New-York tribune., 1901-01-20
WHAT LONDON TALKS OF.


portance. The papers. like her subjects, hesitate
TO speak plainly Of the fears depressing them re-
garding the Queen The headlines of most of the
afternoon papers to-day were confined 10 non-com-
initial words in big type like Her Majesty's Con-
ditiOn. But the news vendors were doing a tre-
mendous business with every edition. 1t
gloomy day for London The anxiety on every face
from the East End workingmen to the frequenters
dreary drzzns rain London's comment on yes
terdays official statement that 1t might mean
conviction the public mind that it meant much
The officials told the newspaper corresPondents
that they hoped for the best, but their manner
showed they feared the worst Withal, the intelh-
Comment was that they reared it. While the queen
was wonderfully strong physically for her age the
cares and sorrows. not only Of the war put artj-
ing from the death Of her grandson IN south
bowaeer ana ad% % Ch9rch a rsmas affected her
CGtaIiIy and the Empire awated {ne In % meTS Heor rG
of the Queens subjects
CANAL TREATY FORGOTTEN-Th Nicaragua
Treaty was never rated in the public mind here
as an issue of overwhelming Importance. 1t was
completely forgotten before the supreme topic But
to-day's developments confirm the forecast of The
Associated Press yesterday evening, and the Cabi-
tion during several meetings In the mean time, the
chief desire OF Englishmeu appears to be for an
amiCable settlement.
COMMERCIAL DEPRESSION.-Wha the
faults of the British may be. lack of caudor con-
among them Depreciation of British enterprise
and British commercial and laboring methods has
become a hobby with the speakers and newspa-
pers, wherefore the reports OF a wave of CONNER
caI depression sweeping Germany and Russia
fall welcoming ears here. One Berlin corre-
spondent paints the situation darky. He says the
German mortgage banks are in a bad way, also
the electrical industries and iron trade, and he
adds that the slack wool spinning industry has
almost been ruined He describes the cities as
fr1T1 Of ar,1s hat in q
this calamity the magistrates are arranging char
table and public works for their employment
The Industrial World" of Odessa, says
It IS no ordinary. temporary, feeting or passing
financial and industrial crisis which Russia faces.
laneuished from causes various ard deep rooted
Money is daily becoming scarcer. No year in forty
has opened under hlacker auspices. me country
economic collapse.
The British newspapers point out the opportuni-
ties for comparing the ability of the free trade and
protective systems to tide the depression.
Tom L. Johnsons reported acquisition of rail-
road in the heart Of London furnishes new text
for newspaper exhortations 10 EngHshmen to rouse
themselves. lest Great Britain pass into the col
umn of commercially dying countries
MAsCAGNrs NEW oPERA-Mascagnrs new
opera. lie Maschere" produced on Thursday
simultaneously in six Italian cities Only at Rome,
where the composer conducted the orchestra. was
the audience approving 1t Milan II was received
with jeers and Kisses. The second act alone Is
satisfactory. The audiences elsewhere were large
and distinguished, but cold. Mascdgni says the re
sun eNeueI I, SI sltS ~ YTicni oraTa and show
the public 1t tolerated modern monstrosi,ies only
reminiscent Of "CayaIIeria Rusticaua" The critics
say there beautiful passages, but II lacks
originality.
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICs-C. y Jackson.
treasurer Of the oxford Athletic Club. speaks hope
DNf. amin
Harvard-Yale games in New-York. lie informed
representative OF The Associated Press ih9t VIII %
the negotiations have not been resumed they
doubtless will be this term.
A SOCIETY sHARPER-George Manolesco. the
society sharper who worked New-York and. Euro
pean capitals. and who arrested recently AT
Genoa while starting for Constant!nope. selected
Vienna his last field for operations. lie called
himself Prince George de "a h4%aIL Ia r.
Duchess q diamond necklace valued at tte" hence
his arrest.
ARMY REFORM SCHEMES British army re-
form. The Associated Press learns, viii consist
chiefly in an endeayor TO improve the existing
methods of general military training, rather than
in any attempt to eradicate individual defects.
With more fully developed home army. the Ad-
mlnstrauon believes many of the drawbacks exist
ing at present will gradually disappear, whereas
ruthless reform would only result in disoTganiza-
ton and chaos With this end In view, new
Maneuvres bill will be introduced, giving the Gov
erumen. p,enary power TO select large tracts OF
country. especially in Ireland and Scotland. where
the home army Will have the opportunity Of
mannuvring In considerable numbers over a rough
and unknown country. and where the generals Will
have the opportunity OF learning 10 handle diVls-
IONS. In the opinion OF the Secretary for War.
Mr.. Brodrick is futile to criticise officers and
men who have never been handled or who have
never co-operated except in the restricted confines
OF Aldershot and not there, where every
inch Of ground is known to almost every officer Of
the service. fhe barracks building on Salisbury
lam ham VII Is rec9apzed 1t 5 by b War os
that II Is absolutely essential to have rough coun-
forces
Many difficulties lie In the way Of securing this.
The mOors Of Ireland and scotland are almost all
private property of aristocratlc landowners, who
either use them or Let them Tor shooting purposes;
one seasons manFuVres over these estates would
probably ruin the game Hence, IaTSe compensa-
appropriated in spite the present heavy taxation
believing it would he investment which would
Many other changes likely 10 come In force in
due course Of time. The Board Of Army ReorSani-
2atiOn is sitting daily. dealing with the immense
or on whInh pUbiic opinion is unanimous is the ntces
Of Lord Raglan:
You might well criticise the Admiral who
Is always obliged to keep his fleet In harbor TO
crticise the Army for which the country provides
no manGuvring facilities
STEEL TESTS sATIsFACTORY.-Messr Wick.
president of the American Sheet Steel Company,
and Huber of the Pittsburg Steel Company. re-
turned to New York this week, after exhaustive
tests of the English process of constructing steel
tubes. These coming up to the requirements, nego-
tiations We're closed for transferring the American
patent rights OF the Phiadephia combine. OF which
that the steel tube makers viii proceed with
their $500c0,o00 combination.
REMARKABLE LION sTORY.-Neus Of the
most remarkable lion fight on record comes from
a correspondent of The Associated Press in North