New-York tribune., 1901-11-28
BULLER WILL NOT DOWN.
WAR OFFICE TO HEAD OFF A DEvONIAN
DEMONSTRATION
THE BANK OF LIVERPOOL SENSATION
GOLD COAST HOPES SHATTERED.

GOLD COAST HOPES
Copyright, 1901: By The New-York Tribune)
lBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
London, Nov. %, / a. m.-The Butler incident
continues to excite more interest than the war
itself, even when Lord Kitchener is enabled to
report the capture of commandant and two
field cornets and to claim decisive success in
breaking up of the most troublesome of the
commanders. The War Office is credited with
a determination to forestall Saturdays demon
stration by General Buffers Devonian friends
by bringing out the full text of the "spatch-
cooked message. There are rumors that the Col
vile Gatacre, Warren and other cases will be
included in omnibus delivery of correspond
enCe relating to various military events, so
that General Butler may not be singled out for
exceptional treatment. If the latter reports
we'll grounded, the compilation will involve
much time, and Saturdays Butler demonstra-
ton will not be anticipated. There may be
precedents for the publication of confidential
dispatches relating to the war. but it is difficult
to perceive what ground the War Office could
have for refusing a request from General Butler
for permission TO make use of the authorized
| text in self-defence. Military veterans
greatly concerned over the prospect of having
the Butler affair dragged into party politics
The Liverpool Bank frauds are involving one
tragic sequel aItef another The suicide of
'Lawrie" Marks on the Boulogre boat has re-
moved the hookmaker whose bank accounts
have been restrained and for whom the detec-
tives have been searching The Liverpool 20
lice have accepted the suicide theory as the
easiest method of accounting for their own
failure to arrest the boOkkeeper, Cioudie. and
are collecting corroborative evidence. The case
is widely discussed among the bank officials
and practical accountants and the system of
bookkeeping employed in the Liverpool Bank
is sharply criticised antiquated and un-
scientific. The operations of a notorious bet
ting ring also involved in these frauds, and
every fresh development of this most sensa-
tional case eXcites widespread interest.
The speedy return of Lord Charles Beresford
to politics is predicted since his term of service
with the Mediterranean Squadron will expire in
January. The Board of Admiralty has little
difficulty in holding Captain Bowles at bay.
but stands in dread of vigorous criticism from
the most popular officer of the navy
There was crowded meeting of the London
Chamber of Commerce yesterday to hear Lord
| Brassey deliver an address on the condition and
requirements of the British navy. He spoke of
the Importance of the reserve cruisers. and ad-
vocated cooperation between the Admiralty and
the mercantile marine. He pointed that the
pay iilelitS VI tfuNelHHltlll Hdu
it possible provide vessels under the German
flag for the Atlantic service of greater speed
than could ne maintained a purely business
basis. Since 1885 the Oceanic the only
ocean going steamship over twenty knots In
speed added to the British list. while seven such
ships had been built under foreign flags
British investors in West African gold mines
must regret that Mr.. Chamberlain's warning as
the q at 10 Gold
not issued months ago The Colonial Sec
retary announces blunty that there is very little
gold in British West Africa, and the output has
been steadily decreasing for some time past
Hundreds of concessions have been registered
in the colony this year but large proportion
not worth the paper on which they are
written.
At Darlington last night Lord Lansdowne re-
ferred the cordial relations existing between
England and America. He that the
cent expressions of Secretary Hay and AmbaS-
sador Choate were reciprOcated this side of
the Atlantic Touching on the question of the
isthmian canal. he described the negotiations
as still in progress. from which it is inferred
that the dispatches reporting the signing Of the
treaty were inaccurate The Foreign Secretary
gave a flat denial the suggestion that the
idea of intervention in South Africa has fire.
quentIy been canvassed between the cabinets
of Europe and that of Washington. He states
positively that at no time since the war opened
has it imperiIIed EngIand's relations with for
eign governments. although he is bound to ad-
init that it has not added to British popularity
abroad
The Berlin correspondent of The Daily
News learns that among the bronze of
the celebrated German monuments which En-
peror William has expressed his intention of
presenting to the Germanic Museum of Har-
ward University will probably be those of the
NiederwaId monument. the Bismarck monU-
ment in Berlin and the Column of Victory in
that city.
Alarming comes from Copenhagen with
regard to the illness of Henrik IbSen. All hope
Winston Churchill's friends assuming that
he will be more prominent than when Par
lament meets. His gang of Unionst "Hooli-
gans have been quickly recruited and a daring
foray may he expected early in the session
L n. F.
DRASTIC MEASURES CALLED FOR.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONSERVATIVE
CONFERENCE AT wOIvERHANIPTON.
London Nov. 21.--At to-day's session of the
annual conference of the National Union of Con-
servative Associations. Wolverhampton, the