The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-06
HIGH OLD TIMES IN LONDON.
Hilarious Effect of Roberts Victory
on the POpuIace.

Ehcct VI NtCtOEt
on the PopuIace.
London, June 5-England has been
celebrating tonight the fall of Pretoria,
very much as she did the relief of Mafe-
king. Drunkenness has been trile less
than when Baden-Powell was the hero of
the moment, but in London and in other
large towns the scenes last evening we e
practical repetition of those which
marked the other victories and long after
midnight uproarious yelling, 1.-THE footing OF
horns and discordant chants ascended
from the city, streets, usually at such an
hour as silent as the grave.
During the evening professions marched
along the Strand; Piccadilly and the other
leading thoroughfareS. In fact, so great
was the crush that the easiest method
of iocomotion was to join one of the pro-
cessions for whose strident choruses and
waving flags all traffic was stopped.
Coaches and cabs were freely chartered
In honor of the joyful occasion, and these
were soon so packed with invited and
unlimited guests, that they assumed the
aspect of living pyramids of bachanal-
ians. Babies in arms, white-haired wo-
men, girls of the street, CLUB men in even
ing dress. the White chapel costermongers
intermingled along the thoroughfares,
bent upon celebrating the victory.
Into the faces of all were continually
thrust huge peacock feathers, described
for unknown reasons as "Kruger's per
suaders." Girls were indiscriminat2ly
kissed jostled and tossed around amid
the jubilation of the midnight crowd. A
species of confetti which stuck to the
clothing of the recipient proved pooul ar
form of showing ones exultation until
the stores of peddlers ran out.
+ Then the night grew oder and he
rowdyism of the worst form held sway
oil Io
of inebriate attempts to sing God Save
the Queen" and Rule Britannia"
At the music halls and theaters last
evening the mention of Lcrd Roberts at
Pretoria brought every audience to it's
feet in second and it was almost inn
possible for the performers to hold the
iatei est of those in front of them. Every
building possessing an illuminating de-
vice used 1t for all it was worth until he
metropolis was ab'azs with light. The
clubs on Pail Mall were lit up with huge
torches and the staid old street of murky
cid buildings was scarcely recognizable.
Welcome TO the Prince.
Around Marlborough House and the war
Office the crowd continued thick The
Prince of Wales came 10 town yesterday
afternoon and went to the opera in the
evening. His drive TO and from the per-
formance was marked by tremendous
welcome The news was wired to the
Queen az Balmoral Immediately on it's re-
ceipts. and the Union Jack was hoisted
over the royal residence. Throughout the
country illuminations occurred on large
scale. Efigies of Kruger were burned and
innumerable kilograms of congratulations
were sent to the little field marshal who
had made England so happy.
Lord Wolseley received the news while
visiting Henry James at Rye. He improv-
ed the occasion by attending the local
municipal meeting and joining in the ca
begram to Lord Roberts
Rev. DR. Talmage, who was shut up in
the Mansion House by the density of the
crowd after Luncheon with the Lord May
o., said 10 a representative Of the Asso
ciated Press
''It is the most inspirlng-ihe most Won
derfu exhibition of enthusiasm l have
ever seen. In some respects 1t reminds
me of the peace jubilee in Boston at the
close of the American Civil War.
THE Boer cause is lost. They talk Of
guerilla warfare, but Judging from what
/ have learned fere It scarcely seems
likely that this will amount to anything"