The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-10
Britishers Pleased With Spread
of sImperiaIistic Ideas.''
Movement Started to Suppress
Hong Kong Filipino Junta.
THE AMERICAN SHOE.
1t Is Admitted to Be Superior
to the English.
Gen. Roberts Recommends That
Soldiers Be Given Tobacco.

London, Nov 10.-The elections in
America and Canada held the interest of
Great Britain throughout the week to
an unprecedented extent OF the two
great contests that between President
Mckinley and Mr.. w. J. Bryan was by
far the most closely watched There is
no concealing the fact that Mr.. McKin-
ley's reelection meets with the almost
unanimous approval Of the press and
public while the foreign Office expresses
undiSgu guiSed relief that it Will not have
to deal with a new set of diplomats in
this critical stage Of affairs in the far
east and in other parts of the world.
Among the columns of comments ap-
pearing in the journals, there is COM
mon to all an expression OF surprise at
the return to power of the existing gov
ernments of Great Britain, the United
States and Canada, and rightly or
wrongly, the deduction is drawn that
this reversal of the usual order Of things
is due to the WOndrous spread of i'm
perialistic IDEAS among English speak
ing peoples. Amid this unusually keen
appreciation OF events occurring on the
American continent, the return Of Gen
era1 Butler excites only a faint ripple
of enthusiasm The SObriquet Ferry
man. is too fresh in the public mind
to allow the complimentary references
now made to him to have much force,
though he viii be the object of many
demonstrations
ject Of the DelagOa Bay railroad award
should at last be settled with hard cash
next week. Communications are still
passing on the subject between Wash
ington and London, but only one minor
point remains unsettled and this should
not prevent the bOndholders from re-
ceiving their money in a few days. An
other interna tiOnal matter likely to
come up between the United States and
Great Britain is the suggestion to sup
press the Filipino junta at Hong Kong.
Inquiries reveal that no instructions
have yet been received at the United
States embassy to this end, though
should the United States ambassador,
Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, be instructed to
apply for the suppression of the junta.
it is likely his request viii be granted
An official of the colonial Office said to
a representative of the Associated
Press:
1.-The extent Of the steps we could take
in this matter entirely depends on the
strength of the case Washington can
make out against the junta- If it is
proved the junta IS materially assist
ing the cause of the Filipinos we GER
tainly shall only be acting in the spirit
of ordinary international friendship in
suppressiug the organization Moreover
the British empire has no desire to har-
Dor such bodies as juntas.
Those who have long agitated against
the docking of horses tails have won a
great victory. The queen in sending out
an order that none of her horses be
she had persuaded the Prince of Wales
to follow her example. With royalty
taking up such a vigorous stand it is
likely that the docked horse will soon be
as rare in London as full tailed horses
are at present.
Another startling change in appear
ances is the Prince of Wales wearing
eyeglasses. The future king has long
enjoyed good eyeSight but now, on the
advice of an eminent occulist, he has
had recourse to this fashionable form of
spectacles- They are selected from the
best obtainabie lenses, are framed in
tortoise shell and form an altogether
elaborate addition to the royal coun-
tenance.
Holy Trinity church, situated close
to the tower of London, in which is one
of Washington's ancestors tomb, bear
ing a coat of arms which is supposed to
be the origin of the stars and stripes, is
threatened with destruction unless 200
opunds is subscribed for its repair.
What makes the church of interest to
Americans is the tablet erected to the
memory of Col Legge, who married
Eliza Washington, who died in 1850,