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I 5 nY In S n S I j Co t 7 S I l Ln London ondon on Dec Deo 14 The Tho Tho British n nd- nd l. l I J Js is very ery much troubled by the time publicity given to tho the fact that lint Lat tho too so- so o- o called Instantly rend ready fleet Icet upon which England must enlist depend for fOl ito tho do- do 10 tense of or her hor shores shon's Is la anything but In Instantly instantly In- In stan ready One Ono after another battleships battleships battle battle- aCel seven se great ships u used 1 as for tor time the admiral of or the loot fleet feet have broken down clown since March and at one time there nothing available a for his use b by a ton on torpedo boat oat destroyer At the time recent mal maneuvers the admiral hoisted his Ja Hag on omm time the battleship Vie Vie- I which proved PlO NI to lo be In so bath bad bada batha a 0 condition that It I was barely possible fOI or him to remain on board until the thc maneuvers w were re over o when It I was necessary necessary essary to hurr hurry and anti transfer time the flag flago faG to o the tho Magnificent and now ll it I tunis lurns lut ut jut that this great reat battleship too loo Isso is iso isso so o hall badly in need of ot docking that she site shema may ma have ha to 10 be rushed to Chatham any an day ay Time Tho people of England who are heR heavily Uy taxed to J keep cp up up- up an n n rit G rl t v vW W S nn nay navy aro beginning beginning- to grumble because j- j S there seems acorns to 10 be a good reason to fi believe that In Sn case caso of at W wax war with wih a Vs 1 tho ho British heels fleets S great grent power jower might meet with wih tho same sante fate Cate that lint overtook o S j the Russian Admiral S tt 1 Baltic squadron S It I is especially galling to tho ho British people that the tho Gorman German nl navy nav ono one year ear after aCer another has proved pro Itself Itsel In ex- ex j lw y clent con condition ready really to give battlo battle V J i ion on 01 a few hours hours' hoUs notice S il S S t Official investigation In has hal proved pro that even If it St St. Pauls Paul's cathedral in this el city is In no danger clangor of or sudden collapse collapse col- col S lapse It I is is to say the iho least In a er very I r. r unsatisfactory condition amid In need of ot repairs which will cost man many thousand S pounds pounds S S I IThe The Tho dome is carried on eight great rat j j piers about 30 feet teet long The Tho weight S I of the superstructure rests much moreon moro more Ii Y Yon on the tho Inner hitter en ends ls of these eight pl piers rs I than on the time outer ends and the sinking sink sink- InkIng S ing leg of those piers has set up tip movements move move- mo e i f V monts ments o overheat S o Tho The two towers are aro ro out of the tho per- per i ij The one to tho the north and i time tho other othor to time the tie south and arid the portico i which tins has been said to bo be the time only nm flimsy piece of construction In the ca- ca S thedral has followed the tho direction oC or the lie towers and In addition has mo d I. I westward Those ThOo Inclinations are aro suf suf- I V In themselves es to jeopardize tho the safety of tho two wide vide arches of or tho the portico between the towers 1 After considerable repair and much ren renewal wal time the portico has Imas been restored S ro to Its IR original state and assuming that i I existing conditions can be maintained S i imay may bo Le said to be safe S S S i iThe The queer case of or Constable Ronan who was apparently appat found drowned inthe in inthe the River LUte and afterward discovered dis Ir 1 covered ored hiding hilling in iii an attic has haM been beena a nine nino days days' wonder in the lie Irish cap- cap itah S I Ronan a stalwart member of tho 0 O Royal Irish Irl-h constabulary was WI a na- na t in time tho lw Stevens ho hospital Ono One day 4 he disappeared from Crom his bed and apparently apparent apparently ap- ap V parent from rom the building Shortly Shortt S afterward a body was recovered from V tho tue RI River or Liffey and was Identified Ed as ns t S S V Th The question queston of his hits fate seemed to 1 1 o have havo boon been answered but hut i after his eight days das oCer disappearance t sounds were hoard from the attic at nt- tic lc of tho time hospital On making in- in c. c v- v cst th the hospital staff found round J Ronan Honan alive but quite quit mad and amid nearly nearl S starved to tn death He lie could have c had oo no food since he escaped from rom the hospital hog hog- hOI hOI- pital ward el eight ht days s 's previously S SS S S S Another royal marriage this time an v alliance between the English and Por- Por crowns crowns Is Is being talked about tt I In court circles Tho The crown prince of or Portugal and Princess Alexandra ra lexan of or I Fife I t King Edwards Edward's granddaughter 7 are aro the subjects of or the time present gossip which seems rather premature orthey S S Sare are 1111 both very c youthful anti and have havo not noc yet even oven seen each other Anyway time the story tory goes oes that Queen S Amel of ot Portugal Portus who has haM recently t I. I V been In England visiting the ha tho king and I and Incidentally attending attending- the tho marriage e of her brother Prince Charles S of or Bourbon at Wood Norton has opened negotiations for tor a 0 match be be- between tween her tier son und arid the time Duchess J of I Fifes Fife's oldest eldest daughter daus Princess Ns Alexandra who rs only onh 16 IC Is u a I pretty girl s-Irl much resembling her grandmother Queen Alexandra Naturally Naturally Nat Nat- she sho Is not seen much In lii II so- so clety as she Is not yet out of thel the tho and English princesses do clo donot J not l make makO their debut until th they areat are aro at least 18 IS or so v Prince Louis who unless a revolution re tion Intervenes will wl one ono day be Kin King of or ton tortu ral nl is not yet 21 21 but a smart and Intelligent young prince For his hi Interference und and remonstrance with wih his S fathers father's policy during the tho recent crisis in Portugal ho he was banished from tho the court b by time the Spartan king Te The prince S. S S promise of or being as ns portly as his wives porty father Cather rl es having a 3 decided tendency to toward toward toward to- to ward embonpoint embonpoint 1 |