The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-19
News Of the Relief Of Maieking
Comes From Pretoria.
NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
Bui Everybody Is Satisfied that Bsdsn.POwsIl
and Ms Heroes Have Al Last Been Res.
eued. thousands 81 People ThrOnE
The Streets Al Night

LONDON. May i9.-London's mil
lions spent half the night In the street
and even at o'clock this morning.
troops Of young men are promenading.
singing and cheering, and there are
crowds In front OF the Mansion house,
Marlborough house clubs or Pail Mall
and the war office. and In parliament
square. waving ilags and Joining Ia
national airs.
Sober. phlegmatIc London Is LeElde
itself with emotion. Gusts OF patriot
ism have set the town qulyerlng twice
or thrice before during the last few
months but nothing has quite equalled
tonights hundred square miles OF al
MOST furious demonstrations.
II was a curious thing for the ON.
lockers 10 see solemn grcy-haired men
toss their opera hats into the air and
Join IN hurricane Of cheers when
the wreath crowned banner. with a
portrait of Colonel Baden-Powell on
Il. was borne along PioadIlly.
Smart women in broughams waved
the Union Jack out Of windows.
Conventional family parties stopped
az street corners to take part In sing
ing God Save the Queen" and the
Soldiers of the Queen"
Everywhere were good feelings and
astonishing roars Of human voices.
All this was brought about by a
twenty-word telegram from Pretoria
that Mafeking had been relieved.
Although the government did not re-
ceivc word and although nothing
connrmatory has been received from
any African source. except Pretoria.
nobody APPARENTLY questions the news.
Arthur J. Baltour the government
leader IN the house OF commons,
speaking from the government bench
late last evening, said The only
news have Is through the courtesy
OF the press. We have no informa-
ton at. the war office. nor would we
have Il as soon as Il would arrive
through other channels Therefore. the
fact that we have not received II
neither confirms nor disproves the ac-
curacy OF the information. need
hardly say that We all trust and have
good reason To think Il Ia probably
true"
I1arfart,a,.s IA london ,,,,,eic halle
and theaters last evening had little use
for stage business or for lines In their
pieces. Theater-goers had no desire TO
attend stage performances. The first
sight OF bIograph scene in the Trans
vaal. or the first glimpse OF milf
tary or naval costume on the stage
was sufficient to create an uproar. a
leading actor said:
II did not attempt to read my lines
last evening. II was OF no use. The
public had no interest in me beyond
the fact that l wore military uni
form"
At the Earlton hotel. which is filled
with Americans. the bands played
Marching Through Georgia" (which
has been recently adapted to the Eng
lish song entitled Marching to Pre-
toria.D. Dixie" and other American
airs, Ten thousand people stood in
front of Mrs. Baden Powell's house In
St. Georges place, cheering and sing
ing,
The dispatch OF the Associated Press
announcing the relief Of Mafeklng, was
posted outside the Mansion house and
the news rapidly spread, Large
crowds assembled and at this hour,
945 p. M. the streets are resounding
with cheers, The war office at o'clock
announced that no news had been re-
ceived.
At $40 the Lord Mayor. A, ]. New
ton, in his official robes Of office an
nounced the joyful news to crowds out
side, Masses Of people outside the
Mansion house soon grew to such di-
menslons that the police were COM
PEELED to divert all traffic, omnibuses
ETC., through the side streets, Special