Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

and gardens. This will turn the steady
stream of American visitors away. who. TO
the towns great profit. go in shoals to see
the colleges in the summer.
The university has also commenced to
send to London for its vast supplies of
food, and no longer will Oxford tradesmen
wax fat from the local purchasers. Many
of the privileges allowed by the colleges to
townspeople are also to be cut of, and gen.
orally a state Of war exists. The trades
men of Oxford have raised howl and as
many Of them are on the town council, and
find it does not pay to square their best
customer compromise will probably be
made in the matter.
Lord Rosebery's Return.
There is good reason for believing that
Lord Rosebery will shortly return to his
old place as leader of the opposition in the
house of lords. Lord Kimberley will short
ly retire altogether from public life. and
this will provide the occasion for Lord
Rosebery's return. Lord Kimberley, l am
told, has expressed his willingness to make
way for the eX-premier at any time, and
only continues in his post till the time is
ripe for Lord Roseberys return. AS for
Sir Henry Campbell annerman's speech at
Dundee last week, 1t may be regarded as
the swan song of the Little Englander sec
ton. 1t was not on his own initiative that
Sir Henry declared the door to be open for
Lord Rosebery. He made his speech after
consultation with his colleagues. The sheer
tie establishment of his own. What Lord
Rosebery's own views may be l am not
in position to say, but do know that his
colleagues in the last liberal cabinet have
come to the conclusion that his return to
the leadership of the party is inevitable
They are of opinion, too, that the sooner it
is brought about the better.
The whole liberal party is to be shaken
up and pulled together. Rosebery is un-
deubtedly the man for the job. There Is
certainly no one else in sight
London's Fire Boat.
We are not very advanced in London, but
perhaps the latest scheme for a fire boat is
up to date. Commander Wells of the met
ropolitan fire brigade has now carried to a
practical issue his plan for constructing
steam fire float which shall be more effect
i've than anything hitherto seen on the
Thames for the purpose of extinguishing
fires. special station has been built for
the new boat near to Blackfriars bridge.
she is to be called the Aipna, is most
strongly constructed in sixteen compart-
ments and is capable of pumping to great
height 1,250 gallons of water per minute
Commander Wells says that his new boat
draws far less water than any others do
and can consequently get to a fire at any
time, no matter how low the tide may be-
1t can also be drawn up close to a blazing
wharf warehouse. 1t can extinguish a fire
on vessel. when all other means are use
less, by sinking her, and can afterward
pump out the water and raise the vessel to
the surface. If the float should prove all
that Commander Wells expects, a number
or others will be built. There can be no
doubt that the floats hitherto in use on the
Thames are somewhat antiquated, but the
new ones are going to cost the ratepayers
5000 each.
Underground Railways.
London is now promised a perfect net
work of underground railways of the style
known as the ''Twopenny Tube" Schemes
are already being carried out for bisecting
North London with a line from Hampstead
to Charing Cross, and others are being pre-
pared for carrying the lines to the up-river
stations In the direction of Putney. The
most remarkable feature of these enter
pr1ses is that they are being carried out to
a great extent by American energy and
American capital. The English railway
magnate has evidently not learned his bus
mess, for the American railway methods
suit the public here, and will no doubt de-
velop in a still further direction
l.. H. MOORE