New-York tribune., 1901-09-13
FOR THE PEACE OF EUROPE
BENEFICENT RESULTS OF THE MEET
ING OF THE EMPERORs
THE OUTLOOK IN SOUTH AFRICA-BUSY
METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE.
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Copyright 1901: By The New-York Tribune)
London. Sept. 13. a. m.-Details Of the meet
ing of the Emperors have a perfunctory sound
The correspondents supplied with some ma
terial by the German Court officials. and add
reflections Of their on the exchange OF
courtesies between the monarchs and fleets.
The German Emperor delights in naval pa
geants. and the Czar is bored by them. but both
have sense of security In functions under the
guard of warships. since the risk of anarchist
outrage is minimized When the last toast has
been drunk and the decorations have been scat
tered all around the navies. the effect of the
friendly meeting on two rival nations remains.
Preparations for the entertainments at Com
piegne and Paris will be less significant when
the Car sails from Dantzic to Dunkirk after his
fraternal conference with the German Emperor.
The Triple and Dual alliances are so evenly bal
| anced that the peace of Europe becomes a GER
tainty while the Czar lives. The German En-
peror is the central figure of European diplo-
macy, and has no rival in the stage manage
ment of imperial functions.
The monotonous record OF small British sue
cesses in South Africa continues but there is
! no expectation that the Boer hunting will cease
| after Sunday. when the war can be proclaimed
to be technically at end. The expiration of
the time limit will enable Lord Kitchener to en-
force more stringent measures in dealing with
the prisoners captured by his mounted columns
If he has definite plan Of future operations
Military men do not expect departure
but assert that the process of wearing out the
Beers and picking up the guerillas by threes
and fours will continue for an indefinite period,
while the movement of refugees to Johannes
burg, already in progress, will be quickened
The problem which battles all inauirers is the
ultimate treatment of the prisoners. The fight
| Ing men of the two Dutch States. with the
| ception of eight thousand guerillas and Cape
rebels. are now prisoners of Nobody either
in the Colonial War Office ventures to fore
cast what will happen when the eight thousand
still in the field are run down and either killed
MANNED captured. The shooting will cease
for time. but the British Government will have
the women and children tc feed in the concen-
tration camps. and there is no guarantee that
the prisoners when released will not take up
arms afresh.
In the course of an interesting article on gun
shot wounds, The British Medical Journal
congratulates the surgeons who. by their skill
and promptitude have made the recovery of
President Mckinley possible The treatment Of
| the wounds inflicted the President WILL 1t
adds. rank of the greatest achievements
in abdominal surgery yet recorded. Both THE
Lancet" and The British Medical Journal" ex
press the opinion. however. that there is still
danger.
The Methodist Ecumenical Conference con-
t!nues with unabated ardor the discussions in
City Road Chapel without those social diver
snns which form attractive feature of the
meeting of the British Association at Glasgow.
Each days session Is well attended and there
is rattling fire OF short speeches. The pro-
gramme has been we'll arranged. that every
branch of the Methodist connection is brought
| out. and every prominent representative is
heard. The chief theme yesterday the
question. rs Methodism retaining it's spiritual
vitality?" Bishop Cranberry. Dr. Charles B.
Mitchell and Wesleyans from Australia and
England discussed II, and optimism was the pre-
vailing note in nearly all the speeches Neglect
| OF family religion the afternoon topic. and
there crowded evening meeting at st.
James's Hall. /. n. +.