The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-24
LONDON news LETTER

places where SpOrtSmeH SdtAAeAt $50
whose dress is one of the attractions
to visitors at the Olympic Horse s,om
and other such occasions, mas ou'ooho
himself this autumn. -,
At Newmarket the other Jay ne
! wore what q writer of fashion truly
described as "piquant." Here IS d
, description of the earIs attire ne
wore a chocolate brown suit VIII
stripes Of darker color. The morning
coat was full skirted, but saucy, WIN
a large flap pocket on either. SIDE n
two large buttons at the BACK. t1is
black bowler was slightly conical; ms
turnover collar enclosed a tie OF REQ,
| white and yellow; his Wa1stcoat was
| white with yellow stripes, n was
| peculiarly long; his trousers were
rather wide and turned up at the DOT
tom, showing brown socks over patent
leather shoes. His cigar was medium
sized and worn without a band
The West End tailors were ready
with the chocolate brown suits, winch
ARE all the fashion this season, but
the colored waistcoat and the tie nave
not yet been copied. /
: The Women's Municipal Party, Of
which the Duchess of Marlborough is
the organizer and moving spirit, has
been taking a prominent part in an
election for a member from Church
Ward to the Battersea Borough coun-
Gil, and the duchess herself has been
~canvassing and working for her
candidate. a Mrs. Cassidy.
Church Ward Is a working class
constituency and the appearance OF
the duchess in the mean streets of the
ward n at the cottage doors Of the
w~orkingmen voters OF behalf of Mrs.
Cassidy, has been quite an event in
the district. Mrs. Cassidy has been a
! poor law guardian for Battersea for
ten years and a school teacher for
Twenty-Five years and now the Won
ms Municipal Party and the Duchess
of Marlborough have set themselves
the task Of seeing that she is elected
to the Borough Council. They will
do the same in all municipal elections
of the future in which ome candi-
dates are concerned. The party is a
mother conservative, liberal, socialist,
sufragist nor non-suffragist; it is
simply a women's party with the
Watchword: "Reform-Progress." Men
take no part, except to vote, all the
~canvassers, committee, agents ant
poll clerks being ONE
This is not the first time that tn
duchess has made acquaintance wit.
the poorer districts of London. She
has been carrying on for some time,
In W~hitechapel and elsewhere, a work
on behalf Of the wives and children
of criminals, who have been looked
after at homes established by. her dur
ing the incarceration Of the bread win
ner of the family.
Three lives of King Edward VII
have been published since the death
of that monarch, one written by his
chauffeur. They all have been inter
a eff a ND Trns-t~xr 1-,L L. l.-I- IL
Giles they are considered as dealing
just a little too Familiarity with the
peace maker. Not one gave a seri-
Gus estimate of King Edwards
achievements during his reign and, to
cover this deficiency King George, his
son, has commissioned Lord Rosebery,
IN conjunction with Lord Knollys, to
prepare a life of Edward. The task
VIII not be easy. King Edward, un-
like his mother, Queen Victoria, never
kept a diary, and as most of his sue
cesses as a diplomat we're made in
conversations with the rulers and for
eign ministers of the countries with
which he dealt, there is little data to
go IN.
England now possesses a full
squadron of eight battleships Of the
Superdreadnought type, the most COM
pact n powerful fighting force in
the void.
These eight ships, which mount in
the aggregate eighty 13.5-inch guns
and 12S 4-inch guns, cost the British
nation something over $40, 900, 900, but
after all they form only a part of the
British fleet. The Ajax, the commits
s1on1ng Of which completed this
squadron, was the eighteenth battle
ship Of the dreadnought era to take
her place in the fleet that guards
these coasts, and it is less thar eight
| va re Uin0n fhn Frrf lrN -
laid down. England has therefore
spent in battleships and battle-cruis-
ers alone in those eight years up
ward Of $3.50, 900, 900 and each year her
ships, each being an Improvement
over the last, are costing her more.
The publication by Lord Eversley,
a former member of Mr.. Gladstone's
which the government refused the post
of minister at Washington to Henry.
~Labouchere, has caused a good deal Of
talk in political circles.
AS is well known Queen Victoria re-
fused to have Mr.. Labouchere among
her advisers. He was consequently
barred from cabinet rank, just as have
been other clever men for having
made slips or having faults which the
sovereign OF the day refused to over
look. Mr.. L~abouchere always posed
- an va SSoS1I OktLCCs Uub
Lord Eversley shows that he did ask
Lord Rosebery, then secretary Of state
Tor foreign affairs, for the Washington
post, and because he did not get it
never forgave his old politically al
though as 1t turns out, the cabinet and
not Lord Rosebery, refused to make
the appointment.
Lord Rosebery brought the matter
to the attention of the cabinet by
reading a letter from .Labouchere, in
which the latter said that not hav-
ing been admitted to the new gov
eminent, and feeling the advance OF
years, he had no wish to remain long
er In n house of commons. He added
that if he remained his business would
be. as 1t always had been, to attack
the existing government, and it was
therefore to the interest of ministers
that he should withdraw. He had been
thinking over what was possible for
him, as a justification for giving I'D
his seat, and had come to the conclu-
sion that the post best suited for him
was that Of minister at Washington.
Lord Rosebery said that if the cabi-
net was in favor of the appointment,
he as foreign minister, would ac-
quiesce. The cabinet, however, decfd-
ed against the appointment and Lord
Eyersley expresses the belief that tie
attacks on Lord Rosehery, which an
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