The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-10
/ He WORLDS
| CAPITAL
Rright Gossip From the
&l Londoners.
cMSUL HAY is ADMIRED
, tp
Possibility Of Mrs. Maybrick's Par
dom Sousa's Success in
Europe.

,It1NDON. September 1.-Pending TIE
discoy err of the dlplomatists as to how TO
best wash their hands of the Chinese en-
ba arrassment. public interest is momentar-
.ily diverted to the nations private affairs
ands the wearisome war in South Africa,
the outbreak of the bubonic plague in
Glasgow. the widespread disturbances and
dissffection in the railway circles and the
dissolution of Parliament are all receiv-
ing much attention. 1t is considered evil
dent from the speech of the Right Hon
William 81, John Broderick. Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs. made
on Wednesday. that the government con-
siders the end of the war close enough to
the horizon to justify looking beyond 1t
and preparing for general election.
Therefore. an authoritative pronounce
ment on The subject of the dissolution
OF Parliament is expected at an early
date Whether Mr.. Brodericks anticipa-
tton that Lord Roberts present move
nNsnt will have decisive bearing upon
the length of,the war is justified or not.
remains for he present matter of con-
lecture; but there is no mistaking the
Intention OF the government to utilize on
ly any appreciable military success and
ride into Office again on the back of
"Bobs,~ WIZ. il is expected. If all goes
well. VIII pe able to return in October
and talsss sse dgti Of cospmaRder-in-
chief and. Incidentally, to aiG in the cleo
ton.
/ Lord Roberts emphatic commendation
of General Buffers strategy at Machado-
dorp looks suspiciously ike a desire tc
restore public confidence preparatory tC
the devolutiou Of the future conduct OF
the campaign upon the shoulders upor
which it originally rested. In connection
with the ultimate settlement of Trans
vaaI matters, recent arrivals from Soutl
Africa think it possible that the service:
Of United States Consul Adelbert Hay
might be advantageously utilized.
Young Hay has managed 10 please boil
the Beers and the English said Louis
DE Nilliers. kiusman Of the Cape Colon,
Chief Justice. who has lately arrived. 4
a representative of the Associated Press
When Hay arrived at Pretoria publi
opinion had been made difficult for hin
by stories OF his English sympathies
The Boer feeling was so intense tha
statements that Hay was no better tina
an English spy were readily believed: bu
he behaved with such quiet and goo
sense that he speedily got the respect o
the Boer official class, while he did nc
part with his original opinion that tn
! Britons. in the main: were right in tn
war. An American lady of the keenes
Boer sympathies added to Mr.. Hay
. first perplexities by making a reguls
campaign to win him to the Boer sid
: Failing in this she gossipped freely c
2 his alleged pro-Boer purposes; but b
outlived all this, was helpful to the Bri
4 ish prisoners and lately, under Britis
supremacy. has interposed more than ono
: IN the interest OF the Beers"
A tangible result OF the recent visit
{ Mrs. Florence Maybrick at Aylesbur
] prison OF DIR. Clark Bell of New Yorl
the prisoners counsel. and represent
2 tive OF the Associated Press. was the dh
= cCvery OF hitherto unknown letter fro
Q the late Baron Russell of killowen, Lol
Chief Justice OF england, to Mrs. Ma
. brick reafnrming his belief IN his client
Innocence and vigorously declaring n
G conviction that she had been unfairly col
o demned- This letter has since been ma'
= the basis for a new memorial praying f
4 Mrs. MaybTicks release and so strong
= Mr.. Bells belief in the force of this doc
ment that a copy of 1t has been sent pc