New-York tribune., 1901-08-18
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON,
ABoRATING PLANS FOR THE CORo-
NATION OF KING EDWARD VII.
~-TE POOR SHOWING MADE BY PARLIAMENT
SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMA
IN HOT WATER OVER CECIL
RHoDEss SUBSCRIPTION
TO THE LIBERALS

TO THE LIBERALS.
5copvre4t; 1901: By The New-York Trihune)
icy CABLE TO THE TRIBUSE.l
ropdon Aug 17-Court officials ere enjoying
.ha FIRST holiday which they have had since the
.ring of the new reign. The King has kept
,bem employed in a most businessike way and
has changed all the methods and habits of the
court laying out work for every one and insist
ing upon having il done with precision and dis
,.tcb. Inquiries have been ordered and new
astsns of organization introduced. until the Off
ciaIs accustomed to the more leisurely ways of
.he Queens reign. are fairly out of breath. The
srrangements have been made for the corona
,ion with painstaking care, and the plans are
,or in process of Ella boratio during the Kings
absence on the Continent Four great officials
will have charge of the coronation ceremonies:
the Lord Chamberlain will be master of all de-
tails at buckingham and St Jamess palaces:
she Master of the Horse and the Earl Marshal
psu direct the progress of the royal procession
10 Westminster Abbey and its return TO the
nalace: the Lord Great Chamberlain (and the
highest court must decide who he isl will have
charge of the ceremony at the Abbey and the
engagements for seating the elect among the
titled and privileged few. The triumphal prog
-ess of the King and Queen the day after the
coronation and the arrangements for entertain
,nr special enba ssies and royal guests are mat
tsrs Of detail already under consideration. Con-
ditions have been transformed since the last
coronation and the ceremony has become vastly
more difficult 10 arrange owing TO the increased
pressure of titled and privileged people seeking
admission TO the Abbey. Spaces have been
allotted already in the Abbey and plans mace
for the accommodation Of the titled classes and
roval guests and the officials assert that when
the ministers the court officials, the diplomatic
corps and the colonial representatives are
crowded in there will not be room for anybody
else. The problem Of accommodating those who
ran present a valid claim TO be present is pro-
nounced in advance utterly impossible The
great majority Of those who contrive'to gain ad-
mission will be where they cannot see what goes
or During the protracted ceremony the nave
will be crowded, but effectually cut off from
view OF the coronation service There viii be
scramble for places anywhere under the roof by
the smart set for the privilege of saying that
they were present at the coronation
The plans of the King for the remainder Of the
year are stated in many contradictory forms.
Apprehensions respecting his health are not well
founded. Everybody at court who has been in
touch with him asserts that his voice is strong
and that he is a marvel OF energy. Princess
Henry Of Battenberg will occupy the apart
ments in ST. James's Palace where the Duke Of
Cornwall and York formerly lived. The Duke
will have Marlborough House, and possibly
Osborne House also a marine residence. al
though the matter has not been announced posi-
lively. There has been a revival Of the runors
that the King has decided upon an autumn visit
10 Balmoral, but this plan has already beer
made and unmade several times
Parliament was prorogued to-day in a per-
functory manner. with the usual ceremonies.
There is a general agreement among the moral
fists. who summing up the record, that it
has been a session without energy or enthu-
siasm, and that the legislative results
worthy Of party which had won remarkable
victory at the general elections. The Factories
Amendment is the only pledge Of the Kings
speech redeemed, outside of military and naval
projects, and there is a beggarly array of legis-
lation with renewals of the Agricultural Rates
Act and the single educational clause and meas
ures relating to the demise Of the Crown, the
imperial title Of the sovereign, a Pacific cable
and a few small Irish projects There have been
no great debates. and such interest as there has
been in the proceedings has centred in episodes
Of petty byplay ana factional quarrels behind
the scenes. Mr.. Redmond has had the only real
success as a party leader. although Lord Spencer
has done well enough in the House of Lords.
The Irish party has again become powerful by
ment OF strict discipline. The Liberals have
taken the place of the Nationalists mob Of
wrangling factions, and there has not been
strength enough in the bow of Unionist leader
snip. The mace has served TO differentiate
ministerial ineptitude from the turpitude and
generalization of the Opposition.
The final echoes from the smoking room OF the
Commons are snatches OF gossip about Mr.. Cecil
hhooess subscription to the Liberal party dur
ing the period of Mr.. Schnadhorst's manage
ment THE Spectator" with short letter from
Mr Rhodes and long one from Mr. Charles
boyd. returns to the attack upon Sir Henry
campbell Zimmerman who must now regret the
Fehemence of his denial given to a well founded
statement OF fact The text OF the correspon-
oence is promised by Mr.. Rhodes but there is
no reason TO doubt the fact that he subscribed
1S"o to the Liberal political fund with the
understanding that Egypt should not be aban-
noned' and that he was reassured by Mr..
noihadhorst when he suspected that the money
"ao oeen secured under false pretences.
sr Henry Campbell Bannerman by giving the
ne nnceremoniously TO THE Spectator and its
correspondent is now placed in an embarrassing
posiuon Nobody supposes that Mr.. Rhodes
iDed the Gladstone government to remain in
-'sypt by so meagre a subscription or that the
Saonet ever discussed the subject and author
Aeo MI Schnadhorst 20 place its Nile policy IN
PAWN Consciences were not bought and soid.
' colonial statesmen interested IN imperialist
Nuesuons made an investment in the Liberal
~"paign and required and received satisfaction
specung their securities. The disclosure is a
10y annoying one 10 the Radicals, who have
announcing Mr.. Rhodes as a conspiratar
olsturoer Of the peace in South Africa
n' now are confronted with the evidence of his
shclai dealings with Mr.. Schnadhorst
f- Boyd is high minded and honorable