ ? —_— & UFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 26.—A special | ¢ from Dunkirk s The Fenians | Ed are sald to be organizing here for | 4 the invasion of Canada. A maun ," known to have knowledge of Fe- ‘ nian affairs in Dunkirk sajy this city has been called upon to raise 600 men to | ¥ form a part of New York's quota for the | ¢ 0 men that are to be enrollcd | & throughout the country. At the present | ¢ time 500 men are known to be mustered | 4 with the Kenfans here. The remaining| | hundred will be obtained with lttle dAiffi-| | | nlans and the Advanced | of these organizatiors In | | around Boston. Colonel Roger F. | nel, who been identi with Irish | | agitations for many ye sald to-da | there were 100 many generals > 3 * )¢ - . + : . * . b 3 + o * & p . : . . o 1 Ed ¢ ° )¢ . - * * - 1 ¢ J ? . COLENSO AND THE TUGELA RIVER. p . Fort ¥ 1 This bridge is said to have ¢ 2 ¥s v : south of the river, which ¢ e I iy ft were attempting the fords to the east and west.’, ¢ . G0000000000000000 0000000000090 000000004 00 00000900069000+0+00-0- et odeeieieie@ ) YO . 26.—The Herald publishes the follow- subject is variously discussed by international lawyers of repute Great | n raist international problem of even in our columns. Upon this question is grafted another, which e to re welfare,and perhaps to hervery though necessarily of a more spec H..‘I.ll\(’ «Ilm.ujlcr looks l-ar.lqc i ¢ e g y international c ications that may arise out of the < an that she is now confronting in South .”“.“,”'k mternatior 1”({)1!1.1111L itions t : t 1: S £ } . Rriti British-Boer war. This is the question of Delagoa Bay. By I'he question is gested by the seizure by British ) £ 5 ol : B i y g halz T taking possession of that port Great Britain would in a sense s of fl consigned to a neutral port on the ground of : s A s N c e DR e cut the Gordian knot of her troubles over the receiving of RDSINE COMNE of war. As the Herald has pointed out, it supplies by Boers. She would undoubtedly arouse some een ti contention that. foodstuffs were not, ex- eaqre of protest among European powers, but she would in- s circumstances, to be considered gict 5 probably mortal wound upon her actual enemy. f wa her interest that LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Times in a special article dis- s 1 epted in international law. Incase of a cussing the international law aspects of Boer importations. ( which England was concerned a dif- through Delagoa Bay says: “Were we to adopt cither with or uld expose her to the danger of seeing the without the consent of Portugal the drastic measures which are, st upon which she is dependent seriously en- o airily suggested in some quarters we ‘might find ourselves ered suddenly confronted with international complications far more ! mstances the seizure of three (if not four) serious and injurious to the successful prosecution of the South g cargoes of flour from the United States to a African war than the evils of which it was sought to secure an s rt of D 1 Bay has arrested attention. The abatement.” fore he 1 1 as it Is popularly ealled here. TInteresting | lutely supreme com: d and recelve no ( SORE e the au ts concerning it have leaked out. Lord | Instructions from b This artillery is now on the way. | Roherts simply refvsed, to go to take| That was his ultimatum. General Buller X P % th Africa. That change | had been hurried from home to retrieve : Ladysmith was shelled on the particular point urged by | the loss of prestige by other generals and E Rl ithorities. He to | by England, but Roberts will have none e T'he news of B s fail- Conditos i ot this at Colenso was received by There was a very momentous meeting ( ison with regret, but |n\‘l:- o0 SRORONOR0% U0 NT0 oO'iO’GO. fect confidence in General White g is @ prevails. The town able to ‘ rej any tacks. here are , plenty of stores and ammunition, and the health of the troops is t e BOMBARDMENT OF 8 of St LONDON, D 1< If so loubtless anned 1 , has been able wn, it would seem the Boer com- district are by no and that the prox- g satacre has ser usly in- red with their polic) 1 that ers have intrenched on rocky the Itis also report he ts at Stromberg and show nation to move farther 1 to menace Sterk 5 proves once more strength is to sit o be attacked, y any aggressive 1 the enemy has of Colenso, uth a patrol of r's were sur- rs, two of the | their rieen 1 by sixty | sars being killed and rses shot. ought now to be possible to of 1 very awkward posi- m the n army by the destruction of i bridge, and British Id be able to keep from fords. eral Buller, however, is not ready yet for a fresh move. | He must have more artillery be- | es south e the Boer fc They are cut off i e road ns she em awa Gen view of smashing it. t of Ladysmith { General Joubert & > ssed th 2 tish prisoners ha i1 . including Colc 5 4 tenant Thourne Lieuten; tian, Lieuten the Daily News from December 15, C night. General ter with 50 volunteers destroyed one Creusot gun, one howitzer and Maxim. One Briton killed. The Buer | S =G BOERS’ RESERVE OF EUROPEAN OFFICERS | MAJOR GENERAL SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS BUTLER. ‘This officer was rocently in chief command in South Africa and is said to have b ork Herald. Copy °n sacrificed for telling the truth about the situation. General But- on Bennett. Re ler was appointed to the chief command in South Africa in December, 185, h is prohibited and was superseded by restier-Walker in August, 1599, His d States and recall at the time was a surprise to the gencral public and was never satis- factorily explained. General Butler entered the army as ensign of the old LONDON, Dee. 27.—The Daily News | publishes this dispatch from its special correspondent: Sixty-ninth Foot in 1858, since which time he pointments and served in seven campalgns, 13 filled over a dozen staff ap- tinguishing himself in each 220 8ROO%N g B 2 and cvery one of them. His carly war service with Sir Garnet Wolse- CAPE TOWN, WEDNESDAY-I learn ley in the Canadian Red River campalgn; then in Ashant, in 18737 from Afrikander Bu which Zulu war, 1578-79; the Eayptian expedition, 1852; the Nile expedition. have been hitherto singularly well in- the Soudan operations, 18%G-86, always showing Limself a gallant, sound and resourceful soldier. Since 1590 General Butler served as a colonel on the staff, a brigadier in Egypt, in command of an Infantry brigade at Al- dershot, and in command of the southeastern district, the most important in Engla His appointmert to the caief command in South Africa was gen- crally approvead, the following extract from a leading military journal of London well shows: “Major General Sir Willlam Franeis Butler, who hus ust been appointed to the command of the troops in South Africa, is uni- versally acknowledged to be one of the very best officers in the English army. Wheraver he has been, whatever Le has done, no always left behind him the Impression of having a really extraordinary capacity for ‘doing the right thirg,’ and doing it, too, as a simple matter of course.” General But- ler's accomplished wife Is the author of the grand military pictures, “Scot- land Forever,” the “Roll Call” anc a number of cthers. formed, that 500 European officers and | men skilled In modern military tactics | and particularly in artiliery are in Pre- | | toria as a rescrve force. Undoubtedly the enemy’s tactics at Colenso and Magersfontein were directed | by men of this class, as these tacties are | quite unknown to Boer gencrals. | . | ROBERTS REFUSED TO BE HANDICAPPED LONDON, Dec. 36.—From behind the i 3 scnes comes a story of the “new war,” | @OKN OO OO NONON OB ORI ORONR RIS LRSS BRORR ORONGRON 2 GRO% 53 OES0S VATD RORN 0RO DO ORI DRONORORO LR | save the raiders themselves from such | the unfortuns | War, and Lord Wolseley | the opinions of those present were far culty. It is reported and ex- tensively credited that the Fenians have | ently | two carloads of arms and munitions uf} | | war in concealment at or near this city. This material is sald to h, been In the possession of the Dunkirk Fenians for Dec. A 26.—A movement look- | ing to the inv on of Canada by the Fe- Irish - National- ists has been agitated for some time b; leaders that there w nent 1 next Sunday question of invs This meeting,” Colonel Scannel says, il be followed by another in Boston, | 1 reports from the Philadelphia meet- to be a meeting of promi- B R S R R wh ing will ve made by Boston delegates Colonel Ecannel s: the pre would be a good time for the invasion 1s the troopa of Canada are being sent awey to take part in the African war. “It has been agitated for yea tinued the colonel, “that Canada shouid | either be aunexed to the United States | or should have an independent govern- ment of her own.. The present African war, will, in my. opinfon, see the first break in the British Empire. With an army of 10,000 Irish Nationalists engaged In the invasicn of Canada It would make things interesting for the English Goy- ernment. Referring to Canada of m nel said that , ] 3 the Fenian vears was a invasion of 0, Colonel Scan- because it failure and colo- This would not hap- el nels of no discipline pen now, he said, since the men are v organized all over the country and ha confidence in their les WASHINGTON, —The Britis Embassador, Lord Pauncefote, has made | 10 protest to the authorities hero rel to the ative | reported organized movement fn varlous parts of the country in behalf of the Boers, including the all rd enian movement, although th. subjects for dis n Secret. late as th The only attention which t Embassy is giving to these reports is t. o keep advised through the British Consuls at various point importance, h, as to any movements of Thus far, however, nothing as come from the Consuls to indicate at any of the movements was more | than local and trifling. All of the advices | show there has been nothing in the way of a general organization. Should it turn out that a Fenlan move- | ment of the kind alleged to exist Is ac- tually discovered and brought to the at- tention of the United States Government, | sharp and prompt repressive action will | be taken, not oniy to prevent the viola- tlon of the neutrality laws, but also to consequence of thelr actions as befell e Fenian raiaers of 1866, The talk of a Fenian raid is well cal- culated to cause alarm on the Canadian side of the border, as the people of that section were greatly agitated during the former Fenian excitement. Although an actual movement occurred then, the chief trouble occurred over alarming re- ports of invasion which never took place. Bomething ot a panic took possession of the Canadians on the border and many women burfed their valuables on the islands of the border river. On the Ameri- can side the excitement was intensified by local Fenian organizations, which drilled in apparent anticipation of a move- ment, although these proved to be purely local bodies, more or les: sympathizing with the mcvement, but wholly without systematic ccnnection with the head or- ganization. O+ ¢ 6404000000 0eg at the War Office, at which were present | Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for . commander in chief. It lasted for hours, during which it was demonstrated by arguments that from being unanimous. “Then 1 will go,” sald Lord Roberts. That was after the gathering of great | men at the Ministry of War had agreed to give up any further attempts.to lead the local campaign from maps studled in these dingy quarters called the War of- fice. But it had been an awful struggle. Lora Wolseley may be well enough inelined but then he has to do with a whole nest of permanent high officials who have lived all their lives amid a halo of red tape and who love and revere that atmosphere. “Bobs,” as Lord Roberts Is familiarly called, knows this. He agrees with the South African, who had been in the Mat- abele and Zulu wars, that red tapeism and departmental jealousies must now and forever cease if the British army is to do any good In South Africa. Having gained a victory and being in a position | to dictate to the War Department instead of the reverse, Lord Roberts sald: “Now give me Kitchener.” Thus he was given Kitchener. Now, from what I hear, Lord Roberts holds his {deas all through. This means that war—the “new war”—will not be commenced till, per- | shal of the ALFRED A. BORLINI, WHO HAS DEFAULTED. [ e i S N S PSP AP SPrY .,.‘ B N ssea e D B e e e e B = = S o B A A LFRED A. BORLINT, a trusted em- Borlinl's books to be experted. The first A ploye of the American Bank and | intimation of honesty on the part of A Trust Company, is a defaulter to | Borlinl came to the attentfon of the bank the extent of For many years | officials when an order was presented to Borlinl has been employed teller in | them » In Borlini's name. It was this bank, and enjoyed a reputation of |then discovered that he had greatly overe probity, honor and uprightness. The dis- | drawn his account. The n fol- covery of his defalcation was a complete | lowed immediately, with the that | surprise to his employers, who placed the | Borlini's books showed a shor age of utmost lence in the Integrity of thelr | a servant. When Borlinl was made teller of the Borlini_was one of the popular young | American Bank and Trust Company he men about town, with a smile gave bonds in the sum of $309. The handshake for everybody an Surety Company represent the of handsome app will suffer and gentlemanly made g host of fr ilways a welcome 0 will fall guest w t. Com! rd with i was these graces of manner and rance well of the American B he possessed a fine barytone aid last tended to, incre 1 drepass 4 the resident man surety com- after. He w § th ild very probably i to-day ourth of July 1898, and has been promir for a moment that | social and civic affairs which int ¢ in Bor- general publ Fretwell yeste In the early part of this month Borlini was married to a well-known Oakland 1 in the en years and voung lady, forsaking the easy life of the t any time. Had achelor for the bonds of matrimony. The he rdraw we would wedding was quite soctal event, and ered his d ation so Borlini and his young b left for the tions have gone on for south on & two weeks' honeymoon. It ow long 1 cannot say, was during this period th he defalca d his shortage from month tion was discovered by his employers. month. We will ¢ t with Mr. Gar- While Borlini was away with his bride before prosect Borlini, but [ President Edwin Fretwell of the Ame think action against 1 will be taken can Bank and Trust Comps ordered | immediately haps, the beginning of March. Amerie The pres- | n to-morrow will say: Philafel- ence of Lord Kitchener Is looked upon as | phia will send a hospital ship and a large that influence which will not all the | corps of American physicians and sure campaign to commence until everything | geons to the Tr. ubscription lists s absolutely ready. That Is Kitchener | will be circulated i a pro-Boer public at the Academy of nd in vie all over. Lord Roberts knows him and his methods Intimately. Roberts will be the man to restore con- meeting will be held Music with that | Many public men and leadin fdende and 4 eaprit' de cgrominmaog: $ha | pe vy Bocome' fiilerentad fh (he T et men. His name in the English army is |, ommittee will be appointed as that of the Mahdi to Soudanese. But | of the detalls, secure th Kitchener's role will be thoroughly to or- | I ' ey ary funds and charter a steamer, which will be started on its mission of mercy from this port just as soon as it can be prop: ted up for the trip. Patrick O'Neil of this city, who is the | Pennsylvania pre of the Anclent Order of Hiberni gether with a committee from that organization, is at the head of the movement, and asserts that there will be no difficulty in sue fuuy carrying out the plan. ganize the forces. Not until he says that all is ready and until the last mule and man have been placed in proper position, the last traln started and the final gun sent forward will Roberts and Kitchener glve the word to advance. Such is, I believe, a brief outline of the | coming campaign, but It tells just as much as a more detailed description. The | great question of the moment is to find | out how to get suitable artillery. How- 85. itzer batteries are being sent out, but| “We will have a nittee of prom- they will not be of long enough range If | inent men appointed to-m row,"” said Mr. brought .against the 'Boers' long-range | O'Nell to-night, “and all the arrange. guns. e | ments for the expedition will be left with e that committee. Among the men to go on AMERICAN HOSPITAL o e X LI . | every class of people who are in sympathy SHIP TO AID BCERS | with the Boers in their fight apoimn iy L cruel oppression of England. We already | have assu PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 26.—The North OSSR OASRRR RS S S oS s s s o nees of enough money to say there will be no faliure In the un- dertaking." 34 i + i + SERUM THAT WILL 3 | ENGLAND AgAIN # 2 +| i CURE ALCONOLISY ol CONSULTS THE SULTAN ) x 2 5 : BERLIN, Dec. %.—A Constantinople dis- ¥ 44 | PAtch to the Tageblatt says: England has ps Special Cable to The Call and the New asked the-Sultan’s consent to sending + York Herald. Covyright, 1599, by + Egyptian troops to the Transvaal in re- + James Gordon Bennett. 4 |turn for extensive financial considera- 4 PARIS, Dec. 2.—Two French 4 |tions. The Sultan has requested time to 4 doctors, Sappeller and Thebault, 4 |consider the matter. 4 last evening announced to the 4 o TS Academfe du Medicine that they + | : had in collaboration with M. Broca, 4 | POSSIBLE DEFECTION a chemist, discovered and experi. 4 % FAE AT i L T OF THE FREE-STATERS 4+ against alcoholism. 3¢ 4 - The serum Is extracted from the 4| MODDER RIVER, Cape Colony, Dec. 3, 4 veins of a horse, primarily ren- 4| The British naval guns command the 4 dered alcoholic by artificlal means. 4 | whole Boer position and possess the exact 4+ It appears that the serum confers 4 | range of every s nd bush. They fre- 4 ‘on dipsomanlacs an unconquerable 4 quently plant shells with good advantage 4 distaste for alcoholic drinks. 4 | In the midst of g s of Boers. + 4| The burghers are reported to be return- TELT L L+ P+ 9+ ¢+ | Ing home for Christmas. Recent arrivals