The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
LONDON DULLEST
PLACE ON EARTH.
Weeks That Follow Christmas
Are Always Particularly
Quiet.
PAPERS AT WITS END
They Are Continuing TO Discuss
Results OF Recent
Election.
ny PHILLIP EVERETT.

BY PHILLIP EVERETT.
tHhcciai cable TO The Times ID isrHltch.I
! London, January IL doubt II any
place in the civilized world Is as dnil
as London during the weeks that fol-
low Immediately after Chrls,nt,s nn,
ms year 1t has been pa rticulnrly nan
iEVeryoody who can possibly ford II
- away and the newspapers are a,
mo us us end to III their columns
rue scarcity OF news is the ONLY
Ie"son why the papers stiIl contin,l.
/ 10 uiscuss the election. which endeI
n neniiE thrce weeks ago. and the re-
."lts OF winch are certain to be tho nj
yer iout OF the Lords and their Unioniss
,o ~, some OF the Tory papers
mem ' hN d 10 work up little excite
supporters, The Orangemen OF Ulster
"rc Importing Mausers and cartridGes
rom ron Germany. free of duty. OF course
$50 mere at least is one reason for thcn
w press our present free trade po!!cyD
ana are drilling on the moors during
u ,unn, nights 10 prepare for the day
whcn they arc to fight those who ara
mean enough TO want TO force them 70
govern their own country Butno-
h0dy believes in these scarcs. least or
+ ~ me fnpers that print them. and II
/ Is really difficult to say whether opn
should ilueh or be angry at these we'll
: aaver,issd secret conspiracies. The
an open eye on these supposedly bIoo5.
tnitstN crangemen. whose patriotism"
, ms now arouses the enthusiasm OF
; Meanwhile, the English allies in thi.
! lurlnrTship OF disleyalty are still dis.
( ousslllH their future plans The spe-
car point. which seems to rest heavily
{ on thcir nerves. is the question of the
! creation OF peers. Shall they force the
government 10 create the pccrs or shall
/; they not?
Their first idea was to laugh gu,
I We laughter begins to ring very hoi-
] low, IT has false note Five hun
drsd P"Gppet peers, sounded ali Very Very
no bones, s,ill less do silly phrases
WHAT are most OF the present peers hui
puppet peers'-puppets in the hands
/ OF Mr.. Balfour and Lord Lansdownn7
Is II certain that the now peers win
be ,.nuppcts"? Is Great Britain SO
sterile OF ;ncn OF worth? What IL tho
| new new, peers should represent Liberal
/ liousc OF Lords. not only willing to
pass the veto bill, but willing 10 give
inSt"nt passage 10 all the great Liberal
oiils What II they, In their turn.
Tory peers served the budget OF 1909:
| Ihesc are chilly thoughts for tho
iofiss. ana show the. danger OF think.
J be solved by foolish tests.
! nat II the new peers provided the
n ,nnri, WIZ t, a new aristocracy Of
ne old aristocracy into the shade? The
| ming Is not impossible.
MIN, ne government; at any rate, /,
! QUO men OF ability and achievement
FOR It's purpose. II the existing peers
are are sun obstinate they are quite
Peers creation may be necessary. They
Would 90 II reluctantly. hut resolutc-
IN. Ihey are determined that tho
! SHY outlaws of West End drawing
| purpose.
., F%r the rest the immediate busine.s
| OF INC coalition is to concentrate on
one thing only-thc veto bill.
ELL, r,Hlly recovered after his unfortunate
| Grahamc- White has promised Ia take
| Mr. Ecclestone, tho heaviest man in
n1si"n Mr qG IN he air ,d in week or
500 pounds. has no fear.
~ SHAH go M with Mr.. Grahame-
The chance" he told me YESTERDAY
I'm the heaviest man in Britain, and
have an ambition to take my big
weight into the skies You may be sure
the event will come Off"
ne proceeds OF the record flight are
Nilosp!tal. IT being Mr.. Ecciestone's in
tcniion to raise enough money to en-
dow four new beds.
London is to have some great .x,r
prises" in the way of outdoor amuse-
nents in the coronation year. Within
| the past few weeks many leading
American amusement providers have
arrived in London TO confer with MIR
j: Calvin Brown. director general Of
Earis Court, and to arrange an In.
terchange of attractions with "amuse-
ment parks" all over the world ono
Of tho foremost, of these American
! OF Cohey. Island, New York's famous
/ pleasure resort
Mr.: Mcclellan holds the opinion that
English exhibitions and other summer
resorts are not half jolly enough.
You stolid 3nglanders." he states,
are too apt to belittle the advantages
nf ,a.y,, ct ~
hibitions. The proposed Interchange of
attractions viii tend to alter this.
Earfs Court next year, for instance.
Will be iirst and foremost as a place OF
amusement. with novelties which will
give Londoners all the excitement they
| want
One OF these is called the giant
coaster-an entirely new form Of
switchback. which will give people
the opportunity of enjoying swoop
viii cost 100000 to erect. Many other
riding devices Of 81 novel character are
10 be introduced"
The hitherto unpublished cantos of
Garlbaldis great photographed
poem poem, have nv, now been issued to the
great italian hero during his enforced
| stay on the Island of Caprera in 1862
4 fair copy of his grabbed handwrit-
friend, Mrs. Roberts, and 1t is to her
devotion and industry that Italy is
now indebted for work of massive
and spontaneous genius by lta.ys
most heroic figure
The poem consists of thirty cantos
] in blank verse. Its surprising merit
| consists not so much in technical per-
| lection or the mere artistry of words.
| the work was largely an Improvisation.
and was dashed off at redhot speed
but in the sustained grandeur and
nobility of the conception, in which
the struggle for Italian liberty is re-
counted in epic form. Never, perhaps.
in the history of literature has po-
| liticGl theme been treated so magnif-
Gently.
The eleventh canto is not new to
! italian readers. The pocthcro pre-
scented II during his lifetime to the
! municipality of Ravenna. with instruc-
lions that the proceeds should be de-
| voted to tho preserva ton of the little