Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24

of a number of rulers and princes OF
petty German states were suggested and
this found even less favor at the Vienna
court.
For years ago before Prussia and the
HohenEollerns had grown so powerful
these German states looked up to Austria
and the Hapsburgs as their head. And
now. when they come to Vienna in the
; rain of the Emperor William. 1t is not
surprising if unpleasant reflections are
awakened at the court OF Austria. Also.
ii is an open secret that these princes do
not by any means relish being called upon
TO form sort Of glorified suite attached
TO the war lord" of Berlin.
Canada is probably about TO receive
more tnan her due in the matter Of the
naval display which will accompany the
visit of the Prince and Princess Of Wales
to the tercentenary celebrations at Que
bee at the end of July. The Canadians
will then receive an object lesson in the
immensely OF modern developments Of the
imperial navy and the cost of the same
toward which Canada SO far has declined
to make any contribution II has beer
arranged that the Indoniitable. the sister
ship of the Dreadnought. will he placed
at the disposal Of the royal party for the
purposes of the voyage. The Indomta ol5
cost Gl.St0.HN. and has displacement OF
IL $50 tons. She is equipped with twenty
four guns of the most improved type
eight S-inch guns and sixteen 4-inch
speed cf twenty-five knots. She will he
attended on the voyage and in the ST.
Lawrence by the new armOred cruiser
Mnotaur and by four LESSER hattleships
The princes squadron will thus he COM
posed Of eight magnificent modern war
ships. Commander Sir Charles Gust Is
likely to he in command of the Indomita
bile and her attendant warships The
princes squadron will he received In the
st Lawrence by the ships nf the North
Al 10 yhi he n n
of Vice Admiral the Hon. S. A. G. CURSOR
Howe.
Late Warehouses of Conyngham.
The sale of the effects of the late Mar
chioness of Cunningham is over. but though
all its treasures are scattered abroad
here will he very many that will hardly
shake off in any new surroundings the
favor of the scandalous gossip of a hun
dred years ago. The catalogue, in it's i'm
pressive way. mentioned In connection
with one of the great silvergilt pieces of
the sale that "a very similar dish is at
Windsor Castle; but even that very eau
tious reference showed that a catalogue
could not well have been prepared without
any reference to that place. II is said
that the king would have liked to buy
some of the lots, but they went to too
high a price. There can be little doubt
that if any had been bought for the king
il would have been long odds that they
were only going back to where they be-
longed.
For though il would not. I suppose. be
possible definitely to trace the origin of
many of the things in the recent sale
They are tainted by the stories that you
may read in Greville Of the relations be-
tween George " and Lady Conyngham
Superficially they were rather more proper
than some OF that kings associations: the
two were not seen abroad together she
did not ever ride or drive with him and
kept her daughter by her side al the PAL
ace But she comported herself at the
palace as if any instructions she might
give were unuuestioned. and SO. in fact
they we're Occasionally. OF course, there
were open indications. At a certain din
per and ball at Deyonshire House Lady
level in her head dress. splendid sap
Dhire which had belonged 10 the Stuarts
and had been given by Cardinal York to
the king. Moreover. she wore pearls finer
than those that belonged to grand Ouch
esses and Prussian princesses, and no one
in her day had any doubt where they
came from Gossip-nay, knowledge
went a good deal further. The servants
Of Cunningham household in London, even
to the marquis own valet. cost the 20
nynehams nothing: and dinners were
actually sent from the kitchens of the
palace un to the house in Hamilton place
I'm hackney coaches and machines MADE
expressly for the purpose.
Horses and carriages. both in London
and at Brighton, Lady Cunningham had
from the royal stables. All through the
last years of George Tvs life the diaries
Of the time are full of the shameful in
fuence of Lady Conyngham. and of
stories. perhaps in some degree exag-
eerated of the way she and her party
al court worked upon the king. At any
rate there are so many of such stories
that even when this Cunningham collec-
ton is dispersed the strong suspicion. II
It was no more. that much Of II came
from Windsor will not pass out OF mind.
Mr.. ]. j Duveen sr.. whose munihcent
gift of a new wing TO the Tate Gallery
a. Millbank was announced yesterday. 10