Christian herald and signs of our times . ving lunatic ! ^ . . The news comes from Ottawa thatLady Macdonald, the widow of Sir John Mac-donald (whose portrait appears in this column),has been madea peeress byQueen Victoria, inhonor of her illus-trious Macdonaldis herself a womanof rare accom-plishments andmany admirablequalities, and onewho, in Canadianeyes at least, welldeserves the honorH a d Sir JohnMacdonald lived,it is not improbable that his statesmanshipwould have been recognized by the conferringof a peerage, but his nature — which wasrather democratic than otherwise — wou
Christian herald and signs of our times . ving lunatic ! ^ . . The news comes from Ottawa thatLady Macdonald, the widow of Sir John Mac-donald (whose portrait appears in this column),has been madea peeress byQueen Victoria, inhonor of her illus-trious Macdonaldis herself a womanof rare accom-plishments andmany admirablequalities, and onewho, in Canadianeyes at least, welldeserves the honorH a d Sir JohnMacdonald lived,it is not improbable that his statesmanshipwould have been recognized by the conferringof a peerage, but his nature — which wasrather democratic than otherwise — wouldprobably have led him to decline it, althoughlike Dlsraeli, he might have been induced toaccept it for his wifes sake. * * * . . Emperor William is a man of let out a secret a few days ago, concern-ing which all Europe had been conjecturingfor weeks past, viz., that the Dreibund orTriple Alliance of Germany, Italy and Austria,had been renewed for six years and the treatysigned. This will probably dispose of the war. LADY MACDONALD. talk for some time to come, unless indeed, po-litical and other changes should occasion arupture of the alliance such as almost happen-ed after the collapse of the Crispi ministry inItaly sometime ago. Now, that this impor-tant matter is settled, the young Kaiser feelsat liberty to go on his long-projected is accompanied by the Empress and a verylarge and brilliant staff. Great preparation arebeing made in London for their reception, andone of the royal palaces will be practically sur-rendered to the visitors during their stay.# # * . . Prince George of Greece, who is nowvisiting this country, arrived in New York lastweek. He speaks very modestly about thepart he played in saving the Czarewitch ofRussia from a Japanese assassin in the gardensnear Otsu, some time ago, the facts concern-ing which were published in The ChristianHerald shortly after the occurrence. Wewere on one side of the path, he said, witha line of polic
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