New-York tribune., 1901-11-13
NEGOTIATING FOR PEACE.
EVERYBODY AT IT BUT BOTHA AND
HIS MEN
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO INVADE NATAL M
PENDING-CHURCHTLLS SPEECH
PICTURE EXHIBITIONS
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PICTURE EXHIBITIONS.
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London, Nov. 13. / a m.-Peace negotiations
are reported from every quarter. except Botha's
HEADQUARTERS in the saddle. The National Lib
eral Federation is agitating for a full and
riicit declaration of terms from Downing
Street. but this is political manpuvre directed
by the pro- Beers. KRUGER and Leyds are cred
tied for the first time with a willingness to
consider something less than actual national in
dependence as a basis for peace, but the rumors
from Holland contradictory and illusory.
There is a story that the Beers in arms have
approached Kitchener, and have intimated a de-
sire for peace. without any reference to KRUGER.
steya or Botha. but this is transparent fiction.
started for the purpose of explaining Salisburys
yelled reference TO grounds of confidence which
he could not lay bare There can be peace
while eight thousand Beers and Cape rebels hold
,he field under dozen or more guerilla leaders
Kltchener's last report shows how scattered
these forces are. and how narrow is their range
n. operations De Wet has reappeared in a
quarter Of the Orange River Colony. where he
csn cooperate with Botha. and Il is surmised
that another attempt to invade Natal is i'm
pending.
The recent address of Charles Francis Adams.
o- Boston drawing an analogy between the con-
d,tions In South Africa and those in the United
States al the time of the Appomattox surrender.
md showing that Lee refused to sanction que
rilla warfare because he considered II immoral
and un-Christian. has produced deep impress
sion here The Imperial South African Associa-
ton has decided reprint the text of the ad-
dress in pamphlet form for the benefit of pro-
Boer sympathizers.
Gainsborough's Duchess Of Devonshire" re-
appeared in the Agnew Galleries yesterday be-
fore a select company OF art critics. and will
have q public reception to-day. Three detec-
tives will be on guard over her. She looks hand
some and graceful and justifes all the trouble
and noise made over her loss and recovery The
pose Of the figure is charming, and the color soft
and delicate. The picture has been framed ar
tistically so to conceal as far as possible the
reduction in the size of the original canvas
She is in good company, for the Agnews are ex-
hibiting twenty works of high quality for the
benefit of the Artists General Benevolent Inst-
tuition. The approximate value Of these twenty
pictures is 10000. A portrait Of the Duchess Of
Marlborough and her child. by Reynolds is lent
from Blenheim but the other works are either
owned or have been recently sold by the Ag-
news. Reynoldss portrait of Lady Dartmouth
was sold TO 4 New-York collector a fortnight
ago and could not be included, but there is his
picture of a boy holding a bunch of grapes
There are five Gainsboroughs three Romneys.
three Raeburns, two Hoppners. Constables
Lock" Turner's mystical Eve of the Deluge,
and works by Bennington, Beechey and Muller
O2e Of the worthiest companions Of the Duchess
Of Devonshire is Hoppner's brilliantly painted
picture OF Miss Emma Crewe, splendid exam
PIE Of the art Of portraiture-
= collection of 145 pictures was revealed at
the press view Of the Society of Portrait Paint
trs in the new gallery Whistler has the place
Of honor in the north room, with charming
p-cture Of a girl in violet and blue. with red
father in her hair The central spaces of the
west room are filed with Professor Won Len
bachs grim. soldierlike portrait Of the Emperor
Frederick watts's finely modelled figure of the
N2rchioness of Northampton. with a color
scheme of browns and grays, and Shannon's ad-
rnirahle child portraits of Lord Roos with His
Dog" and Gerald Thornton
John Lavery has five portraits Of varying
strength, and the Scotch school is we'll repre-
sented. Watts has seven works. George Santer
has a striking portrait Of Cardinal Rampolla.
Even without a Sargent on the walls. the ex-
hbition is one of exceptional merit and interest
Mr. Yerkes is contemplating further triumphs
in London. He intends TO connect the new
tubes" with one another, and with the District
Railway in such a way that passengers will be
oble TO travel from one end of the metropolis 10
the other without change of carriage or pur-
chase of another ticket. Piccadilly Circus will
soon become a great railway centre. but the ex-
act position of the big station proposed by Mr.
Yerkes is not yet decided upon Asked whether
he had any designs on the Baker Street and
Waterloo lire Mr.. Yerkes replied that that sys-
TEN was still in the hands of an official re-
ceiver.
1t is generally understood in Berlin, says The
MALI correspondent In that city, that the Amer
lean danger toward German transatlantic snip
ping is far more serious than had been supposed
An American group of financiers have bought
thousand shares in the Hamburg Line, ana
certain negotiations have been going on with
among Others the White Star and the Dominion
lines with view TO a mutual guarantee not to
lower rates Should this be carried through
says the correspondent. it would bring much
nearer d realization of the project of the estab-
lishment of powerful transatlantic shipping
combine under the American flag
A Rome dispatch to The Daily News'' re
ports that the Neapolitan Camorra has sus-
tained almost as heavy defeat as Tammany
As had been generally expected. Winston
Churchill at the Constitutional Club last night,
urged that the future policy of the Unionst
party ought 10 be one OF retrenchment and do
nestle reform Churchill is acute observer
Of the signs of the times and it is not surprising
that he advocated the appointment of a Secre-
tary for Electricity and Minister for Traction,
since the question of rapid transit is steadily
growing in Importance. Walter Long. who is
member Of the Cabinet, speaking IN brls'oi laSt
night. maintained that the solution OF the work
ingmens housing problem lay in rapid electric
communication with the suburbs. and the Lon