The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-16
A REVIEW OF EUROPE.
Comment for the Week Ending
April 7th.

LONDON, Aprll I.-(AtternOOn Ser
ice.) )-The scatter-brained youth and
his three-franc pistol gave England a
thrill that has not yet been quite ef.
faced by the instant knowledge that
the Prince of Wales was unharned.
This was the first time the Prince has
been attacked, though the assasslna-
ton of the Queen has been attempted
five timeS-by Oxford, in 1910; by
Francis, in 1912; by Bean, in the same
year; by Hamilton, in 1S49, and by
MacLean at Windsor, in 1892. The
life of no monarch In Europe has been
in danger 80 many times as las tha,
of Queen Victoria; though, with the
exception OF Emperor William, the
hereditary ruler of every principal
country has had at least one expert
ence with an assassin.
The Prince OF Wales cool and gen.
tie demeanor when he emerged srun
the smoke of the gunpowder and re-
quested those who had laid hands up
on SIpido not to treat him harshly, q
admired Immensely. In perfect COM
posure the Prince returned TO his car
riage and sat down 10 a game of nap
".
He displayed similar impassiveness in
the south Of France at the time of the
terrible earthquake several years ago.
He was asleep when the shock was
first felt, but was awakened at once
and warned TO escape but he refused
to be deprived of his rest by so trivial
thing as an earthquake. 1t Is for
such British qualities as these that
Il. MT.
his uniform good fellowship in social
life.
The attempt upon the Prince has
placed in still clearer relief Ireland's s
chivalrous reception of the Queen.
A member of Parliament tells a
charming story of the Queen and Lady
Roberts. When Lady Roberts visited
Windsor, few days before she sailed
for the Cape, the Queen handed her a
small parcel, saying: Here is some
thing I have tied up with my own
| hands and that / beg you will not
open till you get home"
Lady Roberts found that the parcel
contained the Victoria Cross on by
her dead son by his gallantry at Co.
lenso.
Mr.. George Wyndham. Parliamen-
tary Under Secretary OF War, appeared
in the House of Commons this week
with the back numbers of several mag
| azines containing articles about West
| Point and with papers concerning the
United States system OF providing for
officers. He read from these at in
| tervals during the sitting. looking for
| suggestions regarding the pay OF Brit
| ish officers Mr.. Wyndham is thor
| oughly awakened to the need of max
| ing the profession OF arms possible 70
| poor men. Every one here knows that
| either the army or the navy subalterns
| must have from $500 to 81 900 yearly
| outside of their pay. which is scarce
| y more than enough to pay their mes
| bills.
The Vice Chancellor of Cambridge
| when inviting applications for COM
/ MISSIONS the other day. said the candi-
| lates would have to show that they
| possessed means enough to enable
| hem 70 hold commissions and the head
| master of Harrow recently wrote: The
| army Is the profession of rich men. y
| Nr. Wyndham, who has had the cour-
| age TO express in the House of Com
mons his feeling that something is
wrong, is working out plan to make
| 10 possible for suba!terns TO live on
,heir pay. Army men are divided into
factions on the subject.
Mr.. Joseph l. Tarte, the Canadian
Minister of Public Works. who. while
in London this week, addressed the
Colonial section of the Society OF Arts
on the subject of "French-Canadians
Under British Rule" met DR.. Leyds
he diplomatic agent of the Transvaa
Reupblic. Saturday last at the recep-
tiOn OF VI. Delcasse, the French Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs. in Paris. They
had a long talk.
My dear DR.. Leyds." said Mr.. Tarte
in effect, II am the son of rebel. My
father rose with Papineau against
British rule. You will, of course. bt
beaten. You will be crushed. Why
don't you accept the inevitable ant
enjoy 1t? Enjoy the freedom OF youI
own institutions under the British
nag?"
DR.. Leyds' reply Is not known.
London Is apparently to be denudeC
for the next few months of certain