The record-union., 1891-06-02
LONDON GOSSIP.
THE COURT DISPLEASED AT THE
KAISER'S INTENDED VISIT.
Hollands Young Queen Scores a Great
Success at Her First Appearance
in Public Life.
Special TO the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
New YORK, June Edmund Yates in
letter to the Tribune from London says:
1t is no secret that the court would gladly
dispense with the visit of the German
Emperor, which for many reasons, both
public and private, will take place at an
exceedingly announcement time. The
Emperor's tardy intimation that the EN-
press is to accompany him is particularly
unwelcome, as her presence at the royal
wedding will increase the GOODNESS which
already exists. The state or official visit
Of the Emperor and his wife will be linn
tied to ten days, during which they are to
be the guests of the Queen at Windsor
Castle and Buckingham Palace, and dur
ing the remainder of their stay in Eng
land they are to be incognito.
The Emperor has not yet reconciled
himself to his sisters conversion to the
orthodox Greek Church. He derives
over his mothers mission to Paris. by the
absolute fiasco of the French exhibition
IN Moscow as means of promoting the
france-Russian entente cordiaLe. The
Moscow papers are loud in the denuncia-
ton of the undertaking, and everybody
concerned in it.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland made
her first appearance in public life last
week by going through a number of
functions in Amsterdam, which to a
thlrteen-year-old sovereign must be
perfectly bewildering In the SIM
plest white frocks, with broad
black sash, she moved about so
composedly that one would have i'm
agined she had been doing nothing else
but take part in court ceremonials from
her cradle. The dexterous manner in
which she found something pretty to say
TO all notabilities at the State BANQUET
astonished everybody present, and her
general demeanor bore a strong re-
semblance to that of Queen Victoria in
the days of her girlhood, and the Dutch
Ministers were delighted, for they re-
garded the festivities now over as a sort of
dress rehearsal for a somewhat dreaded
German visit three weeks hence.
Gladstone will probably come back in
time to participate in the Manipur debate.
III e takes little interest in the free-educa-
ton question. and it is not expected that
he will give more than a few days at
tendance at the House for the rest of the
session.
The Manipur incident will not be dealt
with until next week. From a careful
study Of the official version of the whole
business, fear that the case is a distinctly
DAD one lOr In6 1nQlan Government. 1t
seems clear that the authorities in CAL
cutta, and not Quinton, are ultimately re-
sponsible for the attempted seizure of the
Senaputty, and the latter would certainly
be able to construct very fair brief for
his counsel out of the blue book. Lord
Lansdowne need hardly be surprised if
he is sharply admonished for the way in
which the affair was conducted. There
is no ground, however, for a revival of
the rumor that he contemplates resign
ing.
If the education bill contains proyis-
ions which are intended to secure church
schools from future attacks of the Radi-
Gals the measure will be vigorously and
strenuously opposed on the Liberal side.
The Radicals Will, I hear, accept the sim
pie free -education bill, but they will fight
against anything which is intended to
tie their hands for the future. The Par
liameHtary Government wants to hedge
around voluntary schools with proyiS-
ions which cannot be repealed without
the concurrence Of the Lords.
II the corporation of London consents
to give sufficient land on the embank-
ment near Temple on which to erect
national gallery of British art which
Henry Tate contenplates founding. they
will be making present to the nation
worth sat least el00,000, and they are not
only rich enough, but patriotic enough to
do it, and with grace. The site is the
most desirable one which could well be
imagined, and if selected viii be one
practical step in the direction of a protest
against transporting everything of ma
tional and metropolitan interest to South
kenSington.