The daily news., 1900-03-19
VICTORIA WEARING
SPRl0 Of SHAMROCK
Celebration Of st. Patrick's
Day In London.
FIRST TIME BY LOYALISTS

Criticism OF the United States-SIc-
KInlSy's Untinely Offer OF Media
tion-Diplomatic Language Yelled
Inward Irritation.
! LONDON. March I7-Shamrock day
| promises to vie with primrose day IN
the hearts O: the people. judging from
I the enthusiasm with which. for the
/ first time in the history of the nation.
| loyalists ell over the United Kingdom
are celebrating and everywhere the
green is conspicuous. From Windsor
castle, where the queen observed the
day by wearing q sprig Of genuine
4leavCd shamrock to the east end Of
the slumS Of London, where tbs ragged
urchln glories III his mOrsel of green
weed, nearly every one sports some
thing In the shape of a green flag.
By the queens order the bsilS IN the
0urfew tower OF Windsor castle honorsd
st. Patrick this morning. Irish airs
played by the grsnadiers suliVened
things and on LopdOn's mansion house
floats a new loyal Irish flag. with the
union jack in the upper corner. and .
crowned harp in the center of q green
hSld, as distinguished from the lr.sh
flag which bears the harp without The
union or crown.
The supply OF genuine shamrock was
90 scarcs that a half dozen leaves sold
readily for half crown. The ancient
ceremony Of "trooping the colOrs" was
especially picturesque. ls was per-
formed In the presence OF the lord hsu-
nF ha
duke of OcnnAughr, commander In chief
OF the forces in ireland. and a brilliant
assem- blage. All the troops wors the
shamrock
That CT " Mediation.
Whatever is said, between the lines
of the politely worded editorial COM
ments ON expression of Willingness
to aid in the restoration of peace be-
tween Great Britain and the Boer Ee-
publics, can DO discerned many evil
dences of an inward irritation which
the less responsible public does not hes
itate to outwardly express, while eveh
numbers OF the government privateiy
discuss the matter among Themselves
wnst one e. I'm designated as 'the
ungrac;oas role = ss-EsssesliaS s. t0ne form
of interference" to which he .-dded-
':Englishme2 canQos help contrasting
tho sSLs1raTce Of the attitude Of openly
defending our policy. if it had CONS
from less disinterested source, could
only have been regarded as an un-
friendly act"
There is no doubt that the overtureS
OF the United States. even though sue
cessfully worded. have sensibly irri-
tated Great Britain as a whole, while
circles friendly to the United States
express open regret at the opportunities
and compare the refusal Of NJ. Decasss
to crafty the hostile sentiments in
France by making proposals 10 Lord
Salisbury which were sure Of rejection
with what they testify call the Inter.
ference" of Washington. and which,
though only tentative and clothed In
words Of perfect friendlinsss and cour-
tssy. came at an inopportune moment
when ths supreme self suffi cheney Of the
British empire is the predominAsing
feeling OF the day.
Everywhere one hears expressions Of
thaT while the AnsweTtD
the proposal was clothed in words Of
perfect courtesy, the language OF Lord
Salisbury in brushing aside" Presidents
proffer Is so extremely dsh-
mite as 20 kill all possibility Of q repsGi-
ton Of the offers from any other sourcs.
unless those proposing them are desir-
ous of being recognized as openly an
TO him
Emphasis Is laid on the fact thas
Great Britain declined At the ontseG TO
consent 70 any outside interference and,
there fore, a. according 10 the we'll es-
tA blished International law that the
right Of Intervention 10 conditional on
the Willingness Of both parties to tho
quarrel 10 accept the good Offices Of .
power, such interference
WAS, In this AAss, outside the bounds Of
diplomatic possibilities and gave Lord
Salisbury full justification for his re
tort courteous"