Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-03

ernment to refuse to discuss at any
length MIR. John Redhnond's amendment.
on the ground that h present stage OF
the campaign Us not suitable tor the dis
cussiOn Of terms of peace.
Mr.. Redmond desires information as to
the relations OF Great. Britain with the
United States and Germany and proposes
to ask Mr.. A.. ]. BalfOur. the government
leader, Monday, whether he has any nn-
nouncement TO make or papers to lay on
the table bearing on the proposed triple
alliance between Great Britain, the Unit
ed States and Germany announced by
Mr.. Chamberlain at Leicester. Nov. 30.
An important statement was made by
Mr.. Wyndham in the house of
Thursday, namely, that the
the war had made among the officers
would be party filed by promotion from
the ranks. This means the democratiza-
tion of the army. On this subject a let
ter. which is attracting much attention.,
appeared in Fridays issue of the DAILY
Chronicle. 1t was written by a British
officer, who knows most OF the armies OF
Europe from personal observation. ana
who has seen much service. He plainly
declared that the class of society from
which the British officers are drawn Is
distinctly degenerate. due to lack OF In
tellectuaf training and the dissipation
and vice.of the aristocracy,' and h the
class Commonly known as society pro-
vides 80 per cent of the officers"
The writer also says: 1T he intellectual
standard of the young man of II, fresh
from the English public schools. is lower
than that of a German boarding school
boy of eight. His time is devoted to atm
letic sports. AS his ancestors have DONE.
he marries a girl Of the sam training
in three or four generations society WA
consist of physically splendidly develop
ed idiots" AZ.
The only remedy. according to the
WRITER. is sintermarriage between society
! and the healthy middle classes"
The social feature depends entirely upon
| the progress Of the war, but the queen
wishes everything to go on as usual, as
far as possible. She has ordered two
and others in May. Her nlajesty's decas-
ion is gratefully welcomed by the LONDON
tradesmeG.
| The queen made all arrangements to go
to Italy, but she now declares her lnten-
| ton of remaining in england uniess ny
| the beginning of March there IS a great
Improvement in the situation. The Prince
of wales and other members of the roy
al family will remain in England IN any
event.
w is about as bad as it could be, the
number of London theaters Is fast IN.
creasing and they are reaching a point OF
! Snlon0OI ana convenience "AiS
on,tclasses the older houses, To Beerbohm
Trees and Charles Wyndham's new
theaters and the gorgeous hippodrome
must now be added George
as the stages have been SO enlarged n
rebuilt as to be practically new. Mama
ger Lowenfeld intends building a new
theater on SALISBURY avenue and an
| other win be erected in st. Mary's lane
near Wyndham's. It has been said that
Charles Frohman will be responsible for
this, but he will only be the hrst lessee
and manager.
Mr.. Frohman will WITHDRAW The Mask
ed BALI, from the Criterion next week and
send the principal members of the com
pany, including Herbert Standing. Sey-
mour Hicks, Elaine Terriss and Fanny
Brough to New York, where they Will ap-
pear in my Daughter in Law" Feb. ..
1.-The partnership between Messrs.
Wyndham and Froanman in the Criterion
thus ends, and Mr.. Wyndham, while re-
manning sole lessee, johns hands with Ar
thur Boucher. who will revtse HIS Elk
oo1loucv. The Governor