The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-27
JUBILEE AFTERMATH.
Grumb1ing of Spectators and Jealous
PeOpIe-Victoria's Presents.
Especial Cable letter.


LONDON, June 26-After the jubilee fes-
tivities there has been deuge of grumbles
begun by the spectators who. almost with
out exception, have lost money owing to
their foolishness in demanding fortunes for
seats. Then the caterers did not find the
crowd as hungry and thirsty as they con-
sidered the people ought to have been. The
tradesmen found that jubilee visitors could
not buy to any great extent, as it took most
all their savings to see the show, and there
has been considerable grumbling on the
subject of the jubilee honors. The men
whose names have been left out of the list
are notably liberal politicians and former
ministers, who declare that the honors
were given on the strictest party lines.
With the exception of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, no former Liberal minister was
invited to be present at the ceremony be-
fore st. Pauls Cathedral, and the members
of the House of Commons who arrived too
late at Buckingham palace to be in the au-
dience declare the Queen should have
waited for them. The charitable societies
women think that the Princess of Wales's
dinner to the poor was a kindly thought
but they claim it was a mistaken idea and
that money had better been given to the
societies dealing habitualIy with this work
An undertaken got ready a thousand collins
and no one needed them. The temperance
people are wildly raving at beer being given
to the outcast poor, and there are thou
sands of complaints, based upon jealousy
that everybody could not get d front seat
at favored place and at every end.
The Queen has already received small
museum Of costly presents and many more
are on their way to her Majesty. Whatever
form they take, most of these gifts are
studded with gems. The present of the
Prince and Princess of Wales and their
children is a large diamond brooch with
jubilee inscription. and that of the Duke
and Duchess OF SaXe-Coburg and Gotha
the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
Prince and Princess Christian of SchIeswig-
Holstein the Marquis and Warehouses of
Lorne, Princess Henry of Battenberg and
the Duchess OF Albany is long chain of
diamond links. also jubilee inscribed The
CHngaleSe sent an address in ar ivory and
gold casket encrusted with $50 gems, and all
the chiefs OF India are sending presents.
Vanity Fairs cartoon for the current
week is Col. John Hay. the United States
ambassador who thus joins the gallery of
the most famous men of the day" After
f1attering notice of Colonel Hay as a jour
nalist, poet, author, soldier and diplomat
Vanity Fair concludes: He has a wife and
a charming daughter, who have Immediate
ly taken places in London society. He is
kindly. rather serious. good natured, polite
gentleman, who speaks with a slight ac-
cent when warmed to the subject"
There is considerable comment at the
Canadian premier, Wilfred Laurier, accept
ing a knighthood after repeatedly declining
the honor and contrary to precedent in the
case of Canadian premiers.
The Prince of Wales has started a new
type of hat, based on the mode of fluffy
beaver with broad, curled brim of many
years ago.
The design for the monument to be
erected to Lord Leighton in st. Paurs
Cathedral, where the late president of the
Royal Academy is buried, has been sub
mtted to the Prince of Wales and approved
by his Royal Highness. The memorial is
to be in the form of an altar tomb support
ed by emblematic figures and will be ex-
ecuted by Mr.. Thomas Brock, r. A. The
committee, of which the Prince of Wales
is chairman. announces that the monument
will cost G2.500 of which amount all but
G100 has been subscribed
1t has been decided at the Admiralty to
build a new yacht for the Queen and the
design has been submitted to and approved
by her Majesty The new vessel which will
be built at the Pembroke dock yard, will
in general outline, resemble the great At
lantic liners. 1t will be 40 feet long, with
only fifty feet BEAM and be fitted with
powerful engines so as to nave great
in order to make the vessel the finest of
her class afioat in her decorations and fit
tings she will closely resemble her
Majesty's present yacht. the Victoria and
Albert.
The Spectator publishes a long leading
article on Emperor Williams remarks as
recorded by the Paris correspondent of the
Times on Monday last and then cabled to
the Associated Press. The correspondent
reported a conversation affecting to repre-
sent the views of the Emperor, in the course
of which. speaking of his anxiety as to the
future of Europe, he said that he did not
fear Chinese ambition or the Anarchists
but he did fear the expansion of one of the
greal powers and the intervention of the
United 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 Kaisers brain. The
Kaiser has displayed at times singular
gloams of insight The facts of the moment
appear to Justly his enigmatic saying. The
Americans are exhibiting tendency to de-
part from their policy of seclusion and in
terfere very strongly in the affairs of the
old world" Continuing, the spectator m
stances Venezuela, Samoa and HAWAII
adding, And they are apparently gong TO
interfere with Spain in the most peremp-
tory manner. If there is any truth in the
Woodford. the United States intend TO I'M
mediately offer an ultlfnatum TO SPAN py
press a revolt in her own dominion. The
last event seems to have very badly i'm
pressed the Kaiser and the Emperors re-
marks throughout dealt with the perils
which il was his object to avert Does he
propose himself to avert American inter-
Yention in the affairs of the old world? If
he does. President Mckinley must be eau
tious in his diplomacy, for the German
and Spanish fleets combined would be
more than a 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
Union is irresistible only ashore, and Cuba
would be a poor reward for a great and
dangerous sea war. 1t is not certain Ger
many has not a motive for such an alli-
ance' for the United States, with Monroe
ism is nearly as much in the way Of pow
ers desiring to expand as Great Britain.
Oyercrowded Europe finds that the for
eign policy of the United States debars
from colonizing South America with their
Surplus population. But the natural place
for Germans is in south Brazil and now
that the government is in position$ to
direct the tide of immigrants west we
should not be surprised TO see the already
powerful colony suddenly and amazingly
charged.
An economic and scientific experiment
will be inaugurated on Monday, when Lord
Kelvin opens at Shoreditch the combined