Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28
INTENSE INTEREST
England Can Think and Talk of
Nothing but the War.
AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
Dramatic Scenes That Occurred in
the Two Houses.
PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN
PLANNING THE CAMPAIGN
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LONDON, October Is, 1892
war, nothing but war! The newspapers
have apparently lost all sense of proportion
of news and give up page after page to
reports, rumors, wild opinions, anything
that nearly or remotely concerns the war
the one topic now We have first a preface
telling US all that has happened since the
last issue and summing up the situation
After that follows the special correspond
ents' matter from various points, going over
the same ground as the preface. Then
come scraps and details from three or four
news agencies, each one repeating the other
and the whole tumble stated many times In
slightly different terms Is pitchforked into
the papers in a hopelessly mixed fashion.
All the London papers have sent out war
correspondents" and most have sold their
matter to the provincial press so that one
provincial paper will often reflect the COPY
of several London papers. For instance.
the Sheffield Telegraph, a most progressive
paper in that land of steel and iron. the
M1dlands, has arranged for the special re-
ports of the correspondents of the Morn
ing Post, Daily Chronicle and Standard.
besides its own The Yorkshire Post of
Leeds will have the copy of the Daily Tele-
graph Daily News and Daily Chronicle, be-
sides Others. So we shall have all views
and all points covered several times over
Besides the Specials" these papers all
take agency matter
AristOcratic Correspondents,
Journalism is VIGOROUSLY an open pro-
fession. Were it not so the old and trained
hands might well complain at the efforts
which distinguished and even arstocratic
personages are displaying to invade the
ranks of war correspondents. There IS
scarcely morning or evening paper in
London which has not had offers of the
services Of gentlemen with handles to their
names or gentlemen related to people who
have These gentlemen calculate more on
social position than professional experience
iof securing engagements. One of the even
ing papers has even obtained the services
of a real live earl. I refer to Earl Della
war;, who on Saturday sailed in the same
vessel General Butler and his staff Mr.
Winston Churchill, who will act for the
Morning Post and the Liverpool Courier
is the son of the late Lord RandoInh
Churcmli and will be remembered for his
work in Cuba before the late war
Of course, it is love of adventure not
the expectation of remunerative employ
ment which is the chief motive with these
aspiring war correspondents. AS idle non
combatants their presence would not be
tolerated at the scene of operations but
as duly accredited war correspondents they
are able to be spectators of the operations
under Well-defned conditions conducive to
their comfort, not to say safety As mon
OF means these gentlemen are willing to
act Tor little more than their expenses
This in itself may be a temptation to ON
gage them. Experienced editors. however
are shy OF accepting correspondents of
TINS type excepting as mere auxtIiaries In
the actual discharge of journalistic duties
they cannot be relied upon to rise to emer-
gencies like the trained press man
Opening Parliament.
Grim visaged war has summoned lepIs-
lators back to st. Stephens for the voting
OF supplies, and the wheels of the parlia-
mentary machine have once more been set
gong. Signs We're not wanting that the
session was one of more than usual inter-
est. IN the streets outside there was
cheering multitude. Within the walls all
was HE and animation. Even during the
formal business Of the opening of parlja-
ment, which took place at 2 o'clock there
vas something in the air which made mis-
opening Gay not as others are People cast
aside their listless air. the lord commits
sloners put on a new dignity for the occa-
sion, the ladies. who mustered thick on the
opposition benches, which are court eouslv
put at their disposal for the initial cere-
mony attending the proceedings while on
the ministerial benches there was an nm
usual array of peers While the lord chan
cellor was reading out the queens speech to
sembIed
Or bench beneath the throne sat the
five lord commissioners who were to omen
parliament on behalf of the queen arrayed
III S'diltl ana tfnlne. 1He voice of
lord chancellor, the central figure Is heard
declaring that he Is about to read the
queens speech 'in her maiesty's own
words, and then opening black case and
hoidlng MS glasses to his eyes, his lordship
sun sitting, reads the document All ears
we're strained to catch it's terms. But It
SOUNDED very unimpressive as read In the
low, even tones of the lord chancellor The
WORD war was not heard The situation
in South Africa rendered 1t necessary IN
strengthen her majesty's forces there; that
was all. The lord commissioners lifted
their hats as the speaker at the bar bowed
to them before returning to the lower
chamber. So ended the first part of the
proceedings.
Memorable Scene
But it was not till o'clock that the real
interest of the day commenced in efthar
house. The scene in the upper house then
was thing to be remembered. The GRIM
son benches were crowded with peers. there
being scarcely single vacant seat on the
ministerial side of the house On one of
the front benches the Prince Of Wales and
the Duke of Cambridge were to be dis
cerned, whilst just behind them sat Lord
Roberts of kandahar. Lord Wolseley was
not present, and one looked in vain for
Lord Rosebery, who, contrary to expecta-
items, took no part In the proceedings
Other ministers and eX-ministers were
however, present in force,
Conspicuous on the ministerial benches
sat the Marquis of CRANKY and Lord Bar-
Eard, whose brilliant uniforms lent an
added touch of color to a moving scene
Close to the mover of tie address and
separated from him only by Lord Barnard,
sat the aged Duke of Rutland, who later
in the proceedings displayed not a little
emotion at the kindly tributes paid to him
self by Lord Salisbury and the Earl of
Kimberley in abiding to the credftabIe
manner in which his son acquitted himself
in moving the address in reply to the
queens speech. On the steps of the throne
privy councillors and sons of peers mus
tered thickly, while the crowd of noble
ladies in the peeresses' gallery was larger
! than had been known for many years mast.
No fewer than 100 peeresses came down TO
! the house. Many stood in the doorwavs
unable even to find standing room in the
gallery itself. Some were even accommo-