New-York tribune., 1901-03-06

,-tzE DEBATE OVER CONDUCT OF THE WAR
rrNDER woLsELEY- -sARGENTs WORK
FOR BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
c0orvright: 1901. BY The New-York TripuneD
rrY CABLE To THE TRIRUNE.I
-o,5on. March 6. ] a. m.-Uness diplomatic
Its have been Well kept at Washington, the
-, NJ the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty expired
,,.,5av noon. The American Embassy had not
...;,-ed AZ that hour any communication either
t-o-o the Foreign Office or any other
..+ine the amended text Neither govern
Int wished 10 suggest any extension of the
riod Of negotiation. and the treaty has gone
= +be bottom This is the situation It is un-
so-s+ood in diplomatic circles Lord Lansdowne
hos not argued the case at any stage, nor shown
= interest in the discussion Of the issues OF
s,c, or points Of honor or dignity involved in it.
1-rless Lord Pauncefote has received instruo-
ions Of a contrary nature the Foreign Office
has remained silent and allowed the treaty 10
evnire without action. and thereby hampered
hotb governments in the settlement of many
c,tstanding questions. Possibly il was too much
% expect the former Secretary Of War who was
,,b,ttered by criticism while I'm Pail Mall, TO
bsrin his career in the Foreign Office by making
q concession 10 the United States in the interest
n the good feeling Of the two countries He
has escaped the criticism Of the press in this
instance and gratifed those who magnihed the
mportance of the points Of honor involved in
the Senate amendments. The diplomatic verdict
&c that the two governments viii have TO begin
over again. That Is more easily said than done
The Senate by amending a satisfactory treaty.
and the Foreign Office, by shutting out of the
situation in silence, have not improved the re-
lstions Of the two countries
The scene which occurred in the House of
Commons between midnight and ] o'clock this
morning was without parallel in the history of
The mother Of parliaments- In 1881 Parnell and
his party deied the authority of the Chair. but
,bey submitted 70 he formally elected by the
sergsant-at-arrns and his subordinates- Never
before have members of Parliament deliberately
engaged in a struggle 10 resist the execution Of
the Speakers commands. Naturally. this morn
ngs newspapers are very outspoken in their
comments on the scene and The Times in
sists that the conduct Of the Nationalist mem
hers cannot be passed over by the House OF
Commons unless il is to be degraded IN charac-
Ter belowe the level Of the Austrian Reichsrath.
In accordance with the standing orders the sus-
pended members Will not be able 10 re-enter the
precincts o. the House for A week At the be-
ginning n public business to-day the question
ton naming the offenders was not actually di-
rided upon. the Speaker had the power 70 au-
thorize their removal In the scuf1e two or
three policemen were rather badly handled not
by members whom they were carrying out but
by sympathizing members who resented the car
rying out process. The Nationalists who have
not Yet oversteppsd the constitutional limits
threaten early recrudescence of last nights
preceedngs
The debate in the House IF Lords on the con-
duct OF the war was resumed yesterday by Lord
Woiseley's friends with considerable acrimony
Lord Northbrook. who is a cautious and tenn
perate dehater. summed up the case when he
declared that il the duty Of the former
commander-in-chi to explain what he thought
was amiss, and that he had done so in cour-
ieous speech. which had been met with personal
recriminations. Lord Wo!seley is nothing If not
courteous, and his friends consider that Lord
lsnsdoWne was resentfuI and overshot the
mark. Lord Lansdowne had however. been
nursing grievances of his own and smarting un-
der them
The debate has served to disclose how much
ssnsitireness and irritation there has been in
military circles over the criticism respecting
ne conduct of the war in the earliest stages.
Practical men grimly remark that the only ef-
lectiVe method of reforming the British army
VIII he the appointment Of the Duke Of Con-
nsugnt hrst as adjutant- general and second as
oommander-in-c chief; otherwise there will he
constant recriminations between civilians. who
Wlnk that the commander -in-chief has too
me'h authority. and his partisans, who complain
phst he has too little power Lord Spencer
MADE most sensible speech yesterday. while
ne rubbed salt the wounds Of both antago-
hsts He characterized the whole debate as a
public scandal.
IL is reported that John s. Sargent. who has
fasSed busy winter has completed a portion
u me arrears Of the work for the Boston Public
Library, and viii exhibit il al the Academy this
epflhg II is described As decorative work Of
e highest artistic quality, which reveals fresh
tsources of creative power and originality. The
hoston authorities who have beer complaining
= uelay IN the execution Of commissions by Mr..
sfseht ana Mr. Abbey, are well served in one
Speel Both Mr.. Sargent and Mr.. Abbey have
i'ec'ea their art in the last ten years and
~" decorative panels and other work will be
lar more than the contract price
proceedings respecting the civil list and
'es 10Y Queen Alexander and the Duke and
ess OF York and their children are virtu-
- arranged after consultation with treasury
'liaiS and the opposition leaders The ap-
formal . P"LeS
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