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Up IN ARMS
AT ATTEMPT AT INTIMIDATION
CHARGED AGAINST THE SAILS
BURY GOVERNMENT.
ROYAL RENT COMMISSION
NEW MOVEMENT SAID TO BE
INTEREST.
TRANsvAAL INQUIRY ABOUT OVER
Parliamentary Committee Expects to
Complete Its Work In Two Sit
tings-GOssip of London.

LONDON, May 15-There Is chorus
of denunciation from the Liberal and
Nationalist press at the announcement
made last evening by the chief secre-
tary for Ireland, Gerald Balfour, that
royal commission would be appointed
to inquire into the workings of the
Irish land commission. The members
Of the opposition accuse the govern
ment Of making an attempt to intimi-
date the subcommissioners against re-
ducing rents, and declare the commits
sion is appointed solely in the land
lords interests, due to the government
being alarmed that the landlords may
join the Liberals on the question Of
the financial relations between Great
Britain and Ireland.
It is reported that the British cruiser
Powerful, said to be the largest cruiser
in the world, will shortly be sent on a
full-power run to New York and back,
in emulation Of the run of the United
States cruiser Columbia. The Power
full is first-class cruiser Of 1920 tons
and $4,000 indicated horsepower. She
is 500 feet long, has Il feet beam and
draws q feet. She Is credited with a
speed Of % knots. She Is a sister ship
of the Terrible. She can discharge
nearly 1900 pounds. or eight tons of
metal In a minute. She carries a crew
Of $40 men.
The parliamentary committee which
has been inquiring into the Transvaal
raid Is expected to conclude the pres
ent part Of its inquiry with two more
sittings, when an interim report may
be submitted. The members Of the
committee hope to finish the whole in
quiry this session.
Charlemagne Tower, the new United
States minister to Austria-Hungary.
visited the American embassy here to-
day. United States Ambassador Hay
will present his secretary, Spencer
Eddy, Of Chicago, in the diplomatic
circle, in the levee which the Prince of
Wales will hold in behalf of the queen
at st. James palace on Tuesday next.
In the general circle, Col. Hay will pre-
sent Leslie Cotton, j. L. Taylor and
George Porter, all of New York; George
Gilpin, of Philadelphia, and the staff
Of the United States embassy.
A majority Of the newspapers, led by
the Times, are favorable to Lord Dun
ravens motion made in the house of
lords last evening, asking for an in
quiry into the stories of contagious
diseases among the soldiers Of the Brit
ish army in India, and the effect upon
the population of India. His lordship
adduced a<powerful argument, quoting
figures from the report made this year
by the commander, Lord Roberts, Of
Kandahar, who was commander-in-
chief of the army in India from 1886 to
1893, and who is now commander of the
forces in ireland, strongly urged that
immediate steps be taken in the matter,
pointing out that in the Chitral expedi-
ton, 10 per cent Of the soldiers were
on the sick list.
The archbishop of Canterbury, while
urging attention to the moral side of
the question, admitted the necessity
for an inquiry The Earl Of Onslow,
parliamentary secretary for the India
office, asked Lord Dunraven not to press
the motion as the government thought
the new measures which would be i'm
mediately taken, based upon a draft Of
the cantonment regulations from the
yiceroy Of India, the Earl of Elgin
would most likely attain the object de-
S1reQ. Inc uepdte Will OS 1SSuiliSu -ou
Monday.
At the annual meeting Of the Iron and
Steel institute this week, American
competition was one of the chief points
Of discussion. President Pritchard Mar
tin spoke Of the enormous output of
the leading American steel works, and
pointed out that the Americans were
understanding the British In the uses
Of steel. He instanced the steel build
ings being erected in nearly all the
large cities Of the United States, and
urged lower freight rates, saying that
the present cost Of transportation was
severely handicapping British industry,
as many were greatly below the English
rates.
MERE EDWARDS.
The inquiry into the fire at the
charity bazaar, Paris, on May last. has
been followed with the most keen inter-
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