Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-10

prasEiaR. It is quite wrenZ for secrsta- ly Of state to make any oGserYati 2ns with respect to the internal politics of another country, but ] Rm sCon to give up my oS1ce, and in view of this abandonment, which is close at hand, 1 hope Mr. CLoate will forgive Ias for expressing the su- prol2s s&tisfsctisa with which all of us have heard of waat h2A recently taken place in tLo United Statss.',
 MT. CIo2tc, replying few minutes later to ths toast of the diplomatic corps, declared that Lo.I Salisbury had stated with such truth, simplicity and earnest ness the result of tka eIactica that he (Alr. Choatc) would not <G!2pt to add so it, although ke weuld venture to COM .raG&iate tke Nssls lord Ep0a the fact that his remarks had sseA made after in stead Ct sefsra thu slectiss.
 Except ia it's IstersRcss te tAe United States tke Speech ct tAe premier cast an extraordinary glsoM eVsr tho gorgeous banquet. Following directly after the colonel coI2maadiEr tue City Imperial volunteers, Lord Salisbury startled his hearers, who caught the drift of his re marks, by satiGiziEg the war fever, al though pI2isiGg tke courage of the s0l- diers, and declaring that the pssgi9nate to admiration of Milit2rJ valsr eyinced by the pepulace aNst srsdsce a cAsRge of attitude on the part of the sutsida world when viewing RzSlina character
 Then, with lowered voice and almslt trcm bling accent, hs went en to spesk,sf the price Gf victory and tke ravasss of death, dealing especially with the queen 4 bereavement in the leEs of Prince Chris tian Victor. Finally, with bs1t head a2d hands clasped, he uttered s kepc, almost prayer, that Lord Rossrts might be spared the sorrow now ks1sias sYer him by reason of tAe critical coaditis. sr his daughter. Tears xpTzag ts Ike syss of women, and Ien Hasvsd ahcenrsrta b y i'll their seats. The silence sRd sclempity grew expressive.
 AwaEiRg fren aelf asstrs ctioa, the pre- n2ier reviewed tkc events Of the last F months. Mir. Kruger and the empress of China, he wont GA to say, had forced WAT upon Great Britain. He maintained tAxt the Britiss war office deserved great credit Ter ths way ia which it had han died tkoae eQasrGeHciss. He raid:
 It is il2poszis.a to lay tss much en- phasis upon tho integrity Of China and the open door,, and l think it q matter of great advantage that the powers should have expressed themselves ill ia vor of these fundamental principles fer if they are achieved, the issue of the China problem need not concern us very an1iousiy.'
 Lord 3aiseury, Wiaa4Hs up inc pro | cecGiRSs by proposing the health of the
 new lord nAyor, said that some of tle younger naa present will live to see the day when mcaAars ef parliament from the Orange and Trsnsvaal cuI6aies
 w!A be pGe1cnt ea such su sccasisa." tEke eaorusss crowd was dstted with brilliant state, Alilitsry sRa Aunicip1l upiforEss, vi.h whica were iate:naiugled in voRdarful m&as st moving color the
 wigs and robss ef all tho great judges. the ccVrt costumes of paeEn bers of the cabinet, the scarlet of the regulars and the kkaki of the City Imperial volun- teers.
 4 dance followed the banquet and cog- i tirued to late hour ia the. shadows ot the s.im statues of Pitt, Nelson and | Nyal:ipt-ton