| Show FOREIGN NEWS london apri 10 dispatches Dic patches from vienna describe a new machine for the manufacture ot lace which turns out an article not distinguishable from hand work hitherto lace machines have only produced meshes in perfect squares giving the lace a stiff appearance this ia now abolished and it is expected that the machine which is the invention of an named august matitsch Mati tech will have the effect of transferring transfer ahe lace industries to new cantere cen tere the hon wayne macveagh MacVea gb the retiring united states ambassador to italy will be the first of the retiring diplomats to reach home as he sails for bew york on april 15 when asked what he thought of the new united S ates cabinet clr macveagh promptly eaid I 1 think ahe country is to be upon its cabinet and the same is true of its diplomatic the gentlemen selected are I 1 believe in every instance admirably for the posts assigned them As to his views of the extra of congress co ogress aad the proposed new tariff macveagh replied I 1 think president mckinley did exactly right in calling an extra sass on I 1 do not my belf believe the system is any longer needed t the united states but I 1 recognize that the recent election en the republican party to pass bill to ane advocates of high duties and therefore the it ie passed the better uncertainty as to what the duties are to bo ii wone even than hab duties and if the new tariff takes effect at once the country will have three years in which to test it by its fruits before the next pres dennial dent ial election lottie collins who in private life is mrs charles cooney has brought action one of the weekly newspapers for an alleged libel which appeared in its issue of december oth miss collins claims that imputations of vulgarity were made against her respecting her performance during her recent encase ment ai the palace music hall the cate will be tried iu may the authorities of the royal military tournament have accepted the offer ct the cicle corps 0 the middlesex volunteers to furnish a team of men to give di at the forthcoming tournament in june illustrating the possibilities of the cycle from military point oi view the performance will consist of tann over and surmounting obstacle airing both fram the ground and the saddle and camion wounded men there are indications that the british preparations against the transvaal multiply in it was reported during the week that two more regiments have been notified to prepare for service in south africa and negotiations are pending with scotch ship owners tor four transports to be ready end of june through Preil dent krueger bas court his grandson eicoff ji jv ui tny insulting language towards Y queen victoria the moet bitter corn can bo beard in the cluba a the bitter claresea of 1 bore against president krueger who it is claimed ha edone as much as eloff to in wit W it mit tha the liberals are evidently beginning I 1 to consent common troubles and are raising up a warning truth on abis subject bays this danger that we shall drift into war with j the transvaal lord Salia burya gov eminent is apparently bent 1 a quarrel upon president krueger every occasion is taken to insult him and everything every thine be doe ie misrepresented if the outcome is not war this is only because ha wiser men in the ministry have at cenath realized that war with abo transvaal does not mean a contest with a puny african tribe but a race war in which a maj rity of the whites at the cape and all the boers will be against us |
