The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-04-13
TIRED OF WAR EXPERTS
English People Grow Wee -y Of Their
Deductions and Pin Their
Faith on Roberts.

London, March 24.-Great Britain has
grown weary of her seriousness and of
her military experts with their cold, cal
culating deductions, and lengthy casualty
lists no longer make the daily papers
things of sadness and terror. The war,
according to the average opinion, is prac-
tically over. 10 be sure, it may be
months before Lord Roberts reaches Pre-
toria, but his going there is regarded as
sure as the hands move round clock
and it is claimed he is not going to lose
many men in getting there. a dozen de-
feats could scarcely spoil this supreme
self-satiSfactiOn and assurance of ulti-
mate victory that reigns among the aver
age public. 1t is not altogether shared
by the press and officials but it is what
the great majority of the English people
feel. In society the cry now is 'Ho, for
the Cape" and the dressmakers are up
to their eyes i'll work. making toilettes
suited for the climate Of the great war
base.
For those who cannot participate in
the prevailing rush to Cape Town there
is any amount of gossip regarding the
probable reception of the Queen in Ire
| land and what kind of greeting Cecil
Rhodes will get in England after his
| scathing structures of Gen. Butler and
| COL Kekewich, to say nothing of the
| curious stories which come from South
| Africa about women who have been out
there. However, the gaiety which reigns
| in London is none the less genuine be-
| cause many of the gowns at dinner par
ties are somber-hued, for the sake of
some relative lost ON the battlefield. The
period Of reverse seems to have vanished
from the memory of Great Britain as
quickly as any fleeting dream.
! Queen Takes a Serious Risk.
While London society celebrates it also
speculates, and not without misgivings,
rega riding the Queens visit to Ireland.
The sovereign's great age makes the trip
itself one of serious risk, while the pos
sibility Of hostile demonstrations or even
personal attack creates a nervousness
that will only be stilled when her maj
csty is safely back in England. The
murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and
Under Secretary Burke in Phoenix park
has not been forgotten and while the
party led by John Redmond is not cred
tied with any tendency towards phys
and society circles that the Queen is TAX
| ing her life in her own hands in max
| ing the proposed visit. On this uues-
ton an interview has been had with Ire
lands premier, the Duke Of Abercorn,
who will be visitor to Dublin castle
| uuIiuS the royal WISH anu VIII receive
hep majesty as first by right of blood
in all Ireland. The duke, said: 81 do
not think there will be hostile demon
STATIONS. There may be few black
flags and other sill lent signs Of disap-
proval. Still. there is the rabble of Dub
lin which cannot be answered for and
which is entirely unrepresentative of
Irish feeling. / sincerely trust that the
voice of national chivalry, apart from any
political considerations, will not be over
Swallowed by some rowdy demonstration.
Still, | must. admit there not little risk,
though if the preponderancc Of Irish
opinion from genuine sons of the soil, ir-
respective of religion and politics, can
have it's way, her majesty will meet with
the warmest reception that ever greeted
the ruler of any country"
Scandalous Conduct.
! If anything is interesting society more
than the constant departure of fashion
able women for Cape Town it is the
scandals that come back about those al
ready out there. The latest is that of
woman, long prominent in society and the
wife Of a well-known baronet. She went