Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-03-30
ColOMies .Ds EmHla n i ,

! London, March 2G.-Thise questions in
volNing endless controversy and speeula
tion have been rife during the past week
They are the possibility Of the dissolution
OF parliament IN the summer, imperial fed
Grafton and the reported method Of treat
ment oi the - called rebel prisoners in
South Africa. Ii Is curious travesty
upon the truth that imperial federation
and the formation of some great council
Of the empire have bssn brouyh, more to
public notice by Sir Wlfrid l~uTier, the
Canadian preinisr, in his spsssh al OF
;awa, than even by the presence IL Lon
don of the federation delegates from Aus
tralia.
| Punch's chief cartoon Is devoted 10 de
picting SIR Nilfrid laurisr in pleasing
contrast with Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the
English liberal, who insis,s that the war
undeicurIenis thoroughly are well aware
that the Canadian premiers attitude and
unwillingness to send out Canadian
troops caused the colonial Office more anN.
iety than almost any recent occurrence
However the imperial federation move
ment grows daily. The imperial fedora
tion committee has secured from Lord sal
isbury promise 10 seriously consider It's
proposals for an imperial council TO watch
over the interests OF the empire as a whole
On all sides articles appear debating the
ways and means by which the colonies
who have participated in tho defense ol
the empire may have voice in It's coun
ellis What difficulties stand in the wa.
of this are apparent from the proceedings
of the Australian delegates daily visiting
the colonial Office in the interests Of then
federation bill
All sorts of unexpected bitches have
come up and it 10 feared the federation
may have 10 be submitted ad rsfsrendui
10 the Australian people IN consequence
o. the change. which. after the close
inspection by the imperial authorities. sp
pear necessary, although the bill has al
ready been passed in Australia and ih'
referendum would delay action for almos
a year
1t is reported that the Duke OF Horl
mediate, paying complimentary visits al
Ter the war 10 all the great colonies,
SO far as parliament is concerned J
might as we'll dissolve at once for al
the interest that is beng taken in it's prJ
eeedings. Many apparently inspired sri'
cles appear forscastiag dissolution at var
ious dates. but AZ a matter 70 fact III
f,h - IA
tirely upon ths progress Of arms IN sout
Africa.
Queen Victoria is quoted a. aying a
Windsor this week that she regretted he
aye prevented her from doing much tina
she would like TO do, and that II she Wa
only 20 ysars younger she would Wei
Australia.
A record fur sale occurred in Londo
this week, when a Parisian purchased !
open market black Siberian fox skii
4s py inches paying for it the sum .
$500 When dressed IL will cost II
weafsr about $500
Hon Ella Scarlet,, NJ ID. daughter ,
an American, Lady Abingsr liormeri
Miss Helen Magrudsr, daughter Of the LAT
Commodore George Allan Magruder, |
:. NJ Is going out TO Korea as medic'
officer Of the imperial household IN
young woman doctor IL now fitting herse
for her curious post by taking cour'
q, the London school of tropical medicin
Her brother, Lord Abingsr, has just eor
to South Africa as trooper IN the imp
rial ysomsnry.