Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-22
FOREIGN NEWS


race courses and other places where
spCrtsmen gather, and whose dress is
one of the attractions to visitors at the
Olympic horse show and other such
occasions, has out-done himself this
autumn.
At Newmarket the other day he
wore what a writer of fashion truly
described as "piQuant" Here is a
description of the earI's attire He
wore 4 chocolate brow. suit, with
stripes OF 4 darker color. The morn
ing coat was full skirted but saucy,
with a large flap pocket on either side
and two large buttons at the back.
His black bowler was slightly conical;
his turnover collar enclosed tie OF
red, white and yellow; his waistcoat
was white with yellow stripes, and was
peculiarly long; his trousers were
rather wide and turned up at the bot
tom, showing brown socks over patent
leather shoes. His cigar was medium
sized and worn without a band"
The West End t2ilors were ready
with the chocolate brown suits, which
are all the fashion this season, but
the cOlored waistcoat and the tie have
not yet been copied.
/ The Women's Municipal Party. of
which the Duchess OF Marlborough is
the organizer and moving spirit, has
been taking prominent part in an
election for a member from Church
/ Ward to the Battersea Borough Coun-
ell. ana the Duchess herself has been
canvassing and working for her can
didate, 4 Mrs. Cassidy.
Church Ward is q working class con-
stituency and the appearance of the.
Duchess in the mean streets of the
ward and at the cottage doors of the
workingmen voters on behalf of Mrs.
Cassidy. has been quite an event in
the district Mrs. Cassidy mas been
Poor Law Guardian for Battersea for
ten years and 4 school teacher for %
years and now the WOmen's Municipal
party and the. Duchess OF Marlborough
have set themselves the task of see
ing that she is elected to the Borough /
Council They will do the same in all /
municipal elections of the future in |
which women candidates are con-
ceTned. The party is a 'non-party" |
organization. 1t supports neither CON
servatiye, liberal, socialist, suffragist |
nor non-sUffragist; it is simply a wom-
ems party with the watchwCrd: Re
foTm-Progress. Men take no part,
except to vote, all the canvassers, COM
mittee, agents and poll clerks being
women.
This is not the first time that the
Duchess las made acquaintance with
the poorer districts of London She
has been carrying on for some time
in WIitechapel and elsewhere, a work
on behalf of the wives and children of
criminals, who have been looked after
AZ homes established by her during the
of the bread winner OF /!
The family.
Three lives of King Edward VII I
have been published since the death
of that monarch, one written by his {
chauffeur. They all haze been inter .
esting and gossipy. but in high circles
hey are considered as dealing Just |
title too Familiarity with the Peace :
Maker Not one gave a serious esti- ]
nate of King Edwards achievements 2
Turing his reign and, to cover this {
deficiency King George, his son, has /
commissioned Lord ROsebery, in con- 9
JUNCTION with Lord Knollys, to prepare a
/ life of Edward. The task will not be t
asy. King Edward, unlike his mother. I
queen Victoria, never kept a diary, a
md as most of his successes as a Dip I
omat were made in conversations
With The rulers and foreign ministers t
# the countries with which he dealt, r
here is little data to go on. Z
England row possesses a fLII squad {
on of eight battleships OF the super g
readnought type, the most compact O
nd powerful fighting force in the L
-orld ii
These eight ships, which mount in b
he aggregate eighty 13.5-inch gunsI "
nd one hundred and twenty>eight n
Our-inch guns. cost the British ma ~
ion something over S7OOOO,OOO. but n
fter all they form only a part of the a
ritish feet. The Ajax, the commits n
iOning of which was completed this n
luadron, was the eighteenth battle
nip Of the dreadnought era to take n
er place in the feet that guards these al
)asts, and il is less than eight years U
nee the first dreadnought was laid 81
own. England has therefore spent III
bettleships and battIe-cruisers m
one in those eight years upward of
5O.O0O.0OO. and each year her ships. in
.ch being an Improvement over the m
st, are costing her more. HI
The publication by Lord Eversley. 70
former member OF Mr. Gladstone's nc
.binet, OF the circumstances under so
hich the government refused the IN
st Of Minister at Washington to In
enry Labouchere, has caused a good
al of talk in political circles. sb
As IS well known Queen Victoria 1s
fused 10 have Mr.. Labouchere among IN,
II advisers. He was consequently bu
fred from cabinet rank, just as have ga
en- other clever men for having tn
ade slips or having faults which the III,
vereign of the day refused to over de
ok Mr. Labouchere always posed &c
man who never sought Office. bur in
I'D Eversley shows that he did ask co
ord Rosebery, then secretary Of statel