Show VHO CARES S 1 I Rnltioll fi rooroiAsnaoti is in Danger of Being I lurlcrcL PARIS ShOW IS OPEN Queen Vicioria is Returning from Remarkable Visit U SAND TURKEY AT OUTS Yet No Ono In England Worries or I Cares There is Only Topic There I That is Lord Robertss Censures I and Possible Results Talkedof 1 Advance Toward Pretoria is For gotten Tho Absorbing Sensation I f Is Publication of Dispatches from I Lord Roberts Regarding Blunders at Spioukop Opinion Differs as to i Advisability of Their Publication I I but One Common Verdict Reached 1 and That is That Engagement Was I a Terrible Muddle and Some One Must Answer for It London April Copyrighted 1PQO by the Associated PressiThe British Govei nor of Ashanti Sir Frederick M Hodgion stands in danger of being murdered and hlz rule swept out of I lunicmbrance the United States Is generally considered on the brink of war with Turkey the Paris exhibition I has Gecn opened Queen Victoria Is returning re-turning from her remarkable visit to Ireland yet Who cares I In England thirc Is only one topic = and that Is j Lord Robcrtss Splonkop I cq tisuxoajai 1 d lheir jjpsalblc results I Even time commencement orthe lid 1 vance against Pretoria falls lo detract I public Interest from the allabsorbing I sensation of the hour The weeklies teem with comment that defies a cabled synopsis S WAS A TERRIBLE MUDDLE I While there are multitudinous ex I pi csslon of opinion rcguidlng the advisability I ad-visability of the publication at the i piesenl moment of such terrible indictments indict-ments of British Gencials and officers and while the authorities differ widely as to the causes of their Inefficiency and the remedies therefor one common I veidlct seems to have been reached I which Is thai Splonkop was a terrible muddle and that some one must bd brought to book WHAT PUBLIC DEMANDS S S Though the Cabinet Itself appears scarcely decided upon what course to pursue public opinion is pietly clearly denned and Is I unanimous In demanding demand-ing time recall of Gen Bullr and Gen Warren Placing Col CiolUm on half pay has merely betted the national appetite and the ravenous demand for action and for the pieveiillon of the useless loss of loved ones cannot be satl led with Mich a meager bone as Ciofton Higher heads It seem must fall fallWHAT WHAT GOVERNMENT EXPECTS It Is probable the Government hopes Gen Buller will apply fur his own recall but this beoms unlikely to t happen hap-pen and now time country angrily waits for hit action thai all sections of time press declare must follow the I ext maoud I an iy timid publication of JU1ellS 1 itrlclure5 S ROBERTS CANNOT ACT A curious feature is dIal Lord Rob It eels upp tell LI b Is nol empowered to deal wllh Gen Buller or even Gen Wai roll both luiving 1 been dlicclly ap polnlcd bj I the Government and beyond be-yond leporllng Lord Roberts Is unable lu lake action Yet for six weeks af lei receiving Loid Robcrtss report time lIrtrf1ui8 of Lansdowne the Secro tary of State for War left the question ques-tion tip en nnd now fur some mysterious reason has taken time public into i his confidence Hence Lord Roberts is naturally freed fnnn all blame and han 1 IIUM eased his popularity by being i brave enough to expose weak spols FAMINE IN INDIA I Sir William Wcddcrburn known asa I as-a ii authority on Indian affairs I writing 16 the Speaker on tho subject of lie famine declares the British Government Govern-ment Is responsible to a great degree for the awful suffering owing to unfair I taxation and the revolutionary systems of business methods arblijarlly impocd on the nUivcs HAS PLAIN SAILING I Inquiries made by i the Associated Press regarding the allltudo of Great Biltaln and other powers toward lie AmericanTurkish difficulty reveals the fact that no one has the slightest intention in-tention of Interfering in my way The I British Government officials do not disguise dis-guise their dcJlEht at the stand taken I at Washington and hope the Sultans I obstinacy will for once ftP to achieve I its ends Great Britain herself during I past years has had much trouble in ox I acting payment of debts from the dick I man of the East and appreciate the Irritation displayed at Washington WILL NOT POOL ISSUES The British Embnssador at Constantinople Constan-tinople has informed the Foreign office of the conditions existing but merely verifying what has ahoady been published pub-lished So far Lord Salisbury has sent him no Instructions but the Associated Press Is officially Informed that Great Britain and the other bowers who are now making joint representations regarding re-garding the Increase In the Turkish their tariff hav no Intention of pooling iHHUvs unhn the American claims or In ihf tariff matter any way assnolatlng with Urn dlsinitc WILL DOUDTLESS PAY The possibility of serious results attracts I at-tracts general Interest and much coin mcnl In England The Si calator says 1 lTIs oarnosily to be dofllrcd that ptiaraoimiioiiLd harden hls huart ButS i t S 5 14 there In little chance of such an ad xantage to the world The Sultan will doubtless pay time money I he does nol Dcwey may go afloat again to do work rather leas easy and much moro Important than the capture of Manila1 The Oulluok suggests that the United States might take the customs of Smyrna as a guarantee but Inclines to believe that the Saltans new friend Emperor William will whisper Pay and the incident will be ended ELECTING SENATORS The Speaker dealing with the pro pnseil amendment to the CoiiRtliutloii providing IJ the election of Senators I by popular vote declares that the Senate 5 t Sen-ate now swarms viith millionaires who are believed to purchase their election by large gifts to campaign funds and who make It nearly Impossible for the President to have a foreign policy adding The HayPauncefole treaty for example was blocked not because I Its provisions were disliked but because II might help McKinloys candidacy I Tin people are getting weary ot this and the vote of the House marks their I desire to make in some way a radical I I change In the composition of their I House of Lords I BRITISH CASE IN AFRICA Efforts to out the British case In South Africa before the American people peo-ple are Increasing I Is learned that the Rev Charles Phillips who arrived at Boston April 20th on the New England I 1 Eng-land represents many people who are I anxious to retain American goodwill He will lecture throughout the country I I in an attempt to show the Justice of the i British claims The Rev oIl Phillips Is a wellknown Congregallonalist of Johannesburg whence he lately returned re-turned He has spent eleven years in South Africa and has frequently been interviewed and quoted In the British I British press as controversies an authority on the Boer I |