New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
LONDON.
.oru POLITICAL SHIPS DRIFTING IN
THE ICE PACK.
.,--TE PROGRESS TOWARD END OF BoER
-PARL1AMENTARY REFORMS
NEEDED-AMERICANS AND
THE CORONATION.
THE CORONATION.

downright: 1901: BY The New-Eork Tr1hune)
Icy CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
,o,5on. Nov 23-There are no leads of open
.-.+sr beyond the ice pack in which both poht-
'oaI sbfps are drifting All the officers Of the
T;,aral craft are agreed in denouncing the in
aaronetence Of the ministry in the various stages
= .ts war. and the futility of the concentration
..-,ns the devastation of the country and the
~-,clar,atiors for bringing hostilities to an end
"a. Henry Campbell Bannerman. Sir William
IJ.rcorrt and AIr- Morley go further and adVo-
s+e snecific terms of peace and the dlsmlssai OF
w. Chamberlain, but Mr.. Asquith, Sir henry
r.5er and Sir Edward Grey do not acquiesce
Tho National Liberal Federation may pass
eso!ution in favor Of the removal OF MI ChaFh-
,s-lain as first step toward peace, but the
.orn+rv is not prepared to desert the Colonial
Minister. especially when under foreign Nre
o-berwtse the Liberals are without oeEnile
o,;cv and az the mercy Of the drifting pack
The ministers themselves are making hlue
,-oeress under the grinding pressure of the end
- warfare They are united in rejecting the
nrecedent offered by Lord Canning's proclama-
-, of arrnesty during the Indian Mutiny but
=. ui-hout resource for accelerating the $40"
ooasses of the war or reducing the cost OF the
o-,,eipn which is staggering British taxpayers.
~ not humanity The only practlcai rne1hoo VI
estting Mr. Chamberlain out of the Colonial
oa.o g the one erployed when Lord Ians-
5oxne was conducted with pomp from the WAT
office 10 the Foreign Office. No associate as
,;res 20 succeed him in the Colonial once anu
rbe vacancy not yet in sight in the treasury
II Sir Michael Hicks Beach succeeds IN prouue-
,ng financial proposals which his colleagues can
accept there will be no Cabinet chanses' anu
the slow drift will continue with weekly souiu-
ings reported by Lord Kitchener.
0-ofts of the new rules of procedure Tor the
House -of Commons are published as feelers, ana
are without official sanction Reforms OF the
question abuse and private business are new
+ob1a and changes in the system Of divisions and
aynansion of the committees are prooaple. Inc
short session may be shifted from Wednesday 10
Friday. and it is possible that there may De
sxad dinner hour These matters of details are
trivial in comparison with the ways and means
of financing the war. The sugar duties Will be
6onhIed and countervailing duties against boun-
Ties added unless the ministers are alarmed by
tn ap-i-Engissh agitation in Germany, which
$ s4ri.,ls;f acibaI Ssing the government al
.ssri5.. s,thsr,g&. =u,rr,lises guesses III
the DARK The borrowing powers are stiii am
PIE although the Boer war has sent down con-
sels from H. TO 522 1h'st verge proforuon Oh
1h4 military expenses fails upon limited class
burdens.
4onaoners are hoping that metropolitan legis
ation will not be neglected. The prospect Of the
nassa ge Of the Water Purchase bill is not bright,
bur long series of electric transit measures
awaits the sanction of Parliament The two
penny tube can be expanded into q new inner
circle if the Central London acquires additional
powers and Mr.. Yerkes has a dozen fresh irons
in the fire if Parliament Will work the bellows
for him Scores of electric schemes will be pre-
sented 10 Parliament. The London County
Council has two enormous projects
William Langdon in the presidential address
al the Institution of Electrical Engineers. has
been forecasting the conversion OF the. trunk
lines of railways into electrically worked lines,
with trains of lesser magnitude dispatched
more frequently and higher rates Of speed, re-
sulting in substantial gains in economy and the
purity OF the smokeless atmosphere. He laid
stress upon the necessity of working passenger
and freight trains by the same system OF cleo
TIC traction, and predicted the gradual aban-
donuent of steam propulsion for the railways
Of the United Kingdom, in which f1,300000000
have been invested. Sir William Preece's ear
plea for a national telephone system has
also attracted widespread interest owing TO the
defects in the existing service
nent between Lord wimbornes eldest son. Ivor
Guest and Alice GrosvenoT, Lord Ebury's sec
ond daughter. Lady Wiraborne is evangelical
Of the lowest cut, and Lady Ebury an ardent
nualist. II the prospective mothers-in-ldw
can agree the details Of the wedding cere-
mony, the match promises 10 be happy one
as the bridegroom is one of the rich men of the
Commons and the bride is beautiful woman
Political camps will be united by the marriage
next week Of Lord Tweedmouth's son. Dudley
NarioribanRs and Miss Brodrick.
General Butler has not lost time in obtaining
London house where he can watch the busi-
ness Of Parliament It is in Lowndes Square
'haf Lady Audrey viii entertain large scale
american millionaires may buy up steamship
a provide London with an electric transit
.efn Organize the iron and steel industry into
e@ilac conhinations. and capture an occa-
ia Hobbena or Gainsborough, but society
laws Tie line at traffic in coronation seats. Not
e'en Inc era Of good feeling has prevented acrid
4ctares On the reports that American women
Ne having coronation robes made. their hus-
1ahos having bought seats from British peers.
az social fat has already gone out that no
-aisrlcan women shall enter the Abbey unless
! nave previously married peers The sug-
eesdon has been made that the attendance at
me abbey shall not exceed ten thousand. but
'"ooy mas seen the plans by which so large
NUMBER can be accommodated.
many erroneous accounts have been published
u alteration in the conservation service The
olcer followed in 1888 win be followed closely
y Is set forth in an illuminated missal Of the
fourteenth century. preserved in the library OF
1e Abbey. The question Of incense has not
'esh settled but evangelical paper is GER
'@'hiy wrong in the statement that amounting
vi VIII be dispensed with, and the holy COM
Hiuhion omitted Precedents for both go back