New-York tribune., 1901-08-17
DULL PARLIAMENT ENDS.
OFFENDING NEWSPAPER MEN REPRI-
MANDED BY THE SPEAKER.
,r RHODES SENDS TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR
sPoNDENcE-LITERARY AND
PERSONAL NOTES
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rondon. Aug. Il. / a. m-Parliament will be
,-orogued to-day. after phenomenally duh
session during which the government has done
rtle except replenish the war chest. while the
5srnoralized Liberals have been sowing the
Wind after ploughing the sands The Irish
members have been kept well in hand by Mr..
r9ssmond. and have strengthened the Home Rule
rsgse by perseverance in tactics Of their own
rhs breach Of privilege committed by the Tory
globe enabled the Nationalists to vindicate
.beir dignity after the English members had
shown themselves less sensitive TO partisan at
,sck George Eliot Armstrong, recalled in hot
haste from holiday vacation. Joined the pub
Usher M Madge. in expressing regret for haV-
,nx arronted the Irish members. and shared
with him the burden Of the Speakers repri-
-nand The Nationalsts restrained their mirth-
ful uropensities and affected seriousness over
she gravity Of the offence but were highly
sooused BY the episode. Mr. Armstrong is a
son Of Sir George Armstrong, sole owner OF
THE Globe" and resigned from the navy IN
or6er 10 edit the journal. The article which
excited the resentment Of the Nationalist is
alleged TO have been written by Lord Mount
roorres. whose father was murdered in Ireland.
NJ Balfour has driven the Commons furi-
oBslv this week. and Speaker. members and
officials are sorely jaded. The Liberal I'm
rs1ialists bracketed or otherwise, promise TO
take the field as soon as they have regained
their breath Mr.. Asquith and Sir Henry Fowler
VII carry on an educational campaign IN the
rrovinces without waiting for signal from
LORD Rosebery in lonely Harrow.
The retirement Of J. S. Forbes from the chair
nanship Of the Metropolitan District Railway
leaves a vacancy for the indefatigable Mr.
Perks. who is the close ally Of Yerkes Mr..
Forbes,s forecast that Mr. Yerkes viii return
from Budapest with CAM in his pocket
points 10 the conversion OF the American capi-
taIist To the system of electric traction which ne
has strenuously opposed A compromise of some
kind seems probable, in order TO avoid the delay
inseparable from arbitration by the Board OF
Trade.
Public interest in the controversy with regard
10 the relations between Mr.. Rhodes and the
Liberal party has been quickened by letter
from the South African Colossus himself Mr.
Rhodes has sent 10 South Africa for the CORE
spondence the allegation as 70 the existence OF
which Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman de-
scribed as from beginning 10 end lie He
SAYS the correspondence will speak for itself
and The Spectator" Is jubilant. taking 1t for
granted that this means that the communica-
tions which passed between Mr. Rhodes and Mr..
Schnadhorst. organizer Of the Liberal party
OF the nature described by &C 3.
Although little is known in Ireland with re-
gard 10 the proposed new line Of steamers be-
tween Berehayen and America the project is
regarded in that country as Of the utmost i'm
portance. IN addition TO giving employment TO
an army Of the actual harbor works at
Berehaven. the Irish people say II is quite
within the bounds of probability that the COM
railway developments. Certainly a harbor at
Berehaven would be Of to the Atlantic
liners without an express railway service TO
Dublin or some other port the east coast Of
ireland from which passengers could make
their way rapidly to London. At present, how
ever. the whole scheme appears TO be very
much in the air.
Lord Kitchener's wisdom in appointing Cen
e~al French TO take charge of the military
operations against the Beers in Cape Colony is
now apparent. The defeat of Kritzinger in the
wild mountainous district OF the colony near
Steynburg. last Tuesday, was evidently sub
stantial British success
Hall Caine and Gilbert Parker gave large
luncheon parties yesterday. but nearly ell other
EI.gIish authors are either in Scotland or Devon
shire or on the Continent. while the publishers
are on the ground making arrangements for
autumn books. The AIacmillans have been COM
PEELED 10 defer for a year Mr.. Morley's life OF
Gladstone owing TO the immerse amount OF
literary material which at the biographers
disposal Nj. Morley is engr rOssed with the
work which will be little less than philo-
sophical history Of the Liberal party for half a
century. The Macmillans will publish Frederic
Harrison's addresses of Washington and Lin
coin, and other essays. during the early autumn,
and volume by Lord Avebury on the scenery
q England and the scientific causes which
have produced it Justin Mccarthy has been
looking backward from the annals of his own
times. and has made a special study OF the reign
Ct Queen Anne which will require two volumes
A number OF books relating TO the coronation OF
English sovereigns are In course OF preparation
aid there viii be a history Of the Yeomen of the
Guard by Colonel Reginald Hennell. dedicated
by royal permission 10 the King. and illustrated
from material IN St James's Palace. MI
NeWnes has undertaken an expensive art quar-
tsrly. 70 be known as THE Ideal" and selling
Tor 10 guineas each part.
Sarah Grand viii visit America during the
autumn and Sir Robert Ball will deliver a
course Of scientific lectures at Lowell Insti-
tute, Boston and elsewhere John Sargent has
not yer returned from Norway. J. J. Shannon
mas been visiting George Hitchcock in Holland.
and George H Boughton and Edwin A. Abbey
are IN the provinces
Nine. Bernhard after making a deliberate
attempt to master the English text in the re-
Hfennent OF her seaside home. has decided not 10
Undertake 70 play Romeo 10 Maude Adams's
Juliet n America. Inf.