New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
LONDON'S WARM WELCOME
ENTERTAINING THE CHANIRER OF COW,
MERGE DELEGATES
MR. BRoDRIcK's WAR OFFICE COMMITTEE
REPoRTs-MR YERKEs's SCHEME
EXPLAINED.
Copyright; 1901: BY The New-Yorlz Tribune,
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Copyright; 1901: BY The Nev-York Tribune,
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London, June Z. L a m.-The American CON-
tingent OF millionaires and merchant princes was
entertained last night at Lord Rrassevs resi-
dence in Park Lane. 1t was a brilliant recan-
ton, with a large assemblage Of Ministers meno
bers Of Parliament leading men of tba T ondon
Chamber Of Commerce. bankers and iudges
The King having set the style by -eceiving the
American delegation with exceptional distinc
toh' the entertainment of the guests proceeds
with every evidence of cordialty and good feel
ing. They will be welcomed to-day at the Man
sion House by the Lord Mayor and entertained
at luncheon In Salter's Hall. All the arrange
rnents made by the London Chamber of Com
Inerce have been admirable and the resources
OF Engllsh hospitality have been fairly exhaust
ed in minlstering to the pleasure and fattering
the vanity of this group of American million
aires The halfpenny press even carries the
flattery TO the extreme point of idoatrous rever-
ence for the money power when it exaggerates
the financial resources of the American visitors
and demonstrates the facility with which they
can pay off the national debts Of both countries
and buy up everything in the United Kingdom
with some assistance from the Rothschilds. The
mischief caused by the freaks of cheap journal
ism is fully repaired by the dignity and COM
mon sense displayed by hosts and guests in their
public utteranoes respecting the friendly compe-
tition Of the two nations in the markets of the
world.
The reassembling of Parliament has been the
signal for the presentation Of a report from Mr..
Brodrck's Committee OF Inquiry respecting the
methods of business of the War Office. This is a
perfunctory performance. with as many recon-
mendations there are points in a Scotch ser
mon. A good many coils Of red tape
wound and official procedure is simplfed by
a reduction Of details, the suspension of much
correspondence. the creation Of a system Of
supervision by personal inspection, and various
measures of decentralization. The committee is
strong and the suggestions salutary.
The War Office is machine with too many
cogs and wheels and labor saving devices are
needed Reforms of this kind are useful. but
the service cannot be reorganized by expedients
for dispensing with red tape. What the British
army needs is larger degree of fexibility in
its system Of training and tactics with better
heads on its officers shoulders. The reforms
proposed by Mr.. Brodrick's committee. like the
artillery first sent out to South Africa have
short range. Rearrangement of the spools Of
red tape is not the shaking up which the War
Office has required
1t is rumored that the delegates of the New
York Chamber Of Commerce will make a large
subscription to the Queen Victoria Memorial
Fund before they leave London. The enterprise
foreign sympathy for interest in il is tagging
here owing 10 the criticism which The general
scheme of the memorial has excited on its
artistic side The American delegates have been
discussing the eXpediency of forming commit
for helping on the work and converting some
portion Of il into a distinctively American me-
mortal.
Sydney Fisher. Canadian Minister of Agri-
culture. is directing attention the fine ex-
hbits Of the food and forestry products of the
Dominion at Glasgow and to the experimental
farms conducted on the Ottawa and elsewhere.
He asserts that Canadian farmers are more
flexible in their methods and more inclined TO
profit by ideas than English farmers. He
is doing excellent work for Canada here and
is laying stress the fact that the Dominion
is no longer losing population through emgra-
ton across the border. but is attracting settlers
from the United States
The shareholders Of the Metropolitan District
Railway yesterday sanctioned Mr.. Yerkes's
scheme Of electric traction. Mr.. Yerkes was
present at the meeting with his solicitor, Mr..
Perks. but he did not speak Mr.. Forbes chair
Of the company, told the story Of the latest
developments. The new facts ELECTED that
Mr. Yerkes representing a syndicate of sixteen
influential bankers and capitalists, now held half
the ordinary stock, and was ready TO advance
the money at . per cent to carry out the changes
on the line. The syndicate would construct a
generating station, make the necessary altera-
tiOns in the permanent way and construct fresh
rolling stock. 1t estimated that the work
would be carried out in twenty-four months.
Mr. Perks who explained that the American
financiers looked 10 the increase in value OF the
ordinary stock as their remuneration pointed
cut that whereas Englishmen many years ago
had invested largely in American railroads, now
there reflex action.
he consider
humiliating that they have had TO wait for
American capitalists TO carry out the trans |
formation Of the Metropolitan District Railway. |
Still, it is freely admitted that the general pub
lie will gain enormously with the abolition Of
the abominable atmosphere which has always
been associated with steam traction on the un- |
derground systems of London
Sir Alfred Hickman is being supported by |
"The Daily Mail" in his attack upon the Ameri- |
can locomotive.
A meeting of gentlemen whom Mr.. Carnegie |
has invited TO act with him in framing a scheme |
for improving the efficiency OF the Scottish uni |
versites was held at the Dover House yesterday. |
The main features of the scheme were settled |
and a statement Of the plan will shortly be is |
sued the public. II is believed that ii is a |
condition OF the that the capital sum pro- |
vided by Mr.. Carnegie shall for the present re- |
main invested IN the securities in which he has |
placed il. l. N f.
WAR OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS.
London June disqualification and decentrali- |
zation are the keynotes OF the report issued this
morning by the committee under the chairman
ship Of Clinton z. Dawkins (partner in j. s.
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