New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-05

will give Won ny, note of hand for the cost Of the
surplus quantity. If the government does not pay
you will
Considering the fact that Lord EDWARD hnar-
cisl resources were restricted at that tiie 10 ms
pay as major and to his allowance VI SiV.O
year from his father an undertaking 10 pay Out OF
ms private purse a OF about soV'VVV VI ms
was enthusiastically daring. The DutchlhAh CON
s'oered that he was safe in dealing Win 'Io Us
Hsh Prime Minister'S SON. Mafeking was acCoIu-
ingly stocked a number OF weeks before the war
began with provisions and general stores Iol an
amount four times greater than the mlhlarS au
thorlt1es in England at tho Cape had cohslueieu
sufficient That, according to Lord Kitchener was
the reason why Mafeking able TO hold out so
long against the Beers. until relieved AFTER
Wearisome siege, in which Lord Edward acteu aS
baden PoweIs second in command 1t must De
ooFne in mind that at the time when LORD Eo"eIu
gave the order there thought In the LhHo
of the military authorities TO whether Mafekns
would ever be called to stand siege Indeed 1t
was regarded by them exceedingly doubtful
whether the Beers would ever really go to the
length Of making England.
Lord Edward all through the Egyptian and
Soudan campaigns, the staff of Lord Kitchener.
and formed part of Sir Rennen Rodd's special en-
bassy to Emperor Menellk Of Abyssinia. He IS
married to the daughter OF Admiral Maxse, who
was for so long the Editor of THE National Re
view" and ardent Radical the late Lord
Salisbury was a Tory.
One Of the most interesting features OF King
Alfonso's visit to London a few weeks hence Will
De the presentation to him Of address by the
Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in Lon
don a community composed entirely of the descend
ants OF those Jews who expelled from Spain
four hundred years ago. and who sought refuge in
England. Many insist that the economic decline
or Spain, and the OF her political
grandeur the principal colonial power of the
world. dated from that moment. and was caused
by the Ill advised expulsion of the chosen race
from the Spanish empire. And 1t may be regarded
as promise of increased prosperity that the Span
ish crown and government are now encouraging
the return Of the Jews to Spain Indeed they meet
with warmer and more cordial welcome on the
part of the great world at Madrid than in other
capital Of Europe. or even OF America. Thus the
role occupied for number OF years by Nine. Bauer,
wife of the representative in Spain of the banking
house of RothschiId can only be compared to that
of Lady Rothschild in London Indeed. it was
better; for whereas there are some old fash
toned people who still hold aloof from these princes
OF finance in England. everybody in Madrid focked
to Nine. Bauers entertainments and she well
coined everywhere
Her husband by-the-bye, was a brother of that
and principal chaplain TO Empress Eugene when
she the throne of France. presided at the
religious portion of tho ceremonies in connection
with the opening of the Suez Canal and who after
the fall OF the empire Invested himself of his
bishopric in partibus reverted to Judaism and to
finance and died a few years ago stock jobber
and as the husband of a danseuse.
NfAROUISE DE FONTENOY.