New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
WHATLONDON TALKS ABOUT

LONDON. DecemDcI
John BULLS HANDS FULL.-Four Cabinet
councils In a week are calculated to arouse COM
ment. hut II must be admitted that the Marquis
a, salisbury and his colleagues have a multiplicity
OF matters more or less urgently calling for set
Element. with France trying to hlch slices OF
African territory which Great Britain IL In the
habit OF calling her own. and Germany ioosenang
the grin Albion has always claimed to have In
china while Great Britain herself Is trying TO
xrab a little more country at various other points.
and with the preparation OF the legislative pro-
gramme the Ministry has no lack Of worries
The announcement which The st. Jamess Ga
xette" made on Wednesday last. "authoritatlvely.
that the British Government does not expect any
further trouble with France regarding the Upper
Nile regions, France agreeing to accept the situA-
ton. is unconhrmed and probably unfounded. as
there is no lack Of evidence that France Is delio-
erateIy pursuing the task Of SELLING the upper
waters OF the Nile above Kharoum. thus cutting
the British linz Of communication between cape
Town and Suez. and the powerful Colonial party
In France threatens to upset the Melne Cabinet
should It recede from this enterprise.
All the forces Of General Sir William Lockhart'
the British commander the Indian frontier.
have been withdrawn to the Bara Valley for the
winter Thus the and S:s egSdD Pc fSsSe
will have 70 be EP.S or In x sss
rup SS spsn anH oss e and British
on the frontier are the debts against Thrn h XIV
mud huf sa msy.s ue arc the only
parent credits. .,,--
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downe, the present Secretary Of state for War a..
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materially smoo the path for n TIM iSs
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are not appreciated by the Ministry.
PEARY's WELCOME IN LONDoN.-Lieutenant
! r. 4. Peary the American explorer. has taken the
| town by Storm though he arrived here unheralded
| The newspapers. geographers and scientists are
J at his disposal As leading seographer SAID 70
| representative Of the Associated Press:
| Lieutenant Peary has won all our hearts oy
his modesty, courtesy and learning We put him
| on the same plane as DR.. hansen, and have tho
utmost confidence in his pans" e..,,.s
Museum. where the mineralogist. Fletcher. one OF
the foremost authorities In the world mas I'm.
pronounced them to be meteorttes beyond aoupti;
s He nneee NAV Whcs dstnctve meteorc character
| fstcs were more sharply dehned.
| On Tuesday Lieutenant Peary and Mrs. Peary
| dined with the Harmsworths, and on Wednesday
TIE United States Ambassador. Colonel John Hay.
| and Mrs. Hay gave dinner In their honor The
| Lieutenant lectured at Newcastle on THURSDAY
| and on Friday he lectured at Edinburgh There ne
met with an enthusiastic reception from the Royal
| Scottish Geographical. Society. and TO him waa
| presented its medal Sir Clement Markham, presi'
dent Of the Royal Geographical Society. Will give
a banquet In Lieutenant Pearys honor on Decem-
| Der II.
THE Saturday Review says:
There is a tinge OF hero worship In the reception
| accorded TO lieutenant Peary which SURPRISES
the reception Of Dr. Nansen This !: as II .houia
| be. Peary 10 Of our race and speaks our tongue
warmly for him than for foreigner Mers cove
| is almost unparalleled in the splendid story OF
| Arctic exploration.
| COLONEL HAYS POPULARITY.--"colonel Hay
| has done a great deal more hero than people
| think" said one OF his friends recently. He has
| declined over nifty Invitations to make public
| speeches since he arrived in England"
| Judging from the praise lavished on his purely
literary speech at the Omar Khsyysm Club on
Wednesday. he will md II more difncult than ever
THE United states has never: not even in Mr.
dowt bee. sn,vsS stronger moro
SCIENCE TO BE INvoKED.-The member OF
| the British Astronomical Association who Is 60
Ing 10 India witness the eclipse OF the sun VIII
| take with him a powerful cinema. ograph camera.
which will produce Nv. or six photographs a sec
| ond He hopes thereby 10 settle the question
Snrn IL. The rs OF ims .ep
AGITATION OVER MARRIAGE.-Exuaor-
| binary agitation has been evoked by the marriage
| on November "a Of Miss Leila Bayard Crooke a
| niece Of Thomas r. Bayard. the former United
States Ambassador here. to Mr.. Lyon. who had
| been divorced. which caused the Clerical party 10
| interfere and make them get married In church
other than the one FIRST selected. IL has brought
effect that he disapproves Of such marriages. and
that his vicar;General hereafter VII not license
forbidden their chancellors to license the mar
. .aif'y OF divorced people "'''0'' innocent or
| PROFESSOR HANSEN sUCCEssFUL.-Profes-
sor Hansen OF Dakota. has about concluded his
ihs seeds 50 and plants best Calculated 10 reclaim
sandy wastes He has secured good collection.
| COLONEL AND MRS. HAY AT WINDSOR.-On
Friday afternoon Colonel Hay had long con-
ference with the Marquis OF Salisbury at the For
| eign Once the subject Of the Behrins Sea. The
| interview amicable on both sides but moth
Later in the afternoon Colonel Hay and Mrs. Hay
proceeded to Windsor; where they received special
dor And o. his wife dned at the table Colo
mel Hay sitting next TO Her Majesty She was
hour after dinner. The queen conversed with Mrs.
Hay In the same cordial manner
| KAISER AND Clara kodak snapshot Of the
| family group while the Car and Cxarna were at
Darmstadt. showing Emperor William with his
| arm afectionately encircling the Cars shoulder.
| has furnished German photographer with pict-
| ure which Is selling freely. Berlin photographer
| has skifully detached the German Emperor and
the Car from their surroundings. and has made
| II appear that the two autocrats were photo
| eraphed alone. after purposely assuming friend
ly pose When the pictures appeared IN me stores
| AN ADMIRAL's LAMENT.-At the Christmai
dinner OF the New Vagabonds' Club on Friday
| Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford was the