Washington sentinel., 1901-06-22
ENGLAND.
Royal Accidents
Paris lie TEMPS.

Fate brings strange coincidents. Oh
one and the same day. a strong gust o
wind came near to ending the reign o
Edward NIL. which only began a shor
time ago, and lift accident came neal
to costing Victor Emmanuel Ill. hi.
life. Undoubtedly both England and
Italy stood on the threshold Of the un
known, before one of those events oI
which it is Impossible to estimate the
consequences.
Edward VII. has retained a keen
interest in yachting. He is, or was as
Prince of Wales. commodore of the
Royal Yachting Squadron, whose inter-
national iousts take place yearly at
COwes. a great lover Oi pleasure sailing.
Sir Thomas Upton, who made a
princely fortune out of the trade in
articles of sustenance, has taken upon
himself the task of wrestling from the
United States the Cup which is the mark
OF prominence III this sport. He has
measured himself against Mr.. Wander
bilt. Without allowing himself to be
discouraged by the failure of his first
attempt which he attributed to detects
10 the construction Of his yacht, he has
bad new boat built on an improved
model, namely Shamrock H., and he
has repeated his challenge TO the Amer
ican Club Up 20 the present time the
six experiments made with the new
yacht have only been moderately sue
cessful, She has shown herself inferior
to her predecessor. Indeed an old
Roman would have found the auspices
were uufavorable, and that Sir Thomas
Lipton's ambltiOn was displeasing to the
gods. Accident after accident has
marked the career of his Yacht from the
day Of her being launched.
Ene worst Of these accidents is the
latest, Edward VII had arranged, as
, refreshing holiday from the iatigues OF
supreme rank, to 60 without ceremony
to Southampton and be present at the |
last trial Of the new yacht, A special |
train took him at express speed to the |
rend ezvous and all embarked gaIly.
The day was glorious, the wind a
favorable one; the vessel crowded on
all her sail; the crew were at their posts.
Suddenly a sharp squall strikes the
waters: the waves whiten, swell, and
deepen The enormous surface OF can.
vas that the yscht offers to the wind
causes frightiul danger; either the irail
bark, not bu,lt to meet such force must
sink, or else mast sails, and rigging
must be swept overheard, and then le.
those on board look TO il. Woe TO the
boat and the passengers who are crushed
by the falling mass or dragged. entan-
gled in Its folds, to the depths fthe sea.
1t was. it is said, moment of agony |
for those on shore who followed The /
course and kew what Royal freight
Shamrock II. bore. A cry of terror
escaped from all. Was England, after
a few months interval, to have another Z
change ofreign2 Was the famous saying,
according to which Edward VII, then I
Prince OF Wales, had been addressed as
: $p Of King, father Of King, never a S
y %sNDa abe realized IN the spirit, ifnot {
Z Wg my the premature close OF
1, o %cSetteFays' reign' Would it be
nis3 g asLed GALL from the AntipCdes =
IL Duke o. Cornwall and York;
These thoughts passed like light
hing throughthe minds OF the spectators. p
What was their relief when they saw d
Shamrock II. dismantled, but to all q
appearance safe and sound, signalling q
here was no need ofhelp and all was n
veil, Some moments later the yacht C
approached, and the public saw with joy ! 3
King Edward, big cigar in his mouth, n
ooking calm and composed, talking TO | Il
sir Thomas Upton as If nothing had ic
appened. Once again, the ship that p
arried Cesar and his fortune had done n
Ter duty. Providence spares England Sc
he repetition OF the tragedy of the 1t
White Ship. 6,
We would remind our readers. in a
h ow many accidents, happily
OF fatal ones, have happened to SOW.
reigns lately. William III. was victim
{ a epileptc; Sultan Abdul Hamid was
early being crushed by an earthquake.
md now Edward VII. and Sir Thomas
ipton's yacht; Victor Emmanuel III.
nd the lift in the Quirinal. Who will
e the next1 1
.bOdesians and the Heathen ChInee.
A6yfdRed from L0N0oa TtHth. r,
Or
Rhodesia is again agitated over the II
roposaI to import Chinese coolies, and \,
lie irankness Of the disputants in the nj
,loniaI papers let's in many interesting m
delights upon the native labor ques- B'
on. The Chinese scheme was first ~
Fought forward last year at the instance Wi
the Chartered Company but aroused tai