New-York tribune., 1901-11-12
DANISH WEST INDIES.
,rpoRTs REGARDING THEIR SALE
ARE PREMATURE.
GENERAL BULLER's CAsE-AN AFRICAN
EXPLORER ON THE LECTURE
PLATFORM.
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Io,aon Nov u, ! a m.-There is no definite
,.oulesse here respecting the reports of the
.,o ~ the Danish West Indies to the United
80 Dlspatches sent from Washington are
.z.-.7 rrer1ature by those conversant with
80. r-rg-ess Of the negotiations. But the COM
,o,,o- of the business is expected with con-
es.,ce before the end of the month. The
e,,rss named in the Washington dispatches are
=. ,-erfse The islands viii cost something
,..r 81 100000 but anything below S5oooOoo
iii he cheap when Mr.. Seward agreed TO pay
g. 5oo ooD for two of them. The entire group Of
Las Islands with the harbors Of St John and
G. Thomas VIII now be purchased at reasonable
60 sn1 he cheap any price. since the
-a,sfng If the Monroe Doctrine in an aggravated
- ri, he forestalled Some details of the
o-,a5 settlement are clearly inaccurate, since
-ha tariff arrangements for the islands cannot
. : ---ead r- the State Department, but
=. ho decided hy Congress. Copenhagen is
,o,.,.-e,,, cantal and the negotiations have been
a,,,+.s there with Characteristic deliberation.
tnr a successful Issue is a foresone conclusion
-,,rnor that General Butler IS contemplating
,5,dication by libel suit is revived. and the
military clubs all agog over it The prob
Ffe
text Of General Buffers message to General
White without libel suit. General Butler has
6 grievance IT, as his friends assert. the mes
.spa has appeared in a garbled form. Edmund
-ossa has been hitting off General Butler
Ares In Hypolympia," an ironical fantasy re-
osntl, published and Mr.. Balfour is also play
fllv satirized in the conversations of these very
human imTnortals
~ o;r al he
Geographical Society last night with story Of
his exploration and adventures in Uganda and
The Se,nIki Forest, reproducing by phonograph
the songs Of the native tribes and displaying
many curios. The spectators saw on the plat
form a dapper little man with effeminate feat
ures who spoke with lisp. Neither face nor
manner denoted the intrepid explorer and re-
sourcefu administrator. He related remarkable
experiences on Ruwenzori and in the Semiki
with rodesty. but not without animation, and
fully supported his reputation a scientific in
restigator Of the conditions Of life in tropical
Africa.
Lord Salisbury's speech has disappointed the
Street where many interests suffering from
lack Of business. His optimism is considered
the vagary of an absent minded statesmen when
consols are where they
u
Rivers Wilson. delivered an interesting lecture
on Canada at the Imperial Institute last night,
British ideas on many Canadian subjects were.
he maintained, more or less vague; for instance,
-nisconception with regard TO climate was deep
rootec in this country, where everybody was
familiar with Kiplng's Our Lady Of the
Shows The lecturer laid stress on the value Of
the Dominion to England field for in1migra-
ton and the profitable investment of capital
A solution Of the British food problem was. he
said 10 be found in the development of the
Colonies
Mr. Charnberlain's "severer measures are
being adopted in South Africa The Mall
correspondent at Cradock. Cape Colony. reports
that Lord Kitchener has issued orders that
captured Beers clad in British uniform to
be shot. This explains Colonel Gorringe's sum
mary action. which reported some days
ago and sharply criticised in some quarters
Another interesting item of war news comes
from Cape Town. The Town Guard there has
been again called out for duty. The intelligence
may point to the temperance Of Comn1andant
Maritz in the Malmesbury district, with the in
rention Of Selling renounts in the great depots
near that town. When last he visited the locah-
II he carried off four hundred horses, ii the
Cape papers can be believed, though no men
ton OF the capture reached England through the
usual source.
The Berlin correspondent Of THE Daily
News reports that a speed Of 1oo miles an houf
has been attained on an electric railway between
Aarenfelde and Zossen Engineers are even
convinced that this speed be increased
Running al this rate the air pressure was found
10 be equal TO a wind force of twelve feet q
second, force which, on the German coast. has
only been registered once. namely, in the hurri-
cane Of February J. 1894.
According 70 intelligence from Brussels. re-
ported by the Vienna correspondent Of The
Chronicle" a meeting Of the international sugar
conference in that city has been arranged.
Russia having definitely consented TO take part.
The conference, it IS supposed. Will result in
radical reform Of the bounty system.
Il is stated that the King has ordered the
Construction Of a special crown to he worn by
NE Queen at the coronation. The principal feat
u'e of the crown will be the famous kohinoor,
Which was found in the mines Of Golconda S41
Vars ago The Kohinoor is the most remark
sas diamond in the royal collection. 1t was
'''1 worn by Queen Victoria on special occa-
saoas The original weight of the gem was Soo
ksfa's, but il now weighs only 1861 karats yet
Is valued at about S10Go0O00.
L n. F.