The record-union., 1899-07-09
That the Steamship Companies Admit H.
ability TO Cope With It.
Great Excitement in the Tea
Trade, Owing to the Decision Of
the Indian and Ceylon Sellers to
Abolish the Practice OF Allow
ing Pound Extra in Every
Hundred as Compensation for
Waste.

copyrighted, 1Sy9, by Associated FreSS.l
LONDON, July S.-When Joseph H.
Choate, the United States Embassadors
declared at the banquet here July 4th
that the presence of a thousand Amer
lean ladies at the reception held at the
Embassy during the afternoon was the
most impressive evidence he had yet
received in regard to the Importance
of the Enthusiastically to the Court or
ST. James, he gave only a faint idea
of the crowds of Americans now in
London. So great is the rush that the
steamship companies admit their ina
bility to cope with it. All the Trans
Atlantic companies have ordered from
one to four new ships, but 1T is i'm
possible for many of these to be ready
in 1900. The American and North
German lines are pushing work on
their new vessels, but they hardly
hope to have them ready for the Paris
Exposition.
A parliamentary return issued in re-
gard to the number of Church of Eng.
land churches in which there are con-
fessional boxes seems to show that the
accusations of the Anti Ritualists in
regard to this specific alleged lawless-
ness are practically groundless, as all
the dioceses except five say not one
exists. The five exceptions are Lon
| don, Chichester, Exeter, Oxford and
| Southwell. At the same time there
are scores of churches, especially in
!; London, where confessions are heard
I at the altar rails or in chairs placed
in defined positions in the nave, in or
der to avoid possible scandals upon
hearing confessions in the vestries or
rectories.
| There is great excitement in the tea
trade, owing to the decision of the In
dian and Ceylon sellers to abolish the
practice of allowing pound extra in
every one hundred as compensation for
waste. The dealers in London are in
arms, and have resolved to boycott the
Indian and Ceylon teas. AS a counter
blast to this is the decision of the SELL
ers at Calcutta yesterday, who with
drew all their tea, refusing to sell for
London. Twenty thousand chests were
withdrawn at Calcutta alone, and the
auction was stopped. Out of 24O.O00,-
900 pounds required for Great Britain,
planters and exporters representing
215, 100000 have promised to stick to
the abolition resolution. Thirty-four
planters are starting for England, inn
mediately to open agencies in this
country for the sale of their teas. In
the meantime the doors have been
opened for China teas of lower
grade.
The double Liberal victory at the
Oldham election July 9th is taken, in
conjunction with other recent bye
elections and votes in the House of
Commons, as most humiliating to the
Ministry. The Liberals are exulting.
and even go to the extent of predicts
ing an early dissolution.
It is rumored that the Cabinet meet-
ing of Tuesday was stormy, and that
fmany differences developed, but SO
long as the Ministry can adjust it's
differences, it is probable that a dis
solution will not occur before the au-
tumn of 1900.
The Author has published a letter.
from Rudyard Kipling which ends by
setting forth explicitly the grounds on
which his case against certain Amer
lean publishers rests. He says: 'They
have made me responsible, before a.
public to whom I do peculiarly owe
the best and most honest work I can
turn out, for an egregious padded fake.
and all these things they did taking
advantage of that public interest in
my illness when I lay at the point of
death. I do not see how / can permit
their action to pass without challenge.
1t establishes too many presidents
which will do evil to the honor and in
tegrity of the profession that so far
has given me countenance and profit,
Cervera Court-Martia1.