Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-03
NEWS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES

LOndon.-Ihe recent Ill health or
Chief Justice Lord Alyerstone has
given rise TO speculations in regard to
his probable or possible successor and
added interest has been given to the
discussion by the question Of the eligi-
bility for the woolsack of Attorney
General Sir Rufus Isaacs, who is
Jew.
There is good authority for saying
that the attorney generals religious
faith does not exclude the woolsack
from the range of his ambitions.
Premier Gladstone in introducing his
religious disabilities bill, by which Ro-
man Catholics were TO be made eligible
for the lord CHARACTERISTIC, empha-
sized the fact that there were no legal
obstacles 10 the office being held by
a Jew, by a Mohammedan, by a Bud
dhist, or a Hindu"
A telegram TO the Fishing Gazette
has announced the mysterious and COM
plete wiping out of the trout and roach
fishery of the Friendly Anglers society
on the River Colne. None but a fish
erman could appreciate the calamitous
nature of lhe news, for within few
/ hours 5000 magnificent trout and as
many fine roach were lying dead on
/ the surface of the river and three years
of careful planting by the members
of The society had come TO naught.
/ The fishery had just developed into
one of the finest in the kingdom. Chem
lists are now busy analyzing the water
in an effort TO discover the nature OF
the poison which must have killed the
fish.
The remote suburbs of London are
growing, but the metropolitan district
proper is rapidly becoming depopulated
according to the rate returns of the
London county council Every year
the percentage of empty houses grows
larger John Burns, president of the
local government board, states that
families are leaving the central Lon
don boroughs at the rate OF $4,000 a
year. London in population has APP
larently reached its high water marx.
The premiere of a play here this
week was ,enlivened by the presence
in an orchestra stall OF a man whose
dress clothes were set off by jet
black shirt. When he rose with the
rising of the lights after the first act
all of the white shirts in the stalls
followed him as if he had been the
proverbial black swan. He wore a
white collar and a white stock tie and
white waistcoat, but unlike others
who had attempted sartorial novelties,
he wore the usual black instead OF
white duck coat and trousers. No one
recognized the mysterious wearer and
fashionable London is wondering if his
presence was due TO an attempt to in
troduce a new fashion in evening dress
The English summer resorts have
awakened 10 the fact that London has
what amounts to a practical monopoly
on the money OF American travellers
and a campaign is being planned
whereby the transatlantic tourist may
be persuaded TO finger in the Bri;;sf
Isles instead of passing on TO the con
tinent after seeing the metropolis. one
seashore resort, Blackpool, is arrang
ing TO send a commission 10 the United
States where an endeavUr will be mad,
to discover the things which appeal Il
. the American pleasure seeker. Othe
seaside towns are considering the same
step. As the result of a conference
, several hotel managers have decided
, to run their places on American lines
!, using both the American" and Euro
. pean" plans Among other things, tn,
hotels have decided TO fly the Amer
Z can flag; post prices in dollars an
cents: engage American cooks 10
special American dishes; maintain
American bars; have on each floor a
: least one English-speaking attendant
: supply English and American papers
h tobacco and cigars; serve buckwhea
II cakes: maple syrup; bear steak; gree
IS corn on the cob; terTapin, clam chow
e der: Rock Island oysters; pie an
other delicacies supposed TO be dea
: TO the American palate; supply unlin
d tied ice water; grape fruit; peaches
Is provide better telephone service; an
S. generally to put in the continents
a hotels reminders OF home.
II Henry Prather Fletcher, Unite
s States minister TO Chilli, who stoppe
= in London on his way to Washington
is enthusiastic over the possibilitie
OF the west coast of South Americ
: and declares that the opening OF tn
Panama canal will bring unpreceden
ed prosperity to that territory.
He says that the business men c
Chilli are fully alive to the advantage
which will accrue 10 them. The Chilis
government is already planning to su
sidiZe a line Of steamships which wi
take advantage of the new trad
routes which the canal will create. S
strong is the feeling OF optimism
the country that various industrie
are already beginning TO boom in ant
cipation. This is especially true OF N
nitrate fields, which expect 10 prof
greatly by the shortening of the rou