The Portland daily press., 1900-04-04
In IRELAND.
Queens Yacht Arrives Off
.KiDgStOWn.
Reached There Much
Ahead of Time.
Party Will DiSembark and Go to
Dublin Today.
Pelting Rain Dampened
Celebration.
Political Considerations Kept in
Background.
Pelting Rain Dampened
Celebration.
Political Considerations Kept in
Background.

Dublin, April Ala 20 n. MIN spite
of the rain that was falling and the huge
puddlss Of water under foot. she arrival
Of Queen Victoria. In the royal yscht
Victoria and Albsrt OF Kingstown. was
the OCCASION for much enthusiasm al
though this did not take an organized
form, owing to the fact that Her Majesty
came several hours ahead of schedule
time.
The passage Of the channel was smooth
and the Queen suffered no discomfort, sl.
though she expressed regret that the pre-
mature departure from Holy Head, owing
to the threatening weather conditions
should cause her Irish sut j,ots disAp-
pointmsnt. 1t had been officially ar
nounced that abe would reach kingstown
at $50 p. m, Tuesday instead Of .. m
but at the latter hour. the Victoria and
Albert doomed up through the haze and
rain and was greeted with the thunder
NJ twenty lone guns from each ship OF the
British channel squadron. Thousands
had poured into Kingstown regardless OF
the pelting rain. The celebrations were
confined to an illumination Of the war
vessels and to a few fireworks here snd
there. A shining shamrock stood out
against the blaokness Of Dutlln Bay and
from the jackies clustered on the decks OF
the squadron came strains Of "God Save
the Queen," which were taken up with
will by the patient crowd on shore and
when "Soldisr Of the Queen" foated
across the quiet water the spectators on
Kingstown pier joined With equal fervor.
Although all political conditions are rep
resented In Klngstown, there was NO at
tempt at counter demonstration. In
fact, the evenings fireworks, singing
and cheering were not marred by any
hostile note and the entry Of the Queen
into Dublin Wednesday will probably be
O repetition Of similar friendly condi-
lions.
In Dublin itself, seven miles from
Kingstown, the epithet "Dear. Dirty
Dubiin," was never before presumably
better justified than yesterday. Dublin
was tedrasgled. its tinery, which rivalled
London's jubilee decorations, dropping
sruly from the st eady rain, which, ac-
cording to the weather prophets will be
repeated today. However, last evening
when the showers ceased, Examinations
such as Ireland had never seen, lit up the
streets and were Viewed by crowds so
dense that In several thorougbfares traffic
was impossible. The castle was gay with
a dinner party including the leading
Irish nobility ana spirit of good ma
tured rsye1ry prevailed In every quarter
of lrsInnd's capital
The Queen will disembark some time
before noon and will drive from Kings
town through the Oily reaching the Wise
Regal lodge about two in the aftsrnoo n.
Another sword bezrsr has bsen secured
In the place Of Mr.. James Egan; and, II
she universal wish for fair weather
should be granted, the progress OF ths
Queen promises to be one Of this most re-
markabIs occasions in the history Of Ire
land.
By the exercise Of tact, political con-
siderati0ns have tesn either kept entirely
IN the back ground or banished entirely.
OF the Dublin evening papers yesterday.
the Telegraph, which belongs to the Free
mans journal, alone strikes q note which
approaches the disoordant. 1t says:
"PolitieAl considerations must chill to-
uorroW's reception. The nationalist
tays too much respect for the rights of
minoritiss to interfere with individual
exp essions of opinion; but anti-British
ps sIion win never die out until the aspi-
rAiions Of Ireland are satisfied by repars-
tion for the fraud and wrong psrpetratsd
n century ago."
Mr.John Red mond's Independence says
this morning: "WAsIs deprecating any
manifestation Of disrsspeot 1t must be
known that those who do make a de mon