Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-24
The People Believe the War
is About Over.
AND GLOOM IS DISPELLED
Queens Visit to Ireland Is Causing
UneasineSS in Some Quarters as il
is Feared There May be Disorders
in the Cities Visited.

London, March 24.-(Copyrighted, 1900,
by the Associated Press.)-Great Britain
has grown weary of her seriousness and
of her military experts, with their cold,
calculating deductions, and lengthy
casualty lists no longer make the daily
papers things of sadness and terror. The
war, according to the average opinion,
is practically over. To be sure, it may
be months before Lord Roberts reaches
Pretoria, but his going there is regarded
as sure as the hands move round a clock,
and it is claimed he is not going to lose
man. men in getting there. A dozen de-
feats could scarcely spoil this supreme
self-satisfaction and assurance of ulti-
mate victory that reigns among the av-
erage public. 1t is not altogether shared
by the press and officials, but it is what
the great majority OF the English people
feel. In society the cry now is "Ho for
the Cape!" and the dressmakers are up
to their eyes in work, making the toll
cites suited for the climate of the great
war base.
For those who annot participate in
the prevailing rush to CapetoWn, there
is any amount of gossip regarding the
probable reception Of the queen in Ire
land and what kind of a greeting Mr..
Cecil Rhodes will get in England after
his scathing structures of General Butler
and Colonel Kekewich. to say nothing
of the curious stories which come from
South Africa about women who have
been out there.
However, the gaiety which reigns in
London is lone the less genuine because
many of The gowns at dinner parties are
sombre hued, for the sake of some rela-
tive lost on he battlefield. The period
of reverses seems to have vanished from
the m on Great Britain as quickly
as amy fleeing dream. The hand of the
aged field marshal has taken the nation
from nervous, apprehensive mourning
into the opposite extreme, and it is time
lost to attempt to stem for the moment
the stream of jubilation.
In these celebrations the Americans
resident in London are not behind hand.
one of the most fashionable dinners
being given at the Carlton hotel on
March "a by Mr.. Reginald Ward of New
York, whose party included the Belgian
minister, Baron Whettnal. Ladies Howe
Hindip and Dorchester. Lord and Lady
de Grey, Miss Ward, Mrs. Moreton
Frewen, Lord Glensell and other distin-
guished English and Americans.
The opera season promises to be better
than ever. There is an imposing list of
patrons and the subscriptions are larger
than in former years. The box owners
as usual, are headed by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, and the list includes
Lady William Beresford duchess OF
Marlborough, Mr.. William Waldorf
Aston, w. S. NJ. Burns, Mr.. J. P. Morgan
and Arthur Paget, Adair Renalds anG
Bradley Martin.
While London society celebrates it alsC
speculates, and mo without misgivings
regarding the queens visit to- Ireland
The sovereign's great age makes the tril
itself one of serious risk. while the posi-.
bility of hostile demonstrations, or ever
personal attack creates a nervousness
that will only be stilled when her ma.
jesty is safely back in England. TIL
murder of Lord Frederick C%avendish anc
Under Secretary Burke in Phoenix parl
has not been forgotten, and while thu
party led by Mr.. John Redmond is no.
credited with any tendency toward
physical force, it is universally felt il
court circles that the queen is taking he