The Indianapolis journal., 1898-04-10
THIS YEARS EASTER EGG
nRITIsHERs THINK IN HAS A WAR
SHAPE, LIkE IN 1897.
Scare over Prospect that Vessels May
he Searched by spain-Queen VIC
toria in Good Health.
Copyright. 1895 by the associated press.)

Copyright. 1898, by the Associated Press.)
LONDON, April S.--The worlds Easter
egg, as in 1897. has war shape, giving the
holiday makers of Great Britain an unusu-
ally interesting subject TO talk about. AL
though the regular exodus of Cabinet min
istcrs has occurred in view of the precari-
Gus nature of the HisRano-American rela-
tions and the threatening clouds in the far
East it has been decided not to take too
great advantage of Easter. Therefore
the ministers will not go far away from the
telegraph offices and their bureaus will be
open day ana night. The annual turnout
of the volunteers has also taken place,
about 1900 of them having gone to the
Easter maneuvers, and Il big pleasure tour
has been undertaken by the Automobile
clubs and by hundreds of thousands of BIZ
cycle riders who are enjoying the most
balmy weather. 50
There is quite scare here in regard to
the dangers British commerce will be ex-
posed TO in the event of war, but at the
Admiralty and at the War Office it is
claimed that the fears expressed are prac-
tically groundless. 1t is pointed out that
though the belligerents are Hot bound by
the treaty of Paris, the belligerents' action
in regard to reutrals will be determined by
quite other considerations If Spain searches
British vessels for American goods it is be-
lieved she will bring on her self something
stronger than a protest There has been
considerable criticism in shipping centers
the subject of a declaration made by the
attorney general, Sir Richard Webster. in
the House of Commons on Tuesday, ship
ping people holding that his legal doubts
regarding the right to search or capture
neutral vessels would render seizures GER
tain, thus placing British shippers in a pre-
carious position So
Political club circles are busy forecasting
the successors of the Earl of Elgin and the
Earl of Aberdeen as viceroy OF India and
Governor General of Canada, respectively.
For the vceroyshp Lord Balfour, of Bur-
leigh, the chief secretary of Scotland and
Mr. George N. Curzon the parliamentary
secretary of the Foreign Office. are the two
most prominently mentioned, and for the
governor generalship the Earl of Selborne,
the under secretary of state for the colonies,
and the Earl of Hopetoun, the paymaster
general, are considered the most likely cam
didates among the many apparently in the
field 1t is said the Earl of Selborne can
have the governor generalsmp Oh Canaoa
if he wants it.
Queen Victoria is pronounced to be
stronger than she has been for a year past
and it is added that she is increasing her
popularity at the Riviera, where the old
mouth among the peasants that the Queen
goes to the Riviera in order to make her
Easter 'being denied religious liberty at
home" Therefore, the peasants add her
Catholic bishop may, ''shrive'' her unknown
TO her subjects at home
A permanent separation is being arranged
between the Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Hesse. Queen Victoria sides
with the Grand Duchess, who is her grand
child being a daughter of the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, otherwise the
Duke of Edinburgh.
In spite of the war rumors, London is
filling up for the season with those who
are i'm the fashion and the indications point
to its being very successful In the favored
West-end real-estate agents, it is said, have
not an eligible house left, while a steady
run on flats is reported.
The Henley stewards met on Wednesday
to consider the foreign entries, other than
the Continental No American eight was
entered The principal discussion was upon
the entry of Ten Eyck, the American
sculler. There is considerable feeling
against him, owing to his attending BAN
quet at Putney, upon which occasion all
the the Thames professionals were present and
also because of statements made in Amer
Ican newspapers that the Ten Eycks re-
celVed on their return to the United States
ereu among the oarsmen here as if they had
been given pay for their time However
II Ten Eyck is disqualified it will be on
the statement that the Worcester Boat Club
at a meeting agreed to provide the funds
1or Ten Eyck's trip, which is forbidden
under the Henley regatta rules. DR. w S.
Mcdowell. the Chicago oarsman has en-
tered, and so has H. T Blackstaffe. the
EnglSh oarsman, who defeated DR. Nc
Dowell last year
Mr.. Gladstone has finally become resigned
to the abandonment of his literary work.
aud though it has deeply grieved him he
VIII give up writing his biography and will
end his six months devoted to it on THE
Early Fathers In a letter to his pub
nsHers, couched in spirit of heroic resig-
nduoI, Mr.. Gladstone says he is no longer
CONTINUES his affectionate leave-takings of
old friends To one of the latter Mr. Glad
Soo9 s[Sme daaf said; mo doubt have suffered
then | have had 176 nlcnths almost with
out pain %t
The committee of the Congregational
Union of England and Wales has chosen
DR.. Alexander Mackennat to be the dele
gate of that organization at the triennial
council of the American churches in Julv
a Portland Ore.
The controversy between Clement Scott.
the dramatic critic. and the theatrical peo-
pie of this part of the world, arising from
SCOTS reflections upon the virtue of ac-
tresses in an interview in December last.
has been settled by an abjeet apology ON
The part of Scott last Thursday. The dra-
matte critic stirred up the storm referred
TO In an interview prepared for publica-
uon, entitled Great Thoughts" The re-