The Washington times., 1902-06-29


Desires Private Life.
The suggestion that he make the coro-
nation. she occasion of his retirement
from public life is. of course, not new
hut it has recently increased in proba-
bility ana today there is good reason
for describing it as a settled thing.
Lord Salisbury. under the increasing
burdens OF years and anxiety. has lost
muck Of his physical yigor lie has
tasted TO the full the sweets of place
and power, and they now pail on him.
Unlike the average statesman retiring
to private life, he is passiouately in
love with hobby. the pursuit of which
will give him ample interest in life.
That hobby is electricity and expert
mental chemistry, in both OF which he
is more than an amateur.
The enormous number OF private tele-
grams sent from the Central Telegraph
office to all parts of the world we'll in
dicatod the anxiety felt for the King.
The number of kilograms on Monday
far exceeded the number the day before
Queen victorio's funeral. which estab-
lished = rev record.
Mondays Record Broken.
Tuesday again was exceptionally busy,
and when the announcement OF the
postponemcnt Of the coronation was
made the office for hours was flooded
with kilograms. beating Mondays record
by 50 per cent
"Wednesday was about the same as
Tuesday, the whole available staff being
on duty from u to 16 hours each day.
Thursday and Friday showed a slacken-
ing but the staff was fully engaged
morning and afternoon.
Thousands OF people had been tele-
graphing the latest news to their friends
N towns and villages throughout the
country, though the bulletins are posted
in every telegraph Office in the United
Kingdom and receive precedence in
transmission over all other mes
sages.
No body of men were more keenly dis
appointed over the postponement than
the Indian and colonial troops who have
come from all ends OF the world to take
part in a historic event.
Review of Colonials.
The colonial premiers. with the
hearty support of Mr.. Chamberlain, the
secretary of state for the colonies. have
now arranged, to the great delight of
these troops, that an Indian and colonial
review shall be held at the Horse Guards
parade on Tuesday and Wednesday next.
Representatives OF every indian regi-
ment are now here. including the Sikhs,
! Charkas, and Pathans. With them viii
be the Canadians. Australians. New
Zealanders. Maoris, the Hongkong Pig
Tailed Sappers, the bare footed Fikians.
and the fair. white, yellow. black and
brown soldiery of every cline.
Queen to Review.
Queen Alexandra. as at Aldershot.
will take the salute. The Duke of Con-
naught. the Prince of Wales. the Indian
native rulers. the colonial premiers, and
other distinguished visitors will be
present
The men even hope that they may
march up the Mall past Buckingham
Palace to be seen by the King, but
herein they are doomed to disappoint-
ment. The review, of course. depends
entirely on the state of the Kings
health. Unless his convalescence is
maintained it cannot be held
Another fixture for the Indian and col
onial troops arranged during their visit
was to make a tour of the British fleet
at Spithead. Here twenty-one British
| battleships, ten irst-class cruisers,
| thirteen of the second class and twenty
of the third, one sloop OF war, seven
| teen torpedo gunboats, thirty-two tor
| pedo destroyers, seven torpedo boats.
and ten training ships with person
mel of 2S,9s1 officers and men. and nine
teen foreign warships- are drawn up in