New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
WHAT LONDON TALKS OF
London. December 2.

coy-pr srANDAIs-The domestic infelicities
of European royalties have never come so p1 @
uently before the public as have to-day tho u
culties Of Queen Wilhelmina Of the Netherianos
the dramatic circumstances Of which 1orin one VI
tho chief topics Of conversation The romahte
halo surrounding the young Queen ana the hee
interest taken In her marriage only neip 10 accen
tuate public curiosity and sympathy Nioreo'ei'
II Is realized that Hollands scandal may nave
grave political consequences for Europe ana heco
IT'S DEVELOPMENTS are followed closely by statesmen
Those best fitted to judge incline TO the oeher lha'
if will all for the present; out there aic
grave apprehensions for the future
From personal point of view England is moro
deenIv concerned in the scandal going on in Hesse
where one of Queen Victoria's granddaughters is on
the verge of separation from her husoaho- Inns
Youthful marriage-the Grand Duchess or Hesse was
only eighteen when she exchanged her British for a
Continental title-has proved to be one OF the ios'
unsatisfactory among all the royal matches; ana
the climax it is believed. would have been reacheo
ere this had 1t not been for Queen victoria tlr
daughter the Crown Princess of Rumania, accord
ing to common report, also leads none 100 hspPy
onen r1Ipture are met with strenuous official denial
However no one in England would be surprised
that tn t Of her sister the Grand Duchess of Hesse
at Belgrade and Lisbon but these have been so
long before the public eye as to need no comment
THE PRINCES GUILDHALL sPEECH-The
evolution of Prince of Wales from sailor into
an orator causes comment and satisfaction
than any event Of the week. His GuildhaI speecn
was perfectly free from that platitudnous element
usually noticeable in royal utterances in England
His declaration that the Old Country must wake
up if it wanted to hold its own almost took his
hearers breath away but it has produced IN all
sections of the press praise quite untainted ny
serviity. It Is probable that the Prince was not en-
trey responsible for the construction OF the Speech
as he used copous notes Yet his delivery ear
dxxflIfp IN POD
sentiments have raised him higher In the estima-
ton of the people than any previous action. In
deed. several Of the papers declared that the elo-
cution of Lord Salisbury. Lord Rosebery and MI
Chamberlain fell quite fiat after the Prince OF
Waes's effort. "Unquestionably the best speech
delivered the breakfast" Is The Spectators
comment while The Saturday Review" says:
He used his opportunity by saying things Of dis
ing none the less punctiliously saved
KITCHENER PREPARED TO sTAY--A letter
just received from officer in South Africa says
that subaltern drew caricature of Lord Kitchen
Rip Van Wrinkle leading a centenarian SOL
der up a kopte. staff officer showed 1t to
Kitchener. and the chief gave one of his grim
1T is an ugly prophecy, but IL necessary. will
hang on here until we are that age Our duty is to
The subaltern was paraIyzed with terror until
sured that Kitchener had not asked for the artist
ORE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND-Und the cap
ton. Crisis In the British Iron Industry The
Statst' to-day after eXpatiating upon the enor-
developments in this line In the United States
to the detriment of Great Britain. earnestly advo-
Gates the importing Of ore from Newfoundland and
Nova Scotia and the establishment IN England of
basic furnaces. by which alone that ore can be
treated
THE revolution in the British industry must be-
gin with the construction of basic furnaces for the
utilization of phosphoric ores" the paper adds
which soon will be all that is available. But that
will not suffice to preserve steel making indus
try We must also merge smelling and steel
making in one continuous, economical process
In corroboratior of The statist's" remarks. It
is said to-day that in the Scotch steel trade many
works will remain closed throughout January, ow-
Ing to the competition OF America and the Con-
tinent and the dearth OF fresh orders.
soUSA'S sUCCESS-sousas success here has
exceeded all expectations. He has arranged
with Philip York. his present English manager. to
weeks Part OF this time Will be spent the
Continent. When Mr.. York arranged to bring
Sousa to England he had to guarantee him $500
weekly. None OF the usual theatrical hackers were
anxious TO join in the enterprise, and Mr.. York
had to find the money himself. a fact on which
he is congratuatng himself. as he declares
Sousa's share of the receipts of the present tour
never below h2co weekly. When Sousa comes
here in 1902 he Will occupy place OF his own. as
Mr.. York has taken a large theatre In the central
portion OF London, which will be rebuilt and kept
to have sort of glorihed Empire Theatre. with
oung!ng place where fashionable people can drop
in evenings.
THEATRICAL-The theatrical productions Of
the next few weeks given over almost entirely
to Christmas plays and pantomnes, The Silver
Slipper" which has two hundred nights at the
Lyric and San Toy with its uninterrupted run
OF two years at Dalys. will both be withdrawn
next week.
The new opera Days will not be ready for
about a month 1t will be homely than the
IL.
China will be left severely alone.
After Kitty Grey at the Apollo, Charles Froh-
man, by arrangement with George Edwardes will
produce Three Little Maids
MRS. FITZGEORGE IN TRADE.-There is a
smart saying current in London that. nowadays.
all the peeresses either actresses Americans
and that the members of the old aristocracy have
all gone into trade. The latest recruit for the lat
ter is the Duke OF Cambridge's daughteT-in-law.
Mrs George Fitzgeorge, whose husband IS COLO
mel. This unusually popular ard handsome woman
will shortly start hygienic. beautifying concern
III the heart of Mayfair, where she hopes to rid
her fashionable friends faces of wrinkles and
other blemiShes.
DREYFUSARDS STILL QUARREL.