The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-02
WARM SEA LORDS.
Mr.. Gladstone Brought
to Time.
SHIPS rIUST BE BUILT.
And the Naval Supremacy of
England Restored.
FORCED A HUMBLE APOLOGY.
There Was More Than a Threat of
Resignation Over the Govern
ment'S Action.
FORCED A HUMBLE APOLOGY.

NEW YORK. Jan. Edmund Yates
cables the Tribune from London: The
Queens Courier. who is the director of her
Continental journeys, has been staying at
Florence, at the Hotel del Arno ct Grande
Bretagne, for the purpose of compile ing
arrangements for her. residence at the
Villa Fabbrieotte. Inasmuch as accom-
mediation is required for nearly seventy
persons 1t will be necessary to rent two
houses in the ghborhood, one for a
number Of royal servants for whom there
IS no room in the villa and the other for
the Indian attendants. whose company
would be joyfully dispensed with by the
manager of the trip, as they always give a
great deal of trouble when on the eonti-
nent.
The owners of houses on Montughi Hill
are already demanding fancy rents for the
months of March and April.
There are TO be tableaux in the Indian
room at Osborne during the week after
next. Princesses Louise and Beatrice, the
Marquis of LoTne and Prince Henry of
Battenberg will take parts. and so will
some children now at the palace. The ball
which Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry
were to have given with the Queens per-
mission will not take place this winter, in
consequences of the death of Prince Alex
ander of Battenberg.
The intended shooting party at Sand
ringham has been abandoned, in conse-
quence of the recent illness of the Princess
of Wales, which has left her very weak
and much depressed, and there will be no
more guests there this winter. The Prin-
mill H.Iz
Queen when she leaves Sandringham
week after next, and later on her Royal
Highness and Princesses Victoria and
Maud will probably proceed to Italy and
thence to Athens on a visit to the King
and Queen of the Hellenes, remaining
abroad until the end of April.
II may well be hoped that the indie
pendence just shown by the sea Lords, of
the Admiralty will be laid 10 heart by The
Government, and especially by the Chan
cellor of the ExcheQuer. Had the latter
not apOlogiZed for his misstatement tan
gled and ubgraceful as the apology was,
that the professional advisers of the First
Lord of the Admiralty were satisfied
with the present very unsatisfactory
condition of the navy, the First
Lord would soon have been absolutely
deprived OF any professional advisers
whatever, for it is manifest that net a
f1ag-officer on the list could have been in
duced under the circumstances to take the
place of those who had rendered their
designations. The announcement in an
evening paper that the sea lords had
threatened to resign. or. as l believe, ac-
tually had resigned, no doubt, forced the
hand of Sir William Harcourt.
have reason to believe that when the
new building programme of the Govern
ment is discovered, it will be admitted to
be fairly sufficient for immediate needs.
but what no expenditure of millions can
ever redeem is the three months waste of
time before any attempt can be made to
carry out the programme, and this fear
tbs Government has decided upon as
inevitable