Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-14
HIS FAVORHE HOBBY
King Edward AAjoys Annual
YachtingSt K'el.
TRANSVAAL TROUBLES
LORD MILNER PREMATURELY
AGED BY HARD SERVICE.
Salvation Army's Great Congress
Gloss Of June Brought Little in Cal
eties-Clement SCOTS Death.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
LONDON. June 20 1904.
The king is now at Kiel enjoying yacht
ing, which Is one Of his favorite hobbies.
His visit. however. means more than pleas
ure and there Is no doubt that national
good will result from 1t as did from the.
French and Italian journeys. People are
beginning to regard the king as a sort of
royal ambassador and a treaty or better
understanding with the country visited is
looked for as a result of each journey.
As a beginning the Imperial Yacht Club
at Kfel has made all the officers of the
cruisers and destroyers accompanying the
king honorary members Less exclusive
than the Royal Yacht Squadron Club at
Cowes. the Kiel club boasts a membership
of nearly 5000 members. Long before he
came to the throne William II had decided
to do all that he could to make yacht rae
ing one Of the sports of the fatherland.
TO that end he bought the 170-ton Thistle
after she had done her gallant though I'M
successful best to bring the America cup
back to England Then he founded the I'M
perial Yacht Club and planted 1t at Kiel in
whose beautiful bay. with the landlocked
Baltic waters beyond. he saw an ideal racing
ground. He threw himself with enthusiasm
into the work of the club subscribed hand
somely to its general prize list, Instituted
yacht after yacht, as new designs were
evolved. raced his boats at the Kiel re-
gatta, and made a point of attending that
festival himself and being greatly in evil
dence both afioat and ashore Today he
has his reward Kiel has grown so steadily
in fame and popularity under the kaisers
fostering care that IT now ranks as one Of
the greatest yachting centers in the world.
Kiel Is a compound of Cowes Portsmouth
and Southampton. Cowes is represented by
the Imperial Yacht Club with a feet of
yachts riding in the off1ng Of the charming
marine villas Of Dusternbrook where the
celebrated Seebadeanstalt Hotel built by
Herr Krupp welcomes the weather. Wis
1tors who are not members Of the club.
Portsmouth is represented by the Marine
Academy. by the fleet of battle ships and
cruisers anchored In the protected waters
of the harbor, and by the 10000 or 1900
seamen pervadfng the tramcars and the
cheap entertainments just as the British
buejacket Is in evidence at Portsmouth and
Southsea. Southampton, is represented by
the commercial town and docks at the top
OF the Bay of kiel. the long narrow waters
of which have more likeness to a ford than
to bay. The shipbuildins works. both
private and imperial fexist at the suburbs
of WellingdOrf and Ellerbek
Chief Feature Of House.
The chief feature Of the club house is
long gallery on the first floor stretching
the whole length Of the building The
whole Of: the northeastern Side. looking
on the sea. is of plate glass, protected from
the sun by blinds. The gallery Is thus
converted Into a sembIante to a quarter
deck. and the Illusion is maintained by the
long chairs and mounted telescopes, which
are placed for the convenience OF MEM
bers. The latest newspapers of every
country are supplied in profusion and ex-
eeiient cigars. cool drinks and cook of
the first rank are numbered among the
amenities of the Imperial Yacht Club.
Water color drawings by MARITIME. who IS
as great favorite of the kaiser as he Is
of King Edward, cover the inner walls Of
the veranda. n
To watch closely contested race from
this spot Is an agreeable experience even
for yachtsmen who are the fortunate own
ers of the right to fly the white ensign, a
privilege given to members of the Royal
Yacht Squadron only. The longer expert
ence of the older established English yacht
clubs has been utilized in the various ar
rangements OF the Kiel Yacht Club. Many
of the small dinner tables placed in the
interior rooms command extensive views Of
the cheerful and bustling scene outside.
while the pleasant garden of the club
stretches almost to the water. The cater
Ing Is excellent at the club as the kaiser.
who keeps a watchful eye over everything
connected with it, soon stirs up matters II
the food Is not of the best
The kaiser. who likes thOrOughness IN
everything. even in food. sent his yacht.
the Meteor. to race in COwes waters on the
occasion of his last visit to the Solent. All
the arrangements were made by German
naval officer, who was instructed by his
majesty to provide everything for his
guests lin such a way as an emperor's
guests should be treated" It is now sur
prising to learn that the tradesmen of the
Isle of Wight. whose season Is a short one.
rose to the occasion and expressed in their
estimates their full sense of the privilege
of catering for an emperor SO high were
the charges that before the arrangements
for entertaining the guests the Meteor
were finally completed the whole of the
catering ana other matters were trans.
ferred TO London contractor who fulfilled
his task to the satisfaction of his majesty's
guests. and to the great relief of his mai
estys privy, purse.
Domesticity is a German trait, and at
the Schloss. If the party is not large one.
the children of Prince and Princess Henry
will be present at table Prince Henry
speaks the English language without
trace OF German accent. His proficiency
therein Is due to the English servants and
to the visits to English relations in the
Isle OF Wight when he and the kaiser were
boys. In those long-distant times the two
lads were accustomed to be taken from
Cowes to Portsmouth. where they would
wander about the dockyard boarding ships
and picking up facts about the British
good use since in the German navy.
Colonial Office Sensation.
Something in the nature of a sensation
has been caused at the colonial Office by the
Contents VI d report just reCeiSeO ocduHs
with the condition of the Transvaal and the
Orange River Colony Its most serious
feature. perhaps. is the account it gives.
not only of the healthio of Lord Milber, but
of his growing lassitude and inability to
hold the reins Of government against the
many financial and other Influences which
are continually being brought to bear upon
him. During the past twelve or eighteen
months. 1t Is said Lord Miners hair has
become almost white and his shoulders
bent as with old age. \ The squabbles and
petty intrigues which are continually going
on in the legislative council and other gov
eminent bodies make any progressive legis-
mine owners have got their way in the
matter Of the introducing Of Chinese labor
there are growing fears OF a rising on the
part Of the natives formerly employed in
the compounds. -,
They already recognize that the Imported
Chinese iaborer, working at lower wages.
means privation to them. and even If they
do not revolt or otherwise create trouble
the government is faced with the possibility
for frpp