Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-14
LORD ROSEBERY.
England is Excited Over His
 Forthcoming Speech.
TALK OF FORMING NEW PARTY

England's National Anthem Is Under
 going Revision to Fit the New King Mrs Campbell. the Actress, Sailed
 To-day on the Campania- Hamilton Surprised Another Boer Laager aud Killed Sixteen of the Occupants London. Dec 1.-The most talked of man in England to-day is Lord Rosebery. The Saturday Review says. sarcastically: ..The whole world seems to be in q state of suspended anima- tion.'s In expectation of Lord ROsebery's speech on Monday. Chesterfield is nll- ing up with special correspondents, who send long dispatches describing the ferment and local excitement. Thousands of applications for seats had to be refused. The intense inter est throughout the country could be scarcely awakened by any other figure fin England's recent political history. None seems to have the faintest idea of what Lord ROsebery is likely to say. His cryptic forecast of his in- tentiOns has gradually raised public curiosity to a fever pitch, and if he only intends to gratify this by middle road announcements he stands n great danger of forever Shatterlng what reputation he has for serious purpose. Yet. as the Standard points out. his declaration of willingness to lead the imperialst liberals would not bring him more supporters than could ill the cabinet offices. Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman, the liberal lead- CT in the house of commons. controls the rank and file and the party organ ization. All kinds of rumors are rife, the likeliest of which may be men, tioned. It is that Lord Rosebery in- tends at least laying the foundations of q new party which will have him. self. Sir Edward Grey, Herbert II. Asquith and Sir Henry H. Fowler as its shining stars.
 London. Dec 14-Tne national an- them is now undergoing revision, in order to make it accord with the new monarchy. As at present sung it reads: God save our gracious king This. apparently, is not imperialiStic enough for the present court, besides which the word gracious" is held to be more applicable to queen than king So. at the coronation. the re- frain will be changed to: God save our lord the king" which, by the way. was used in the earliest extant copies of the anthem, dated 1143.
 London. Dec 14.-The delay in the publication of the returns from con centration camps, for October and No vember, issued today, was apparently due to the governments desire to ac- company the announcement of the pitiably high death rate with some kind of official explanation. The Blue Book this morning shows 3, 156 deaths of whites in October, of which num- Der 2.633 were children, and 2,S0I deaths of whites in November. of which 2,271 were children. This makes the total number of deaths for the last six months 13,941, or a death rate approximating 253 per year per thousand. Among the colored persons there were 1908 deaths in two months.
 The Blue Book contains the govern ment's plans for breaking up the camps as recently outlined in the speeches of the war secretary, MT Broderick.
 London. Dec 1.-The Cunard line
 
 Liverpool for New York to-day, has on her passenger list the names of Mrs Patrick Campbell, the actress, and Da- vid Nagle.
 Detective Sergeant McCafferty of New York. having ill charge William Hoeppner, whose eXtradition was granted by the Argentine republic at fhe request of the United States gov, arnment on charges of dedication ana forgery. is also among the passengers. HoeDpner has been ill jail Ill Liver nool since his arrival ln EnSilhu. ihe has been treated as Brltlsn prisolel awaiting trial. He was in aDJecl ms arv and without money when arrested sn pnanos Avres. but is now much inn nroved He said he had had nara lime but that thee game was up and his future troubles could not be worse than those he had already experienced.
 London. Dec 14.-Reporting to the var office from Pretoria, under date of yesterday. Lord Kitchener says:
 .:Rruce Hamilton. after long night march. surprised Piet Viljoens laager ot dawn December 13, at Witkraens, o5 miles northwest of Ermelo killed 16 Boers and captured 76 armed pris- oners. Many others were wounded and were left at farms. He also re captured one of Bensons guns. the oth- CT having been destroyed. Two field comets are among the prisoners. The recaptured gun is in good order and was used against the retreatIng enc my"
 Right Hon w. St John Broderick, secretary of state for war, wired the governments congratulations on Gen eral Bruce Hamilton's brilliant achievement