The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-19
THE BABBL|NG BROOKE.
Familiar Sobriquet Of the Indiscreet
Woman Who Told the Gam
bling Story.
She La Boldly 6nubbed by the
Naughty Young Duchess
Of Portland.
New Treaty to the Advantage Of Portugal
Real Aim Of the Gear OF
Russia.

LONDON, June 18.-There are likely to be
further developments of another phase of
this memorable visit to Tranby Croft
which will throw the card playing incident
into the shade. 1t is now known that the
ton, to spend Doncaster week at Welbeck
Abbey, the superb country seat of the duke
Of Portland. but when the customary list
of guests whom the prince desired to have
invited to meet him there was received at
Welbeck. the proud young duchess of Port
land drew a pencil through the name of
Lady Brooke, and notified the prince that
the woman would not be received at We'll
beck. The prince thereupon hurriedly ar
ranged to 20 instead to Tranby Croft, whore
there would be no objection to well
coming Lady Brooke or any other woman
who is illumined by the sunshine OF roval
favor. There is an ironical sort of justice
in the fact that 1t was Lady Brooke who
learned the story of cheating from the
prince and blabbed it to others. This has
earned for her tho familiar sobriquet of
'the babbling Brooke.'
Portugal may we'll be satisfied with her
new treaty with Lord Salisbury's honorable
liberality to the party kingdom which he
compliments as Englands ancient ally.
England makes her ancient ally a present
of solid block of $4,000 square
miles of South African territory north
OF the Zambesi. England keeps for
herself small strip of Mnricaland, where,
as Lord Salisbury remarks casually, gold
miners are now at work. Perhaps square
mile of the gold may prove to be worth as
much as nifty thousand where there is none.
The treaty follows otherwise the main lines
of the former treaty which Portugal angrily
rejected. This peppery little power gets the
low lying lands where the natives can work
but Europeans cannot, not even the Portu-
guese. Lord Salisbury was asked from mo-
tlves OF philanthropy to rescue these un-
happy natives from Portuguese rule which
is of barbatous kind. He refused. There
is, he said. something higher than philan-
thropic motives. There is the solemn en-
gagement of England. She recognized
Portuguese, claims by the. treaty Of
1917 which was confirmed in 1847.
hat in his mind closes the controversy.
Newfoundland may take note of the re-
mark. Others also may note that all the
pressure put upon Lord Salisbury by the
south African company is without effect
He prefers British honor to British inter
ests.
Some fresh light appears on the Russian
persecution of the Jews. The emperor's
real aim is now said to be to drive them all
back within the pale; within, that is, those
districts where long since Russian
Jews were ordered to concentrate. Those
outside are outside by permission. Now the
permission is cancelled. The districts
whittier they are ordered will not support
them. If half million re-enter, another
half million must ind their way abroad
There is, however, less fear of general
exodus. Mr.. Arnold White, Baron Hirsoh's
agent, telegraphs to Lord Rothschild that
there is no sign of emigration in a body to
England. Perhaps not; but neither is there
any sign of any relaxation of Russian in
tolerance and cruelty.