The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-21
receipt of the News Causes
Rejoicing Throughout
Great Britain
MADE A NIGHT OF EVENT
During the Performance Of "Zaza"
the Spectators Could Not Con-
tain Themselves and Gave
Vent to Wild En-
thusiasm

London. May IA q m.-London's MIL
lions spent half the night IN the street.
and even at o'clock this morning troops
OF young men are prOmcnading. singing
and cheering. and there are crowds In
front OF the Mansion house. Marlborough
house. the clubs on Pail Mall and the war
-sics ana in I'arIiament square. waving
flags and Joining in the national airs.
This sustained believing and uproar OF
hundreds Of thousands amazes the Eng
lishman who ceases for a moment 10 be
an actor and becomes merely an observer.
Solar. phIegriatic London IS beside It
self with emotion Gusts OF patriotism
have set the town arivering twice or
thrice before during the war. but nothing
has quite equalej tOniShrs hundred
square miles Of almost furious demon
STATIONS. II was n curious thing for the
OrlOOker to see solemn. gray-haIred men
toss their hats into tho air and Join in the
hurricane Of cheers when a wrelth-crown-
al banner. with tho portrait OF Colonel
Badea-Pcweu on Il. was borne along
Piccadiily. Stout women fl brouHharns
waved CniCn Jacks out OF the windows.
Conventional family parties stopped at
street corners TO take part in singing
God Save the Queca'' and Soldiers OF
the Queen" Everywhere were abandon.
good feeling and astonishing roars OF
human voices
Telegram Is Received
II was all brough; about by n twenty
word telegram from Pretoria than Mafe-
Kin. had been relieved. Although the
government has no; a word. and although
nothing confirmatOry has been received
from any African source except Pretoria.
nobody apparently questions the news
Mr. Arthur J. Baliour. government leader
IN the house OF commons. speaking from
the government bench Iate last evening.
said
The only news have IS through the
courtesy OF the press We hayo no in
formation at the war Office Nor would
We have IL as soon as II would arrive
through other channels. Therefore. the
fact that We have not received IL neither
confirms nor 6isprOves the accuracy Of
the Information I need hardly say that
We al trust and We hn.e good reason 20
think that Il - probably true" (Cheers)
Mr.. Gcc-Ee Myndham. parliamentary
under secretary for var. replying to sew
eral members of the house who mad pri-
vately iu;erTogated him. said;
Although the government has moth
ing 7 ana disposed 10 believe tho bulletin
u may De- tomorrow. and perhaps even
Monday. before the government would
Eel dispatches lENlA our military COM
manders. even II tho siege were raised
some days ago. ms the news would need
o. b. conveyed over 4 very long distance
~ messengers on horseback. whereas the
enemy would probably be able 20 avail
themselves ~ telegraphic commInica-
ton
Colonel Baien-POweIi'- brother IN Lon
don has received a telegram from a Dutch
friend IN Pretoria. saying that Masek,ng
has bsen relieved
The performers IN the London music
halls and theaters last evening had little
use for ~tage business or for the lines OF
their pieces Tho audiences which crowd
81 the AIhamtrl. the Empire. Covent
Garden or the theaters had no desire "a at
tend 70 stage performance The first
sight Of a b5ograph scene I'm the Trans
wal. or the nrst glimpse Of n military. or
naval costume ON the stage. was sufficient
20 create IN uproar- a leading actor IN
or.. u the Strand thcaters said:
Il s1Id not attempt 70 read my lines last
evening IL was Of No Use The Dubhc
hal no interest In me beyond the fact
that I wore a military uniform
At Her Mafesty's thcater. at che Car
rick. where '.Zaza'' Is being played. and
n the other houses where legitimate
drama hollis the boards the occupants Of
stalls. boxes and galleries sang I'm chorus.
The Absent-N Minded BcEEar" and sol
Hfrrs ~ tho Queen" between acts in or
der 10 give vent n their enthusiasm. al
though they settled down to the pro-
s-ramula afterwards. At the music nails.
howeva-. no one pretended % he Interested
IN anything not having military color
The prince OF Wales. tho duke ana
duchess Of York and the Portuguese min
lister. senior Pinto De Several. occupied