The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-25
THENEWS OF LONDON
SERVED BRITAIN IN TROUBLES
IN CHINA
CECIL RHODES AND EDWARD
Former Is ReswOrn ns IL Member
of the COunciI-AItering Terms
of the Royal Access
sion Oath
CECIL RHODES AND EDWARD

LONDON, July PA long list of hon
ors for service in China was gazetted
today. Sir Claude Macdonald, former
British minister at Pekin, now minis
ter at Toxic is made a knight command
er of the Bath and a colonel of the
guards. Sir Alfred Gaselee, who COM
manded the British eXpeditionary corps,
is appointed knight grand commander
of the Indian empire, with the rank of
major general.
King Edward held a. privy council at
Marlborough house this morning, when
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes was resWorn as mem
Der of the council.
parliamentary paper issued today
gives the number of persons in the con-
centration camps in South Africa in June
as follows: White, So, 40; colOred, %, 4S9.
There were III deaths among the whites
in the camps, the list including 57S chill
dren. The deaths among the colored per-
sons numbered 5.
In the British house of lords last night
the second reading of the bill altering tle
terms of the royal declaration was car
ried by an overwhelming majority The
Roman Catholic peers did not vote how
ever, for the bill, and as the extreme
Protestants will be alarmed lest security
for the maintenance of a Protestant sue
cession should be diminished, it is i'm
possible to expect that the measure will
be passed into law without a long and
acrimonious debate.
THAT MAINE MEDAL.
The presentation on July % Of a medal
comemmoration of the work of the hos
pital ship Maine to King Edward by the
Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. CORVALLIS
West Mrs. Ronalds and other American
women of the Maine committee and King
c e
committee, in which he thanked them
for bringing their valuable services to a
elimination by presenting the ship to
the British government, threatens to be-
come an international incident.
The Atlantic Transport company and
the friends of Bernard n. Baker, presi-
dent of the company, are generally very
indignant. c. f. Torrey, managing di-
rector of the Atlantic Transport COM
pany, today expressed himself as more
more than surprised to see that King
Edward has been misinfOrmed regarding
the actual donor Of tina Maine, and what
surprised him more was that the ladies
accepted the thanks of the king for the
gift, knowing full well that at no time
had they owned the ship and that PTesl-
dent Baker alone was entitled to any
thanks.
Mr. Torrey said Mr. Baker was not
even informed Of the intention to pre-
sent this medal to the king; nor up to
today had any intImation been conveyed
to him that such presentation had oc-
CURED, nor has any expression of regret
been made that this misunderstanding Oc-
Cured as to the donor of the vessel.
1.-The whole transaction is on a par with
the seizure of the Names flag by Mrs.
George CORVALLIS West" said Mr.. Tor
rey, who appropriated the emblem pre-
scented by the late queen to the vessel.
1t Will not surprise us if this flag is now
presented with equal eclat, to Queen
Alexandra. Throughout there has been
an utter lack of appreciation on the part
of some of the members of the Maine
committee Of Mr.. Bakers assistance and
with apparent DELHI ration the committee
has taken unto itself the regal thanks
for which it has no shadow of claim. -