The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-26
NATENING IS RELIEVED
ANp tomoo pEorIE IN LONDON
Gu Wild.
Scenes of abe Greatest ana Most i'nI.
versal Hlauty Ever known uu.
Eua acted Badcn-pove u ihc llpr1

LONDON May no. a.. London.
millions spent half tine night boo thc
street. aud even cd O'Clock thls morn
ing troops of young men are prumouau-
ing. singing and cheering. aud there
are crowds In front uf the Mansion
House, Marlborough House the clubs
ON Pan Mall and the War office and
I'm Parliament square. waving nags and
joining IN the national airs.
This outburst of rejoicing was
brought about by the following press
dispatch received az g.i5 last night.
PRETORIA, May lN-lt was ofhc-
tally announced today that when the
laagers and forts around Mafeking had
been severely bombarded the siege was
abandoned. the British force from the
south taking possession Of the place
Sober, phlegmatic London is beside
itself with emotion. Gusts OF patriot
ism have set the town Quivering twice
or thrice before during the war. but
nothing has quite equaled tonight's
hundred square miles Of almost furious
demonstrations. Ii is curious thing
for the onlooker to see solemn, gray
haired men toss their opera hats into
the air and join In the hurricane OF
cheers when "A wreath crowned banner.
with the portrait OF Colonel Baden
Powell on it, was borne along Picadilly.
Smart women in Broughams waved
Union Jacks out Of the windows. Com
ventional family. parties stopped at
street corners to take part I'm singing
God Save the Queen" and Soldiers OF
the Queen Everywhere were good
feelings and astonishing roars OF hu-
man voices.
1t was all brought about by a twenty
word telegram from Pretoria that Ma
feking had been relieved. Although the
Government has not word, and al
received from any African source. ex-
cept Pretoria, nobody apparently ques-
lions the news. Arthur j. Balfour
Government leader i'm the House of
Commons, speaking from the Govern
ment bench late last evening said {:
THE only news 1 have is through the
courtesy OF the press. We have no
| information at the War Office Nor
would we have II as soon as IL would
arrive through other channels. There
fore the fact that we have not received
1t neither confirms nor disproVes the
accuracy of the information. / need
hardly say that we all trust and have
good reason to thing it is probably
true" (Cheers.)
George Wyndham. Parliamentary
| Under Secretary Of War, replying to
several members of the House who had
( privately Intercepted him, said: "Al-
| though the Government has nothing.
am disposed to believe the Boer bulle-
tin. 1t may be tomorrow and perhaps
even Monday, before the Government
would get dispatches from our military
commanders, even If the siege were
raised some days ago, as the news
would need to be conveyed over a long
distance by messengers on horseback,
whereas the enemy would probably be
able to avail themselves of Geographic
communication"
Colonel Baden-Powelrs brother in
London has received a telegram from a
Dutch friend in Pretoria saying that
, Mafeking has been relieved.
| The performers in London music halls
and theaters last evening had little use
| for stage business or for the lines in
their pieces. The audiences which
crowded the Alhambra the Empire,
Convent Garden or the theaters had no
desire to attend stage performances.
The first sight of a biograph scene I'm
the Transvaal or the first glimpse of a
military or naval costume on the stage
was sufficient to create an uproar A
leading actor in one of the Strand the
aters. said: II did not attempt to read
my lines last evening. 1t was of no use.
! The public had no interest in me be-
yond the fact that 1 wore a military
uniform"