Show HUGE STOGK EXCHAOE I British Nation Mas Become I One in Sentiment I II I I I 1 TICKER GOVERNS OPINIONS I I I This Has Been Brought About Since British Army in Field Has Found that Boer Army was its Match or More Difficult to Tell the Kcal Fooling of England Toward Administration Ad-ministration and War StillHarder to Forecast Result of Debates in Parliament I London Jan Copyrighted 1900 by the Associated PressTo thoroughly thor-oughly and conservatively appreciate appre-ciate the conditions as they exist in England today to understand un-derstand the reflections that military itary successes or reverses In South Africa create In the minds of the BritIsh Brit-ish public and to gauge the test confronting con-fronting the Government at the forthcoming forth-coming session of Parliament it Is first necessary to realize the stupendous stupen-dous change that in tho past few weeks has taken place In the national character char-acter To put It briefly since the British army In the Held has found the Boer army was Its match or more the British Brit-ish nation has become one huge stock exchange not in the material sense but In sentiment GOVERNED BY THE TICKER The nation as a whole governs Its opinions by the happenings of the hour vacillating according to the news ticker In Its traditions of centuries cen-turies as easily as the most nervous market that ever operated In times of uncertainty 1 Nothing so adequately lends Itself lo Icad and forceful simile of the a ready simie prevailing pre-vailing temper oC the British nation ns the popular conception of the stock market As on the floor there Is n certain small percentage with such huge interests at stake that they arc never budged by rumors that make or break the small fry INSIDE RING But these compose the very Inmost ring and their exclusiveness may be judged in the fact that one never knows when opening from day to day such solid and conservative journals a the Times the Morning Post or the Standard whether they will uphold or bitterly abuse the Government In a like manner does the majority of the public opinion sway as fanned by news from the front Thus It Is wellnigh impossible to determine the real feeling toward the administration and the war and It Is still harder to forecast the result of the debates in Parliament SALISBURY WILL CONTINUE Yet in spite of this tremendous vacillation hutton the information which representatives repre-sentatives of the Associated Press have gathered from all sorts of sources tends toward the Impression that Lord Salisbury will continue not only In power but in the matter of voles with but a slightly diminished control which is tantamount to saying the war against the Boers will be pursued to the bitter end regardless of foreign Interference In-terference and whimperings at home RECOGNIZED AT LAST The selection by the War office of MaJ Gen Carrington for service at the front calls out the comment that the Government has recognized this officers claims at 0 very late day considering con-sidering the Iacjt that his name is most favorably known in South Africa where ho spent almost his whole military mili-tary career as a leader of expeditions I While Sir Frederick Carringtons billet let Is at present a mystery to the English En-glish press the correspondent of the Associated Press la I able to say that It was not after all the initiative of the War office that he was called and further I fur-ther that he will be Intrusted with what will be practically an Independent Independ-ent command of large proportions and I will attempt lo achieve by means of one of the most heterogeneous forces iHer gathered on the face of the earth the gallant objective hitherto held by the commanders In the Held to he nn Impossibility INTERNATIONAL SITUATION Unless Ladysmlth is quickly relieved the International situation promises to be of more Interest than the actual op eratlonD rime seizure of another German Ger-man vessel following so closely Count I von Buelows businesslike speech In the Reichstag yesterday will probably I produce at least a keen International press war and rumors damaging to I tcamer values If nothing more though I the discrepancies between Count von Buelows speech In Germany and the I representations of the German Embas sador In London the latter being extremely ex-tremely conciliatory form n reassuring circumstance PRAISE FOR SAMPSON In an account of the SpanishAmeri can naval campaign just issued W II Wilson a wellknown naval authority writes As nn Englishman who wfli hardly be accused of any political bias on American affairs I cannot refrain from expressing surprise at the unjust and cruel attacks which have been made by the American press upon Admiral Ad-miral Sampson or from expressing admiration ad-miration for the dignity selfrestrnlnt and nobility of heart with which he has borne himself under them Continuing he says To Englishmen his ceaseless vigilance wise disposition accurate judgment and courage scum to have deserved another recompense and that I believe of Americans j worthy of name Throughout the book Mr Wlleon speaks in the highest terms of the American navy retracting many criticisms criti-cisms which appeared In his articles In American magazines DEATH OF C W STEEVENS The news of the death of G W Stevens Ste-vens the special correspondent 0 the Dally Mali from enteric fever Monday ut Lad slh has been received with genuine sorrow In London where he had many friends In and out of his profession pro-fession Mr Siceveiis had I distinguished distin-guished career at Oxford Ills nrat newspaper success was 1 series of Jet tots which he wrote from America headed The Land of the Dollar His last work before going to the Transvaal Trans-vaal was The Tragedy of Dreyfus and his long stay In hot unsanitary Ronnes Is thought to have undermined his constitution to an extent that mado him an easy prey for the fever Mr Slcevens made a romantic marriage a few year ago with a Mru Rogerson well known In London society She was I 6 years of age and Mr Stecvcns but 2C I but the murflagc WUH very happy They were devoted to each other Mr Stce tens used to write to her dally wherever wher-ever he was IN NEED OF SILVER I The Idea that the Indian Government will shortly buy silver hnn stimulated aLmuluted If the demand Indications demund Inllcutons that the silver reserve of the Indian Currency depart mont hOMo htcn hoavJly d ftlorJ and will be further reduced are found In the large sales telegraphic transfers upon India further earmarking of gold for the account of the Indian Government and the dispatch of gold direct to India Out of sixteen and a half crores of rash reserve only about seven crores are silver According to the Statist should a further 2000000 of gold be sent to India In-dia during the next two months the nil vnr holdings nf the Indian Government will be probabl reduced to about four orores Mifore I ouch a figure is reached I purchases of silver for coinage ought I to be made unless tho Indian Govern I uncut is i prepared to Inuiir risks which might bring disaster I Tho Statist Insists thai the Government Govern-ment must buy silver without delay and have It coined ts quickly ns possible and reasons that Jndlu ought not to be I subjected to further trials on top of the famine also pointing out that If troubles occur on tho Afghanistan frontier j I fron-tier silver alone will he usable I A contract has been signed by M I Lnborl counsel for Alfred Dreyfus char 1 lag the late trial at Rennes to lecture I for thirteen weelcs in tho United States I during tho autumn of the present year I |