Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

t part of the assembly as a direct hit at
France: and Count Won Buelow immedia teiy
began TO explain that the settlement Of
outstanding colonial questions with France
mad always been comparatively easy. 8ut
Germany was Oh good terms with Russia
also. Its relations with Great Britain were
cordial; President Mckinley had gone ouc
of his way to be civil; while. as for Aust ria
and Italy. they were bound to Germany
with the closest of ties. Since all these
pow ers We're friendly, therefore. it was
urgently necessary for Germany to increase
her naval Stredgth in order that she might
be secure against attack. The logic OF mis-
Inference is not apparent on The face OF
il; but / have no doubt il * quite clear to
German statesmen. In view of the interest
which Germany is rapidly acquiring in
China and Asia Minor. an increase in the
German navy is Lot altogether advantage
GUS to Great Britain. At the same time.
just because Germany is so friendly. Eng
land will do Tall 10 copy her example and
add a few more battle ships to her little lot
and she probably WILL this country can
not afford to let any continental navy APP
proach hers in size.
Stories on Journalists.
The current number of the Cornhill
has some good stories about newspaper
writer's One story told is of leader writer,
who, being hard pressed for copy by the
printers devil cut out leader from The
days Times. pasted it on a sheet of paper,
anu, after merely Writing above II the IN
troductory sentence What does the Times
mean by this?'' passed il on to the printers
as his contribution to the leading columns
OF his own journal. Another story tells how
the late Mr.. Robert Wallace. NJ. P, at one
time editor of the Scotsman, asked
early in his career to furnish a newspaper
in the north of Scotland with an article on
some light theological subject He wrote
one on The Relations Between the Pres
byterian Churches and Modern Thought"
When set up the article made forty col
umns, and ii became puzzle to editor and
printer how to get rid of it. They began by
using it in pieces, and whenever the printer
said to the editor, We've got no leader
the reply was: Eth. mon. just sneck off
about a column and quarter Of Wallace
In this way the contribution was being
used, first working down from the begin
ming, then upward from the end. And, as
the story goes. they are at it still "
Christmas Pantomimes.
Preparations for the Christmas panto-
mines at the London theaters are now suf-
ficiently well advanced to allow of a good
general idea being formed of their char
acter. The prevailing note of the produc-
tions at the two leading houses, where AN
nuais' are on the stocks-Drury Lane and
the Lyceum-is likely to be simplicity and
picturesqueness. Very wisely the manage
ment in both instances has elected to keen
the musical hall element in proper subor-
dlnation and give patrons an entertainment
very much after the old-fashioned style.
AT Drury Lane where Jack and the Bean
stalk is to be aged, much will be made
of a giant Kruger, who will come to an I'M
timely end in a great scene in which mill
tary representatives of the colonies will
play a conspicuous part. Patriotism, in
deed, Will be the keynote of all the panto-
mines this season. and there will be very
few instances in which the authors do not
contrive to bring their characters at some
period Of the action into South Africa.
/. H. MOORE