New-York tribune., 1901-12-02
COMMENT IN LONDON.
,rP DEMONSTRATION IN HYDE
PARK A TAME AFFAIR.
GOODWIN BEFORE THE PLAYGoERs'
crrB-wAR SUPPLIES FOR
SOUTH AMERICA.

cLUB-wAR SUPPLIES FOR
SOUTH AMERICA.
eropy-ght: 1901: By The New-York Trtbune)
IBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE-I
-,r5on. Dec. ., / a. m.-The Butler demon
.-.+;on in Hyde Park yesterday was tame af-
70 There was tremendous crowd of people
'-.sent. the number being variously estimated
:. ,r,u fifty to hundred thousand. but most of
~ there were attracted by curiosity and not
- sny special desire to show sympathy with the
asrraced general. Although the meeting was
.;erstood TO be non-potical. the speakers We're
.Jv all Radicals, and there was nobody of
:, importance present. The police authorities
.ck the precaution to prevent any untoward
.enss on the Streets and fearing that the crowd
,isht vent its feelings too strongly as 1t passed
ne War ONCE on the way to the Park a spe-
ssI force Of constables was stationed in Pail
wsu The object Of the demonstration to
,fve public expression to the opinion that Gen
srsl Buffers famous speech was an excuse for,
snd not the cause of. his dismissal. and
,uton to this effect was carried unanimously.
Maj Goodwin discoursed last night before the
members Of the Playgoers' Club at the Hotel
cecil on the American invasion of the London
=ase The view he took of the question was
auce He expressed. IN the first place. surprise
Sat Anglo-Saxons should charge any with
ling eu invader, since England would not be
trhst she to-day If il were not for her su-
nreune genius for going everywhere else. The
sc.called invasion was, after all, but a part OF
the Anglo-American theatrical rapprochement,
which was characterized much by English
actors visiting America it by American
actors visiting England. There was this diff
ference however, said Mr.. Goodwin. English
artists always returned from the United States
with fattened excheQuers and an eagerness to
rereat the experiment, while Americans often
lost money in London.
According to a telegram which has been re-
ceived in an influential quarter here from Ham
burr tnre. cargoes of arms and ammunition
will be DISPATCHED during the week from that
port for South America. Two of them are des-
lined for Chill and the other for the Argentine,
and sll three are being shipped by the same
agents on instructions recently received by tel
eeraph from Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso.
Further shipments are expected to be ordered
shortly as war between the two republics is
generally considered on this side of the Atlantic
TO be Only a question of time.
A rumor is current in Liverpool TO the effect
that another immense shipping deal. involving
the sum of fs600000. is under negotiation.
American interests are, it is said. about TO take
over the large shipping business of Samuel &
Co. whose Shell Line of steamers, consisting of
twenty-seven vessels. is well known. The
Borneo and Eastern oil interests held by Samuel
& Co. are stated TO be included in the deal.
The London County Council authorities have
found its necessary to announce. in connection
with their tramway electrifcation scheme, that
the restriction as to the rails being of British
will not be imposed The restric-
ton appeared to have had the effect of causing
certain firms 10 refrain from rendering, as only
four tenders were received for the supply Of
track rails and two for the supply of slot rails.
Harry De winGt will leave Paris on Saturday
on his overland trip to New-York. THE Ex-
press" states that the explorer proposes to
cross Behring Strait on ice from Nigni Kolmsk,
in Siberia, to Cape Prince of Wales, but should
the ice conditions be favorable an American
revenue cutter will, by arrangement with the
Washington Navy Department, convey him
across the strait. He hopes 20 reach New
York in June.
While London crowds nightly flock to see ''The
Last of the Dandies' at Mr Trees theatre, Mr..
D'Orsay's daughter, it is stated, lives in a Lon
don workhouse.
One result Of the heavy demand for coronation
dresses is the expected establishment of several
prominent French drcssaakers in London. But
this foreign invasion will be welcomed If it
leads 10 a revival Of business generally. The
situation at present is alarming to many people,
and holders of English railway stocks
throwing their property the market The