Show 1 OVER THE OCEAN DTJB WEEKLY CABLE IN WHICH POLITICS PERSONS NATIONS AND SPORTS ARE ALL DISCUSSED London Feb 27 Prime Minister Salisbury is not enjoying good health His old troubleoverstoutnessis 1 again bothering him Notwithstanding the burdens of state which he carries on his shoulders he has this wInter greatly increased in weight It is necessary nec-essary that he should rid himself of some of his adipose tissue and as soon as the eastern crisis becomes relaxed + he will go abroad to drink the waters at some of the medicinal springs after af-ter which he will join the Marchioness of Salisbury who is passing the season sea-son in the south of France It is not to be supposed that during the months rhen Lord Salisbury did not visit the foreign office that he was not devoting himself to his official duties He has always been busy with the affairs of state and every day dispatches for his consideration and information were sent to Hatfield House his resIdence in Herefordshire CRETAN TROUBLES The proposals for the settlement of the Cretan troubles are widely commented com-mented upon by the newspapers thrr ughout the country The Conservative Conserv-ative organs as a rule find In them a full solution of the difficulty but there is a divergence of opinion on the part L of the Liberal organs The Manchester Guardian speaking In behalf of the Liberals says it has no objection to the scheme for granting grant-ing autonomy to the island but it strongly objects to the Greek troops bens ccmpelled to withdraw before the lufcr Sir William Vernon Hal court tap leader of the Liberal part and the Lan of Kimberly the leader of the Liberals in the house of lords have decided to follow this line whei tii debate on the Cretan question takes place at the beginning of nest tveex The more advanced Liberals back Greece In the attitude she has assumed The Rt Hon Arthur Dyke Acland who was a member of the last Liberal cabinet delivered a speech at North ampton last night in which he referred h re-ferred to the Cretan troubles Great Britain he said could not redeem the post but one step had been taken which would redeem to some extent tile fair fame of Europe The honor and glory of this step belonged to Greece TURKISH AND GREEK BONDS Complaint is made that Great Brit tains action is due to the solid interests inter-ests of British holders of Turkish and Greek bonds and it is said the country coun-try Is paralyzed by the pawn broking proclivities of the bondholders A dispatch received from Athens last night said that the powers had not yet succeeded in arriving at an agreement agree-ment as to the nature of the coercive measures to be applied against Greece In the event of her refusing to listen to the mandate of the concert nor as to the date for the application of the measures when they shall be agreed upon The passage by the volksraad of the Transvaal bill virtually placing the high court of the republic under the volksraad has again raised the Transvaal crisis Mr Chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies is now exchanging communications on the subject with President Kruger It is reported that he has informed the president of the Transvaal that the passage of the bill amounts to a breach of the London convention The matter I arose thus An American mining engineer I en-gineer named Brown learning that a J farm was about to be proclaimed open I for mining was with some of ills friends the first to arrive at the farm i 4 He was armed with powers of attorney attor-ney from others of his friends and he staked out the whole farm the mineral value of which is 300000 Everything was strictly in accordance with th law of the Transvaal but notwithstanding notwith-standing the facts the volksraad passed a law treating the whole proceeding asa as-a nullity and directing that the claim be disposed of by a lottery open to the inhabitants of Johannesburg The high court declared this law contrary to the constitution because it deprived i Brown of his property without compensation com-pensatIon Thereupon President Kru ger induced the raad to pass a law altering al-tering the tenure and position of the Judges and preventing them from overruling I over-ruling any statute The colonial party I in England thinks the present good occasion for Mr Chamberlain to get back at President Kruger and are urging him to take advantage of it President Kruger as Mr Chamberlain has good cause to know is no tyro In law or diplomacy and another battle between the two men is quite as likely as not to result in another dscomfiture for the plucky colonial secretary IN THE COMMONS TOMORROW In the house of commons on Monday Tilr Patrick OBrien member for Kil kenny City will ask Mr Balfour the government leader in the house whether the British government has had any communication with the United States or European powers concerning con-cerning the disturbed state of Cuba and whether the government will use its good offices with a view to securing secur-ing the freedom of Cuba Mr OBrien believes that communications on the subject have been exchanged between London and Washington Mrs Colgate a Very York widow has taken the house now occupied by Ambassador Bayard The British official mission to Emperor Em-peror Men lik of Abyssinia is intended to impress him with the size of Englishmen En-glishmen The mission will consist of nine members each of whom is over six feet tall The leader Rennell Rodd and the military secretary Lord Edward Ed-ward Cecil Lord Salisburys fourth son are both six feet three inches in height The mission will leave Cairo about the middle of March IN YACHTING CIRCLES The uncertainty prevailing in yachting Cv yacht-Ing circles with regard to the rating rule has had Its Affect in the few orders given on the Clyde and elsewhere in I yacht building yards This applies to sailing yachts only as few seasons I show such activity in the construction of steam yachts as does thf present Mr Watson is the designer of no less than live of tht largest ones The only racer of Importance in course of construction at present on the Clyde is the Bona for the Duke de Abbruzzi I building by D and W Henderson to I Watsons design It was understood that the Prince of Wales was anxious to dispose of the Britannia in order to i have a now boat to compete wttH the I Meteor It Is said that the Cuke was I willing to buy but the price could not be igreed upon I t The Bona is to bean SOfooter ands 1 GJ s that Is also the sine of the boat by i Soper building at Southampton for i Mr C D RoSe it Is regarded that j i that wIll be the standard size of futures 1 future-s racers All the most recent 1 1 < < I creations are admittedly too unwieldly and it is quite time that the yacht I racing association should effect a reduction re-duction through the operation of time allowance There is more than a rumor ru-mor that Mr A B Walker will build I a boat of this class to replace the Ailsa Captain Sycamore who sailed the Valkyrie against thi + Defender will I have charge of the Bona The Valkyrie remain at her moorings moor-ings in Gourock bay She is much too deep to compete over most courses against the shallower boats While as yet she has no orders or fitting out it is hoped she may be got ready for the BrItIsh season |