The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-12-26
GOSSIP OF
LONOONERS
The British Criticism of
Americans.
n9Ob'S" COMING HOME
England Experimenting Wnh a New
Svbmd, n. B at--A Pillar
Dog Trust.

appears IN the Daily Mail year book
lust issued to compete with Whitaker's
Almanac, under the section devoted &c
THE N,urlu's chef statesmen" While
II is not AN inspired or u particularly
erudlte puDllCaI.Ou, II unioitu.IdtrIy
represents ,ns UutH OF press dad pduhe
opilivA Ia Eag and. NotninS 30 veal
explains the alutude OF me Eushsn
press toward American acton in MICA
ragua, China and other quarters OF the
globe as TINS crude revelation OF It's
estimate OF pubic men. IL is this uIi-
DERIVING, though seldom expressed be
lief, which per.ueates the editorials now
SO Frequently devoted to tine policy oil
the WASHINGTON Government. How ut
terly this is at variance with the opin-
ioh of the Foreign Office AID the high
est Government officials here is appar-
~ent from the fact that in almost every
recent case where the Eng ish papers
have attempted to advise or to forecast
the attitude of their Government to.
wards propositions suggested by the
United States they have taken exactly
the opposite line from the course even
tually pursued by Lord Salisbury and
the Marquis of Lansdowne rms lack
of sympathy between the administra-
ton pa pSIS seems to broaden udiIy.
Hence while the mass Of English COM
ments on the Nicaragua cana, question
undoubtedly represents the views Of q
=
be considered in any way official or
even semi-ofFicial a special cable dis
patch from Washington complains that
the London dispatches dealing with the
Nicaragua caral do not give any irdi-
cation of the views of Lord LansdoWne,
the Marquis of Salisbury or any au-
5Eoritative person. 1t may be said that
Lord Lansdowne has been given every
opportunity to communicate his views
on the matter: he has definitely refused,
rNrk tINnt 10 u Il "tch to a
tempt to interfere covertly or otherwise
In the formation of American public or
legislative opinion. He has not even
discussed the canal in his frequent con-
ferences this week with the United
States Ambassador Joseph II. ChOate.
Great Britain's decision doubtless Will
be arrived at only after Cabinet con-
ference. What Lord Lansdowne VIII
advise his fellow Cabinet members TO
do depends entirely on the final shape
In which that treaty is returned. As
the matter stands IL would be equally
unsafe to say he will course its re-
lection or acceptance. though II he fol-
lows the ideas which at present prevail
among the Foreign Office officials he
will fall hack on the CLAYTON Bulwer
treatv and reject any modification Of
the Hay Pauncerote treaty.
LoNDoN's CHRISTMAS.
The dreary prospect of interminab'e
war In South Africa. and increased
taxes. ie detrimental to Christmas gay
ETY.. The shops and markets are bright
er than ever. gay throngs FIJI the
streets. business is at top notch. and
the theaters are crowded. Thousands
of people are preparing to invade Lon
don to welcome Lord Roberts home.
The number of spectators of "Bobs
march to St Pauls, accompanied by
the Prirce OF Wales. January 3, is like
1y to break all records. The officials
nj 81 fnr 10
Thanksgiving exercise, and window
owners are anxiously awaiting the an
nounoement of the line of march.
SUBMARINE BOATS.
The British Admiralty has thorough.
ly awakened to the Importance OF sub
marine and similar methods of war
fare. II has arranged to test various
Inventions for steering torpedoes and
submarine boats by means of wireless
telegraph operated by A. c. Higgs. the
United States Consul at Weymouth
The United States naval attache. Com
Irander Glover, Is following up the mat
ter closely. Germany has made an Of
fer for the German rights. The in"en-
tion has been considerably altered since
1t was first shown to the German Cow
ernment, The Inventor expresses the
belief that the danger Of interference or
'jammirg" as it is technically called,
has Nheen alimi~ ated ms recent MarCOni
experiments prove that Instruments not
exactly tu~ad tn the same note can
have no influence over others. regard
hogs Of the powers Of the batteries. Mr..
Hiegs provides a3ch torpedo with a Diff
ferert note and directs II from n shlo
for the land or under water towards
the object Z ia desired to destroy hv
means of the same current whereby
wireless messages are transmitted
POLAR DOG TRUST.
The latest form Of trust is that of Po-
lar dogs. According to Sir Clements
Markham. president of the Royal Geo
graphical Society Americans are re-
sponsible for forming such corner OF
these animals that the pending British
and other Arctic eNpaditiors are con-
frorted with q difficulty nearly as great
rs the ice fields. II appears That T.. r.
Baldwin. the American explorer, has
bought IN such large sdpn'v Of dons
that the'r price he's risen from as to
$50 rnd thov are hard To procure even
al Tint price, Canaan BHrnier, the
Canadian rvplnrer hopea 10 get out II
the dilemma by tabing Young dogs ana
training them ~ his voyage What the
two nr'ish A"tarotio expeditions will
d, Sir cnmerte Workman docs rot yet
more dogs ,har he - We for for
the scarcity and bought early
hILL0NATRE MIsER.
Mr. Robert Arlington. tho eccentric
gentleman ~ Leeds who llyod IN mis-
cradle uRnner in order ~ b. eb'o lp
dhNnif his wfalih 20 fOraRn missions,
lefi owes ! Aao Don ~ charities ~ on
finhs. IL med" hiH fortune rut ~
brewery ana lived w nno filhy room
faririnlHH hhfut 40 "nnh furniture a.
q paunnfF hoVel = 4nn1iptmenf Ia
1--we II shif ~ have hHrn responsible
Tor HE rNtfanfhlnHfy m TITS tall
snare man who NGfa slHueh hnt aud
90 sHpf - ffHtFh Garments made ~ 10
style ~ he islRfiea never Wss lnawn
- Hlfe away penny III his lfarilme
hFVlYAL of hpATiFSrEn
'fhs death ~ ~ Afihur ealia4a ma