The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-19
MAFEKING RELIEVED.
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While the attendants were waving
Union Jacks, the lord mayor briefly ad-
dressed the assemblage, saying:
Il wish your cheers could reach Mafe-
king"
Here the speech was interrupted by re-
houbled cheering and the singing of Rule
Britannia" after which the lord mayor
remarked:
1--WE never doubted what the end would
be or that British pluck and courage
would conquer at last"
The lord mayor then led the crowd in
singing God Save the Queen" and Sol
diers of the Queen" and, with renewed
cheering and the waving of flags by the
assembled multitude, and the singing of
He's a Jolly Good Fellow" the MAYOR
and his party retired
Along Fleet street, the Strand and Pail
Mall the public buildings are Illuminated.
and the whole of the West end is alive
with enthusiasm. At the war office i'm
mense crowds quickly gathered, for. al
though no doubt was thrown on the ac-
curacy of the news, there is the greatest
anxiety felt for official confirmation from
Lord Roberts. The Associated Press dis
patch announcing the relief Of the town
was sent to the queen, at Windsor castle
where Lord Salisbury was dining with
her majesty, and also to the Prince of
Wales, at Marlborough house BY 1920
p. m. the news had spread to all the sub
urbs Of London, where similar scenes of
rejoicing occurred.
q LONDON GOES WILD.
LONDON, May 19.-London's millions
spent half the night in the street. and
even at 4 o'clock this morning there are
numbers CT men parading, singing and
cheering, and crowds in front of the Man
sion house Marlborough house, the clubs
on Pail Mall and the war office. and in
parliament square are waving flags and
joining IN the national anthem
rms sustained believing and who6ping
of thousands amazes the Englishman,
who ceases TO be an actor and becomes
merely an observer. Sober, phlegmatic
London is beside itself with emotion.
Gusts OF patriotism have set the town
qulVcrlng twice or thrice before during
the war, but nothing has quite eoualed
tonlghts hundred square miles of almost
furious demonstrations 1t was q curioIs
thing for the ODloOller to see solemn.
gray-haired men throwing hats into the
air and cheering when a wreath crowned
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Powell on it was borne along PicadiIlv
Smart women in broughams waved union
Jacks out of the windows Conventional
house parties stopped everything to toin
In singing God Save the Queen and
o., Soldiers Of the Queen" EVERYTHING
was abandoned except the astonishing
chorus of human voices
1t was all brought about by a twenty
word telegram from Pretoria that Mafe-
king had been relieved. Although the
government has not word, and although
nothing cOnfrmatOry has been received
from any African source except Pretoria
nobody apparently questions the news
Mr.. Arthur j. Balfour, government leader
in the house of commons, speaking in
the government bench late last evening
said:
The only news I have is through the
courtesy of the press. We have no in
formation at the war office Nor wouId
we have as soon as it would arrive
through other channels Therefore the
fact that we have not received it neither
confirms nor disprCVes the accuracy of
the telegram. l will say, however, that
we have good reason to believe it is
probably true" (Cheers)
MIR. George Wyndham, parliamentary
under secretary for war, replying to sew
eral members who had questioned him
said:
AINOuSn lne government has no in
formation, 1 am inclined to believe tht
BOer bulletin. 1t may be tomorrow, o,
even Monday before the government gets
dispatches from our commanders ever
although the relief occurred some DAYS
ago. as the news would have to be con.
Veyed over a very long distance by mes
sengers on horseback, whereas the enemy
would probably be able to avail them.
selves of telegraphic communication"
AT TBADEN-POWELIiS HOME.
Col. Bader-PCwell's brother in I4ondor
has received a telegram from a Dutci
friend in Pretoria, saying that MafeIine
has been relieved.
The performers in the London music
halls and theaters had little opportunity
for stage business or for the lines OF
their pieces. The audiences who crowded
the Alhambra, the Opera, Covent Garde,
Or the theatcrs, had no oesire to attend
10 stage performances. The first sight o
q biograph scene in the Trapsvaal or tn,
first glance of q military or naval column
on the stage was sufficient TO create al
uprCar a leading actor in one of the
Strand theaters said:
II did not attempt to read my lines las
night. 1t was of no use. The public hat
no interest in me beyond the fact that
wore a military uniform"
At Her Majesty's theater, at the Gar
lick, where Zaza is being played, or a
he other theaters where legitimat,