The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19
zONDoN,S CELEBRATION.
some of the Scenes Following the An
 nouncement of Mnfeking's Relief

in the streets, and even at 0 clOCh tlli8
 morning troops of young men are prom"
 enading, singing and cheering, and there are crowds in front of the Mansion
 house Marlborough house, the clubs on
 Pail Mall, and the war office ana III Parliament square, waving flags anu joining in the national airs. Ials Sus- tained believing and uproar or nun dreds of thousands amazes the hfgilsh- man who ceases for moment 10 be an actor and becomes merely an ops9rVef' Demonstration Almost Furious. Sober. phlegnatic London is beside itself with emotion, Gusts of patriotism
 have set the town quivering twice or thrice before during the war, but n0th- ing has quite equalled to-night'S hun dred square miles of almost 1urlous demonstration. It was curious thing for the onlooker to see solemn, gray haired men toss their opera hats into the air and join in the hurricane or cheers, when a wreath crowned banner with the portrait of Colonel Baden PoW- ell on it was borne along PiccadllIy. Smart women in broughams waved Union Jacks out of the windows. Con- ventional family parties stoppci at street corner to take part i'll singing God Save the Queen" and "Sctdiers Of
 the Queen" Everywhere were abandon, good feeling and an astonishing r3ar of human voices.
 Government Not Informed. It was all brought about by twenty word telegram from Pretoria that Ma feking had been relieved, Although the government has not word ana al though nothing confirmatorY has been received from any African source eI- cept Pretoria, nobody apparently ques- tions the news. Arthur J, Balfour, gov ernment leader in the house of com- mons, speaking from the government bench late last evening, said; Ih9 only news I have is through the courtesy or
 the press. We have no information at the war office Nor would we have 1t as soon as it would arrive through other channels Therefore the fact that we
 have not received it neither proves nor disproves the accuracy of the inforrna- tion I need hardly say that we all trust and we have good reason to think
 that it is probably true" (Cheers,) George Wyndham parliamentary un-
 der secretary for war, replying to sev-
 eral members of the house who, had pri- vately interrogated him, said: Al
 though the government has nothing, I am disposed to believe the Boer bulie- tin. It may be tomorrow and perhaps even Monday before the government
 would get dispatches from our military
 commanders, even if the siege was rais-
 ed some days ago, as the news would
 need to be conveyed over a very long distance by messengers on horseback, whereas the enemy would probably be
 able to avail themselves of telegraphic communication.
 I,,ndru-i>o,vriI's Brother Gets thr Ns WIS. Colonel Baden-Powel's brother in London has received a telegram from
 Dutch friend in Pretoria saying that
 Mafeking has been relieved,
 The performers in the London music halls and theaters last evening had lit tie use for stage business or for the
 lines of their pieces. The audiences which crowded Alhambra, the Empire, | Covent Garden or the theaterS had no | desire to attend to stage performances. | The first sight of a biograph scene In l the Transvaal or the first glimpse of a | military or naval costume on the stage l was sufficient to create an uproar. A l leading actor in one of the Strand thea | ters said: q did not attempt to read my lines last evening" It was of no use. The public had no interest In me be- yond the fact that I wore military | uniform
 sThe AbSent-Mindcd ReGgar." 1 At Her Majesty's theater, at the Gar
 rick, where "zaza" is being played, and
 at the other houses where legitimate | drama holds the boards the occupants of stalls. boxes and galleries sang In chorus "The Minded Beggar' and Soldiers of the Queen" between
 acts in order to give vent to their en-
 tbusiasm, although they settled down to the programme afterwards At the music halls, however, no one pretended to have interest in anything not having military color The Princess of Wales, | the Duke and Duchess of York and the | Portuguese minister, Senor Pinto de | Several occupied a box at Covent Gar
 den, where "Loheugrin" was being pre- sented and when the relief of Mafeking
 was announced they joined heartily in | the applause.
 l No Fireworks.
 | The London fire insurance laws make 1 fireworks impossible, and the city lack | ed the blaze of illumination characteris- | tic of American cities during similar re- | ioicings. The Britishers therefore rely
 on lung power, and from St. PauPs Ca | thedral to Westminster Abbey and up | through Piccadlly to Hyde Park there 1 was a Niagara like roar, incessant. ris- ! ing and falling hour after hour as the
 surging masses poured through Lon | dons thoroughfares like the processions | on the eve of a presidential election in l the United States. There was lack of 1 pyrotechnic glare, but every cabby and i every bus man in London had Union | Jack futtering from his whip, and the Stars and Stripes were by no means 1 lacking. Patrons of four wheelers were ! bv no means content to ride inside the vehicles and the tops were crowded
 with flag waving, cheering, sprawling enthusiasts.
 1 At Carlton hotel, which is filled with ! Americans, the bands played Marching 1 Through Georgia which has been re- gently adapted to an English song enti-
 tied Marching to Pretoria" Dixie" i and other American airs were played ! A, Mrs Rndrn- powrii's.