The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-25
RATHER CRITICAL MOMENT.
SENATE DELAY I'm ACTING ON THE
TREATY AN EMBARRASSING
FACTOR.
BASIS FOR A CONFIDENCE TRICK.
London SvindIers Embracing the
Diamond Jubilee to Turn
Pretty Penny by Fraud.

aCCOrOeQ TO Col. JOnn hay, the new
United States ambassador to the court
of st. James, has been most cordial on
all sides. The newspapers have been
most :eulogistic and it is emphatically
case of LIE Roi Est Mort, Vive LIE
Roi." There have been many illusions
to Col. Hays dignif1ed reticence, COM
pared with the volubility Of his prede-
cessor, Mr.. Bayard. The Daily News,
after the warmest praise of Col. Hay,
says: 1T would be useless to deny
that he comes at a rather critical mo-
ment. A year ago Great Britain and
the United States were on the brink Of
war and the reception Of the arbitra-
ton treaty has been a bitter disap-
pointment to Americas best friends in
England, Col. Hay, of course, cannot
influence the senate, but he will doubt
less inform Secretary Sherman how
strong is England's wish for its speedy
ratification"
The Daily Mail says: There is
something undigified in the gushing
manner in which we welcome every
gentleman the president is good enough
to send. Does Col Hay speak the
truth when he talks about the 'affec-
tionate greeting Of millions of our kim
dred across the sea- We all know
our kindred are anything but affec-
tionate, and if Col. Hay seems too
friendly hundred American news
papers will call him to order"
One of Col. Hays functions will be
to take part in the unveiling Of the me-
mortal to Sir Walter Scott in West
minister Abbey.
The Prince of Wales left Newman
ket yesterday for Easton Neston, the
Northampton home of Sir Thomas
Fermer-Hesketh, where he will remain
until Tuesday. Sir Thomas is at pres
ent in Africa, and his wife, a daugh-
ter Of the late Senator Sharon, of San
Francisco, has a large party to meet
the prince.
The newspapers here hail the Cana
dian tariff with delight The St. James
Gazette regards it as the most i'm
portant news Of the day, and as pre-
senting the most agreeable prospects
to Great Britain. The Globe says, re-
ferring to the speech Of w. s. Field
ing, chairman of the treasury board Of
Canada, in submitting the tariff: Mr.
Fielding's speech will cause a thrill Of
patriotic enthusiasm in a million
hearts,
The Daily Chronicle deals severely
with the playing of the lacrosse team
of the Crescent Athletic Grub, Of Brook
lyn, N. Y, in their final match on
April q, with a picked team of the
Surrey Lacrosse club, when the Amer
leans won by a score Of to 2. The
;c10
and unsportsmanlike game and abso-
lutely ignored the referees decisions, ="
and adds that much credit is due to the
Surrey team in that it remained on the
field at all.
DIAMOND JUBILEE.
The queens diamond jubilee, after
being the object Of all sorts of specu-
1ations. has now been the basis for a
confidence trick. Swindlers have been
taking photographs Of prominent
houses along the route to be followed
by the procession and have been for
warding them to Americans and other
strangers in London asking a low price
for windows, but demanding a good
deposit in advance. Several people
have been victimized to the tune Of
about $3.50 each. The predicted slump
In the window market has already be-
gun and large numbers of windows
and houses were offered at auction on
Thursday. With the exception Of a
small window which sold at $165. all
the lots were withdrawn, no one bid
ding above one-fifth of the reserve
price.
The appearance Of Louis Stuyvesant
Chanler at Dublin on Tuesday as an
ardent Redmond man, breathing no
end Of threats against Great Britain,
has caused annoyance in Astor circles
Mr. Chanler is spoken Of in Dublin
"as one of the Astor family" and his
speech was accepted by his audience
at the rotunda as sort Of prophecy
of the immediate return to the policy
Of physical force which it is also
openly asserted by the members Of the
other sections Of the Irish nationalists
is the reason why the convention was
called. Mr.. Chanler q few years ago
rented house from the duke Of Leeds
near Newmarket and then went to
Cambridge for a course Of study. He
became a prominent member Of q de-
batting society and finally took the
stump for the liberals during the last
campaign.
In the interview with Mr.. n. III. Lit
tie, manager of the Metropolitan rail-
road OF New York, the American rail-
road man Is quoted as trying TO con-
vert the British 10 the American cable