The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-24
$I65 A WINDOW.
Is the Price Paid by Some to
See the Queens
Diamond Jubilee = A Harvest
for SWindIerS.
WAR THE SOLE TOPIC
In England-Irish, as a Rule,
Favor the Turks.
Over 5000 Guests Invited to
Warwick Castle.
WAR THE SOLE TOPIC

London, April 24-The weather here
ana on the continent has been cold,
cheerless and biting during the week
East winds prevailed and the spread of
influenza continues
Paris has been duIler than for years
past at Easter time
The queens diamond jubilee, after
being the object of all sorts of spec
uIatiOns, has now been the basis for a
confidence trick. Swindlers have been
taking photographs of prominent houses
along the route and have been forward
ing them to Americans and other
strangers in London, asking a low price
for windows, but demanding good de-
pOs1t in advance. Several people have
peen Vlctlmlzed to the tune of about
$3.50 each.
The predicted slump in the window
market mas already begun, and large
numbers of windows and houses We're
offered at auction on Thursday. With
the exception of a small window which
sold at S165, all the lots were with
drawn, no one bidding above one-ffth
OF the reserve price.
The dominant note of evervtI hing in
London is war. It is discussed eagerly
by all classes, from cabinet ministers
down to the riff-raff of the east end
although all but the specialists are
muddled as to the wherea bouts of most
of the places named. In consequence
there is such a demand for war maps
IudI the publishers have been unable
to supply it.
The comments heard show a curious
state OF affairs. The sympathies with
the combatants run on party lines, the
Conservatives lauding the Turks and
the Liberals hoping for Greek success.
While in Ireland, where one would ex-
pect universal sympathy for Greece,
there is an amazing amount of plaudits
for Turkey, on the ground that the
Turks are such good fighters. The
comments on the war are becoming
more or less heated
The war has opened wide the purses
of the Greeks abroad, and quantities of
drafts of from IS to $50 are coming
from the United States and Canada for
the Greek defense fund. Probably
close upon S. 900 900 have passed
through London for Greece during the
past three weeks.
A prominent London banker said:
we only represent four United States
and Canadian banks, from which these
small drafts come; but, if these repre-
sent anything like a fair proportion of
the sums forwarded by other American
banks, which we think is undoubtedly
the case, the total amount of money
sent to Greece from America is already
very close upon million pounds ster-
ling. Besides these American contribu-
tiOns, the Greek merchants of London
are forwarding large subscriptions of
money and material
The Daily Chronicle and the Star
have opened subscriptions for the
be sent to the Crown Princess of
Greece.
Regarding the course of the war, the
Associated Press learns that the am
bassadors of three powers in London
believe that the war will be over in
three weeks, and that when the Turks
capture Larissa the Sultan of Turkey
will appeal to the powers to intervene
in the interests of policy.
In the meanwhile it is said that
Great Britain has declined to agree to
the proposition of Count Muravieff to
abstain from Intervention until one of
the belligerents appeals for help, the
Marquis of Salisbury being of the Opin-
ion that such an appeal will never be
made, and that, in the meantime, cir
cumstances may arise necessitating ac-
tfOn upon the part of the powers.
The appearance of Mr.. Louis Stuyve-
SAINT Chanler at Dublin on Tuesday as
an ardent Redmondite, in a speech
breathing no end of threats against
great Britain has caused annoyance.
Mr.. Chanler is spoken of in Dublin
as lone of the Astor family and his
speech was accepted by his audience at
the rotunda as a sort of prophecy of the
immediate return to the policy of phys
ical force which, it is also openly as
serted by members of the other sec
tions of the Irish NatiOnalists. is the
real reason why the convention was
called
The Jubilee garden party which Lord
and Lady Warwick intend to give at
Warwick castle on June will be one
of the highest functions of the season.
over 5000 guests are to be invited.