The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-07
ONE HAS ESCAPED
Emperor William Is the Only
Hereditary Monarch
In Europe Whose Life Has Not
Been Attempted.
GOODNESS OF WALES.
Princes Impassiveness in Time
of Danger Much Admired.
Five Attempts to Kill Victoria
Have Been Made.

copyright, 1900, by Associated Press.1
London, April THE scatter Drained
youth and his three-franc pistol gave
England thrill that has not yet been
quite effaced by the instant knowledge
that the Prince of Wales was unharmed-
This was the first time the prince has
been attacked, though the assassination
of the queen has been attempted five
times-by Oxford in 1910; by Francis in
1912; by Bean in the same year; by
Hamilton in 1849 and by MacLean at
Windsor in 1882. The life of no monarch
in Europe has been in danger so many
times as that of Queen Victorid'S S
though with the exception of Emperor
William, the hereditary ruler of every
principal country has had at least one
experience with an assassin.
The Prince of Wales cool and gentle
demeanor when he emerged from the
smoke of the gun powder and requested
those who had laid hands upon Sipidi,
not to treat him harshly, is admired
immensely. In perfect compoSure the
prince returned to his carriage and sat
down to a game of Nap with the gentle
men attending him. He displayed sim
liar impaSsivenesS iE the south OF
France at the time of the terrible earth
quake several years ago. He was asleep
when the shock was first felt, but was
awakened at once and warned to escape
but he refused to be deprived of his rest
by so trivial a thing as an earthquake.
It is for such British qualities as these
| that the prince is admired, as well as
! for his uniform good fellowship in social
| life.
| The attempt upon the prince has
| placed in still clearer relief Ireland 5
| chivalrous reception of the queen.
A member of parliament tells a charm
| ing story of the queen and Lady Roberts.
| When Lady Roberts visited Windsor a
few days before she sailed for the Cape,
| the queen handed her a small parcel
| saying:
Here is something I have tied up
| with my own hands and that I beg you
| will not open till you get home"
| Lady Roberts found that the parcel
| contained the Victoria Cross won by her
| dead son by his gallantry at Colenso.
Mr.. George Wyndham. parliamentary
under secretary of war appeared in the
house of commons this week with the
back numbers of several magazines
containing articles about West Point
and with papers concerning the United
States system of providing for officers
He read from these at intervals during
the sitting, looking for suggestions re-
garding the pay of British officers. Mr.
Wyndham is thoroughly awakened tC
the need Of making the profession OF
arms possible to poor men. Every one
here knows that either the army, or the
navy subalterns must have from $500 t
81, 500 yearly outside of their pay which
is scarcely more than enough to pay
| their mess bills. The vice chancellor O.
Cambridge, when inviting application.
for commissions the other day said tn,
| candidates would have to show tina
they possessed means enough to enabl,
them to hold commissions and the heat
master Of Harrow recently wrote: ''Th
army is the profession of rich men, MT
, Wyndham who has had the courage t
express in the house of commons hi
feeling that something is wrong, i
working out a plan to make it possible
for subalterns to live on their pay. Arm.
men are divided into factions on tn
subject.
Mr.. Joseph I. Tarte, the Canadian
: minister of public works, who Will
l in London this week, addressed tn
Colonial section of the Society of Art
on the subject of "French Canadian
Under British Rule met DR.. Leyds. tn
diplomatic agent of the Transvaal re
public Saturday last at the reception o
M. Delcasse, the French minister of for
: eign affairs, in Paris. They had a lon
: | talk.
MY dear DR.. Leyds,'' said Mr.. Tart
in effect Il am the son of a rebel N
father rose with Papineu against BIRTHS
rule in 1887. See what we French Can
e adams are under British rule. You vii
of course, be beaten. You will be crush
ed Why don't you accept the inevitabl
4 and enjoy it? Enjoy the freedom of you
e own institutions under the British flag.
DR.. Ieyds' reply is not known.
e London is apparently to be denude
for the next few months of certain NOR
0 or less distinguished personages. sue
I as confidence men and jewel thieves
i for this class of criminals are betakin
a themselves to Paris. It is computed b
a Scotland yard official that 200 deteC
tives are engaged at the Channel port
of England and France in watching thi
migration of thieves
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