Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-27
AN ANXIOUS WEEK ENDED Not an Accident Marred the Queens Jubilee Celebration. AMERICANS MOST HONORED And Most Prominent of Them AII-Brlliant IIIumnations Specializing Concerning
 Germany and America.

London, June 26.-Tha Britons colossal pageant, one of the greatest the world i has ever seen, has been completed with | out a contretemps to mar its success. This has been an anxious week for those in l authority but the whole scheme for the celebration of the queens jubiles was 1 largely planned, carefully carried out and has been a triumph for the manage
 ment and an object lesson in unity for the hosts of guests. A pleasant feature l of the week was the Americans complete
 success. The United States embassy
 was easily the most prominent and most l honored throughout the celebrations by all It is almost needless to add that 1 Col. John Hay the United States embas-
 sador, is equally gratified, because he l and the rest of the regular embassy have l done all in their power to insure the sue 1 cess of the celebra ton. The maJ0flty 1 of Americans illuminated their houses on l Jubilee day The designs on the resi- l dencss of MT. Whitelaw Reid Col. John
 Hay, MT. Henry White, secretary of the
 United States embassy, and MT. J, R. l Carter, were identical being the familiar 1 big ". R." surmounted by a crown and l the dates 1S37-1S97. On either side of the | central figure of the design was large American shield surmounted by the eagle |. ana With thirteen SudTS III tHe llelu. lnSSe | illuminations were paid for by the United | States government.
 At the state banquet on Monday at Buckingham palace Mir. White1aw Reid led in Princess Victoria of Wales. On 1 Tuesday MT. Reid lunched at Bucking- | ham palace, sitting between Prince Chris | tian, of Schlesweig Holstein, and the duke of Cambridge.
 After lunch Mr Reid and the other spe- l cial envoys remained in the smoking s,ff l. xrp1 f1 l ily.
 On Wednesday both MT. Reid and Col. Hay had boxes at the opera. but MT. Reid, himself. was a guest in the royal box.
 When Mrs. Reid arrived at the opera house, she was escorted by a royal equer-
 ry to her box. Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
 U. S. A., with MT. and Mrs. Ogden Mills, accompanied her.
 MT Reid on Thursday gave a luncheon
 to Lady Lytton and Lady Emily Lytton. The former is the widow of MT Reid's
 brother colleague a. Paris, and is now lady in waiting to the queen. The game evening MT. Reid dined with the Prince of Wales at Marlborough. and went later to the stare party at Buckingham palace, where he was joined by Mrs Reid.
 mayors Tuncheon Ifo the royal princes and others at the Mansion House, Mir. and Mrs Reid dined with .he secretary
 of state for war. the Marauise of Lands
 
 Landsdowns house. Later on in the even- ing the guests, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended a brilliant ball given in an immense marquee by the Duke of Westminster.
 MT. Reid today was present at the na- val review on beard the vessel assigned to the use of the diplomatic corps, and
 MT. Reid's chi.dr:n were the guests of Rear Admiral Miller on board the United States cruiser Brooklyn.
 Col John Hay gives a grand dinner on next Tuesday in honor of Mr. Reid, Gen.
 Miles and Admiral Miller, at which the guess win include number of important men. Col. Hay has decided to give a big evening party al his residence on July 4, in honor of t1ne jubilee, and the affair has
 awakened ths liveliest interest in the American colony here. The guests will include several members cf he royal family and ashost of notablities, includ-
 ing the American bishops who are at tending the Pan-Anglician conference, the Astors and Vanderbilts
 Col Hay notes among .he present dl-
 ties of the week the presenting to the queen of an address from the mayor and people of Charleston, $. C., in which they
 give special thanks 70 her majesty for the sympathy shs expressed with the earthquake sufferers.
 The Spectator publishes a lorg leading article on Emperor Williams remarks as recorded by the Paris correspondent of the Times on Monday last and then to the Associated Press. The cor respondent reported a conversation af- fecting to present the views of the em- peror, in the course of which, speaking of his anxiety as to the future of the United States said he did not fear Chinese am- bition or the anarchists, but he did fear the expansion of one of the g v powers and the intervention of the Unted States in the affairs of the Old World
 The Spectator says: This is so inn portant that we would give much to know precisely what is in the kaiser's brain. The kaiser has displayed at times singular gleams of insight. The facts of the noment appear to justify his enig- matfc sayings. Americans are exhibiting tendency to depart from their policy of seclusion and interfere very strongly in the affairs of the Old World"
 Continuing the Spectator instances Venezuela, Samoa and Hawaii, adding: And they are apparently going to in- terfere with Spain in the most perempto- ny manner. If there is any truth in the account of the instructions given Gen. Woodford the United States intends to immediately offer an ultimatum to Spain, by practically refusing her permission to suppress a revolt in her own dominion. The last evert seems to have very badly impressed the kaiser and the emperor's s remarks through it dealt with the perils which it was his object to avert. Does he propose to avert himself American in- tervention in the affairs of the Old World? If he does President Mckinley must be careful in his diplomacy for the German and Spanish fleets combined would be more than match for any fleet America could produce without an effort which would tax the resources of the Union, not in money but in ships and sailors The Cnion is irresistible only ashore and Cuba, would be poor reward for a great and dangerous war. It is not certain Germany has not a motive for such an alliance for the United States with Monroeism is nearly as much in the way of powers desiring to expand as Great Britain"