The Washington times., 1901-12-08

! denly left for New York. English papers
! announce that he became somewhat
/ alarmed by the reports that President
Roosevelt intends to take some attitude
I hostile to trusts. and has returned home
: to be on the ground when Congress meets
Z Aggressive American commercial in
I yasion OF England arouses aggressive
/ English opposition. Many American en-
/ terprises have succeeded because of their
diplomatic entry into the field. Notable
among these is the Westinghouse Elec-
tric Company. Of Pittsburg. which is
erecting works at Manchester costing
more than five million dollars and has not
encountered any popular opposition. This
was because British company was form
ed and some local capital admitted.
Although American experts and work
men have been imported in large num-
bers Mr.. Westinghouse completely obvi-
sted any difficulties on that point by Sc
lecting a number OF young Englishmen
| from universities and public schools
whom he has sent to Pittsburg for train
ing in American methods of work before
( bringing back for the British works
Lord Roscbery's Speech.
The most anticipated event in English
politics is the speech which Lord Rose
berry is scheduled to deliver at small
provincial town named Chesterfield on
December Is. For several years Lord
Rosebery has been out OF active politics
while the various factions OF the dis
rupted Liberal party have been quarrel
ing among themselves. Numerous ap-
peals have been made to him to take some
decided stand around which factions
could rally, for Rosebery IS unquestion-
fp h. Hv,s
to all he has given evasivc replies Sud
denly a few weeks aPn Lord Rosebery
answered one of the appeals from the
Liberals OF Chesterfield and said he would
deliver a speech to them While ntsl-
ing definite was promised the sentiment
has grown that the former Premier is
at last going TO raise his banner again.
and everybody is keen with expectation
whether this means an entirely new
party. a rallying Of stanch Gladstonian
Liberals under the old principles. or per-
haps only the graceful platitudes which
Rosebery can so cleverly deliver The
building in which he will speak accommo-
dates 5000 people, while 10000 applica-
tions for tickets have been made
Mrs. Langtry. after spending a large
amount Of money in rebuilding an old
theatre and converting IL into a luxurious
playhouse called the Imperial, was com
PEELED to close il up with rather short
run of "A Royal Necklace" She has
been touring England with the play. do
ing very well, and in January will re-
open the Imperial for another try for
London success. The new play IS by
Paul kester, Of New York. called
'hadcmoiselle Mars, and deals with the
life Of noted French actress of that
name.
In the Theatrical World
Mr.. Beerbohm Trees production of The
Last of the Dandios," by Clyde Fitch. has
been one OF the noted successes Of this
London theatrical season, with the rather
remarkable innovation that the gallery
Of Her Maiesty's Theatre has not been
open during ihe entire run. Tree will
have no gallery gods bowling at him. and
thus deliberately throws away hundreds
Of dollars per week in receipts Later in
the soason this successful actor manager
makes long backward jump from the
nineteenth century period of Count
d'Orsay to the b. c. times OF Ulysses
This is another classical drama in blank
verse. with lofty themes. rolling accents
and STACEY strides, like the "Herod' OF
the same author which Mr.. Tree gave
last season But Greek drama with all
the luxury OF modern stngecraft will be
that he intends TO produce Ulysses" In
an unequaled manner. Mrs. Brown Pot
ter will be his leading woman.
II is well worth while to take notice
OF Massenet's new opera 'Griseldis." re-