The sun., 1900-11-05
HATENGLAND THINKS
Britishers Much Interested In Our
Presidential Campaign.
RESULT EAGERLY AWAITED.
The United Kingdoms Unprepnred-
ness For Invasion or War Gauss
ing Anxiety-Thc Servant Girl
Problem TO the Front Again.

London, Nov. 1.-THE reconstruction of
the British cabinet and the climax of
rowdyism which marked the homecom-
ing of the city imperial volunteers were
tho topics of the week. Next in order of
interest came the American electoral
campaign. China was scarcely heard OF,
much less seriously discussed. South At
rica is subject which affords too little
self satisfaction to allow of its becoming
keenly debated
Long biographies of the candidates
were printed, and more or less recent
portraits Of President Mckinley and Mr..
William j. Bryan We're in great demand,
while lengthy cable dispatches have ap-
prnred giving details of the campaign.
These vary with the ponderouS forecasts
of The Times and the purely humorous
sketches of some of the halfpenny papers,
supplemented by special articles giving
in marked eases unintCntionally hnmor-
ous descriptions Of the American cam
paign machinery. But whatever view
the writer's have taken they have sue
cceded in creating an unusual degree OF
interest. Americans in England are as
siduously buttunholcd and requested to
pronounce til opinion aS to who is going
to get in" Il IS saf" to say no announce
mcnt of the results Of an American rcc-
tiuu ha, bccn awaited hero with grcatcr
expectation.
'i'hc serious wcckics admit the shnme-
fuIneSs Of last Monday nights mol, rule
for which til. return of thr city imperial
volunteers from South Africa was the
excuse The Speaker declares The do
grading inilacnccs Of the last - month,
have left neither self control nor sclt re-
sprct in the pupulacc, fed daily on a diet
ol ScnSatiunalsm and passion"
The Spectator, though not cndeavoring
| 10 minimize the cnOimity of the occur
rcnces and saying il were better the pco-
| pie should always remain under the "long
gray shadow left hy Purtanism" than
combine the "Roman elephant with the
| lecr Of the satyr OH such occasions" cX-
| presses the hope that it was nothing
more than transitory phenomenon
BrItain's Unprcpnredness For wnr.
AS all appropriate conjunction of this
| self analysis and confession of at least
temporary degeneracy The National Re
! view publishes striking articles forcibly
pointing ont Great Brtain's due need Of
| political and economic reconstruction, the
| inadequacy of both the navy and army
| ms at present organized to meet possible
and even probable emergencies and the
inability of the country to cope with a
| sudden invasion. These come from the
pens of English authorities which are
neither hyserical nor ignorant. Mr..
George ]. Goschen. tho retiring first lord
Of the admiralty, it is Said has lot the
British squadron in the far east be out
numbered by the Germans. The British
fleet in the Mediterranean is asserted to
be far below the necessary strength,
without coal stores and bases, while the
home dOckyarlS are congeStcd with re-
serve ships that cannot he kept in good
order. ana nm effective mobilization ut
short notice i, out of the question. Can
tain GiiEoS, with convincing detail, cN.
POSES h0l comparatively easy il WoGld
| be for Eranen T. land several lnndryl
tl~sand mgn IN l.A4ltsnd, husin@ hii, No
i ilaf ~ he aHdins of the American
!, trop, ncar >aaiage. ma to inarch thrm
un .@alaa iatodc thn house mobilization
enul" ;a5ld si,Htia#astien.
hoas it@4l a a1ic!e tE"rc !. t.t
tEiint lntesiuh ilaf G,rnai l;litth
m>t sa1a j- n1u nv Ge %loal l"Wr5s
4ife HleM Ia lil4ll nlgsl, atra i
IS li. 'e lla3, whis} i pU i.eyia
4 HaUd III. ta8t tp 9aJ,t l4c nef.3j Y rIisis.
aha s,5n, 'Pohio,.
}U >G III lpg +
w'Aati .'@tuH'ea wu" caw vi -ari
aai oe,e s@"ata~ r3srIlhg Witaap
t5t9 l1@n3 cTaiin far sunp'r
in. thnap aad s servants i fl~t, IN,
riIdly, dyig. IA'y are a~ hard 10 80
7 lIur" a> IN uny o,iepI country in lh
4 world. The latest instancr Of ,hiS is Nj
i George ". LcdrCcr, whose servants Il
) his l.nglish hpu>V recently stlmmonc
him to appear in Tho county court FOR
, months wages ia lieu Of notice. Thong
q Mr.. Lclcrel Swore the servants disturb
= cd the household by using the foules
~ language he ever heard and joined in
rs conspiracy to disturb his domestic pcac,
7: he had to pay mp Amusement was eau,
" cd by the cook saying in court that NJ
Sc Lcdcrcr, his wife and his mothcr-n-la,
mr. We're lawful violent people. whcrcu
n. Mr.. l4clcrcr sorrowfully declared the
or had all lived in terror Of the servants.
=. Another curious phase of the san
~ problem occurred Friday, when the Wal
rs crs' union opposed the renewal of Il
ed liquor licenses of a number Of well know
restaurants on the ground that unGa
~ wages were paid. The proceedin
.ic brought out the fact that M some ru
.n taurants, and these arc not generally rc
i, ognizcd rs first class, the walters had
- pay rs much as 81 Il day for the privle
- of working. Othcr restaurant keeps
~ were objected 70 because thcy requis
~ the walters 70 slave off their mustach,
sr (which il vrry insulting thing--tn tt
an away uur rights Which were given rs
NV nature" ~ oite Witness declared. III
.ha eyer, die la6res ,io not aprcilf likl
;, te effect ehaAlrs III The system.
/. 3he AFatE,r arch, a landmutl; "
knoNH IA thousands of American vstn
~ is Apagt to demolition Unless some +
iNe yaic iAdAi&iml is generous enough
prayi,,c far I'LL rc-crcrtion IA il iao.p
prupgate spm than the present siir
!. was lpnioyed III 1Nl0 from the 'front.'
liHc>nIham palace on account of
IT, unsi.ltincss.
Aprupes Of the first divorce Suit
iH'- Queen Nictoria's immediate family Ill
~, r. is 10 say. the marked efforts to disSo
Nt' the marrag" Of Prince and Princess J
0"h bert of Anhalt, the latter being IL gra
"'t child Of her maicsty-comc some sin
llrf' larly interesting remarks which the ,
nee peror of Austria is reported to have I'M
ne during his recent visit to Count ,
soma Countess Lonyay, formerly Crown r