New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

gather adherents round him. Finally. at Lady
brand between Bloemfontein and the Basuto-
land frontier a burgher force has appeared on
the hills. and threatens the British garrison
Of the town.
All this seems 20 show that, even If the regu-
lar operations of the campaign be soon brought
TO a close no considerable number of Lord
Roberts's army can yet be allowed to leave
South Africa. It hoped by the Ministers
that troops might be streaming home before the
beginning Of the general election in OCTOBER
this is not now likely. and this fact may AFTER
all. throw back the appeal to the country 10
later date Reinforcements are still going out
20 Roberts, who has lost over forty Thousand
men by death. wounds and sickness and has
several thousand more in hospital at the pres
eat time II is significant that the Imperial
authorities have asked the Canadian Govern
ment TO allow a portion Of the Colonial con-
tingent. whose period of service expires TINS
month. TO remain in South Africa some time
longer.
The Welsh railway strike is over; it has ended
IN a manner satisfactory to beth employers ana
trades union workmen. The latter are to come
back to their duties. and to be gradually rem
stated in their former posts in the course OF the
next month The main feature of the settle
nent is that the Welsh Railway companies ana
their enploves agree upon the constitution of
q
directors and operatives whose decision is in
future 10 be final in all labor disputes. Thus
It is hoped there will be possibility Of an
other strike in this district. The system has
long been in force in the Welsh collieries, ana
under it wages have been adjusted by slldlhs
scale from time 10 time. according as prices
have risen or fallen. The system Is 10 NC
adanted 10 the railroads Of South Wales, ana
may. perhaps, in future, be applied oy an ran
wav companies IN the United Kingdom Mean
while. the Great Eastern line is still threatened
with a strike but II is thought that thls VIII
be avoided by the directors making concessions
IN their men. II is undoubted that the wages
of some laborers on English railways are very
low; there are stated to be many men on the
Great Eastern whose earnings average less
than S. weekly.
Great precautions have been taken to arrest
the endemic of bubonc plague which has
broken out in Glasgow. and the medical stan
OF the Local Government Board are conf1usht
that II will be possible to prevent the disease
from spreading TO other British ports and Inland
towns There arc twelve cases actuahy
under treatment for plague in the hospital at
Glasgow, and fifty other persons are uhoer
surveillance in the municipal observation mouse
These patients have been inoculated with anti
nestife~ors serum from the Pasteur Institute in
sanitary area all houses standing near that IN
which the plague originally broke out, and these
are to be frrnigated and dsinfected. The bodies
of those who die OF the plague are to be ere
mated notwithstanding the objections expressed
by the friends Of the sufferers. who are mostly
Irish Roman Catholics.
A greater contrast can hardly be conceived
than that between the German and English
philosophers whose deaths Interested the HI
erary world last week. Nietzsche was an cratic
genius who spent the last ten years Of his life
On q lunatic asylum, and was perhaps never
opite sane His philosophy a brilliant
RHAPSODY of penetrating ideas and hysterical
perversions. He professor at German
university when he was called away to perform
military service in the war of 1870 and he never
seems to have fully recovered from the hard
ships and excitements Of the campaign. For the
next few years he poured out a stream of books
fun Of wit satire and strange paradoxes, to
support his theory that morality is only Mt for
slavish and inferior persons, and that the intel
lectuai aristocracy OF mankind should not know
or care anyfhingfor ethical religious restraints
The English philosopher. Henry Sdgwick, pro-
fessor Of moral philosophy, and brother-in-law
Of Lord RayIeigh and Mr.. Arthur Balfour. died
on Tuesday. There was nothing adventurous or
abnormal either about the career or character OF
,nfs estirnatle savant He lived with studious
susterity and wrote with profound learning but
in a dry and difficult style, on ethics and politi-
cal economy. HIS natural shyness and reserve
were increased by a defective articulation, so
that his lectures not pleasant TO hear; bit
ne was greatly esteemed By the most dis
tinguished men in England, and he and his Guilt
waited wife have been a real intellectual force in
some OF the best circles in English society,
The Queen left her summer residence in the
Isle of Wight for her autumn Scottish home at
Raisnoral last evening. She crossed in one Of the
royal yachts to Portsmouth, Immediately entered
her special train, and went right through with
out q break almost TO the other end Of the
British Isles It Is rather long journey for
person OF the Queens age. but Her Majesty is in
excellent health and full OF vigor and interest
In all public and private affairs Before
leaving Osborne she had an interview with
Dunno the bugler, the lad of thirteen
who distinguished himself Of the
South African battlefelds, and TO whom the
Queen has given silver mounted bugle
The youngster. however. on this occasion left the
royal presence IN some detection. He had hoped
70 20 back 10 South Africa with one of the re-
inforcing drafts, 10 win further laurels, but
the Queen. thinking that the youthful hero had
ran quite enough risks lately, gave kindly but
positive instructions that he is not TO take any
further part in the campaign.
Mr. Arthur BaIfour is to succeed his uncle
Lord Salisbury. as Lord Warden Of the Cirque
Ports. The Office which is very ancient, is
purely honorary, without duties or emolument
but carries the right to occupy that noble old
baroniaI residence Deal Castle. Mr.. Balfour
will particularly appreciate 1t because It is at a
convenient distance from London and in close
proximity to some of the finest golf links in