| Show WASA GREAT MOVE Happenings in England this Week Resulted Favorably WARtJBUDGET WAR BUDGET WAS SPRUNG This was Followed with tho Quicky Planned Visit of the Queen to London Lon-don Almost Before the People Hnd Time to Realise How Much tho War wns Costing It May Have Been a Masterly Understanding of Politics But Whatever the Motive it Put England in Good Humor I I I I London March 10 Copyright 1000 by tim AsHocIaled Prc8SJA week that opened with a budget Increasing the burden of the British taxpayer to an ulrnoMt unprecedented extent and ending end-ing with the Queen stirring hundreds of thoU llrlllH of her subjects to enthusiastic enthu-siastic demonstrations of patriotism and war fervor can scarcely be w < Id l to he barren of Interesting circumstances I It would perhaps be giving Lord Sails bury and his Cabinet too much credit to say that the sudden springing of tho budget with Its enormous deficit and I the nulckJy Ianncl visit of the Queen to London nlmon before the peoplo had i I time to realize howl much tho war was costing them were part and l parcel of a masterly understanding of politics I which under tho cloak of academIc lethargy IB I keenly alive to every chance I of the moment o RESULTS FAVORABLE I 13nt whatever were the I motlvcn I prompting the Governments actions I and the Queen never moves without consulting Lord Salisbury they re i I spited o most favorably No suspicion of political premeditation has marred I I tho heartiness of the Queens welcome though the Irish have not proved quite HO Ingenious In commenting on her proposed pro-posed visit to their shores I ON GOOD TERMS WITH ITSELF I r Still on the 1 whole the recent actions I V t iiv vfuiiii jim uvcisjon 10 remain home Instead of going to Italy her pro jected trip to the Emerald Isle and her 1 generous recognition of the gallantry 1 of the irish troops combined with tho I victorious progress of Lord Roberts have once more put the United King dom on excellent terms withItself I PUNCH ILLUSTRATES IT This weeks cartoons In Punch aptly Illustrate I the feeling It Is an Illdrawn Jlon with an uplifted paw like a lump I of putty coming out of a cave with fierce teeth bared l and eyes glowing in the direction of an animal which ro Hcmbllng nothing more than the well known human donkey of the American stage IB labeled Continental Press I and Is I slinking off with a slouchy gait before the pugnacity ot the lions look put no amount of poor drawing can I kill tho strength of the caption to this curious picture which reads Whop Who-p said dead and Hint voices the spirit I of the nation today better than could columns of analytical review PROPOSITIONS FOR PEACE VJth thu prospect of more serious overtures for peace than those made this week by the Boers It Is likely that the feeling Illustrated by Punch will I increase and that the normal condition of HclcolltI enc and might will short I ly J be thoroughly reestablished In Great Britain in spite of the terrible shaking up Hun occurred l before Lord Roberts took the helm III the opinion of those best Informed as to Government opinions the Boers are likely to make a series of proposl lions for peace none of which will be feasible for British consideration until tho British troops practically overrun the Transvaal territory and only one card remains In the republics hands Thus while the recent and future ne gotiations arc and will be welcomed aq most satisfactory signals of British military progress I they are not con sidered to Indicate that the end of the I l war Is In sight REINFORCEMENTS FOR FRONT I As an Instance of this Lord Salts bury reception of two long cable r grams from President Krugcr on tho a BUbJopl of the terms did nut delay for nn lURlant the preparations for sending out largo British reinforcements and supplies either from England or from faroff Australia However the prophet ot pessimism and change is not stilled entirely Thla week has produced several articles In widelyread mediums In regard to the obligatory retirement of Lord Salis bury from the sceno of active politics and In the face of these oftrepeated ru mora a representative of the Aesocl ntcd Press has made inquiries and re ceived thin statement from one who perhaps Is closer to tho Premier than any one else In England l SALISBURYS HEALTH Thee rumors of Lord Salisburys I I poor health tho breaking down of his Intellect under personal I bereavement l and his Inability to concentrate his en ergies arc pure inventions lie Is in the best of health nevor worked harder and enters Into every situation with ti keen appreciation of the slightest de l tail I have never seen a divorce of personality from ofliclal capacity so l strikingly Illustrated as it has been by I Lord 1 Salisbury during the last few I months I i suppose that In due time Home one will have to succeed him hut he has not mentioned this contingency and from the zest with which he goes about his work one would scarcely I think ho considered l it IS PERFECTLY UNMOVED Personally I would be glad if Lord Salisbury exhibited inoio fervor and vim In his speeches In the House of Lords but I am happy to know that what the world believes to be the leth argy and perhaps even the stolid stu I pidity of our Premier is entirely due 10 his belief that the country is sum clently excited l and stirred up without his adding directly or Indirectly any fuel to the lire With thin idea domir natlng his actions and speeches he Is I perfectly J unmoved by the most caustic satire of the organs of his own party With a mature Judgment of English people and affairs of state he believes the national crisis merits the sacrifice Ic of any appeal l of party or popular sen timent Any one knowing the man thoroughly would be Blow to criticise such a determination INTRODUCTION OF BUDGET The introduction of the budget has produced a curious state of affairs the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Ml chaol HicksBeach becoming the butt of his own party press and the subject I ofthe oppositions cconlums This Is I greatly due to the fact that he fol lowed tho lines of Mr Gladstones exchequer ex-chequer policy relying upon raising existing taxes rather than the intro duction of new duties with which to I meet the war deficit The abuse showered on him by tho I Times Is particularly strong The Thunderer had strenuously advocated advo-cated a duty on sugar and several other I innovations but the Chancellor of the Exchequer accepted none of them and I paid the penalty In spite of this and thanks to the Queen and Lord Roberts the budget lias been swallowed gracefully and I Lord SaJIcburyc Gawrnmam is not I likely I to suffer much at ih next election elec-tion through Increased taxation HELPS THE CHANCELLOR The price secured for the war loan alpo helps the chancellor I of the Exchequer Ex-chequer as It Is not too low to sierl emily I disappoint the country nor toO flnRncIal operators hIgh to mil a Ion The erators bid It up to tltt thus specula tore will reap a nlo profit of 34 There I wa nothing heroical and l little of interest in-terest about the budget except Sir Mlrlmel HIrksloachs reference to the Chicago millionaire Smith whose estate es-tate rtfild 000000 In death duties Thlrt I created almost more comment than anything contained I In his speech but 3 since the late Mr Smiths executors have written denying the gtaliinent thai he had lived 1 on lu l shillings a day I and pointing out that he had given J during his lifetime nearly a million sterling lo English charities the Chancellor Chan-cellor of the ISxchiquers J reputation for happiness in choosing Illustrations has somewhat suffered while various papers pa-pers have questioned his good 1 taste In thus referring to a dead American |
