The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-17

continues to be divided into warning
political camps by the vexed and Vex-
ing question of the budget. As the
result of the determination of the
Liberals to carry the warfare into toe
stronghold of the protectionist p2rty
Premier Asquith today addressed 4
mCnste. meeting in Birmingham,
Joseph Chamberlain's Constituency
The unionists have taken up the chal-
lenge of the premier and have pre-
vailed upon former Premier Balfour
to address a similar unionist meet
ing in the same hall few days hence
Will Crooks. the member of parlia-
ranks of the labor party in England
left a week ago for 4 tour of the en-
He will make an extensive invcstiga
ton into labor conditions in Canada.
Canadian Trades Union congress,
Montreal and ottawa will then be Wis
tied, and Sept. 26 will find him at
Niagara. He will then make for
Toronto, go through Ontario to Winni-
peg, and see something of the great
northwest Mr. and Mrs Crooks will
then, after their busy tour of Canadian
cities, have a few days rest in the
Rocky mountains; but they are timed
to arrive at Vancouver on Oct. ).
They viii only be able to give one
day to Victoria, and then will sail in
one of the c.. p. r. steamers for sgd
ney. On the way to Australia they
will visit Honolulu and Fiji, arriving
at Sydney in the first week of Novem-
Der
Here Mr.. Crooks will visit all the
great cities in Australia, the tropical
regions of Queensland, and go through
New Zealand and Tasmania. He will
return to Sydney and said from Ere
mantle on the homeWard journey by
the Orient line, going ashore for a
short stay at Ceylon. and coming back
through the Suez canal and the
Straits of Gibraltar. He is not due
in London until February.
With the opening this week of the
Strand Palace Hotel, London has a
decided innovation in houses of enter
tainment 1t is large, handsome
and completely appointed hostelry
which will offer accommodations at a
reasonable price. and which, more
startling than all, absolutely prohibits
it's employees from receiving tips. The
new Strand Palace claims to he the
first great hotel in the world to abol-
ish the tipping evil. Certainly it is the
first in London.
Another innovation is that all the
rooms are one price. 6s, or $1.44 a day
There are no extras such as upset
the expense allowances of guests OF
, other London inns, but the lone lcice
plan includes service bed, bath and
breakfast
So far as convenience and comfort
are concerned. every detail has been
carefully thought out, so that the
Strand Palace in this respect repre-
sents 1.-The last word
The hotel has an entrance in the
Strand and another in Exeter street
The visitor on entering the hotel is
impressed first by the Sumptuousness
of his surroundings. The Strand en-
trance leads through a commodious
entrance hall to a magnificent marble
winter garden, which has no equal III
the best hotels in London. On each
side it is thanked by a domed glass
the great lounge is we'll lighted and
tastefully decorated
Leading off from the winter garden
are writing room and handsomely
furnished drawing-room On the
same floor at the back is dining
room capable of dining 800 people. In
the semi basement, entering from the
Strand. is a large grill-room, the walls
of which are of marble with gold de-
corations relieved with satin panels
Adjoining are smoking and billiard
rooms.
So great will be the luxury and COM
forts provided at the Strand Palace
and so moderate the charges, that II
will lead to a rapid extension of the