Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-01
STIRRED Up HORNETS NEST.
"reminiscences of Horace Rum
bold Of England.
He Was the Former British Ambassa-
dor at Wen Railroad Con-
troyersy at London Is Causing Con
siderable Speculation.

siderable Speculation.
London, Nov No recent publica-
tlon has stirred up more comment, adj
verse and otherwise, than the Aus
trian "reminiscences of Sir Horace
| RumbOld, the former British ambassa-
dor at Vienna, published in the Ma
/ tlonal Review. The continental press,
outside of Austria, is unanimous in
censuring the outspoken writer. The
| National Zeitung OF Berlin, protesting
against Sir Horace's Characterization
of Germany as sEngland's potentially
dangerous and unrelenting foe.'' asks
whether Great Britain has many such
curious diplomats" who take adyan-
tage of their retirement from official
life to place at the disposal Of their
countrymen experiences gained during
active service?
The Daily Chronicle. in the same
connection, raises the question:
Should diplomats ever be unmuz-
zled?' and concludes: ssWhile Sir
Horace has been very indiscreet it
must be admitted that it is sometimes
the best part of discretion to look
facts fairly in the face. This coun-
try desires to live in peace and con-
cord with all the other powers and we
cannot approve any attempt to estab-
lish international vendettas. But it
is part of prudence to recognize poten-
tial foes. The very process of recog-
milton sometimes averts their potenti-
| atty
| incidentally, a correspondent of the
| Daily Chronicle contributes a story
for which he vouches, to the effect
that during the South African war
Emperor Francis Joseph sent Lord
Roberts an Austrian field gun Of a
| new pattern, which was effectively
used against the Beers during the ad-
vance on Pretoria.
London, Nov 1--Not the least re-
markable feature of the tube rail
road controversy here is the appear
ance of such firms as the Morgans and
/ Speyer Brothers as contributors to the
correspondence columns Of the Lon
4 don newspapers. The Speyers follow
/ ed UP the acrimonious sstube'' debate
| in the house of commons Thursday
night by publishing an open letter in
the London papers disclaiming all re-
sponsibility for the defeat of the Nor
gans bill, and explaining that they had
bought the United Tramway shares in
the course of usual business long be-
fore the rupture between the Morgans
and the United TramWay manage
l'~Rnt.
], This morning the Morgans replied
through the Times characterizing
Speyer Brothers explanations s'entire-
/ ly Incorrect recounting the history of
the Yerkes coup and declaring that the
Morgans had been purposely kept in
| ignorance of the sale of the United
Tramway stock till the very moment
the London united bill was withdrawn
before the parliamentary committee
/ October 21.
Curiously enough Sir Lewis McIver,
chairman Of the house of commons
railroad committee, who was bitter
] participant in the debate of October
4 80, writes to the Times explaining that
/ he did not mean anything by his vigor-
i Gus condemnation of members of the
stock exchange for connection with
the tube" tangle and declaring that
i he believed the purchasers of the
i shares in question We're perfectly with
/ in their rights.
London, Nov 1.-The exaggerated re
1 ports of the existence of bubonic
\ plague at San Francisco have brought
1 former Mayor Phelan to the rescue Of
/ the reputation of his native city. In a
i letter to the Daily Telegraph Mr. Phe-
4 Ian contends that San Francisco is per-
4 haps the healthfest city in the world,
1 and that in spite Of its being resort
i for invalids its death rate ranks with
/ the lowest. He declares the plague
IL n
and that whatever disease 1t may be
it is evidently non-infectious. as the
mortality in Chinatown has not in
creased, nor has any white person liv-
ing near Chinatown contracted the
complaint.