Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-03-30
Gossip of.Foreign
Capitals

EnSllSn journalism. which. alfeauy
comprises two full-hedged peers in its
ranks, besides q dozen of knights, VIII
shortly be able to add 4 :yc1@i,'c earl TO
its lists. l hear that tho -cw ountess
of Melfort and viscouHte-:; c Forta,
who has hitherto been known Is Lady
Edith Drummond, and who only re-
Gently succeeded to the honors of her
father. the late earl of Melfort and
Perth, is very i'll. She is maiden lady
between fifty and sixty years of age,
and after her death the peerages which
she now possesses Will be inherited by
Francis Morris Drummond, son of the
only sister of the late earl and editor
of the London World. He has been
connected with that paper almost since
its origin, and up to the time of the
demise of its founder, the late Edmund
Yates, acted as the latter's assistant
editor.
Inasmuch as the honors which Mr..
Drummond will inherit are wholly bar
rem in that they carry with them no
lands, estates, or any other kind of
property, he is certain to retain his edi
torship of the London World. which IS
one of those newspapers known as
society" journals. He is married to a
sister of the late Viscountess Forth,
mother of that young Lord Drummond,
who died in such poverty in this coun-
try in 1887. But he has no children,
and at his death the earldom of Melfort
Will pass to his only surviving sister
al elderly widow. Mrs. John Barker.
She has children by her second hus
band. John Barker. and these in their
turn will become earls of Melfort.
lo&- H.
time of his death editor and part pro-
prietor of another English society pa
per known as Vanity Fair. The daugh-
ter of his brother and successor to the
earldom, Lady Sybil Cuffe, is married
to w. Bayard Cutting of New York.
Henry Labouchere. NJ. P. the owner
and editor of Truth. vet another soci-
ETY. newspaper, and probably the best
one of them all. is the nephew of the
late Lord Tnunton, and would have
succeeded to the latter's now extinct
peerage had his father happened to
be Il younger instead of an elder
brother of the late lord.
Lord Glenesk is the proprietor and
editor of the London Morning Post.
while Niscount Mountmorres was, until
short time ago, editor of 4 society
newspaper known as the Realm. Lady
Colin Campbell. who is a sisterin-law
of the duchess of Argyll, is also en-
gagged in what is known as society
journalism" The young earl of Ross
lyn has also tried his hands at news
paper work, but is no longer connected
with the press. The late duchess of
Rutland was a frequent contributor TO
the London woman's newspaper,
known as the Queen. while the wife of
Lord Greville contributes weekly let
ters about good manners and fashions
to the London Graphic and to several
other English weeklies. Illustrated and
otherwise.
There is not one word of truth in the
stories which have reached us by cable
! from Europe according to which the
| young queen of Holland IS so ill that a
regency is about to be established at
The Hague with the object of permit
! ting her to make q long stay abroad N
| order to recover both her strength and
| her spirits The denial comes from the
! prime minister himself, who denounces
| as thoroughly mendacious the asser-
! ton that the chambers are about to
assemble in congress for the purpose OF
| celebrating about a regency.
! What IS true, however, is that the
! queen is once again looking forward 10
presenting the nation with an heir 10
! the throne, and that IN consequence
| thereof she is taking far more care OF
| herself than she did last year. She
| however, drives out daily. usually with
| her husband. accompanies him &c
! church every Sunday, and last week
| gave a small dance at court. She did
! not, however, as usual, take part In the
| dancing.
| 1t Is not quite right to blame foreign
correspondents at The Hague and for
eign newspapers entirely for the circu-
| lation OF all these lies that are con-
stantly being circulated abroad about
! the young Dutch queen and her hus-
| band. Many of them originate in
! Dutch newspapers, notably in those OF
Amsterdam, and are merely copied by
correspondents of foreign journals who
are not conscientious enough to take
! the trouble to certify the statement.
Equally without foundation is the
| story according to which the widowed
| Queen Marguerite, in conjunction with
! the other members of the reigning
| house of Italy. has arranged to make a
! magnificent present to Leo NH on the
occasion of the silver jubilee of his
! election as Pope. Queen Marguerite IS
! the last person. III lIle W
such thing after the experience to
which her family was subjected in 1888,
at the time Of the golden jubilee OF the
| pontiff's ordination as priest. In that
| instance Princess Clothilde Bonaparte
! the widowed sister of the late King
Humbert, made all the arrangements
| for an offering of this kind. But as
soon as the pope heard of it he caused
| a very curt announcement TO be made
! in the .Observatore Romano'-the Of
|, fetal organ of the papal court-declar-
! Ing that under no circumstances would
any such gift be accepted. 1t was a
most humiliating snub, which has not
BEEN forgotten by any Of the members
| of the royal family of Italy, and to
which they do not care to expose them
selves afreSh.
| A sum of close upon 100000 has just
been paid over to the prince of Wales
! on account of the revenues of his
| duchy of Cornwall. which for hundreds
of years past have been assigned to the
/ son and heir of the sovereign. In adj
dition to this the prince draws an an