Arizona republican., 1899-08-04
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

Cured at the review which took Lace
the other day at Al1erShot. neither oil
which, however. received siiay me1H.iol
in the press, though they have formed
a subject of mTch discussion in the
clubs and salons of the British n.etrop
Oils. To judge from the newspaper
accounts, the review was a great sue
cess. Yet the truth is that this was
very far from being the case. and 10:
only was the Queen disp!eased. pui
there was likewise Il good deal of
strong language from The Prince OF
Wa es and other Numbers Of the Royal
party. The marching of the infantry
was very far below the ordinary
sit2TiHlrtl Of excellence. burt Infinitely
worse was the cavalry. And so badly
WAS the gallop pa-lt IN Queen man
aged. ti-lt The eqripage occupied by
her majesty was nearly ridden down
by a regiment of hCissars the horses
of the carthage. as Wei as those
mourted by the other royal personaees
and by the officers in attendance. be-
coming almost urlnln1 geable 7 he
Queen was badly scared. while the
Duke of York and the Commando. IN
Chief. Lord Wolselay. Were al most
thrown. the extreme Fight tanks of
the gallopi1g squadrons passing with
in few feet ely of the royIl car
1iiage. which they enyelopSd II Il per
feet rain of mud Before leaving the
field the horse of an elderly and rather
fat General got beyond control. bOltad
and olGTomed against the charger of
the Prince of Wales with such force
that the royal nag and rider We're al
most bowled over. The Prince losing
his cooked HAT. AS he is not very
good rider he IS eiXcee I;u4!y touchy
about anything that in tl:c least degree
impairs his dignity CT horseback and
his Language as he was recover ing both
his seat in the saddle and his bat, is
said by those present To have been
even more picturesque than usual Ia
fact. the royal peOple left Aid e. Tot
in very irritalHin frame of mill, The
incidents of thG ,!iy lr:iIi:s rendered
all the more :l,ying ~ tic pr st1.ce OF
the large member Of foreign Officers
whose sneerS AID IiIicUie. in c0Dnec-
ton with the spectacle which they lad
wi;ns >lsed Were brit i'll coIscsaled.
At no time is the German Emperor
30 erfsv Of access. in such an aniable
frame of mind. and SO disposed 10 cor
d..l3i;y as during his annual yachting
"trip along the coast of Norway. Al
Berlin. and i'll fact. anywhere III Ger
many. Ire is enyiro1a1 ny such an
amount of Eonp AMI OF etiquette that
it Is almost impossible for any foreign
or 10 make his acl:ld man e. the Crl!
means being through Il very tofGal
iAi-e.7si ;BtatiOn at court through ones
Ambassador. BIT if ole happens 30 be
Yachting either i'll ones own Yacht or
OF that of friend. anl 10 iie cruising
in Norwegian w.lta.S during the iN;ii-
seT's holiday here - prl -ticlliy 10
abett becoming known tn the
Emperor. He VII gladly visit any
foreign yacht that happens 10 be n
Fort at the same timef Is the iloileE
zoIleln. and Will even go on board ~
cursEcn steamers. as lie did las! week.
when he spent over IA hour. Gn me
Inner AgC-i.a Victoria. tqlat had or
board Il large party of American eX-
cursionists. including eX-Pcscma*ser
General W:nnaGnaker. He likewise
Pad qufte Il lengthy WRIT TO the Nj
agara. making the acquaintance. of its
owners. Mr. ard Mrs. Howard Gould. |
with whom he IS said to have remained |
for ere hour. Thersl is no doubt that
Wi1,aTn is at his be=ia during these
81 rll..sE yacEaiprg trips. The party he
he las with him has been the same
each sumI,er for the past ten years.
and * composed of about fifteen in
tima,e friends aria crOnfes, such as /
rorris Philip Erteuburg, the GeIlIa;.
al Vienna: Baron Rider |
ert Vlichtecl Count Augustus Euie:.-
burg. AID others with whom he is so
.fose!y befriended that he c;in afford
o be his natural segf with them aand
Itter,y free from thar pose which con-
,t.tU.et eae ofche chief drawbacks o:
/ character t1clt is in nuny Eer5es
admirable crI extrem ely interesting.
Empress Augusta Victoria of Ger
1,a:-iy is 20 universally T. >pected and
popular 9th ait home and abroad on
recount of her kirfTly disposition. her
Domestic virtues and her devotion boz
Is a wife and a. a mother. Ia there
IRE many people ON both sidss of The
Atlantic. who Will be sorry to lcIzn Of
he rather serious accident Which she
Us aimed by the breaking of her leg
Her Influence both On her husband and
lpon his people has been so excellent
md - remarkable that she has entire
V Lived down THE undeserved reputa
iOr2. which owing to the unfriend'i
less and prejudice of her husbands
mother and sisters she idE5red un0cr
Turing the early years of her married
ife.
AT the same time the accident o The
ImpesS serves to cali attention once
rore to the fact that i;li-t cd werl1
Oya,1y is decidedly weak kne ed not
merely morally. but 7;kewi,'e ply sit
ely. 1t is but Il year ag0 that I'll
'rince of WTal. IS broke his knee CAP.
nd although he has recovered. he is
till exceedingly shaky. and walks
With Il slight limp. which is not how
yer. so pronounced a. that of his coz
ort. The Plinces. OF Wales has iOr
nore than twenty Years past suffered
ron. a swelling of the right knee Sucn