Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06
LONDON CHEERS UP
Pleasedsat the News of French and
!. Pileher's Doings.
SLlGH'1 SUCCESS MAGnIFIED
Talk offuropean interference Over
:. .r Seizure Of Flour.
FOREIGN news AND GOSSIP
Copyright. 1900. the Associated Press,

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~ sA~ 1oso' tns Associsteo ffessf
LONDON. January 1.-THE winter Of dis
content to which Great Britain has settled
down has been somewhat Modified by the
isolated successes which marked the past
WEEK. tnoesh the seizure OF foreign ship
ping ana uhiounded rqmors regarding De-
aga oaS threatened Ito bring out crop
~ on.'is " european interference.
~. uouss VI 1enerat french ana colonel
Fhcher nave been made the most of by the
correspondents and are rather magnified
edttorially by the British press. But any
thing is .aecanta,,s -
M .p'aoie IN tnese Gays.
appointment OF the Duke OF Con-
haosht TO command the British forces in
Ireland has qSd to b lot of speculation as
whose term ax,tro.s Sa,
" III eApues IN november as COM
.iaio r-if-cnier- Lord Roberts is his log
lcai successor, hut until he was chosen to
command In South Africa tho nenera1 i'm
preston was ia =.
be seiected for' ~ ne ~ouiu oe 100 olo 10
vacant. General Ruran 10 ~neh ~ e became
but his defeat near Isnlemso Saws az
irrevocably ruined mis- chances It ia mnre
In South afc that t Roberts t II successful
mander-in-chjef, fo,. .hnrt r,o..o ", I'm.
that he viii then he sncceas3aa b pe tS anu
Uyhn
.ary knowledge are strong enough to over
the roy vaT pre3uosee against member Of
A.. -: '''o' oinee'
mr.. -~- o"ce continues.
apuse p1' the war office and Lord
80 ene secretary OF state for war,
49, "oiSeieS continues unabated in
ana among the public. BY the
time parliament sreassembles 1t promises to
nave gathered such force thai IT ia more
than likely that most s+or,,,, soaro. III,
mark the debates. while many nsonIs a.
clare that unless Lord Lansdowne resigns
party will be seriously menaced 40 ," far
the criticism en1anafes chiefly from The na'
triotic Britisher whose nrida 10 49, az ~ NC
reverses and from those whose beartstrf,,os
have been touched nv deafh Rnt ahs.,
the solid Britisher taxnayer haesinS ~ be
drained TO support tho vr.r- tban tr,,I,, ~
criticism of the military oft;cIa1s will hea;
to reach its true volume -
The Times which y,.irb tho r.st - ~.
British press. has been under tho innnrass;ne
that America was unanimousiv s,,pno1tiV.,
Great Britain. toda ' prints a Letter frn,e
Toronto, SAVING the anil English mess in
the United States is enidujng itsaIf o,,a.
the reyerses the emnjre ia al nresant az.
during, and adding: r
1T screams iH delight and If sneaks
sneeringiya, and ,Aauntingly of Great Brit
colonial ssrs ;; 0'eie'''ees VI hei
=. bI,
"a Agents.
nc aeeio!' Vi me Ehgnsh insurance COM
PanieS Al @tlarsiA4 an extra D per cent war
iSh' arr Iaauy referred 10 In these dis
Patches' mas created no little unfavorable
comment ana ursomplimentary comparison
of their action with that ,of the American
CONFORMS -poday-s,,,.
ON anst,er to1itha nro+,st,, W., ,o,,x..-
saw sentit4Iant H. 70 nv. nc
trsnsactian1S 1-,, has+ - -. pueItteos
Itch c,1 wsn; Oh ~ =. ~ me &c IsIS
- 20 -,ariT,-n 80 - ~ tea,a o,''EeS
aner;n. - a. SuSh anu IL me
an extra ,,.s,e;,i, - ~ - u tS Win
tba anormnSsTIf x t Z eHusnt uii'.
saaH1d 80 ~ a. "eaS rrhslt.n. 9iiices
sbar,s.SSta, 80, .i! ,ei iei usai IS
-, ~, % q, ~ I'm a pusiness point OF
l. IN ta,,in 40 ,.,;t II
iih ; p.s "i.i. eng se1lei d. lreho oi Eng
~ ni ,ito u; 80 iii,iiasefteHt'
49, sst:Is eAhihten IN the new
Duhe oi =" westminster, VINO mas decided to
ist.aiii a. Ane cape curing the war. 1t APP
peats 'itde ne rs Keen taste Tor racing
nor stS ana mis- Iathers splendid stable is
NOT hhely 10 De broken up bend Or, as
Tue young duke Is nlcknamed after the
famous horse. though not yet twenty-oae
Is SAID to have selected wife. which dis
appoints society, for he is the most eligible
party in the matrimonial market. ~
S"se'
some confusion has been caused by the
Various reports of the, relief of Lieutenant
Commander Colwell. the Tinted states
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