Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-12

1t is more than probable that his i'm .
perial majesty of Germany, Kaiser Will
helm. has enjoyed himself more than any
dozen persons present at Cowes durinc
the week His floating palace, the i'm
perial yacht Hohenzollern, was as usual
the attraction of all, and the emperor.
bcaming with good health and spiri T.,
Drowned by the sun and full of energy.
went here and there and everywhere, OBJ
served by everybody and admired by even
the most dyspcptic.
His comings and goings during the past
week have been of a far less formal char
acrcr than those of other years Conse-
quently his majesty has been able to de
vote Il good deal more time to yachting
and to private visits to the various yachts
assembled at Cowes and he has become
more popular than ever before.
The Yachtsmen at Cowes
and elsewhere in England are surprised n.
the greatly improved form shown by How
ard Goull's 20rater, Niagara, in her re-
cent races. The Yachtsmen, which at
first regarded Niagara as being no match
for her English rivals, is now forced to
admit itself to have been mistaken, and
said Friday: Niagara has proved to be u
very distinct success. She required to be
tuned when she first came over, and now
this is done, blow high or blow low, we
shall be much surprised to see Niagara far
astcrn of any 20-rater in British waters
If it were necessary to furnish stronger
proof of Niagara S greatly improved form
than that afforded in the recent races in
the Selant, it exists in the fact that Bri-
tannia barely saved her time from her at
the Royal Munster regatta, where only n
few seconds saved the Prince of Wales
cutter from humlliating defeat. The
poor showing made by the other Ameri-
can 20ratcr now racing in British waters.
Prince Leopold of Prussia's Isolde. com
pared with Niagara, is mainly due to the
fact that Mr.. Gould's yacht is much better
handled.
Referring to the Americas cup pros
pcct, The Yachtman says: 1t seems that
the Defender is not likely to prove more
weather boat, as thought by us Brtishers.
for it seems that in breeze she can stand
| on her legs rs we'll as the Vigilant. Com
pairing what the Defender did against the
| Vigilant on Monday, and the Valkyrie's
show against the Britannia on July g. we
| should say that the Valkyrie will meet
quite match in the Defender if the wind
blows strong. In light winds, however,
we have great confidence in the Valkyrie.
ExSpeaker Chares +. Crisp is staying at
the Victoria hotel. He visited Oxford Of
the beginning of the week with party of
| friends.
Mr., Gladstones speech at Chester on
| Tuesday last on the Armenian question
has naturally attracted considerable at
tention not only in England, but through
out Europe. In many quarters it is looked
upon rs being sharp slap at Lord Rose
berry, the cX-prcmier, and as directly sup
porting Salisbury in any steps the new
government may take towards coercing
the porte into doing something towards
| reform in Armenia. On the other hand,
some of the London newspapers, The Post
Tor instance, claims Mr. Gladstone's utter.
ances as dangerously mischievous," and
Likely to Kindle Civil War
in Turkey. which, according to The Post
may spread into an European conGagra
ton and threaten India with a renewal OF
The horrible scenes witnessed during the
Sepoy mutiHy Of 1857.
But The Times took an entirely differ
cnt view Of the speech, rcmarking edi
torially: He did not say IA word calculated
to hamper Lord Salisbury's government
ais impassioncd rhetoric did not reach be
|ond facts. Ii the speech assists as it IN
doubleday WILL in bringing about the dc
sired contamination, he will be rewarded
Tor an effort unparalleled even as meT,
physical achievement by a man of his age
The letter which Wis published or
Wednesday last from Justin Mccarthy
appealing for party unity among the Irisl
members of parliament, has fallen rathel
INT here, if only from the fact that Will,
making the appeal Mr.. Mccarthy tool
the opportunity of of making hot ATTACH