Evening star., 1899-03-04
High Death Rate From This Disease
in London.
QUEEN TO VISIT FRANCE SOON
French Papers Sound Ominous
Warnings Against Her Coming.
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP
Copyright, 1899, by the Associated Press.)

Copyright, 1s99 by the Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 4-Influenza has reach
ed an epidemic form in London, being re-
sponsible for one in eighteen deaths during
the past week, when the deaths from the
disease reached a total Of 113. But the in
crease was accompanied by the least num-
ber of deaths from pulmonary affections re-
corded during the present winter.
The cheering announcement comes from
Berlin that Prof Wassermann. one of Prof
Koch's ablest pupils, believes he has dis
covered serum for the cure Of pneumonia
Experiments with animals have been sue
cessful and he is now operating upon
human beings
The two drawing rooms this week brought
the people to town. The Duchess of Buc-
cleugh presented Miss Astor, who wore
white toilet, with silver embroidery, and
a satin train bordered with single pearls
She carried bouquet of white lilies.
Mr.. ChOate Hunting a House.
The United States ambassador, Mr.. Joseph
H. Choate, is still staying at Clarlose
Hotel, and is busy house hunting. He mas
accepted an invitation to attend the an
nual dinner of the associated chambers OF
commerce on March Is. The other guests
will include the lord high chancellor, Ear
Halsbury; the lord chief justice, baron rus
sell of Killowen; Rear Admiral Lord Chas:
Beresford and the president Of the poaro
of trade, Mr. c. 7. Ritchie.
The arrangements for Queen Victoria
departure for the Riviera next Inursoay s,S
have been completed. Her majesty VII!
travel to the south of France by way OF
Bculogne-sur-Mer, instead OF Via Cherpourg
being the first time she Will nave Vlsiteu
Boulogne since the Crimean war
Some interest is taken in the fact tnat
the queens yacht will be conveyed by elgnl
of the fastest torpedo boat destroyers IN
the British navy, five of them belng th1rty
knot boats Cruisers have previously peeh
employed for this duty, and the use OF oe-
stroyers, it is limited in some of the papers;
is intended to set off the Frencn papers
tall talk about submarine torpedo ooals'
French Papers Insult the Queen.
There is much indignation in England al
the scandalous and coarse attacks made
upon Queen Victoria by some of the news
papers of Paris this week. The Libre
Parole, in an insulting article, said:
Frankly, the queen will be well advised
if she does not come to France this spring:
The constitutional fiction that it was Lore
Salisbury and not the queen VINO lnnicteu
the outrage of Fashoda and the humllla-
ton of Muscat on France will not sufhce.
1t is we'll known that the queen has di-
rected Englands policy throughout hef
long reign, and she has never missed an
opportunity of displaying her antlpathy for
France. Under the circumstances, there
fore, her visit is an additional insult and
defiance of public opinion. After this warn
ing it will only be her own fault II she
meets with a hostile reception in France
NJ. Cassagnacs Autorite says: The
queen becomes our guest at a moment Wher
the British government has made itsel1
more than ever our enemy. Her journey
will be full of the same risks as the Maine
incurred In entering Cuban waters, and
the French government is committing the
same foolish act as Senor Sagasta by not
preventing France from being placed in
such a position that the smallest accident
might precipitate both powers into terri
BILE conflict"
After such insinuations as the foregoing
1t seems possible that the queens visit to
France will not pass without some Chau-
whist incident. A special police staff has
left Paris to watch over her majesty at
CimieZ, where her heavy baggage is al
ready arriving.
Will Be an Expensive Trip.
Queen Victoria pays $500 monthly for
her own rooms, without counting the ex-
pense of her suite, numbering sixty per-
sons. Altogether, her, little trip will cost
her about $4,000. Her chaise, favorite
white donkey and numbers of pet dogs and
birds have been sent ahead.
Her majesty also has a curious whim
about sleeping in her own bed, which is
taken with her wherever she goes.
week and visited the exposition grounds.
He proceeds to Cannes on Sunday.
The princes wonderful scheme, known as
the League of Mercy, in connection with
which a new order has been established,
for those who collect and promote the col
lection of subscriptions for the Prince of
Wales Hospital fund, five years work be-
ing required for admission to the order is
severely criti lied in several quarters The
Daily News thinks the prince has not been
fortunately advised in committing himself
and in securing the sanction of the queen
to such a scheme. The paper calls it IAN
organization of Snobocracy by the aristoc-
racy which Is repugnant to the idea of
charity and not calculated to add to the
dignity of the throne
War Office Statistics.
The annual report upon recruiting for the
| army shows a slight increase in the ply
sical development of the recruits; but, 35
per cent have still been rejected owing to
| unsatisfactory physique The surprising
announcement is made that Is per 1000 are
utterly illiterate, and that only 40 per 1000
are described well educated.
There has been revival of the sensation
caused a few weeks ago by the alleged dis
appearance of Prince Ludwig Won Lowen-
stein-Wertheim who married Lady Anne
Saville, a daughter of the Earl of Mexbor-
ough He moved a good deal in English So
ciety and then disappeared mysteriously.
An advertisement inquiring after his
whereabouts caused considerable Specula-
ton in the London press and now a tele-
gram from Manila has been published say
ing the prince is at Manila, has been there
for many months, was present at the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet and was a
member of the European Club. But, 1t is
added, his behavior aroused suspicion and
he was thought to be acting as the conf
Dental agent of the German government
Before Manila surrendered, it is further
alleged, the prince was allowed to pass in
and out of the Spanish aid inSurgent lines
each party apparently regarding him as
favorable TO themselves. For a few days