The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-16
LONDON FORGOT ABOUT SCARE
ON REPORT OF SHACKLETON

Britain that her friendship was worth
| having.
/ If the United States sent great war
/ fleet all round the world at vast ex-
1 pense and with universal approval, why
! should Germany not construct a great
| fleet as well? What is right and proper
in America cannot be mere ambition
i and a desire to trouble the world in
the case of Germany. The impression
| he gave me was that the intelligent
foreigner in London just now finds
| amusement and establishment in the
spectacle Britons are presenting to his
gaze.
AS a matter of fact there are many
Britons who take the same attitude of
amused detachment seeing politics"
rather than national danger in all this
cutlery.
| But the government means to econo-
! mize where it can, with $75GO0,000
deficit facing the chancellor of the ex-
! chequer. The kings expenditure Ia
! even under survey. With his majes-
| tvs approval. the strictest economy
will mark the operations of the Office
of works during the next twelve
! months as far as the royal palaces are
concerned A net decrease of $4,000
upon this item is anticipated, and it is
arrived at by curtailing the expendi-
ture upon new works. At MarlbOr
/ ough House and Frogmore the. require
ments of the Prince and Princess of
1 of Wales will be met by an additional
sum within 5000 in all, and in general
terms it may be said that the royal
family will, during the coming fnan
cial year, make a smaller demand than
usual upon the national exchequer
Another Race Qeustion.
/ Another race question is bothering
the British government. Anglo-Indian
1 opinion in London is thoroughly hostile
to Viscout Morley's tremendous inno-
vation' in appointing a Hindu to a seat
on the viceroy's council. A member
of parliament who has very large COM
mercial interests in India told me to-
night the appointment Of Mr.. Sinha
has been known in Calcutta for some
time. Among Anglo-1ndians 1t Is felt
that it would have been better to wait
until a fair trial had been given to
the policy of introducing the native
element on the legislative and prOvin-
cial executive councils. That was re-
garded as somewhat of a leap in the
dark, but to place a native on the vice.
roy's council is fraught with particular
danger The council really governs
India: it consists of six members, in
Guiding the COMMUNICATIVE chief, and
it's acts are always styled those of the
viceroy and council of India
Mr.. Sinha, the native member, is a
successful Bengal barrister of from so
to SIS. He is of humble origin. and
this, it is thought, will give offense to
the native princes, the Mohammedans
and to the high-caste Hindus. Mr..
Sinha has been regarded as friendly
to British rule and lived for some years
j in London, studying English customs,
4 law and literature. He is an able and
cultured man.
i A member OF the cars encourage,
i who is now in London, confirms the re-
i port that the health of the cZarina has
caused the greatest uneasiness to her
family and those about her for some
months, and the imperial physicians
now despair of affecting a complete
| recovery from nervous ailments In
these circumstances her majesty is be-
i ing urged to take prolonged cruise
! this summer in the imperial yacht, and
| there is every probability that she will
| do this. accompanied by all her chill
! fren. 1t is stated that her majesty
would have been quite willing to take
this cruise some little time ago if the
car would have consented to accom-
pany her, but his majesty felt that the
! internal condition of Russia demanded
his constant presence near st. Peters
! burg, so that the czarina will take TINS
cruise alone.
According to such arrangements as
at present have been made, her maJes-
, tv will spend most of her time in the
Mediterranean and may pay private
+, visit to this country upon her return
voyage. while both the car and czarina
hope to spend a few weeks in Denmark
! in the latter part of the summer.
The managers of the West End thea
, tiers in London have decided to petition
against the daylight saving bill, and to
ask the prime minister to receive
deputation on the subject. They think
/ that saving in daylight will mean loss
to the theaters. The playhouse, in their
view. is essentially an evening enter
| tainment If daylight be extended
there will be less inclination to go to
| the theater From April to September
what is now o'clock in the evening
would be Z o'clock and the managers
appear to think that the additional hour
| of daylight would keep people out of
| the theater. L. H. MOORE.
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