New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-16

The Lana Dill ana the rev small lleusuitS ch-
acted are a meagre return for the Ions cam
paign before windy Troy. Neither the Queens
speech nor MI Curzon's half-hearted remarks
about Crete justify The Chronicles" confident
assertion that England and Russia have reached
with the good will Of France a fresh understand
Ing by which Armenia and Crete will be rescued
from massacre. The prospect for a settlement
OF the Cretar question can hardly be said TO be
Frightening If the European concert which col
lapsed in the case Of Armenia is the main dip
lomatc resource; but The Chronicle is gen.
orally right in its forecasts Of foreign affairs
Real progress has been made in suppressng
the rebellion in Rhodesa, where detached Dands
OF Matabeles are surrendering under pressure OF
arms and starvation. Cecil Rhodes himself is
treating for peace after hostilites for which he
may be proved by the investigating commission
10 be mainly responsible through the with
drawal of the mounted police for Jameson's raid.
Sir Hercules Robinson sails to-day for South
Africa, under the new title of Lord Rosmead,
but he is not expected to remain there long.
The Queens desire for the postponement OF the
second jubilee Of her reign commands public re-
spect
The release of DAILY and his fellow dynamite
prisoners excites no criticism in any quarter
They are in broken health and proper subjects
for clemency. having been adequately punished.
Sir John Millais's end was peaceful after
long struggle borne with forttude. When the
operation Of tracheotony was performed. one OF
his friends told him he ought to be grateful TO
the scientific surgeons attending HIM He wrote
on the slate: They are far too clever they VIII
not let me die" So he lived under the shadow
of death for many weeks, with perhaps only one
compensation for the hopeless struggle, the
knowledge that the Queen had honored his WIFE
who had been divorced from Ruskin. by sending
an invitation TO have her go TO Windsor. Every
possible honor is paid to his memory as the
foremost English painter and worthy success
sor OF REYNOLDS, West Eastlake and Leighton IN
the presidency of the Academy. OF the group
of three Preraphaelte leaders whose early work
Ruskin brought into public notice neither Ros-
setu nor Holman Hunt entered the Academy
while Millais became Associate Academcian and
president Allied with them at the outset, he
was always distinctly English, and found his
rlghtful place as a leader of National art rather
than a Preraphaelite separatist His art had
q literary side which adapted II TO the popular
taste Copyrights of the engravngs Of his most
famous pictures were great source OF his
wealth. yielding much larger returns than the
paintings themselves cOuruer, ike Loru
Leighton. he was a man of the world, with buf'
homelv hearty manners which endeared him to
his friends.
MIR Watts is too old to serve as his successor;
Sir Edward Burne-Jones is not connected with
the Academy. and Mr. Alma Tadema Is not an
Englishman hut a Dutchman. The choice seems
10 lie among Filde. Orchardson, Poynter, Prn-
sep and Richmond, with personal popularity
among fellow Academcians strong factor IN
the problem.
To-day Ii Hung Chang is lunching at Ha-
warden and comparing ages with Mr.. GLADSTONE
Two eminent men having less in common couiu
hardly be brought together. The aged oriental
has written Chinese poetry for the queens al
bum and the Poet Laureate IL poem on the dealh
of Millais Sir Julian Pauncefote Is IN LONDON
ostensibly on a vacation, but in reality confer
ring with Lord Salisbury over the fine points of
the Venezuela negotiation. The adjournment Oh
Parliament has been preceded by general
exodus from the West End to Scotland or the
Continent The Prince Of Wales has led the
way TO Homburg American tourists seem TO be
ending their wanderinss his season earlier than
usual the booking for August steamers being
heavier than last year
The weather has been cool and delightful on
the English coast but showery in London In
Southern Europe the temperature has been OPP
pressive but the heat waves have not yet
cached England where last Septembers maxi
mum Of 81 degrees has not been exceeded this
year
The mortality from heat in America causes as
constituent here. and the closest approach to an
explanation offered by the press is that TOO
much iced water is consumed when the tenn
perature is at blood heat. While the weather
has been fine in England crops Of all kinds have
suffered from lack of rain. The meadows every
where are burned up. that there is no late
hay harvest. The pasturage hardly keeps cattle
and sheep alive. and with the exception OF
wheat and potatoes. all crops are failure, and
farmers and graziers are unhappier than usual
While the wheat crop is an average one, prices
are lower than they have been in four years
The water famine in the East End OF London
and elsewhere in England is also serious.
Nansen's exploit in passing the eighty-sixth
paralle is fully recounted in a special dispatch
from Vard6e to The Chronicle" and is pro-
nounced by members of the Royal Geographical
Society as one Of the most marvellous achieve
lnents in the records Of Arctic adventure The
Fran did not reach the track of the Jeanette
and could not escape from the westerly drift of
Siberia With few more dogs 1t is believed
that hansen might have arrived at the Pole
and returned His meeting with Jackson was an
extraordinary bit of good fortune.
The tragedy at the Novelty Theatre. in which
one actor stabbed another and killed him. will
probably be followed by legislation next year
making the use Of dangerous weapons on the
stage a penal offence. The dagger with which
the actor was killed was a present from the
late Ada Cavendish. the actress. In order to
complete the horror of this realism the curtain
was raised twice for scenic effect before it was
discovered that the victim had been stabbed
to the heart. |. y i.
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