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A Nice-President speaks.

Mr.. JAMES GUsTAvUs WHITLEY il intro
duced to the public by the Forum for April
AZ Nicc-Prcsidcn Of the International
Congress Of Diplomatic History"-what-
ever that may be or may have been. The
Nice-President OF the International Com
gr'ss Of Diplomatic History writes an
article concerning the H~ay-pauncefote
Treaty, In which he disrnisseJ one OF the
objections to the treaty In this %authorita-
tive and somewhat summary fashion:
"Itis an error n suppose that the naturalization Of
the canal IL contrary To the Monroe Doctrine. That
doctrine was designed 10 prevent a com binaton Of
European powers from intervening In the internal
affairs of the American nations. An agreement,
among European and American States To neutrallze
n portion ~ the isthmus Is an engagement not t.
NEEDLE with that portion Of America. Hence. II Is a
contract 20 observe the Monroe Doctrine as far a.
that paIt OF lhe ISthmuS Is concerned, The Hay
Paunce'otr Treaty Is IN accordance with the Monroe
Doctrine"
Nc"-Prcsident JAMES GUsTAvrS WHITE
LEY Of IN. International Congress of
Diplomatic History il here speaking Of the
treaty as it was negotiated and submitted
to tn" Senate. That treaty invites n COM
bination OF European powers to guarantee
the neutrality of the canal in time of war
when the United Statcs Is a partv To the
war. That IS To say, the treaty contem-
plates and warrants the intervention OF
European nOwcrs To cOerce this Govern.
mont in ease we should ever ATTEMPT
to usc our own canal for our w
military advantage Ivy closing IL to the
warships Of an enemy. II would then
becom" the duty Of the European guar
antors of the canals neutrality to enter
upon American territory and intervene in
the affairs Of the American continentto the
extent of forcing the United States Govern
ment, If the European powers are able 81 to
do, TO abide by the provisions OF the Hay.
Pauncrfotc convention.
Tho rIan who dogmatically maintains
that the establishment Of European au-
thority over n canal across the Central
American isthmus would be no infraction of
the Monroe Doctrine has no business 10 be
Nice-Prosidcnt of an International Congress
Of Diplomatic History. He has no business
even to be n doorkecper o. such an in.
stitution.
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a specified price, but fixes seventy'five
thousand dollars ~ the sum which must be
paid upon the transfer to tho United
States by the said widow Of EDWIN FoRDEs
OF all her right. title and interest In aud Co
said art collection"
Mr.. EDWIN FoRBKs may have been "A great
artist, and his works may possess the value
assigned to them by HOPE DRIoos. We
have no Information IN the subject which
will enable us to affirm or deny either prop
osition. We do venture to assert, however,
that the art collection In question Ia not
sufficiently well known to warrant It's
acquisition by tho Government without
some further evidence Of its merit than tho
opinion Of a fire insurance broker Of Revo-
%lutionary stock. Furthermore, Congress
should insist that HOPE DRIo0s withdraw
his objections TO the Summers automatic
egg-boiler at seventy-five dollars before
consenting TO the purchase Of his Lilo
Studies Of the Great Army" and so forth,
at seventy-five Thousand.
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, Ministerial treatment Of the Assumptionlst
Fathers and their newspaper. La Oolr.
II will b. remembered that the ~ecclcsi-
astical organization just ame WAS prose-
cuted by the Government on the ground
that II was used for political purposes. That
La Croir VIVA 50 used would be denied by
nobody who has ever seen that newspaper;
nevertheless, tho impression became wide
spread that the Assumptionists were dealt
with somewhat too severely. At all events,
the Archbishop Of Paris paid n visit on
sympathy tothe monks after the conclusion
Of their trial, and several prelates, lnclud-
ing the Bishop OF Valence, wrote letters OF
coincidence to La Croir, while the Arch
bishop Of AK did not hesitate to address Il
letter to the President Of the Council him
self, in which the latter's attitude through
out the affair was rebuked.
It il admitted by NJ. WALDEcR-RoUssEAU
that such OF his fellow citizens IN are not
oficeholders have the right to express dis.
approval OF his conduct. but he insists that
the right Is not shared by State function
aries in receipt OF state stipends. Under
the Concordat the Bis hops and the Paris
priests are such functionarics. The ban
ishment Of the offending p~relates was at
first advocated, but the right OF the Minis
try to intiict such a punishment Is doubt
full, and II has been since proposed to enac
a law imposing the penalty OF imprison-
ment for from three months to two years
when a criticism Of Government measures
has been introduced into pastoral letters.
The e1pediency, however, OF passing such
a bill Is questioned, and. In the hope OF
avoiding recourse to the measure, tho
Premier has requested the Pope to require
the resignation Of the Archbishop OF AK
and the Bishop OF Valence.
1t Ii scarcely probable that LEO XIII. will
accede to the request. He has, it is true,
shown a willingness to go much further
than some members Of the French hierarchy
think he should have gone in the attempt
to reconcile French Catholics to the hepub-
lican regime. The demand, however, for
the resignation OF Bishops Is an instrument
OF discipline usually reserved for offences
against the Papaoy itself, and to employ
that instrument for the purpose OF chastis-
ing prlates whose expression OF opinion "
distasteful to secular authorities would be-
an act Of extraordinary omplajsance to the
civil power. In the judgment Of the Prom
ier's Republican critics he should never
have requested an ~interposition which the
Pontiff is almost certain to refuse.
We repeat that, but for NJ. DEboAssE,
whose presence in the Cabinet is almost IL
guaranty OF the success OF the Exposition,
the waldeck Rousseau Ministry would
have been upset long ago. II it can man
age, however, to survive a few weeks
longer. it should last until the autumn.
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The senator and the Song Bird.

In the name Of the protection OF American
song birds, Senator HoAR introduced In
December last a bill which, II passed by
Congress, would impair or destroy tho
means Of support OF thousands Of American
working women
1t was not Senator HoARs purpose to
drive these industrious girls out Of the
trade by which they earn their living. He
is too kind and g~randfatherly an old gentle
man to dream Of such a thing. He was
impelled merely by a sentimental and
creditable desire & do what he could for
the feathered songster twittering or trtl-
ling upon the tree branch; but az the Sena-
tor did not understand very well the facts
about the fancy feather trade, he made a
middle OF 1t.
Miss HELEN DBvINR's letter, printed In
THE Sun yesterday, must have Convinced
Senator HoAR already that his bill needs
trimming. This Intelligent working
woman, who has earned her living at the
feather trade for fifteen years, says that she
never has used a song bird. The material
employed In her industry Is the plumage
OF edible birds that have been killed for
food; yet Senate bill 1889, the Hoer song
bird bill, actually prohibits the importa-
ton Of the feathers plucked from pigeons,
geese or pheasants killed and eaten abroad,
and makes IL IN offence to transport such
feathers from one State to another, or TO
sell or keep for sale the same in any Terri
tory Of the United States or In the District
Of Columbia.
There is something pathetic and yet
partly humorous in the circumstance that
the feather-working girls Of America are
obliged 10 lay down their feathers and take
up their pens to protect a legitimate
industry that is threatened, with the best
intentions in the world. by one Of the most
benevolent Of our Protectionist Senators.
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Boiled Eggs and Historical Art.

Mr.. EDMUND HOPE DRIGGs is a Repre-
sentative in Congress from the Third dis
trirt OF this State, which comprises seven
wards in the borough of Brooklyn. In tn"
Congressional Directory Mr.. briggs de-
scribos himself as n fire Insurance broker OF
Revolutionary stock, W OF his ancestors
having served in the Revolutionary war,
ono IA a Captain, the other As a sur
gron ~ the Connecticut militia. TN
Wednesday he evidently determined To
do a little revolutionizing himself, to
the end that the immortal maine OF
HopE briggs should not perish from oil
the earth. lie therefore rose in his plac"
in Congress and told a number of tales in
regard to the cxtravagant fitting out OF the
army transport Sumner which prov" to ho
grossly exaggerated. lie made these false
statements the basis of an attack upon the
Administration for misappropriating the
money exacted from the people by taxation
under the War Revenue bill; and his soul
WAS filed with horror because he had dis
covered on the Sumner an automatic egg
boiler which was said to have cost seventy
five dollars!
Seventy.ive dollars is q large sum in the
eyes OF HOPE DRrGGs when it is appro-
priated for the preparation OF food for the
soldiers Of the United States on their way
70 Manila. Strangely enough, however,
his same HOPE briggs at the same
moment OF time is unblushingiy endeavor-
ing TO impose a tax OF se~venty-fve thousand
dollars upon the people OF this country, for
the purpose Of buying what he calls a
historical art collection from a resident
Of Brooklyn. The War Department, accord
ing 70 HOPE briggs, has done n grievous
wrong to the public in paying seventy-tivc
dollars for an egg-cooking machine. Tomake
amends he would command the Secretary
Of War "to purchase from the widow Of
EDWIN FORBES Of Brooklyn, \. Y, his
historical studies and sketches Of battles,
marches, camps, incidents and characters
OF the Union armies commanded by Gems.
MCCLELLAN, MCDOWELL, BANKS, Pope,
Burnside, HOOKER, MEADE and GRANT,
made in the field during the years 1862.
1863 and 1864" There ore two hundred
and tfty-one Of these productions.
The bill for this purpose, which has been
introduced in the House Of Representatives
by HOPE DRIGGs. also instructs the Secre-
tary OF Wal to buy from the widow of Ed
WIN FORBES certain original drawings Of
Life Studies OF the Great Army" forty
original steel-faced etchings illust rntlve Of
the same subjects; a set Of artists proofs
Of those life studies, signed; AMI "the
rough proofs made during the execution Of
the work, showing the progress of each
plate in It's different stages" The bill does
not authorize the Secretary 10 buy these
things us cheaply as he can, not exceeding
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~ SOUTH AFRICA.

The frat fighting In the neishbo.hood Of
Bloemfontein since tho occupation. took place
Yesterday at Karee siding. six miles beyond
tho Modder River. on the railway TO Kroonstad.
where the Beers had taken up a position and
were harasslng the submitted burxhers. The
result was the retreat Of the Beers to Brand
fort. fifteen miles beyond Karee. and a loss to
tho British OF eight officers and . hundred men
killed and wounded. The British force en-
gagged must have been greatly superior to that
of the Beers. IA II comprised . whole division
OF infantry. two brigadcs OF cavalry and . resi-
mant Of Mounted infantry. II remained IN 90
c~upation Of the Boer position after the light
aud now forms the advanced guard OF Lord
Roberts, army on tho road TO Kroonstad.
A Pretoria despatch Of Thursday states that
after q bombardment By the Beers OF the
British oamp at Fourteen Streams on the Vaai
River on Wednesday. the latter evacuated their
camp during the night. kimberley despatch
speaks OF a column having left there and
passed through Barkly West on Monday. pre-
sumably destined for the relief Of hafeking.
while another states that the troops sent into
the Barkly West district have been mpera-
lively recalled By order OF Lord Roberts. and
that the Beers had reocoupied Campbell to tho
east OF G~riauatown. What the result Of
the renewed bonn bardment OF Mafeking has
been has not been reported from Pretoria. nor
has any further news OF Col. Plumer's column
been received since the 10th. so that tbs
fate OF Col. Baden Powell and his garrison still
appears to hang In the balance. There IL no
news Of any kind trom Natal from either side.
There 10 q curious report from Lorenzo Mar
aues that it has been proposed BY . section OF
the inhabitants Of Pretoria hat no defence
should 30 made there. bat that The seat Of
government should b transferred 10 Lyden-
burg. in the angie formed BY the railway
from Pretoria to Koomsti Poort on the Portu-
guese frontier. and that from Leydsdorp In the
ZoutpansberR to the same place.
The recapitulakion Of the British army IN the
nesd 10 South Africa gives on effective fQhting
total Of about 1876. 900 men and 3S8 guns. Tho
forces composing kare 18seeiments Of cavalry.
~ companies Of Imperial Yeomanv OF lD
mon each. 10 batteries Of horse, IS Of fdd
and 2 Of mountain. artillery. IA com
panies Of garrison artillery and N OF eng
neers. Ill battalions OF regular and militia
infantry. and "a colonial co7tingents OF
varying strength. a~ggregatine bout 800
men. In addition TO the regular Q rtnlery there
are some few colonial guns and corps machine
auns: and the mounted infantry form separate
organizations. The rest Of the large ARM
under Lord Roberts is made I'D OF the various
non-combatant services s0d tho transport
nprne
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AFGHAN Fanatics.

To TIL. EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sh: The fanatic
who slew District judge A. II. Hunter and Lieut..
Green OF the Sappers al Peshawar on Monday last
mus, have been an Afg han religious dcvotee. a man
who. IN order 70 obtain the rank Of Char devoted his
life W killing an infdel.
Such asNssinauons by Afghan fanatcs have becn
landmarks In the history OF northern India. Nanak,
the founder Of the sikh religion, was killed by an
ife han devosee In the year 1898. Earl Mayo, the
dlstin Flushed viceroy Of india. was slain by an
Afghan: and so was the Chief Justice Of Calcutta,
Mr.. Norman. These three 'Ghazis" were natives Of
Peshawar.
Col Mscke>on. Commi Saoner Of Peshawar, WAS
Adams the Chief Magistrate OF the district was struck
down at the gateway u PeshAwar city In 1864. The
Rev. lsadore Ioenthsl. a converted jew, and a gradu
ate VI Princeton. n. j., VAS shot In his garden In the
anne year Capt Hand was stabbed when driving
In his buggy with his nanci~ a few years previously
Major Fulton. Who had been mistaken for one Of the
Judges, was shot by q fanele on the mall Of the
other as>assinations In Peshauar u which l
have not precise record. There IA. however.
only one instance on record Of one Of
these religious devotees having ate mpted the
NE " an English woman. Somewhere About 1870 a
~fauatical Afghan nred AZ and wounded Mrs Brand
reth, the wife al one Of The judges He vas immedt
ately arrested. and. according 70 a special lay
and hanged the same day. The man deel ared that he
gloricd In the death Of one who had died in thu cause
u God, but he felt that It's merit bad been greatly r.
duced by the fact that be had Killed . woman. He
said he had mistaken the lady for her hu band. the
Judge. as she wme q hat, TRANS INDUS.
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Parks and Their st tues.

II has been nan years since the New
York Park Commission has done anything
more praiseworthy than to adopt rules to
this effect concerning statues:
No statue. bus, or memorial building shall BE-
erected In any part Of any park where the scenery Is
Of a predominating natural character. and statues
shall be placed only as adjuncts to buildings, bridges
or viaductI
Statues Of great national. civic or universal interest
and Of grrat artistic beauty may be placed In any Of
the small parks at the intersection Of two or more
avenues
No existing natural scenery. rock. woodland. drive
or lawn shah bc destroyed or altered 10 accommodate
any statue or memorial.
No statuary. however satisfactory As a work VI art.
shall be accepted unless II will help ~ brighten the
beauty Of the landscape,
StatuaIy and structures already In the parks II not
placed In conformity with these rules, may, II con
demned by the Art Commission. be removed by the
Commissioner Of Parks.
The parks are the haven Of statuary sent
to them through motives Of many sorts,
bad or good. Broad public spirit and patri-
otism may erect suoh a majestic monument
rs that Of WASHINGTON in Union Square. or
gratitude to a benefactOr on the part Of q
special society may set up an atrocity like
that which. under tho title OF SAMUEL s.
Cox, shakes its CHASTITY finger toward the
Cooper Union.
OF statuary spring is perennial. Indi-
viduals Of small note die, but their friends
desire TO commemorate their fame by keep
ing a statue of them before the eyes OF all.
A citizen Of wealth but limited insight into
the secrets Of art, is moved by the accident
OF his fancy to contribute a bust Of some
body or IA figure OF something, and, with tho
assistance OF IA second or third ate artist,
and influence TO which the resistance is all
too feeble, he perpetuates his generosity
publicly in the form Of a statue in some
park. And so, in many WAYS, the parks be-
come d~isflgured with objects Of bronze or
stone undesorving in subject, unworthy In
execution and essentially discordant with
the sentiment OF the spot where they arc
placed.
Unless some check were put upon the
spread Of these contributions throughout
the green territory Of our more important
parks, their charm and their character
would inevitably before long be- seriously
impaired. The present Park Board may
congratulate itself upon an act 81 enlight-
ened Il timely as that which We have lust
reported.
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HAVAL COMMYrrEE DIvIDED.
! Failed to Agree ON the Armor OnesAo. and
on Building Sinus In Navy Yards.

Failed to Agree ON thu APmoe Onest0a and
on Building Sinus In Navy Yards.
WASHINGTON. March 30-The last effort 10
harnonise the confic&ina views Of the mem.
bers OF the House Com mittee o. Naval AnaiR
In regard to constructing ships In 0overnmeut
navy yards and on the price Of armor tailod
this morning. and . majority md minority
repor on the Hsvsl Augmentation bali vil b
presented to tho House.
Representative Metoau (Bep. Cal 1t to-day's
meeting Of the committee mad . notion -
authorizes the Secretary II tho Nnvv to have
three ships constructed in Government yarAA
one at the Norfolk. one ut thu Rrooklyn ana
one at the Marc Island Navy Yard A point of
order was made against he motion on the
ieated. and as Mr. Aeksa1 had not votsd With
the majority he could not move 10 recoGssder.
The point OF order was sustained, Mr.. Meyer
had Indicated an intention h. make . motion
70 reconsider. but did not do so Tho com
mittee would accopt no proposition In regard
contingency. and the Democrats then decided
The BID provides that tSs Secretary orths
s ssSs 'sa an! sqsssssss .Soss ' r. s. .s S.s: :: sn *:
sSss ! ss saao TSs % @aso RS rsSse. S Vi, g 3. sssesa
Representative Meyer and possibly Rapre.
submit his views sepaYataly or sign ths
minority report At the instance OF Repre.
senta ives Mudd and Metcalt. the FtRhk va ro-
served to eoch msmb er OF tbs com mitteo 10 OPP
pose any OF the provisions Of the bll on ths
door Of tho Hoase.
The majority report Win be submieAsd By
Representative Foss, acting chairman Of shs
com mittea>. early next week THIS viii be tho
first time In several years that Q MAJORITY
report has been submitted from thls CON-
mtttee.
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The Military Tournament.

The Military Tournament, which has
been In progress since Monday at the
Madison Square Garden, has taken it's
CITY. II IL like the Other annual exhibitions
given al the Garden, and affords more en-
tertainment toa larger variety Of amuse-
ment seekers than any Of them. The
crowds at the Garden during tho week show
this to I've the fact.
The tournament Is under the manage
ment Of the Military Athletic League, an
association of amnteur athletes composed
Of mcn of the Army and Navy, and members
OF practically all the State organizations
IN this neighborhoud. The object Of the
league is to promote athletic sports in
the National Guard and the Army and
Navy; and the profits of the three tourna-
mcnts held thus far, and those ~ the pres
ent meeting, have gone and will go toward.
equipping army posts and naval vessels
with athletic apparatus. Each evening per-
formanco during the week has begun with
an athletic meeting, at which varlous sorts
Of contests have been determined. The
contestants have represented the Army.
the Navy and Marine Corps. and almost
every militia regimental organization in
New York and Brooklyn, and some organi-
cations from n greater distance.
Following thes' athletic meetings has
come the military pnrt Of the tournament
rough riding by a troop " United States
ch'alry and by the general service dctach.
m"nt from West Point; infantry drill and
"alisth"nics by a company Of United States
Infantry; signalling 10y the National Guard
signal corps, anil artillery work by United
states ami State batteries. The Marine
'orp~ ha~ been represented, n we'll A. tho
NavaI Militia oI this State: and the oxbibi.
ton has boon highly Interesting az we'll ne
cnlightcning.
reviews by distinguished persons have
oeen held from time to time during tbs
~sek- Thus far. Governor RoosEyILr. s.c,
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THE PHILIpPINs CONFUSION.
Final COME Yesterday with the SEQ
Rotary of War.

Rotary of War.
WAsnINGroS. March 3O. The members u
the Philippine Commission had u nnal con.
ference with the Secretary Of War thIs after.
noon. at which all the phases Of the Philippine
situation we're discussed. The question Of
cooperation between the commission and tho
military authorltieS was considered, and it VIVA
made plain TO the commission that the mill.
t tsrt t asS' o wsu You'd a,ys ~. them s1.r ~, ef sSpp % os and
out the commisaion's ideas. II WA explained
that the military authorities Will DO snbordi.
nate 20 the commission In the administrator
President Mckinley gave a dioasr to-nlsh,
IN honor n the commission; The dinner was
room DOM q tie White House. No ladies' s sSrs
present. Besides the members Of the Cabinet
oil OF whom: except Secretary Hay were R,es.
chairman and Prof. Dean @. woro~stey. Lnks
|; Wright. Henry Q. Ide and Prof. BERNARD
Moses. commissioners. Senator TURKEY OF
Joseph Wheeler, Dol. Charles f>enby, COL
Thomas II. Barry and George W.. eerkIus Of
All the officers OF the CON mission have beea
selected with the exception OF thL !B~ecretary.
The commission IL waiting to hear from
Charles N; Pepper. to whom the ~secrotAryshfp
The spanish secretary VII be Arthur W.
Ferguson. . Spanish scholar OF ability, who
Commission at Paris and signed the several
protocols as one OF the American relr,sen "a.
tives. He was the interpreter also OF the Fan.
American Conference. Mr.. Ferguson is .
lawyer By profession. residing in Washington,
The Assistant Secretary will be Rutherford
COrbln. son Of the AdJutant-0eneral Of the
Army. He was Assistant Secretary OF the drst
Philippine Commission and managed TO see
some OF the fighting In MacArthurs cam!
paigp.
Frank A.. B~ranagan. the chief OF the State
Department Bureau OF AccounA, will be the
disburstng officer OF the commission. He vas
disbursin2 officer Of the American Peace Cons
mission at Paris,