Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-04-14
MARK FOR ASSASSINS.
Five Attempts Have Been Made to
Take the Life of Queen
Victoria.

/ London, April The scatterbrain
! youth and his pistol gave England Il
! thrill that has not yet been quite pffaccd
| by the instant knowledge that the
| Prince of Wales was unframed. This
was the first time the Prince of Wales
| had been attacked, although the assas-
| snation of the Queen had been attempt
/ ed five times, by Oxford in 1910, by
| Francis in 1912. by Bean IN the same
! year, 10y Hamilton in 1919, and by Nc
| Lean, at Windsor. in 1882. The life of
no monarch in Europe has been in dan
| ger so many times as has that of Queen
| Victoria. though with the exception Of
/ Emperor William, the hereditary ruler
or every principal power has had at
least one experience with assassins
The Prince of Wales cool ard gentle
dcmeanor, when he emerged from the
smoke of the gunpOwder and requested
those who had laid hands upon Sipido
not to treat him harshly is admired inn
menscly. In perfect compOsure the
pr nee returned TO his carriage and sat
down to Il game of nap with the gentle
men attending him. he displayed SINH
lar impassiyeness in the South of France
at the time of the terrible earthquake
several years ago. He was asleep when
he shock was first felt, but was awak-
ened at once and warned to escape, but
he refused to be disturbed of his rest
10y so trivial a thing as an earthquake.
1t is for such British qualities as this
that the Prime of Wales is admired as
well as for his uniform good fellowship
II social life
The attempt upon the prince has placed
in still stronger relief Ireland's Chiyal-
rOus reception of the Queen.
Queens Git to Lady Roberts.
A member of Parliament tells
story of the Queen and Lady
ltoberts. When Lady Roberts visited
Windsor, a few days before she sailed
or the Cape the Queen handed her
small parcel saying: Here IS some
thing | have tied up with my own hands
and that | beg you will not open until
you get home Lady Roberts found
that the parcel contained the Victoria
ross won by her dead son 10y his gai-
antry at C0enso.
George Wyndham. parliamentary un
er-Secretary Of war. appeared i'll the
House of Commons this week with the
back numbers of several magazines con
aiming articles about West Point and
With papers concerning the United States
system Of providing for officers. He
read from these Mt intervals during the
sitting. looking for suggestions regard
inG the pay of British officers Mr..
Wyndham is thoroughly awakened to
The need of making the profession of
arms possible to poor men. Everyone
here knows that either the army or the
navy subalterns must have from $500 10
$500 yearly outside of their pay. which
IS scarcely more than enough to pay their
mess bills.
The vice-chancelIor of Cambridge,
when inviting applications for commits
sons the other day, said the candidates
would have to show that they possessed
means enough to enable them to hold
4 L.
Harrow recently wrote, The army is
the profession Of rich men,
Mr.. Wyndham. who has the courage
to express his feeling that something is
wrong, is working ont a plan to make
it possible for Suhaltern~ 10 live on their
pay. Army men are divided into fac
tons on the subject.
Enjoy British FreedoI
Joseph l. TaGtc. the Canadian minis
ter of public works, who. while in Lon
don this week. addressed the colonial SEQ
rotary cf the Society Of Arts On the sub
jcct Of ''French-Canadiaus Under Brit
ISL Rule me- ijr. Lcyd~. The diplomatic
agent Of the Trdnsvaal Republic Satur-
day last AT the reception Of NJ. Delcasse.
the French minister Of foreign affairs in
Paris. They had a long talk.
MY dear DR.. icyti~. said Mr. Tarte
in effect, Il am the son Of a rebel My
father rose with PapineluX against Brit
ISL rule in 1891 See what we French
Canadians are under British rule. Yon
will Of course. bee beaten. You viii be
crushed Why don't You accept the in
evitable and enjoy il: Enjoy the free
dom of your own institutions under the
British flag
DR.. Leyd's reply is not known.
London is apparently 10 be denuded for
the next few months Of certain more or
less distinguished perSonagc>. such rs
confidence men and jcwe' h'cvcs. Tor this
class of criminals are betakiug them
selves 10 Paris. II is computed hy
Scotland yard official that 300 detectives
are engaged at the channel ports ~ Eng
land aud France III watching this nijsra-
ton Of thieves