The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-24


cup for competition, and has inti-
mated that he will contribute to Tia.
guarantee fund. Lord Lonsdale ms,
accepted the presidency of the Ian
cashire Aero club. Mr.. S. f. Cody
who has been making some remark
ably successful fights, has formally
entered for the G100O0 prize for q,
aeroplane flight between Manchester
and London.
There is nervous undercurrcDt
flowing through diplomatic circles ia
regard to the state of affairs i'm ~.
Far East. Despite the "blurying OF the
hatehet between Rurria and Japan.
it is believed that the former nation
is again getting ready for revanche.
The Japs are not, however, likely To
be caught mapping. and are even now
engaged in strengthening the positions
Military men who have recently re-
turned from Manchuria say the whole
Chinese are massing troops on the
frontier as fast as they can. They are
thoroughly trained in the use OF mod
ern arms. and whichever side they
take in the inevitable conflict, shonia
prove the deciding factor.
The Budget. whose sensations were
temporarily east into the shadows Nv
the reports of the discovery-or dis
coveries-Of the North Pole is again
assuming immense proportions. dwarf
ing every other political topic The
thousands of parliamentary and plat
form speeches which have been de-
livered during the past few months are
child's play in comparison with the
fierce campaign which. IS now begin
ming and will continue perhaps through
the entire autumn. Fur a parallel one
must 60 back to Mr.. GladstOne's Mid
lothian tour or Mr.. Champerains Fis-
cal Reform crusade. But both of these
We're one-man missions In the present
debate all the giants are engaged in
either fenouncing or defending the
Budget Among those most conspicu-
ously placed in the discussions are
Lord Rosebery, Mr. Balfour, Mr.. W,l- -.
liam Lorimer. Mr.. Austen Chamberlain
and the premier himself
Prince Louis of aBttenburg. who
has just finished giving the Atlantic
fleet some extremely valuable battle
practice, is one Of the most popular
officers in the navy. where he is uni
versally known as Bats" He is ~
very clever inventor. and several i'm
provenents in our warships have
come about through his ingenuity.
This fact led to one of his petty OH
GERS short time ago declaring
when Bats goes to Heaven ] win
bet the first thing he does rs to invent
something to make life easier up
there" Prince Louis of Rattenbcrs
is probably the only living admiral in
the world who has ever refused 4
crown. When Bulgaria tired " the
rule of his brother, Prince Aiexandcr. /:
the throne was offered to him. He
was on, hoard a British ban-of-wsy
when the deputation approached hins I
His answer was short but decisive.
and then. pointing t. the white ensign
on the ships mast. said, DO you see
that bit of bunting? | think more of
that than the whole of your petty
European states put together Good
morning
No play in recent years has aroused
so much interest in England as False
Gods the latest vehicle of Sir Her
bert Beernohm, which is scoring
nightly triumphs at His Majesty's
play which breaches the hopelessness
that follows the loss of faith 1t is
bitter. biting and q beautiful work I'M
some respects, noble in all respects
and deeply impressive. work Of
great beauty. but the beauty is de
moniacal. There is a subtle poison in
it, The Interpretation Of the work is
a triumph for the English stage
Little Mrs. Waldorf Aston has be-
come thoroughly Anglicized. and Ike
the wives of so many aspirants for
public hOnors on the other side has
entered politics to further her hus-
bands cause. She gave a reception to !!
the ladies of the Primrose Lagu at
Plymouth recently. that they might
meet their new Dame President, Lady
Mary Parker. and also Lady Durand.
whose husband. Sir Mortimer Durand =
will stand for Plymouth with Mr.. As