The morning news., 1897-01-31

Wood, secretary of the London Society of
Arts, who tested the discovery with other
experts at Kings College this week. The
inventor is Billedien Chassagne of Paris.
The process is simple and inexpensive. The
negative is taken on a gelatine plate,
which has been treated with solution OF
certain salts. The nature of the solu-
ton used is for the present kept secret.
The negative is developed and fixed IN
the ordinary way, and when finished looks
like any other negative. From 1t the
positive is printed on sensitized paper or
a gelatine film plate or paper, having pre-
viously been treated with an unknown So
luton. The positive looks exactly like
an ordinary Photographic print and shows
no trace of color. 1t is then washed over
with a three-colored solution, blue, green
and red and it takes up in
succession the appropriate color
in the appropriate parts and
combinations Of colors giving all Varie-
ties of tint. Thus in a landscape, the
trees take the various hues, green, the
sky becomes blue, flowers show their prop
er colors, bricks and tiles of houses are
red, and so on. In a portrait the flesh
tints come out well, and the different col
ors of the costume are accurately given.
The general appearance of the picture IS
that of a colored photograph. Looked at
from a distance it would be taken for one
Inspected under magnifying power it is
seen that the colors follow details in
manner hardly possible for hand work.
Sir Henry Wood says of the tests of the
process made at Kings college, that "Chas-
sdgne treated with perfect success some
positives he had brought with him, and
with quite as much success as we expect
ed, some positives made by
ourselves from negatives, which
we took Of various test OBJ
iects The light was extremely bad. The
dox a nd nj ~
ferior, still when treated as above de-
scribed they showed color with perfect
accuracy, and a distinctness quite sutfi-
cient to test the process"
The distinct note of alarm in Mr.. Cham
berlain's speech on South African affairs
in the House of Commons yesterday mas
aroused considerable uneasiness, which is
reflected in the sharp drop in prices at
the stock exchange to-day. The speech
was certainly an able one, and was as
remarkabl for what it did not say as for
what it did. 1t had the effect of prompt
ly silencing the opposition among the
supporters of the government to the ap-
pointment of a committee of inquiry, and
nothing can now prevent, at least, the
form of investigation. The speech con-
tained one significant phrase which has
not a pleasant sound in honest ears. The
committee, the speaker said, will know
that it has to shield great national inter-
ests and it will know how to subordinate
personal prejudice to those higher and pa
triotic considerations
This is very different from the func-
ton assigned to the committee by the
government last session. Then it was 70
be the committees business to find out
the truth of the whole miserable South
African business, no matter what in
terests,' national or otherwise, were ar
| fected thereby. The result of the debaee
on the whole may be regarded as favor
able to Mr.. Rhodes. The public record
Of the fifteen politicians who will compose
the committee of inquiry justities the as
sumption that whatever be the nature of
the evidence laid before it, it certainly
will not report in favor of putting
Mr.. Rhodes on his trial for high
treason or any minor offense. Mr. Rhodes
present idea is to have himself examined
| by the committee as early as possible,
! and then to return to South Africa, to
resume his intrigues against the Trans
| vaal republic the existence Of which is
an impossible barrier to the realization
| of his ambitious schemes, leaving to his
| accomplices in high places in this coun~
! try the task of blocking the committee
/ by a vast quantity of evidence. 1t is
thought possible by this means to keep
| the committee at work for two or three
sessions of parliament, until having wear
| led everybody of the subject he will pre-
Il
| fact of a successful revolution in the
! Transvaal. The programme on its race
seems impossible and fantastic, but it is
! seriously entertained by Mr. Rhodes and
his accompices. good many people are
! still disposed to place Joseph Chamber
| lain in the latter category, while others
/ prefer to believe that he was merely the
dupe of the millionaire filibusters. A
| few months will suffice to show which
| theory is accurate If Mr.. Chamberlain
honestly desires to get at the truth he will
be no party to delay and
the committee ought in that
! case to finish it's labors this
session. Meanwhile, some curious
Engishmen, who are not afflicted with the
taint of jingoism, continue to ask why
| Mr.. Rhodes remains a member of the
queens most honorable privy council
| An anonymous writer to the Daily Chron'
icle, who is currently reported to be nc
less person than Lord Loeb, formerly
governor of Cape Colony and high com
missioner In South Africa, pertinently re-
minds the country that as privy coun-
cillor Mr.. Rhodes swore to "advise the
queen to the best of his discretion, to ad.
wise for the queens honor and the good
of the public, without partiality, to keer
the queens counsel secret, to avoid cor
rupt!on, to help and strengthen the exc.
oution of what shall be resolved, to with
| stand all persons who would attempt the
contrary, to observe and keep and do al
that a good and true counsellor ought tc
do to his sovereign"
BY MIR. Rhodes own admissions, he Is
guilty Of acts which constituted viola
ton of every one of these solemn obliga
tions. There is no need to put him or
trial, for he has confessed, and to do this
man justice, he has made no hypocritica
pretence of being sorry for anything ex
cept the failure of his conspiracy. II is
evident. therefore, that President Kruger
has good cause for complaint and ampl,
ground for suspicion of England's gooC
faith. so long as Cecil Rhodes is permitted
to remain a privy councillor
A STEAL AT APPOMATOX.