New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-07
IRISH LEADERS OUTWITTED

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THEY WE'RE TRAPPED BY MR.. BALFOUR's
ASSURANCES.
UNABLE TO SECURE CONSIDERATION FOR IRE
LAMPS vANcEs-THEATRIcAL AND
ART NEWS IN LONDoN-UNsoc1AL
SOUTH AFRICAN MILL
IoNAIREs.
London. March 6.-Arthur j. Balfour, the Govern
ment leader In the House OF Commons. mas taken
advantage Of the weakness OF the Irish leaders 10
throw them out of all effective discussions OF ,he
Irish financial grievances. The one great irish
question OF the session Is virtually shelved. so lar
as it can be made use of against the Governments
new Financial Relations Commission. The blame
for this tactical bundcr must be attriDu'eh 10 MI
Dillon and Mr.. Blake who took upon themselves
the duty OF attacking the Government.
The dispatches OF the United Associated PRESSES
have already recorded how. when the time was
most opportune for elciting a statement as TO the
plans OF the Government by moving an amehu-
ment TO the address in reply TO the Queens Speech
Mcssrs Dillon and Blake assen,ed TO Withdraw 'ne
amendment innocently accepting MI ba'io",
assurance that IAN early day would De given "'
the Government to discuss the pre- posed new COM
mission Messrs. Blake and Dillon appeareu W
following week or at all events. before the terms
Of reference 10 the Commission were published
and the Commission constituted. Week after week
has passed. and the Irish leaders find the COM
mission an accomplished fact while they anu 'he'i
party forced 10 remain muzzled M such oi',e
as the Government thinks nj 10 aiow ,ne" ~
Irish papers say that the conduct of Mr. Baiour
has caused the greatest surprise ana G,S rnrse
iac s paTe as Messrs Dillon and Blake have
shown themselves ingenious MI. Baioui ~. NE
else date for the hearing of the case for Ireland
He still declines TO fix date. Mr. Dlllon W $50 -,
referring TO a pledge which Mr.. Dillon has ob,a'ned
from Mr. Balfour that the date shall come OH pc
lore .ne Of Sact the Commission is appointed
though not publicly gazetted.
Since the announcement OF the conference OF 'he
leaders Of all the Nationalist factions ne" anu
adverse element has been introduced into the couh-
ellis Of the Irish party John Redmond. departing
from the original idea of conference OF the Ma
tionalIst sections. has proposed general confer
ence TO be held on March 3. when VIII iheiuue ''e
I1ish Unoniss. Colonel saunderson' hoi"Oe
Plunket Mr. Carson and other bitter opponents Vi
Home Rule will attend this general conference
Each Irish representative is to be present, aoso-
mieiy unfetered. Mr.. Carsons views OF irei ,,i
frnm ,ha f%ationaljst view Colonel Saundersons
demands for financial redress by no means ' Any
With Mr. re MOI or hostile to the new Com
mission. The Nationalists resent the Commission
as an insult and a dodge TO delay consideration
NJ their demands and assert that 1t Is 80 packed as
finally to support the continued despoilins OF Ire
n nTc emntT paaVer II its results merely
negative there would be nothing mIfh 10 sec; Of
spoiling that possibility OF reunion OF me Nailonai-
st factions which conference free from
would undoubtedly have anorded.
In the theatrical world the days OF the musical
farce vastly prosperous though they nave peen'
are nearly number ed Audiences have tired OF the
frock coat and walking dress of daily life and top
ical patter songs, and now clamoring Tor cos
tune romance and color. Half the traditional
homes Of the best work of the English dramatists
hcye been given over to these musical comedies,
with variety entertainment thrown In. but the most
eArerenced managers believe that this season VIII
see such productions confined TO the Gaiety The
atre alone The Geisha' marks the parting OF the
ways leading the revival of genuine comic opera,
of which London has been too long deprived. Inc
operatic artists appearing In musical comcdles
are ali eager for the change to costume pieces.
vance on the traditional type. 1t will have a dra;
matte story, and the grotesque hn1 nackese =,
imtroglioc are be laid OIL the shelf forever II
is hoped that the comic opera on the story OF
Nine Sans-Gene' may prove the article relnirGd,
music by Ivan Caryll. The dispute over the stage
rights il still unsettled. Sir Henry Irving has
sra njnnctions pointing he sole owner
of the English stage rights OF the r re h pay;
piece of work based the same historical facts
on which the play was also founded MISS Florence
ST John will be the fascinating "asher"oHiah'
The piece is already In rehearsal
The more the Wallace arr collection, which has
been left to the Nation Is studied the more price,
less are the trea sures seen to be. Had they been
offered at a single sale by the heirs 1t is the bare
fact 10 saw that the price of curios all over the
world would have been permanently reduced. All
of the available money IN the world for art pur-
chases could not have secured all the articles II
the collection at the present range of prices
HEREFORD House. in London. where they mostly are
is really a vast museum. rather than a private
residence Rembrandt. Van Dyck. NelasQuez. Mu-
ro and other great masters have large gallery
to themselves. So fine Is the collection of the
modern school that it Is said 10 surpass the Luxem
bourg in the Importance of its French work OF our
time There twenty-five MASTERPIECES by Meis-
sonier, thirteen BY Delaroche oyer .hirty by De
all This. there is grand collection OF armor, goa
and and fys hSpy
come under the auctoneers hammer. there VIII be
Of the e Collections Of the late Baron IIirsch Sir
Algernon Coote and Sir C. Stewart Forbes are 70
that sO of the original manuscripts Of Keas's En-
dymion" and "Iamia." all In the poets hand
writing.
Park Lane Is rapidly becoming the favorite site
for the palaces OF South African mionaires. Their
love for one another IS illustrated a2tly by the
action of Alfred Belt In adding a piece OF spare
ground TO that on which he is to build his man
SION HIS characteristic explanation is that fell
| low-nionaire announced his intention Of building
| house OH this bit Of land, and the idea of the
| neighborship was dispensing MI Belt that
| he begged the Duke Of Westminster. who is the
| ground landlord not to expose him to such pos
| sibiiity but find some other purchaser. The
| Duke however. refused 10 be influenced by any
such considerations. Eventually Mr.. Belt had to
| buy the land himself escape having the same
| sort of man himself living next door.
| Lord Rosebery has again the early favorite for
| this years Derby in Velasquez But the proba bic
cause OF the heavy and persistent this colt
| Is the fact that Lord Abingdon and Sir Frederick
tombstone the joint owners OF Ves.;vian. another
excellent horse, both in precarous health. while
the owner Of Gelee the close second fay ori,e has
been i'll all the winter. IL will be remembered that
| all entries for the race are disqualified by the
dea tn of the nominatOr. Lord AlingtOns illness is
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