The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07
LORD SALISBURY'S CARES.
uT BEARS MS HEAVY BURDENS
NTH NO SIG OF WEARINEss.

Win
90. so.eeh At tho Baynrd Dinper-CoI. Hay
secure. . sunptseus Residence In London
No Truth In the Report That Sir Henry
,,,,ps and Miss Terry Have Dissolved Part
rer.hip-Evcn Royalty Dashed by n turkish
LADY. J~swois-Pctty chickering's That Arc
pr,ps,ns the Great spurEeon's Church Low.
Special Cable Despatch to THE sus.
LONDON, March 6.-Nothing has so much i'm
c,cs,od those who were present at the Mansion
House dinner to Mr.. Bayard as the speech and
personality Of the Prime Minister. Tho pressure
n, responsibility under which Lord Salisbury Is
living in these ominous days 10 something almost
hcyond conception. The burden has no visible
eject upon him. There was no sign OF weari.
ncss. care, or even abstraction In his appearance
or manner as he Joined, apparently without rc-
,erye, In the festivities Of the evening.
He had attended q long Cabinet council earlier
IN the day. spent several hours at tho Foreign
ONCE, and had Just como from tho House Of
lords. whore he had announced tho Govern.
mcnt's Cretan policy in q detailed speech.
whose every word, in Its effect for peace
or war, required careful weighing. Then
be made q speech after the dinner which
was . gem In language, thought, and
sentiment. He discussed tho Tower OF Babel,
or. rather, the effect OF tho reversal Of that cpl
sode which tho world is witnessing In the spread
OF the English language. He expressed the be-
lief that what 10 said In that language
will, before long, be Ineligible over al
most all tho world. Ho insisted that
this might turn out to be either a great
blessing or a great curse, according to the spirit
in which those who mould the convictions Of tho
English.speaking races choose to guide the for.
nation OF those convictions. 1t is, in fact, a
cor. Of reversal OF the effect which the confusion
of tongues Is supposed to have produced.
In Lord Salisbury's view tho difficulty which
different races have found in mastering each
others language has not been by any means
an unmiIed evil. It has served as q kind Of
nonconducting medium to limit the mischief
which irresponsible and mischievous talk often
produces.
Lord salisbury's observations cause tho Spec
tator, to-day. to remark: Had this non-con-
Quoting medium never existed, can It be doubted
that the irritation OF Franco against England
and OF England against France would often
have been far greater than IL has boon; and can
II DO doubted that II Dickens had written his
American Notes and his Martin ChuExlo-
wit In a language which tho masses Of tho
United States could not have understood. there
would have been far less angry feeling between
the two peoples y
Col. John Hay has already engaged for tho
coming season the fno mansion at 5 Carlton
House Terrace. which Is tho town residence of
the Earl OF Calodon. His nearest neighbors will
Be Mrs. Mackay. Mr.. Edward d. Stern, Mr..
william Waldorf Aston. the German Ambassa-
dor, and Lord William Beresford. Carlton
House Terrace. In the heart OF London. between
Pail Mall and ST. James's Park. Is the most
delightful residential spot in the city. Only
millioraires, OF course, can live there, and It is
beginning to be known as American Row.
II should be added In explanation Of Col. Hays
foresight in securing quarters In London in ad-
vance Of his actual appointment as Ambassador
that It was a case Of genuine necessity. Had he
waited any longer II would have been impossi.
bic to fnd adequate accommodation for the
coming season for love or money.
Possibly reports OF n disagreement between
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry and the
breaking OF their dramatic partnership have
been cabled to America, for they have been
widely circulated in this country. II is a
pleasure 10 be able TO say. on Sir Henry's author.
ity. that there Is not a word OF truth In tho
reports.
Although the officials at the Turkish Embassy
here have not received their salaries for many
months, the Ambassador, at any rate. can
scarcely be in a bad way for cash. unless. in
deed. his credit is a good deal better thar
the circumstances would seem to war
rant. He is still able to entertain on a fairly
lavish scale, and his wife was able to dazzle tn,
proudest danes OF England by wearing admit
teddy the finest dress at the Drawing Room held
this week by the Princess OF Wales in behalf o
the Queen. This distressed lady's jewels wer,
truly magnificent. tho pearls, in particular. at
trac,inc the ndmirinv a,tcntion NJ ROYALTY ,tseIf