New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-18

10 tine ground the laboriously constructed edihce
| Of international honesty for the sake OF putting
money into the pockets Of seven or eight Canadian
| firms.
point which neither THE Tines nor the
English authors seem to consider Is the impracti-
cability of the Colonial Office putting veto upon
, the Canadian raiding operations against inter-
| national copyright. England accepted the Berne
| convention withou. committing Canada to the
copyright principle. Canada adopted the Berne
nroposals with the explicit understanding that 1t
could withdraw after giving years notice III
| Mr. Chamberlain throws out the Canadian act
the Dominion may serve notice Of Its withdrawal
| from the Berne convention Canadian printers
would then be at liberty to pirate American books
and impair, If not destroy the value of the con-
| tracts of English authors with American publish
| ers 1t is very awkward business to manage, as
! the Rosebery Government acknowledged when
| they asked the Dominion Government TO send out
| a special agent to talk over the question. Mr.
Chamberlain IL known to be studying the contro-
versy in detail but IS not likely to act pre-
maturely
Speaker Crisp was interested spectator or
| the opening scenes Of Parliament. and was intro
| duced To Sneaker Gully and many other promi-
nent men. He has left London this week for
| Paris but will return next week TO take another
| look at Westminster.
American friends OF Mr.. James Bryce Will re-
| greet to hear that his physicians have insisted
| upon his dropping work and taking foreign
journey. He will probably sail for South Africa
week from to-day. and remain away four
months.
Many American excursion parties are returning
| from the Continent ard filing up the hotels. Half
| a dozen four in hands with American coaching
| parties, started from a single hotel yesterday
| The current Of travel is already setting west
| ward The Paris sails to-day. with large COM
| pany OF returning travellers. The outbreak OF
smallpox in London is causing some uneasiness
and the August fogs are frightening nervous
| travellers away.
The opening OF the shooting season has been
celebrated in the daily press with ELUSIVE enthu-
siasm. Idyllic accounts published of life In
| Highland lodges. the stalking Of red deer in the
forests and the delights Of the heather and the
| springy turf. The shooting undoubtedly has been
| good and grouse plentiful. the severe winter
not having reduced the usual quantity of game.
| The presence of the German Emperor on the
| northern moors has stimulated the interest of
| the masses in this recreation of the world of
| fashion
Their Castle to meet him. but Jenkins somehow got
| in and improved the shining hours by inspecting
with awe the state apartments and dressing
rooms admirng the Goben tapestry and pink
| and white hangngs, with yellow fringe, and
counting the gilt angels OH the black and gold bed
| stead five on each side and four at the foot The
| Emperor meanwhile was bagging grouse in fine
style 60 out of 200 brace falling to his gun. al
| though he is a single handed shot 1t rained
heavily another day. and the company remained
| indoors Jenkins consoling himself with Words
worths poetry and cataloguing the family por-
| traits, but cheering up when dinner was
nounced and the distinguished guests filed into
the diningroo in the sacred order OF precedence.
| The Emperor seems to have taken off his uniform.
for he is described wearing thick. tweed knick-
| erbockers, rough plaid stockings brown boots and
| a soft peak cap" The strong friendship formed
between the Emperor and Lord Lonsdale last
| wear at Cowes and Aldershot seems to have be-
come almost fraternal. Lord Lonsdale will speed
| lily be the Emperor's guest at Berlin on the Sc
| dan anniversary, and will accompany him to
Stettin, where four army corps, with $4,000 men.
| are to be reviewed.
While the sportsmen have been on the moors BIZ
cycles have been moving on every English and
| Scotch road The number of wheemen taking
| as unprecedented. The country between STRAIT
| ford on-Avon and Coventry has fairly swarmed
with them and all the cathedral towns have been
within their circuit A large number Of American
tourists are saving their railway fares and seeing
| the country on their wheels. The popularity Of
cycling suggests to writer's for the press the
possibility Of obtaining large revenue from tax
| ing wheels and occasional accidents from fast
riding in the crowded streets Of London call out
| drastic comments from those who have no SYM
pathy with what is now a national recreation.
member Of the Salvation Army has been fined for
racing over a waitress in a milkshop, and we'll
dressed girl Of fifteen met with similar fate for
knocking down another woman with her wheel on
| Ludgate Hill. The most unfortunate wheeman
vas a postoffice sorter. who ran down police
/: magistrate alighting from streetcar
| Mr. Michael Dryers arraignment OF English
turfmen since his return TO New-York is received
| by some sporting writer's with angry resentment.
| One OF the most iil-natured wishes good radiance
| to all such bogus sportsmen.' and declares that
| Mr. Dwyer did not come to England for sport, but
| to gamble, and having had the worst Of it, has
| gone back to cacke TO the American newspapers.
| Comments like these show that good deal OF bad
| blood has been stirred up by the recent campaign
| Of Messrs Croker and Dwyer in England.
1. ~ F.
| MUST REFUND EMIGRANT EXPENSES.
| THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT ISSUES AN ORDER TO
| THE NORTH GERMAN LLOYD AND HAMBURG
AMERICAN COMPANIES.
| Berlin Aug. 1.-THE Government has issued re-
| script which has an important bearing on the bust
| ness Of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg
American steamship companies. The rescr1pt or
ders that the companies shall be jointly liable to re-
fund to the Government all the expenses entaiIed
on II through the rejection by the United States
Of emigrants carried by these lines, or by emgrants
| to whom the companies have sold tickets. VINO are
| left destitute while en- route TO the ports OF en-
barkation.