Show QUEEN VICTORIA SNUBBED ON may queen victoria of england completed the seventy second year of her age she he has reigned over the british empire for fifty four years in 1819 the year of her birth and fr years after england was in a very disturbed condition measures of coercion were adopted political meetings were prohibited and a number of people were shot down in manchester since Vict victories oriAlis accession to the throne in 1887 england has attained the first place among nations as am a wealth producer her closest competitor at present in this line is the united states of america during victorias long reign england Englat kd has undergone little change pOlItIC politically aliv whatever change has taken place 16 of dr a democratic democratic or liberal nature prance france however has passed from an empire to a republic germany established its powerful confederation under imperial sway turkey and poland were dismembered but england jagged along quietly enough whether the formation of the australian common wealth the discontent in newfoundland and the dissatisfaction in canada mean anything important it is hard bard yet to determine no in all the british possessions for the last fifty four years the queens birthday has been celebrated as a holiday the people everywhere have entered into the spirit of the time and were proud t to honor their queen news of a different kind is heard beard this year at windsor in canada the boats of the ferry company plying between that city and detroit refused to recognize the day in the usual manner an officer of the british customs ordered the boats to holat hoist their flags and bunting one boat did so under pro teet holding that being engaged in international trade she was exempt from such ceremony the american officials in detroit take tb this to view of the matter and the case has bean laid before mr blaine it is reported that newfoundland as a colony or state refused to honor the queens birthday this year the relations between that thai island and the mother country have been strained for some time owing to the complications arising from the fishery rights of the french I 1 it must be disheartening to the aged queen to learn that her seventy second birthday was not honored in the usual liay way in her american colonies rolon iee she has been a good and virtuous woman and on the whole a benign and honest ruler juler her career as queen as wife and mother deserves commendation will her death which way may soon occur cause any change in the geography of the british empire this is one of the questions that are causing debate in other countries besides those which are under the dominion of queen vietoria victoria cpr |