The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-01-06
THE KING WILL OPEN IT.
II viii Be Done with Great POmp and
Ceremony.
FORECAST OF THE COMING PARLIAMENT
The Whole Status OF tho Liberal Party
Is to Be Altered and Rosebery's
Future Determined.

London, January 4.--when King Edward |
opens parliament January IL. which viii !
he an occasion OF even greater pomp aud
ceremony than was his last appearance in
the house of lords, one OF the most inter.
estlng sessions of recent years viii be be-
gun Before the conclusion the whole stat
us OF the liberal party Is to be altered aud
Lord Rosebery's future determined. Pres
cnt indications point TO split which no
mfddle-road pronouncements can heal aud
in which Sir Edward Grey aud H. H. AS
auth, Sir H. H. Fowler, II, w. Perkins,
r. r. Hnldeue and other imperinlsts, to-
gethcr with few unionlsts, will flock to
Lord Rosebery's standard and initiate an
organization with the hope Of securing cou-
troll Of all the liberal elements prior 10 tho
next general election Temporarily this di-
version of the position VIII greatly iaclh-
tate the governments program for sweep
Ing reforms of parliamentary proceedings
Many methods employed In the United
states congress win be either adopted or
given a trial in modified form.
Among other Important features Of the
session viii be Il thorough Investigation or
General Buffers dismissal rom 'he '""'
maud Of the nrst urmy corus, m
The chancellor OF the cNch1quer. SIR Ny
chael Hicks Beach, Will doueless gct an
the additional war supplies No REQUIRES,
though special measures VIII he necessary
to raise them Hnd this VIII give SIT Henry
ICampbell- Bannormnn's section of INC oplo
sitiun full opportunity Tor ctlllcls'nE the
governments policy I'm south Africa.
Some sanguine prophets also believe the
war win be near enough It's end To enable
the government to give detailed plans Tor
settlement This belief, however. does not
appear to be shared by the war oulc0
Public feeling here has been deeply Slrreu
by the alleged llbclS on British Solulcrs IL
.. T.f.4 MN tod IA
Lord Roberts letter Couttadltting the
stories OF the violation Ut Bocr women And
the employment of Boer female refugees
for Immoral purposes mas iut"nslned ms
feeling aud especially rs regards the anu
British tendencies of the German press
The Pail Mall Gazette declares thut pos
tive duty is Incumbent on tho German GOV
crnmcnt 10 order It's military attaches IN
South Africa to announce what they know
regarding the alleged atrocities
In the meanwhile the irritation aEniisI
Germany is being vigorously famed h1
several OF the London daiiies, pr, Conan
Doyle's pamphlet ON the subject OF the
South African charges viii shortly be pub
lished IT deals with every SPECIFIC charge
he has been able ia Investigate and IL VIII
be sold without profit both here ana IN tne
i've European countries for which II haS
been translated. 4 New York firm has been
given the American right on condition that
Il sends free a copy TO every United states
senator, congressman and government on
The war ofrIcC Is considering the adyIsa-
hility OF supplying false teeth to the forces
sixty per cent OF the applicants for enlist
meut In General Baden Powell's police have
been rejected ON the ground OF hhd tectn
and hundreds Of applicants Tor service Win
the yeomaury were Disqualified Tor the shme
Thc steamship office and other American
rendezvous IN London are Inundated win
appllcntions to Secure seats from which 10
witness the coronation procession. In
vlcinitics whore II Is thought likely that
the great show will pass: specnlnl'on N
beginning TO got brisk Those rev toWh
/ mansions on Park lane Hnd IN the mtra'
I fashionable squares, which win be available
/ 20 visitors nrc being quoted at t"IVo To
ti0oo for short season aud smaller houses
! usually fetching 1000 are ON the market
! AT fl0o0 for the echson,
The leading hotels have already. booked
most of their rooms at advanced prices
! and several Of thcm have secured overflow
! hotels IN anticipation Of rush.
Tho london tradesmen openly avow that
| they arc looking forward TO great Ameri-
/ can harvest hut that this viii not go en-.
| trelv into British pockets is evidenced
! hv the inquiries made by many American
/ firms regarding tho purchase Of stores ia
/ vorably situated I'm the West End.
The action OF Sir Ernest CRssoll in pac-
] ing 100000 al the disposal of king Ed
/ ward for charitable or utllliarun purposes
+ to he devoted To the establishment of a
sauitarium for conservatives has brought
4 prominently before public notice on" ~ the
most interesting characters In FMglnnd.
Comparisons nrc now drawn hctwrcu An
snys I'VE hope the gift VIII he the pre-
cursor Of many more. English milionniros
{ do not bchaye well I'm this respcet-far
I worse. for instance, thnu their American
( rivals who have spent this year E25.00O 900
In tho endowment Of universities colleges.
/ libraries and art schools. II Is thoroughly
discrcdltable 10 rs that oxford and Cam
( bridge lack million apiece required for
! their complete oaulnmcnt"
! Sir Ernest Cassel Is an instance Of those
/ who have worked from the bottom TO the
/ ton runH Of English lie lie was born
ftv wears ago at Cologne, Ills father was
2 German baker Sir ERNEST was med a
Knight commander OF st. Michael and st.
George for important financial services %
the Eevntinu government. lie was also
decorated hv Norway aud Sweden for MS
g'stance rendered to railroad enternriees.
rap A nn,. cam io,r ana ,.os ,r,n,,, a.,
1rst IN mt faifh IN tho "two-nernv 'uhe''
re one % foo7op's underground .a!,-nads
's forurd white he IS Icwish family.
Si~ Trrcet docs not ha'our "a tho Tcwi n
onmVnitr I'm rncinv Sir Frncet hfs long