Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
WANT IT ENDED
ENGLAND ANXIOUS E01 X1
CLOSE OF THE WAR.
tn E ROYAL GARDEN PARTY.
Pr owes Intellectual to Dispense the
Anxiety and 0loom-Hospdtal
Ship for China.

London, July 14.-Specda1 London canQe
letter. Copyrighted, 1900, by Associated
Press.)-The most brilliant garden party
OF Gu cen Victorta's reign q proved
quite Intellectual to dispense the anxiety
and gloom hanging over Great Britain
The escape from Kumassi OF Sir Freder-
tick Mitchell Hodgeon, the governor OF
Gold Coast colony and his wife and party
and the safety Of the majority OF those
who were SO Tong in danger of massacre
at the hands Of the Ashantts created q
momentary feeling of thankfulness and
jubialtion. But this was quickly dissi-
pated by the news of the disaster at
Nitral's Mex and the gravity OF the news
from China. A week that opened with
high hopes from all quarters of the globe
where Great Britain's interests are inn
periled ends with none Of these hopes
realized except as regards Ashanti and
even there an English garrison still
awaits relief. In South Africa the nation
was prepared for, though it did not really
anticipate guerrilla warfare, but re-
peated disasters of such magnitude Is
that of Nitral's Mex create dismay. It is
no exaggeratiOn to say the country is
I'm unanimous and desiring the end Of the
long drawn-out struggle. The signs,
however, do mot point to a speedy reali-
-~SN NMS SoAAS NAN 0AVASS a. AZ
sn1al wondeer that the government has
practically decided ito put off the cleo
tion unit 1901.
While the Royal garden failed In its
purpose 1T was a wonderful affair. Peers
and peeresses, generals and Indian
rajahs, princes n princesses, leading
statesmen, heads of professions and
church dignitaries intermingled gaily,
forming a dazzling mass of color gainst
the green background of the Bucking-
ham palace lawns. After chatting with
a few guests the queen drove out
Through double lines of visitors probably
as distinguished as were ever formed in
England. Cabinet ministers, ambassa-
doris, actors, princes, doctors and law
yers TODD bareheaded till the sovereign
was out of the grounds.
Apart from the garden party the talk
of the week in society has been the AS
tor-Milne affair. Mr.. Astor's departure
for Marienbad created no end of quips
and comment, but there seems to be no
reason ITO believe 1t was in amy way due
to this circumstances. "Mr. William
Waldorf Astor," says Vanity Fair, ''is at
M~arienbad n Marienbad is quieter
tn IAN London" adding that most people
support the sailor man." +.
Mr.. Astor's dinner party in London
was attended by forty people, but the
host was Unable to appear owing to
attack of scfatica. O.
Inc prince of Wales will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Cavendish Ben
tirick, at High Cliffe castle, at the end
of this week. Mrs. Bentinick was for
nle1Qy Miss Elizabeth Livingston of
S~taatsburg, N. Y. 9%r7
Mr.. Fox Hall Keene's temperance in
the ranks of gentlemen riders has Gre
ated interest in England. His victory
in the race for the Andovel stakes, on
Sinopi. caused the Daily Mail to say:
He should prove a welcome acuuisi-
tion to the ranks of mateur riders. He
has a nice style, though his seat, perhaps,
is too upright for modern ideas. Still
he gets there all the same"
The departure of the American hospital
ship, Maine, for China, meets with warm
approval, both from official and unofi-
cial Englnd. The way this decision was
arrived at is happy illustration of the
energy of the American ladies ON the
committee. h matter was only pro-
posed Saturday last and between that
and Wednesday everything was settled
and the ship was refitted and sailed.
The Maine will take care of Americans
and British only, as Germany and the
other nations are also sending hospital
ships. The queen was especially pleas
ed at the p%romptitude with which the
committee acted in this matter, and at
the garden party the royal thanks were
conveyed to Mr.. Bernard Bake and sew
eral ladies of the committee for all the
Americans hav done and are doing in
the matter.