New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-16
british DIGNITY SOOTHED.
lord sALIsBURY's CONSENT TO A SEAL
ING CONFERENCE GIVEN.

INSTINCT PROGRESS TOWARD THE sETTlEMENi
or A DIPLOMATIC oUEsTIoN-PRoBABLE
FATE OF THE MONETARY PROPOSALS.
TBY CABLE TO THE rRIBuNEl
london. Oct 1J-One OF the two diplomatic
questions pending between the ohi'eu So
a england has been resettled to-day. This
,s the question of dignity relating 10 'he
pohrre Sea Conference Lord Salisbury was
,,,. 20 have oxnert testimony collected on
.aoh side. and submitted for careful compari-
ard deliberate consideration but he was
nar,cular about having a select audience he
s,s NOT wish or. to speak more accurately can
saa did not WISH to have Russia and Japan rep
.,.od In the conference. The State Depart
ort not caring to make too much OF line
,oir, Of diplomatic etiquette, has suggested
aroc,ical way out of this dilemma. This is TO
hove two conferences-oIe dealing WIN 'he
hroad aspects of the sealing question ana the
reservation of the herd. and the other WIFI
,he narrower application Of 1t to the reguia'iohs
so tho Paris award Lord Salisbury mas
,ron,ntlv accepted this solution A1ter READ
, tho teecraphic summary OF the recent pro-
rosa,s of the state Department received ny 'he
british Embassy in Washington, ne mas oiueieu
Professor Darcy Thompson ana 'he N"h"u"'
exnert to attend the secondary OF suppieiie"'a,'
rxouo,oo at Washington, at which only the
1,ri,od States. England and Canada VIII pe
represented .o,,oa ~, tho
rh,s decision. which has been reached ny the
Foreign Office to-day. will enable the eNper'S
ON each side to compare the results Oh 'heii III
xestigations The main conference Oh 'he sea-
os,,on will be held simultaneously put
u,ns,and and Canada will not be represented /"
n because they decline, through seiisi''' e"e'o
on the point Of dignity. to admit 'ha' Hu'a'a a,'O
ronap have any interest in the matter All 'iie
.c,entiec facts will be brought out ether III one
conference or the other. and all the mafi'i"e
nowers interested in the preservation Oh 'he
sss, herd will know speedily what ousht 10 oe
done another year ,,, u,
The other diplomatic questloh WIN" WI,
sneedily be settled Is the bimetaihc proposals
~ the United States and France. CaDihe'
meeting will be held tomorrow at whlch 'he
onsu.r Of the British Government will be con-
sdered The bankers in this city eVloeh'iS
ORC suu apnrehensive lest something may be
done bv the Government to facilitate rauohai
monetary policy by international agreement
oua tbev have been bestirrng themselves this
week 10 bring tremendous pressure to bear
unon the Chancellor of the Exchequer against
making any concession whatsoever to the
1,rorch and American Governments. EXten-
sively signed petitions and remonstranccs nave
be.n presented to influence him. But those pre-
cautions were hardly necessary The Capihet
Tomorrow. unless all signs fail. VIII instruct 'he
Chancellor of the Exchequer TO dechhe to GU
onerate with those two Governments IN meas
,rec for promoting new Monetary conference
nledeed in advance to take decisive action al
favor of bimetallism. This decision VIII De
communicated to the two Embassies ana the
Monetary Commission some time during the
,ext week on fortnight. after the Chanceiior Vi
tho Excbeouer has had leisure for considering
i,oxr he can say NO gracefully and courteous
" Mr.. Wolcott and mis- colleagues VIII theh
return TO Paris TO consult with the French Gov
eminent respecting the expediency OF the Ohi'eo
states and France attempting to carry out 'heii
no,icv without the help Of England ana lhoia'
Under these conditions it is probable that 'he
French Government will refuse to assume 'he
responsiblity for continuing these mohe,ar!
negotiations or at all events for taking decisive
action without receiving assurances OF the re-
opening of the Indian mints and the support IN
limited degree Of the Bank of England.