The herald., 1898-03-13
VICTORIA IN FRANCE
BUT BUSINESS IN BRITAIN NOT
STOPPED
LORD SALISBURY STILL SICK
Dissatisfied Conservatives Wish He
Would Resign-Large Naval
Estimates Create Hope
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, March 12.-The departure
of Queen Victoria for the South of
France has had an effect upon the poll
tical and commercial world, as 1t was
reasonably assumed that she would
not leave the country until the horizon
was clearer, which was commonly sup
posed to be the case. Club gossip has
it that when Her Majesty saw the
French Ambassador, Baron De Courcel,
at Windsor on Monday last, she express
ed the hope that nothing would interfere
with her visit to the Riviera, to which
the Ambassador is said to have re-
piled: 1T would be a misfortune
| to France, madame"
At Portsmouth the Queen was seen to
| be looking well, though extra precau-
tions were taken to secure her from dis
| turbance.
was guarded by chain Of picket boats
In addition, the royal train was or
| dered to run at speed Of only twenty
miles an hour.
Although the general impression made
|
the Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign
Affairs last Thursday in the House Of
Commons that Russia had not sent an
ultimatum to China. is regarded as
being reassuring, and the speech Of the
First Lord Of the Admiralty Hon. Geo.
j. Goschen, in the House of Commons
! the same day upon the naval estimates,
were presented, helped on the whole to
| create a hopeful feeling.
The Marquis of Salisbury continues to
be the scapegoat of the conservative dis
| satisfaction, and were his lordship to
| resign tomorrow many of his parliament
| tary followers would hear the news
without regret. 1t Is this which occa-
| sions much political gossip as to impend-
ing cabinet changes.
The result of the parliamentary by
election on Wednesday in the Stepney
| division of the lower hamlets Gondon),
when the Liberals gained a seat and
wiped out strong Conservative ma
| jority, Is charged by the Conservatives
to the Marquis Of Salisbury's foreign
policy, while the interference of Mr.. JOS
Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for
| the Colonies. in the recent London Coun-
ty Council elections has intensified the
cabinet dissensions Mr.. Chamberlain's
| newspaper organs stated that he was
| induced to speak during the campaign
| owing to assertions that the govern
| ment would proceed with the Premiers
| for the reform Of the London County
Council, which has now being abandon
er.
The domestic situation, therefore, is
distinctly uncomfortable.
The recovery of the Marquis OF Sails
bury from his recent illness Is very slow.
indeed. He is only allowed to read the
most important papers, his weakness
| is excessive and no date has been fixed
for his going abroad, although Lady
Salisbury goes to the Riviera next wetJ.
Mr. Goschens somewhat rhetorical
| peroration on the alternative of peace or
war, III peace shall again reign in our
| centers Of industry and the maritime in
stincts of the nation that would call itself
the mistress of the seas~reasserts itself
by an increase in Its merchant seamen
then the nation may look forward with
confidence that If there Is peace it will
be peace with honor; but II war, 1t must
be war crowned by victory" provoked
an animated gossip in the lobby; but il
was agreed that his remarks have not
specifically affected the present interna-
mailed fist" and I'VE prefer to
see the home coming of our
ships. rather than their sending
off, was received with much
laughter and cheers. The sentiment
favoring war with somebody, which pre-
walls with the man in the street" has
attracted the attention of the stock ex-
change spectators and the Bradford
Observer reports the formation of a
syndicate to build and speculate in war;
ships. At present the members Of the
syndicate will conflne their operations
to cruisers, gunboats and torpedo boats |
The sum of 9500,000 ($2, 500, ,000) has al
ready been subscribed and an order
been placed on the Thames for cruiser. |
The enterprise really amounts to the in |
tervention of the middlemen between
the foreign powers and British ship
builders.
MINOR MATTERS
The domestic troubles of the Grand |
Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse have
eliminated in the separation of the
couple and the Duke of SAKE Coburg and |
Gotha (the Duke Of Edinburgh), father
of the Grand Duchess, is going to Cimiez |
in order to try, with the help of Queen
Victoria, to heal the troubles in the |
Grand Ducal household, Emperor Will
liam's offer to intervene having proved |
fruitless, the Grand Duchess declaring
that nothing on earth will induce her to |
return to her husband. The result has
been to set on foot movement to secure |
the succession of the Dukedom to the |
Grand Dukes eldest sister, the Princess
Louise of Battenberg, an arrangement
which Is favored at Windsor, at st. Pet |
ersburg and not much objected to at |
Berlin.
Sir George Lewis, the well-known law
yer, before the House of Commons COM
mittee inquiring into the evils of money
lending on Tuesday, condemned the
business in the strongest terms, saying
it frequently costs the victims 1000 per
cent. He complained particularly of the
transactions of such men as Sam Lewis |
He said the bulk Of them were Jews, and
being Jew" he could say Of his knowl-
edge that "the Jewish community
loathed and despised them, refused to
allow them to hold any position in the
Jewish ranks, and the Jewish rabbis
preached against them and their prac-
tees"
Referring to the Lord Neville-Spencer
Clay scandal Sir George Lewis said |