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 ter known in this country as Sir John Lubbock, which he bore before being raised to the peerage. Some persons seem to imagine that the poet Swim ourne will get the order. But there is not the slightest prospect of this, as King Edward could not possibly confer any order upon this the foremost of living bards Of England without giving grave offense to Russia. especially to the reignirg house of Romanoff, Swim burne having in some of his most pow erful poems not only denounced the late ozsr and his successors as cruel des- pets. but likewise as murderers whose ssvagery was such as to warrant and to excuse regicide.
 Although the fact that Sir Michael Herbert is married to Miss Belle Will son of New York has contributed large ly to his selection for the post of British ambassador to the United States, yet as a general rule England does not find l it polite 10 accredit diplomats welded to foreigners to the native countries of the latter. Indeed, I hear that it is ow- ing to the impending marriage of w. c. Bax-Ironside to the Swedish Countess Marta Gyldenstople that he is being transferred from his delightful post at Stockholm to Caracas. one of the least | deslrab ble of the legations in South America.
 The Bax-Ironside conjunction of names, which excited so much specula- ton and comment when their present bearer was stationed at Washington as one of the secretaries of the British e,n- bassy. dates from 1926, when the daugn- ter Of Captain William Ironside married John Bax of Preston house, Faversham, Kent The Ironsides are an old family, and it may Se remembered that it was Bishop Gilhert Ironside of Bristol who wrote that famous old poem:
 I do not like thee. Dr. Fell
 Tho reason why I cannot tell. ! Incidentally I may mention that M. Wollant who mas remained at Wash ! ington as member of the Russian | emb bassy in spite of his having ar American wife, has been made, like Sir | Michael Herbert a special exception by his government. for Russia is sstrict about her diplomats marrying foreign CTS, and not only discountenances and leven forbids such matches, but insists l the orthodox Russian church. Nor is her husband allowed to remain connect ed with the mission accredited to the country of which his wife is a native. l Lord Minto's position in Canada is becoming more and more difficult owing to his pronounced differences of opin- ion with the premier. Sir Wilfrid Lau- rier, and his resignation may be looked ! fO~ at art T,atalv Ina We been treated to the spectacle of Lord Minto delivering himself publicly of views in connection with the scheme of imperial defense which are diamet- ricaliy' opposed to those voiced with equal publicity by Sir Wilfrid.
 Lord Min+o, who is a man of strong prejudices and opinions. speaks and thinks as an Englishman, while Sir Wilfrid. with the greater part of the population of Canada behind him, thinks. speaks. and acts as a Canadian. | The situation has in consequence there of become exceedingly difficult and all most intolerable. The relations be-
 tween the two men have never been
 cordial. and nearly came to an open
 rupture at the time of the prince and princess of Wales visit to Canada.
 The young German crown prince con-
 tinues to win favor and popularity in Austria Hungary. where he has just been attending the grand maneuvers of the army as the guest of Emperor Francis Joseph, who seems to be ex- ceedingly fond of him. He invites good
 will by the modesty of his demeanor and by his unaffected ways. As an
 Illustration Of his tact, I may mention
 that throughout the maneuvers, during
 which he wore the handsome uniform
 of an Austrian colonel of hussars, he
 abstained from wearing any of the
 numerous orders and decorations which he possesses, excepting the small gold
 medal struck to commemorate the jubi-
 lee of the accession of Emperor Fran cis Joseph, his host, to the throne.
 The late Baron Saurma spent So
 many years at Washington as German ambassad dor there, and left so many friends in this country, that the an-
 nouncement Of the engagement of his
 daughter to Count Hoyos will be re-
 ceived with a certain amount of sym
 pa thetic interest, especially by those
 who knew her when she was living
 with her father in Washington
 Captain Baron von Flotow of the One
 Hundred and Twenty sixth German in-
 fantrv. and a scion of one of the oldest families of the Prussian nobility. has
 just been sentenced to four months inn prisonment in a fortress for having falsified the returns of the rifle prac- tice of the company under his command with the object of conveying the inn pression his men were crack rifle shots. But the sergeant who informed against him. a man named Hahn. has, instead
 of receiving any reward, been sen- teuced to a months close arrest. like wise by court martial, for having. ac- cording to the terms of the sentence.
 "occupied himself about a matter which did not concern him. Copy righted by Marquise de Fontenoy in