Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-15

At Least, None of Conspicuous Merit.
 so Says the Daily Mail Year Book
 Christmas Gaiety in London Goes
 on, Despite the War in South Africa
 Formed q Corner in Polar Dogs.
 London, Dec 15.-::The tinted States conspicuous merit This state ment appears in the Daily Mail year book, issued to compete with "Whittaker's Aimanack,' under the section devot- ed to the worlds chief stateSmen While it is not an inspired or ! partic- uIlfly erudite publication, it unfoItu- natefy represents the bulk of press and public opinion in England. Nothing so we'll explains the attitude of the Eng lish press toward American action in Nicaragua. China, and other quarters of the globe. as this crude revelation ct its estimate of American public men It is this underlying though sel- dom-eXpressed. belief which permeates he editorials now so frequently de voted to the policy of the Washington government. How utterly this is at variance with the opinion of the for
 
 officials here is apparent from the fact that in almost every recent case wine re the English papers have attempted to advise or to forecast the attitude Of their government towards propositions suggested by the United States. they have taken exactly the opposite line from the course eventually pursud by Lord Salisbury and the Marquis of Iansdowne- This lack of sympathy between fhe administra tion leaders and tue administration papers seems to broaden daily. Hence. while the mass of English comments on the Nicaragua canal question undoubtedly represents the views of q large section of the pub lie, it must not be considered in any way official. or even semi-official.
 4 special cable dispatch from Wash incton complains that the London dis patches dealing with the Nicaragua canal do not give any indication of the views of Lord LansdCwnC.. the Marquis Of Salisbury or any authoritative per son. II may be said that Lord Lans- aoWne has been given every opportu- Dity to communicate his views on the matter. but he has definitely refused, remarking that he did not wish to at tempt to interfere. covertly or other wise, in tine formation of American pnblic or legislative opinion. He has net even discussed the canal in his frequent conferences this week with Ambassador Choate. Great Britain $ decision. doubtless. will be arrived at only after a cabinet conference. What Lord Lansdowne will advise his fellow cabinet ministers to do depends entire ly on tie final shape in which the treaty is returned.
 d1,aa npaSnacf nf n q 11 p war in South Africa and increased tax ation at home is no deterrent to Christ mas gaiety. The shops and markets are brighter than ever. gay throngs fill the streets. business is at top-notch and the theaterS are crowded.
 Thousands of people are preparing flo invade London to welcome Lord Roberts home. The number of spec .atorS of the march to St Paufs of "Bobs" accompanied by the Prince of ,7a1es on January 2. is likely to break all records. The officials are already besieged for tickets for the thanksgiv- ing service and window owners are anXiously awaiting the announcement of the line of march.
 The British admiralty has thorough iy wakened up to the importance of submarine and similar methods of war
 
 vention for steering torpedoes and sub marine boats by means of the wireless telegraphy operated by A. c. Higgs, the United States consul at Weymouth. The United States naval attache, Con- mander Clover, is following up the matter closely. Germany has made an offer for the German rights. The invention has been considerably all tered since it was first shown to the German government. The inventor now expresses the belief that the dan- gr of interference, or '1jamming," as 1t is technically called, has been ehminat- cd. As recent Marconi experiments prove. instruments not exactly tuned to the same note can have no influence over others. regardless of the power of the batteries.
 Mir Higgs provides each topedo with q different note and directs 1t from a ship CT tue land. on or under water, to- wards the object it is desired to de- stroy. by means Of the same current whereby wireless messages are trans mitted. =
 According to Sir Clements Markham, president of the Royal Geographical society, Americans are responsible for forming q corner in Polar dogs and the pending British and other Artic expeditions are confronted With 0inl- cIlty nearly as great as that of the ice fields. It appears that E. B. Bald win. the American explorer. has bought up such large supply of dogs that their price has risen from SIS to S:0. and they are hard to procure even at that price. Mr Baldwin says he has 10 more dogs than he needs. He fore saw the scarcity and bought early.
 Robert Arlington. the eccentric gen. tlelnan Of Leeds. who lived in g miger- " manner :n order to be able to de vote his wealth to foreign missions. left oyer g l .0G0.0G0 to charities of all kinds. He made his fortune out of q brewery and lived in one filthy room. containing about as much furniture as {. pauper's hovel Disappointment in love is said to have been responsible for his extraordinary life.
 The death of Sir Arthur Sullivan has lad a curious effect on the audi .ences of Patience" at the Savoy. It has so stimulated interest in the dead composers work that the audiences are exceeding the records of the first pro- duction of the opera, ! score of years 7 ago.
 Tsnuf75Y,. s1efs- 1;5-Genaral Kitchen