New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
a DANGER TO THE QUEEN.
FEAR OF THE APPEARANCES. OF A REc1
CIDAL CRANK At THE JUBILEE
CEREMONIES

life might mar the Queens Jubilee cercnon,.s
are shared by most of the leading Government
oihclals in London, and by more than the
Queen herself. who regards with no little dread
the procession through the streets of London
on Tuesday next. and will be heartily glad and
much relieved when it is all over In 1887 at
the time or the Golden Jubilee services the
royai procession passed up Piccadilly, down ST
James s-st.. along Pail Mall and down Parlia-
mont-st TO the Abbey. and back through the
Iird Cage Walk. That is to say, the route was
short one. and was bordered by the mansions
of the wealthiest and crandcst personages in
the United Kingdom. by the fashionable clubs
anu by the Government offices. all OF which may
be regarded as having been vigorously closed to
suspicious strangers.
But on Tuesday next the Queen will drive
through route at least three times as long
which. from the moment that it leaves Trafalgar
square until il reaches the Westminster Bridge
OH us way back. extends through streets and
'horouShtares that are lined on either side by
buildings so adversely occupied and so densely
populated that it is idle to dream of their being
subjected to any adequate surveillance the
part of the police. In Russia and in Oriental
countries on such occasion as this every
owner OF house on the line OF the procession
would be held Criminaliy responsible for the be
havior OF the people who its threshold
until the affair was over. and in many instances
the buildings would even be cleared and kept
empty by the authorities. But this is out OF the
question in England. which is relatively speak
ing free country. populated by citizens jealous
or their rights: and the long and short of the
matter Is that the Queen for the space OF some
three hours. and during drive at foot pace
over route Of more than six miles will bc a;
the mercy Of any notoriety -crazcd crank of any
fanatic Anarchist Of any rcvcn-cfuI Indian or
inhttcrei 'Invincihlc.' who cares t. win ever
lasting celebrity-it would hc more right to can
II und!inS infam> by attempting the life Of the
aged sovereign. Who being in her scvcnty eighth
year ana having completed the sixth decade of
her reign. may justly Le considered as having
already one foot in the grave.
LITTLE DANGER IN THE STREETS
There is little danger OF any attack Of this
Kind being made by any in the streets For
III addition to the latter being lined on either side
by troops standing three deep and shoulder to
shoulder along the entire roHtc of the procession
the crowds will be dense that the rcgicide
would be seized. trampled down and probably
torn to pieces by the mob before he would have
any chance of accomplishing his fell purpose
me danger viii come from the windows and the
roofs of the houses. and the recent terrifying
outrage at the AldcrsSate-st. station of the I'm
derground Railroad. in London. shows how easy
1t is for any one to with deadly effect a
so-cailed Internal machine without much peril
of detection.
According to the report Of Sir Vivian Majcndic
the government expert on explosives. and recog-
nized as the greatest authority on the latter in
Europe. the explosion which shattered a railroad
carriage. killing one man and injuring a num-
Der OF Others. was caused by II small bomb or
canister filled with what is known in chemistry
as high explosive and which had been
placed under the seat of the carriage and Left
there by some foe Of society, who, mingling with
the crowd on emerging from the carriage had
disappeared without leaving any trace or clew
to his identity. AS the man who blew up the
train at Aldersgate-st. was uninjured by the OK
piosion and is stii entirely unknown. it is GER
tain that lie can make and carry his explosive
safely. and there is consequently nothing what
ever to prevent him any associate with the
same malignity and nerve from repeating the
outrage whenever he sees fit-say on the day OF
the jubilee celebration. He then either es-
cape as he has done previously the chances be-
ing against his capture else If he is possessed
or that craze for notoricty which appears to he
the weak point i'm the character of many resi-
rides. he may allow himself be taken and
glory in the fact that his name will live forever
in history: just long. in fact, as that of good
Queen Victoria herself.
DIFFICULTIES IN LONDON
London. it must he remembered is the city OF
refuge OF all the Continental Anarchists Mill
SITS and Socialists: in fact, of the of