New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-29
NOT GOING TO RUSSIA.
King Edward's Projected Visit to
ST. Petersburg Is abandoned.

r,rd KnoIlys has officially announced IN behalf
q, King Edward that the latter has no intention OF
-ss,ting the Court OF Russia this year. and that
Al the announcements TO the contrary have been
rVs,hout foundation. The rather curt tone OF the
animation does not precisely indicate the existence
NJ very cordial relations between the Car and his
rzcle and the projects Of peace being maintained
ar. oroportionately decreased. At one moment-that
q 20 say during the first few months OF the
cssslon o. Nichoas-he terms Of the utmost
intimacy with King Edward. who had been with
him beside the deathbed OF hts father. and had
accompanied him and supported him during that
terribly trying funeral progress of the remains OF
Alexander III from the Crimea to st. Petersburg.
But that these relations between uncle and
nephew have not been maintained. in anything H6e
their former degree of cordially and intimacy. is
well known and greatly to be regretted. since the
friendship between the rulers of Great Britain and
Russia goes long way toward the maintenance OF
peace.
OF course. a visit OF King Edward to st. Peters
burg at this Juncture would be awkward. for there
a no doubt that popular sentiment in Russia al
she present moment is even more exasperated and
,mbittcred against England IN connection with the
.uorogIo in the Orient than against Japan. In
seed King Edward whatever his treatment by the
Emperor and Empress might be on the banks Of the
Neva would be regarded by the army and by the
people there or less Of foe. whose policy
has contributed 10 the embarrassment and to the
humiliation Of the MuscoviJe Empire
King Edward Will, however. pay visit to Berlin
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announced and the fact that he should thus go to
Rome to Vienna. TO Paris. TO Berlin and even TO
lisbon before paying to his nephew. the Car. the
visit customary after accession is considered in
court and political circles as very significant
As Cecil Spring Rice's name has been mentioned
as likely to succeed Arthur Raikes as First Secre-
tary OF the British Embassy al Washington. II may
Be OF interest to the many friends which he made
in this country during his former sojourn here as
n pauucefOte'S mission
learn that he has Just become engaged TO Miss Flor
euce LasceIies. ice only daughter Of Sir Frank
Lasceles, the popular British Ambassador al Ber-
lin Ever since the death o. her mother. Miss Las
ceIes, with the assistance Of her aunt Lady Ed
ward CaVendish has done the honors Of her
fathers embassy. and is not only an accom-
pushed hostess. but also a great favorite at En-
psror williams court. Her mother daughter
OF that Sir Joseph OIlfe who famous IN
Paris during the greater portion OF the reign OF
Napoleon III the latters physician. Indeed. It
was at the personal request OF the French Emperor
that Sir Joseph was knighted by Queen Victoria.
Sir Joseph was a close personal friend and bust
ness associate OF the first Due de Morny. Together
they founded the fashionable seaside resort OF
Deauviilc. and both Of them figure under trans
parent pscudonymes in Alphonse Daudet's novel.
THE Nabob," the portrait OF Sir Joseph being
6isgrscetul calumny. while that Of Morny indicates
base ingratitude the part Of the author, who.
when he to Paris a callow youth. and al
most destitute. received his first step and the first
helping hand from the Due de Morny. who gave
him clerkship in the department Of his private
secretary.
cecn Spring Rice is now first secretary at ST.
Petersburg and is OF the tavorites Of the For
egn once. having been In turn private secretary
10 the late Lord Granville and TO Lord Rosebery.
He is grandson OF the first Lord Monteagle Of the
present creation. whose peerage has connection.
save that OF name with the former Lords Mont
eagle, who were not Spring Rices. but Stanleys one
OF them playing a notable role during the reign Of
King James in connection with the Gun Powder
plot
Admiral Sir Edward Chichester. who will always
be kindly remembered In this country, especially
among naval men, account Of the friendly feel
Eng for America which he displayed at q critical
rnanent in Manila Bay in the days there OF
Admiral Dewey. has just received one OF the most
agreeable and important commands at the disposal
Of the British admiralty. II is that OF command
ing naval officer al Gibraltar, which is one Of Eng
lands two great naval stations in the Medter-
ranean. the other being Malta II IS shore rather
than berth and carries with IL the finest
residence the Rock the house standing In lovely
and large gardens some three hundred feet up the
hill above me dockyard and consequently com
nanding superb views Of the straits and the At
lantic beyond between the Spanish coast the
hand and ire African coast the other.
Government House, otherwise the Convent. which
IS the official residence OF the general commanding
the troops al Gibraltar. is situated the foot of
the Rock inside the old wall. and Is so intoerably
hot in summer that the governor has to take refuge
IN cottage on the eastern or Mediterranean side
OF Europe Point
Sir Edward Chichester was naval transport off,
Ger at Cape Town during the South African War.
and contributed in no small measure to the most
marvellous and successful feature OF that cam
paign, namely the transport Of an army OF over
two hundred thousand from England to South
Africa, distance OF seven Thousand miles, within
the space OF few weeks. At Gibraltar Sir Ed
ward VII have abundant opportunity of renewing
relations with his former good friends in the
American navy. There few Engl!shneu who
are held in more kindly regard in this coun-
Try than Sir Edward whose baroaetcy dates
back TO the reign OF King James, and is descended
from Sir Roger Chichester. who knighted at
the siege OK Calais and took part IN the battle Of
Poitiers.
An extraordinary controversy has been raging in
the English press with regard to the spelling Of
certain names in the peeTage and baronetage which
begin with double consonant. the question having
been raised apparently b. Lady frenchs Csic) dona-
ton Of money 10 the Cathedral at Westminster
Tor the erection Of an altar the condition that
al the materials used in its construction Irish
ms IRISH peeress insists that her name should be
spelled, as In olden times. with two small ifs
instead Of with capital F. which has led Lord
sAerborne 20 write 20 TIE papers protesting against
uhs ahectanon' which he declares "an eyesore
70 the public" and ''self-degradation
The Trenches Of Lord nrench's family are So far
a. know. the only people whose names bcg4nnins
Win double eonEonaut decline to use the can
ftal letter. ZIG Sa'
The way that the Of these double consonar+.
"a that in the olden tincs that ts % 80
early days OF printing. the capital and the s,,t
l. we're made by means OF Duplicating small
70 and small is. But OF course the saon,to
OF the present capital F and the present canitsl
L printed renders superluous the usa 30 49,
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