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Show BIRTHDAY OF KING OBSERVED WITH POMP Ruler of England Receives Diamond Dia-mond Worth $750,000 From People of Transvaal. LONDON. Nov. 0 The birthday of King Edward, who was born on November Novem-ber fl, .1S-1J, was observed throughout tho British empire with tho customary military and naval . salutes and (lis-pla3-s. His majestj is observing the event at Sandringham, where the King and Queen of Spain aud the Queen of Norway, Nor-way, in addition to mau3' members of tho royal family, are staying. The "morning wns occupied in receiving receiv-ing an immense number of congratula-,tor3" congratula-,tor3" telegrams, letters and presents from all parts of the world, ono of the. moslnotnblc events being the presentation presenta-tion to the king of tho Culljana diamond, dia-mond, the largest known, estimated to bo- worth $7.0,000, and donated to his majesty by the executive assembly of the Transvaal as a token of loyalty of the people of that 0010113-. Tho presentation was made by Sir Richard Solomon, ex-lieutenant governor gover-nor of the Transvaal, representing the government of the C0I0113-. This afternoon the king and queen were entertained by the tenantry of Sandringham at dinner. Wonderful Pageant. ' The great event of the day in London Lon-don was the lord mayor's show, which was a distinct, improvement on the second sec-ond rate circus-like parades of past 3'cars. The services of a professional pageant-maker pageant-maker were called in, with the result that lie organized a historic procession representing all Kings Edward from Edward Ed-ward the Confessor to Edward VII., being symbolized bv a car entitled. sThc Harvest of llie Peacemakers." It consisted of a real harvest wagon, drawn by eight shire horses and bearing the fruits of peace. The route of the procession was clab-0 clab-0 rat el 3' decorated and the pageant was viewed by enormous throngs of sightseers. sight-seers. The new lord mayor of London. Sir John C. Bell, who was elected on September Sep-tember 2S, was forinall3r installed in office of-fice todstj'. The celebration of the sixt3'-sixth anniversary of the birth of King Edward Ed-ward VII.' was brought to a fitting close at the inaugural banquet of the new Lord Mavor of London, Sir John C. Bell, at Guild hall tonight. For the first time since the brief regime of Lord Boscbory iu the earlv nineties, the former Liberal Prime Minister occupied oc-cupied the post of honor. The Premier, Pre-mier, Sir Henry Campbell-Baunerman, "who last, year was unable to attend the Lord Mayor's" banquet, owing to tho death of his wife, was in his place tonight to-night and delivered the principal speech of the evening, in reply to the toast, to his maest3''s Ministers. Address of Premier. Departing from the usual rule, the Premier referred in his opening remarks lo domestic affairs, ospccialh' congratulating con-gratulating David LInvd George, president presi-dent of the Board of Trade, on the settlement set-tlement of the dispute between tho railways and their employees. Touching Touch-ing on foreign affairs, Sir Henry said that t he results obtained nt tlic recent re-cent llaguo peace conference had not come up to his most sanguine expectations, expecta-tions, but that he was glad he had been over-sanguine in his hopes, for he had spoken for a nation which had 110 aggressive designs upon its neighbors and desired only to live in peace and nmitv toward all. The Hague conference, declared the Premier, was a plant of slow growth, but in which ho had great confidence, and he believed the day would come when there would be a cessation iu the mad race for armaments which is now the scourge of our common civilization. civil-ization. In a review of the work accomplished ac-complished by the conference, Sir Henry said that it had by no means been insignificant. The British delegates dele-gates had done all they could to advance ad-vance tho question of arbitration. If they had attempted to force the issue, ho declared, the result would have been negative or even worse friction. An international prize court would be a notable step in advance, he said, and it might bo iiecessar3' for the leading maritime powers to come to an agreement agree-ment for the establishment of such a court and the adoption of rules therefor. there-for. Great Britain had also left things in shape for tho future amicable discussion discus-sion of abolition of the board of contraband con-traband and the restriction of floating mines. Tho colonial conference, the Anglo-Russian Anglo-Russian treaty and the steps taken to prevent the plague and sedition in India In-dia having been disposed of, Sir Henry took up the Congo question. Great as the contrast is between tho hopes of the English people when tho Congo was established and the conditions existing exist-ing there at the present lime, he felt that ho must speak with the greatest reserve, because the Belgian Parliament Parlia-ment will shortly be asked on what terms it will take over the Independent Free Stale of the Congo. Great Britain Brit-ain will not interfere 111 the negotiations, negotia-tions, he declared, but the government is deeply impressed with the responsibility responsi-bility that it. in common with others, feels that the government of tho Congo should be put on a footing with the colonies of other nations and in accordance accord-ance with the treaties under which the Congo State came into existence. Sir John A. Fisher, senior naval lord of the Admirnltv. in replying to recent attacks upon the nav3,' pointed out that in the Yccont North sea maneuvers j there gathered twenty-six of the finest, battleships in tho world and Iwont.v- ! six cruisers, many of which were s'u- I perior to many foreign battleships. I and even this great fleet represented onl.y a fraction ot Great Britain's naval power. Besides, ho said. I ho gunnery and general efficiency of the English 1 fleet surpassed all records and was a matter of wonder and admiration. "The object of the admiralty." said Sir John, "has been instant readiness, and we have got it. Don 't bo disturbed b.y the bogie of invasion. One might as well talk of embarking St. Paul's cathedral 011 a penny steamer as em bark. 100.000 German soldiers to iu-vade. iu-vade. England." |
