Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
Queen Persuaded to Take Spring Holiday
in the Italian Riviera.
JOHN BURNS DENouNcEs TRANsvAAl WAR
British Labor Leader Criticises Hostilities in
His soath ng Style.
KAlS.R'S COMING VISIT TO ENGLAND
Emperor Takes Especial Cnre to Have
II Given Out that lie IL Going
on IA strictly Private
.Iourney.

Copyright. 1899. by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-(New York World
Cablegram-speci Telegram Queen Vic
toria, much against her personal inclination,
is being forced by public sentiment to take
her spring holiday on the Italian instead OF
the French Riviera.
The fierce animosity OF the French press
over the Boer war has aroused such violent
resentment here that other and more sub
stantial methods of retort upon the French
than tho deprivation OF the queens COM
pany are also being organized In a few
of the most exclusive and socially innuen-
tal West End clubs Brooks Whites, the
St. James and the Travellers. a movement
is being organized to pledge their members
to refrain from visiting the Paris eXhib. ion
and to employ every influence to induce
their friends to do likewise. This situation
has not only been publicly promoted, its
orginators desiring to avoid fasco, but
1t is being warmly taken up.
An effort to persuade English society
women to give up wearing French costumes
miserably failed. 1t was seriously mopted
at the smart party OF Lord Saville at
Rufford abbey this week, but Lady Saville
protested that the men would be the first
to object II the women discarded French
frocks, a view supported with aacrity by
all tne OIner WOMEN pTeseHl inCluuihS lHe
young duchess of Marlborough, who had only
just returned from Paris with the cream Of
the late CONNECTIONS from the Rudela Paix.
Burns Dcnounccs the War.
Labor Leader John Burns denounces the
war in the Transvaal in Enthusiastically
incisive fashion. He says:
$50 far as the nation Is concerned, the
loss of prestige by this war already exceeds
the material gains sought to achieve, while
The fact that it is possible for few
capitalists so to chlorofoun the colonial
office and hypnotzc the government as
practically to get the war office to further
their desires at national expense Is proof
that Parliament needs fewer men OF the
type who uphold war rashy provoked in
the interests of a small class against a
people who have proved themselves to be as
brave as they are humane. / think when
the lingo fever is over, and 1t is disappearing
fast. when conscription is introduced and
the empire Is further belittled by conces-
sons to Germany, the electors will indorse
the action | have taken in protesting against
a war that has only been defended by
ignorance or interest with the instigatcn
OF newspapers as dishonest as their reports
are untrue"
Kniser's Visit to London.
The kaisers emphatic Injunction that his
English visit is to be regarded as strictly
private occasions considerable chagrn Had
he accepted Lord Mayor Newton's invitation
10 a lunch at the Mansion House, his pas
sage through London was to have been made
the occasion of a great lingo demonstration
Thus by his refusal the kaiser foresaw and
forestalled.
The German ambassador even made rep
NJ hat ha ions af
Windsor were out of keeping with the purely
family character of the kaiser's visit, but
he consented, on appeal, to overlook them, as
they already were far advanced, and their
removal might cause a misconception.
The meaning of the kaiser's attitude is
quite well understood in court and dplo-
matte circles here. He desires to avoid
creating the impression that the Samoan
concession has satisfied him politically, or
that the present insincere effusveness OF
the lingo press is a sufficient amende to
him personally for the torrents of abuse and
ridcule until recently poured on him from
the same quarter.
The queen, who detests her grandson, II
only for the treatment Of his mother. has
personally made the most elaborate prepara-
tions for his entertainment at Windsor cas-
tie. He is to be lodged in "The Tapestry
ing the queens own apartments. These
rooms are hung with old tapestry, fabu-
lously valuable and decorated with famous
portraits of the Emperor Hohenzolerns an
cestors and relatives.
The kaiser and the prince of Wales, be-
tween whom the contempt on the one side
and the dislike on the other are notorious,
will meet for the first time In five years,
the kaisers acceptance of an invitation to
Sandringham being secured by the good Off
ces of the earl Of Lonsdale, who is the
princes master Of horse and persona gratis
simo with the kaiser His abandonment
OF his intended stay with the earl OF Ions
dale is part of the kaiser's resolute policy
TO obvlate every possible means of oppor-
tunity for interested popular demonstra-
tons
The light in which the kaiser is now re-
garded here is confessed with indiscreet
candor by the Daily Mail, which publishes
n half-page flattering portrait of the kaiser
with the inscription, "A Friend in Need is
a Friend Indeed"
Germans Condemn Kaiser's visit.
Copyright, 1899. by Associated Press)
BERLIN. Nov. lS.-The reassembling of
the Reichstag Tuesday caused hardly a rip
pie on the surface of political life. II seems
that neither the Reiehstag nor the gov
eTnment is anxious for a conflict over pend
ing measures concerning which there is much
difference OF opinion.
II was different with the emperors de-
parture for England. which probably nine
tenths OF the nation condemns Since II has
been generally known that the visit would
take place, the press OF every shade OF opin-
ion, which had been unratrainedly abusing
Great Britain and grandiloquently poo poo
ing tho notion of his majest:' going there.
has become cautious and now some OF the
papers even speak approyingly OF the visit.
This does not alter the fact that the people
are still overwhelmingly against the visit
and against Great Britain in the matter Of
the war. The inspired press is trying hard
TO convince It's readers that the visit is
purely personal and totally devoid OF polit-
ieal meaning The raggeblatt remarks:
Even II the emperor is forced TO talk
politics, he will have the faithful Won Buelow