New-York tribune., 1878-04-01

which this pleasant conviction reposcs-if anv
thing Of Mr.. Max Strakosch's can be said n
repose-but it appears that at ono time Mr.. Wood
consulted with Miss Kellogg about the establish.
ment of conservatory, and Miss Kellogg wishes
to teach, and Mr.. Stebbins approves, and-well. in
some underlined way Mr.. Strakosch is mixed up with
Miss Kellogg's affairs. and that's all there is about
it. Whether the slight 0bscurity In this explanation
is attributable to the reporters inability to keep IN
with the torrent of Mr. Strakoschs coruscatng con.
versatlon or to some difficulty which the lively i'm.
presario experiences in pulling himself properly to-
geher after the shock to his nervous system il not
for us to inquire. The story Of the interview beam
such general character of fireworks that is az hard
to resolve it into its constituent facts to analyzs
the construction of catharne wheel while IL Is in
full rotation. We have recollection Of assOciating
the name of Strakosch with an Aladdin's palace OF
opera house which syndicate OF millionaires
were about to build alongside of the Grand Central
Depot. That vanished very suddenly one morning a.
soon some inquisitive person rubbed the lamp Of
investigation. Will the phenomenon be repeated in
the case Of this Conservatory of Music in the Cen.
tral Paraf II would be something worth living for
to see Mr.. Strakosch installed as the director OF
great art school like that of Paris the projected
institute at Bayreuth. But, as Mr.. Strakosch seus
bly, remarks at the end of his talk, we must wait
first and see if all this money comes for the conser
vatOire."
If the Roman correspondent of The london Time,
keeps on much longer he will prove the Pope
Protestant. The letters of this preposterous
journalist have already demonstrated that Leo XIII.
is "not an UltramOntane," and not o believer in
several of tho most characteristic doctrines of tho
Roman Catholic creed; and now he informs
MS that the new POntiff intends to repeal
kba of
especially the definition of papal infallibilty. 1t
has probably escaped his memory that the work
of the Vatican Council was the work Of
Leo bimself Cardinal Peccj having been a member
of the majority which enacted the measures he is
now reported as intending to repeal. Why cannot
the English correspondents at Rome stop talking
nonseDsei A Pope who is /" not an UltramOntane"
is an impossible contradiction.
We may as well recognize the unpleasant truth
that the Halifax award was not in reality an assess
ment of damages. but reaction against what had
come to be regarded sharp practice at Geneva
If the United States Government had promptly dis.
posed of the damages promptly paid by Great
Britain. the world would have been satisfied that
we obtained no more than Our due.
But keeping millions in our hands all
these years which we seemed unwilling either
to distribute to return, impression has
naturally been created abroad that grossly
estimated our losses and swinded Great Britain in
the verdict. That feeling has affected the dplo-
matte corps, and we doubt if there many mem-
bers of that circle at Washington who would not
have been disposed TO mulct as heavily as posi-.
ble at Halifax by way of evening-up.
Tho first exhibition of the Society of American
Artists closed Oh Saturday evening. The exhibition
lasted twenty -four days Gncluding Sundays, and
the admissions numbered in all 6,0O6, counting
the free admissions on Sunday afternoons. Although
the expenses were heavy, amounting to between
$40 and $50 day, the friends of the society will be
glad to learn that, so far can be determined at
present, the exhibition has not only paid for itself
but left surplus in the treasury.