Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-16
MAX O'RELL'S LETTER.
EngEand's Spirited Foreign PoIfcy-M. Grevy-A COntract-Pathos And Ba- thos - The FlOurIshing Salvation Army-A Story of Devotfon-ssAlad- din ,,

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 LONDON, Jan. 2. | To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 1 Faithful to the Spirited foreign policy ! tradition, the Conservative government oi Lord Salisbury has just annexed Upper Bur- | nah, lately governed by King Theebaw, and in future <'to become part of Her Majesty's
 doninions, and to be administered during her royal pleasure by such officers as the Viceroy and Governor General of India may from time to time appoint" After the Ashantees, the Afghans, the Basutos, the Boers, the Zulus, the Abyssinians, the Egyp-
 tians, the Soudanese, now come the Burmese.
 It is clear that they will all get their turn if only they have enough patience to wait.
 Kings and emperors are not supposed to be held long the French throne, but it ap- pears that Presidents of the republic are to be elected for life. M. Grevy is to be the head of the republic for another seven years. His election has been the occasion for mo- narchical amenities, which will make many People doubt whether ''old court manners are to be reckoned much longer to be the qaintesse7en of politeness. The election of the President is made by the Senate and the
 House of Deputies sitting in Congress at
 Versailles. The Congress is presided over
 by the Speaker of the Senate this year a
 very old gentleman of infirm health, M Le
 Rover. M. Paul de Cassagnac, the great
 Bonapartist duellist, apostrophized him as
 ssold idiot,'' and NJ. d'Ornano, a Corsican lighthouse, "hideous invalid'' The
 names of "blackguard" and ':forgern were
 among the mildest epithets that were hurled
 at the poor old president. "Yes," exclaimed N. de Cassagnac, ''you are forger and all the Republicans your accomplices. If any fellow on your side feels insulted he knows to whom he can send a challenge. J Just here there was great waving of pocket handke1chiefs on the monarchical side As they were all white, the Republicans took this for white flag Royalist manifesto
 tion. So M. Hughes of the Extreme Left took out his own pocket handkerchief, which was large and spotless, waved it round his head. and using it noisily, cried, ''Look! that's the service which l demand of the
 white flag. You will be wise in thus treat
 ing it." This band of rowdy sehoolboys dis
 persed quietly at five in the afternoon
 To it is inexhaustible source of
 amusement to watch the different ways in
 which the English and French characters show up under similar circumstances. When
 John Bull appoints a new official it is one more servant that he adds to his household.
 When Jacques Bonhomme appoints new of
 icial it is one more master that he gives him sci, master whom he allows to snub and
 bully him. As an illustration of this, take a case which has just come to my knowledge of two young cheInists-one English, the other French-who were in partnership in Paris, and one day made up their minds to try and start afresh in Cairo Each wrote to his consul in Egypt. The Engishman's let tel ran thus: Dear Sir-I am about to open business as chemist in Cairo. Will you be good enough to tell me what are my chances of success in Egypt, and what formalities J should have to comply with before entering upon the undertaking! Yours truly (signa- ture)" By return of post he received po- lite letter containing detailed answers to his questions. The young Frenchman wrote: Monsieur le Consul General am desirous of setting up as chemist in Cairo. Dare hope that you will spare few moments of your valuable time to give me such informa- tion and advice as you nay consider likely to
 be of use to me? With many apologies for intruding upon you, have the honor to be,
 Monsieur le CoRsul General, with greatest respect, your most obedient and humble ser
 want (Signature)" The letter was written three years ago. The poor fellow is still
 waiting for that consu1s reply.
 There is but step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 4 case of pathos and bathos
 was witnessed the other day at the National peare's 'FOtheilo." Frau Markus, who took
 the part of Desdemona, had a cold, but
 would insis appearing. All went satis-
 factorily until the crisis of the play was reached. Desdenona was dead and her life less body lay in her chamber. Othello be- gan to give expression to his pent-up feelings before a breathless audience. The Moor 1a col,r &r,
 sume there came from the chamber of death an unmistakable attempt to stide a cough.
 The moment was terrible, but nature is not to be trifed with, and instead of cough a
 hearty sneeze burst forth from the corpse of
 Desdenona. Frau Markus is actress of high repute and some purists think that un- der the circumstances she should not have taken such role that evening. The audi ence were not of this opinion, for they ac- corded her most hearty ovation on her res urrection.
 In spite of the great depression of trade, the Salvation army cause is fourishing more than ever. The alliance of MT. Stead, the now famous editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, with the Booth family has caused the Saliva tion medicines to be in increased demand, and the Eliza Armstrong case has swollen the receipts, according to the report for the year just over. The total receipts from all sources-apart from trade reeeipts-were the round sum of f16, ,16S, 17s. 415d. There mainel good balance in hand. The total number of corps in the United Kingdom was S02, as against 637 in 1884, and abroad 520, as against 273. The International Training Homes at Claxton received 701 cadets-2S7 men and 414 women, of whom AT were ''sent into the field" Other cadets were trained in Paris for work in France and Swift zerland. New rescue homes for the reclama- ton of fallen women were opened in Lon don, Glasgow Plymouth and in the Austra- lian colonies. Within the year twenty-four new buildings were purchased for barracks at the cost of twenty four thousand pounds and accommodating nearly thirty thousand persons. The report claims that the army originated and carried on the agitation which resulted in the passing of the criminal law amendment bill for the better protection of young girls, which is partially true since the son of ''General' Booth was Mir. Stead's ally in the Revelations" affair, although he is not his companion at Holloway jail. After appealing for increased support to carry on and extend the varied operations of the army the report thus concludes: Forward we must and shall go and forward everywhere whether it be in strength or weakness whether straitened continually and kept i'll more or less anxiety for want of funds, on account of shameless, causeless opposition forward even to death" The general" with his army of six hundred thousand men and women, his Life Guards, his navy (for he has navy, including yacht of his ownl his cotfers well filled, is no doubt 8 rising power in the land, with whom we shall soon have to reckon What is perfectly true is that the magistrates and the police are pow erless to interfere with his noisy and rowdy processions. When the general" sends his band to perform under my window give up all idea of resistance, quietly put down my book or pen and patiently wait until the row is over. I notice that all the receipts of the year have been spent, less one hundred and sixty-nine pounds. No doubt the ''general'' thinks he has an inexhaustible Preserve fund'-in human simplicity.
 The fashion of interviewing, brought on the continent from America, has had one very regrettable consequence. It has greatly taste, which no doubt existed be- in mild form-the love of prying into the private life of public charac- ters. Interviewing has so fostered this era wing that authors now stuff their books with all sorts of more less reliable stories picked up in boudoirs and club smoking rooms. A new Paul Pry has just arisen and has published what notable actresses eat and drink, very pretty business, as you see. We are told, for instance, that Adelaide Neil