The age-herald., 1899-05-28
HOLIDAYS BRING
 DULL POLITICS
Attention Directed to Peace Con-
 ference at The Hague.
ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
Comes in for Share of Interest-Union of the British and American Delegates Work Warm
 ly Approved.

London, May 27.-The holidays have brought stagnation in politics. Most of the public attention has been directed to The Hague peace conference and the Anglo American commission. The union of the work of the British and American delegates is warmly approved The czar's scheme, presented on Friday is very elaborate and detailed, while the American project is at tractive It was attractive by it's business like brevity and simplicity.
 The Daily News correspondent at The Hague says it appears to give a satisfacto- ry solution of the problem presented by the czar, and that Great Britain of course will support the American project. The scheme of Professor Maarten's, professor of inter- national law at the University of St Pe- tersburg and arbitrator of the Anglo-Ven- ezuelan arbitration, is said to contain the code of procedure which will be adopted by the Venezuelan arbitration committee.
 Reflects the British View
 The Daily Chronicle reflects the British view in saying:
 "The matter is grave As many contend Great Britain was wise when she accepted even the Paris rule However, the house
 
 nance any idea of withdrawal, and if Amer ica will come in and sign the deelara tion winch she practically invoked in the Span ish war it would be material advance in humanizing war, and England might well reaffirm the rule and absolutely bind her self in the future" Interesting speeches were delivered this week by Lord Rosebery, John Morley and Sir Michael HicksBeach, chancellor of the eXchequer.
 The public will hear both sides. It is pointed out that even millionaires could not eat more than one dinner a day, wear one suit of clothes, or ride more than one horse at the same time, adding that the only su- periority that they possessed over the poor was being able to command the best medi- cal attendance and pointing out, however, that hospitals of the poor had lessened this supposition. The discussion brought forth a crop of sarcastic comments on the line of millionaires.
 Downright Adulterated Cant
 The Saturday Review speaks straight out, saying:
 From Lord Rosebery's lips this code of moralizing is downright, adulterated cant"
 MT. Morley, criticising Lord Rosebery position in the party made a happy epi- gram, dubbing his lordship "dark horse in loose box" which he regarded as be- ing peculiarly apt description of Lord Rosebery's present position.
 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach says he finds an office a wearness and speaking at Bristol he expressed preference for Give opposition" making the novel suggestion that if the opposition does not win the next general election the conservative ought to play second team" Particulars regarding the famine in Rus- sa confirm the Narrowing accounts. The members of the Russian aristocraey seem to have at last awakened to a full sense of the gravity of the situation, and money is beginning to flow in from all sides for the relief of the starving Moujiks. Unfor- tunately charity is almost too late. The censor at first prevented the truth from being published by the Russian press
 The Famous Sceptar
 "Now that the facts are allowed to ap- pear, the famine sceptre is stalking through the land. Some authorities esti- mate that as many as twenty million are starving. Rev. Francis, pastor of the American church at St. Petersburg, who did so much to secure aid during the last famine, appeals to the British public to- day. He says seven provinces, covering 19OOO square miles, are famine stricken, and that millions of people are starving and will need to be fed during the next three months. He adds that the czar czar- ina and others have subscribed many mil lions of roubes, but that e2, 900 are still required.'