Arizona republican., 1900-07-04

to these of her sisters-in-law who for merly treated her with more or less dis ! dain. She did not hesitate to express her distaste for the matrimonial al- liance Of her son Charles with Princess Maud of Wales, and ever since has made the Prince and Princess Chares.
 as well as the entire royal family of Denmark and the prince and princess of Wales, feel that it is she who holds the purse strings as far as the young couple are concerned, and that the lat ter are mainly dependent upon the al lowance which she was with difficulty persuaded to give them at the time Of their marriage. Particularly does her tyranny vent itself on Princess Charles. to whom she objected from the very outset, and for wnom-a dainty, chic and piquant little woman-she has con- ceived a positive aversion. especially since the young princess has shown her own distaste for Copenhagen. and de- termination to wean her husband from all his Danish affiliations. In fact, tha principal cause of Princess Charles un- happiness at Copenhagen is her moth er-in-laW.
 That Lord Loch should have died just at the present moment. when foreign troops are ct Pelzin with hostile intent. and when the great powers of Europe are jointly with the United States en- gagged in war upon the Chinese for the purpose of punishing the massacre fo missionaries and other outrages, is a strange coincidence. About forty years ago Lord Loch took part in the last march of an allied European force upon Pekin. a march which resulted in the occupation of the Chinese metropolis and the destruction of the world-famed summer palace of the emperors of China.
 One of the principal causes for these reprisais was the outrage to which Lord Loeh himself had been subjected by the Chinese government. While serving as private secretary to Lord Elgn, am bassador extraordinary to China, he was captured by the Chinese. along with Lord Elgins interpreter, MT. (af- terward Sir) Harry Parks and MT. Bowlby, the correspondent of the Lon don Times. and was not only impris- Oned, but likewise subjected to all sorts of devilish tortures. MT. BOWlby was put to death, while Lord Loch and Sir Harry Parks were heavily manacled. In this condition they were suspended to a beam running horizontally through the prison for entire nights, the ward CTS on duty occasionally raising them, when they perceived that the prisoners were choking. In addition to this, Lord Loch and his two companions were conveyed from almost one end of China ts the other in bamboo cages, in which they could neither lie down nor sit up. the populace in each village and town through which they passed con- gregated for the purpose of throwing mud and offal at them and offering every kind of kindred indignity to the execrated foreign devils
 LCrd Loeb was a tall, handsome and stately old man, with a snow white beard. and was practically removed from his position Of governor general of British South Africa some years ago owing to his inability to get on with Cecil Rhodes. taking the ground that it was his duty to prevent the interests of the British empire at large from being sacrificed and suEordinated to those of MT. Rhodes and of his chartered com pany.
 Lord L6ch was married to Miss Eliz abeth Nilliers, niece of the fourth earl of Clarendon, and twin sister of that Edith Nilliers who is now the widow of the late Earl Lytton.-Marquise de FOntenoy, in Washington Post.