New-York tribune., 1901-11-21
ENGLISHMEN GRATlFIED.
NEWCOMERS TOAST TO KING WAS A
PLEASANT SURPRISE.
CHAMBERLAIN sNUBs GERMANS PROJECT
ED AMERICAN OFFICE BUILDING IN
LONDON MEETS OPPOSITION.

LONDON MEETS OPPOSITION.
Copyright 1901: BY The New-York Tribunel
tBY CABLE TO TRIBUxE.I
London, Nov. u, a. m-The English press
contains long reports of the NewYork Chamber
of Commerce dinner of Tuesday night with ia
vorable comments on Secretary Hays clear and
forcbe exposition of the Monroe Doctrine The
fact that the Kings health drunk with
enthusiasm on an ordinary occasion not call
| ing for marked compliment makes deep
| impression and reconclles the most acrid critic
! 70 any utterance respecting a canal under ex-
| elusive American ownership and control. 10
/ the indefinite development of American com
! nercial interests. Secretary Hays explanations
| concerning American diplomacy and trade ex
| pansion are we'll received by the English press.
/ and its comments bear out Ambassador
| Choate's statement. that vigorous and manly
assertion Of American character and rights
| proptiates English favor.
| Mr.. Chamberlains blunt letter respecting the
| German nisconstructon OF his comments on the
| war with France is not calculated TO diminish
| resentment on the Continent. The German
| press has made much ado about nothing. but 1t
| is not tactful in him 10 treat this remarkable
| demonstration OF foreign resentment as an af-
fair OF TO importance Germany has been
/ passing through a financial and industrial crisis
| OF exceptional severity, and the press and the
people are peculiarly sensitive to sights and
| careless phrasing.
| hear from the highest sources OF information
| most reassuring accounts of the Kings health
| Those who have recently been driving and
shooting with him assert that he laughs heartily
| over the reports about his failing health and
! has proved the falsty OF them by exposing
f, huDrupr field and by
! shooting hour after hour in the wind and rain
Those recently with him assert that he has no
| throat ailment whatever and that his general
health and spirits now better than for
long time London tradesmen would have been
saved excessive charges for insurance on their
stocks in coronation year If these facts had been
generally known.
The change of front of the prosecution in the
z,ra,,ss case in suspending the charge Of trea-
son and recalling the application for eNtraoi-
.io, has caused great excitement in Bow Street
n E-rausa will now be tried in England for
i,cttar,ent to murder. and will not be renandec
70 the military courts of the TransVaai- Ihis
change of procedure is most judlcions one -
much more exciting case is expected II ColoA7'
Ivncb Is elected from Galway, after nshtins
for the Beers. and takes his seat at west
minister
r, - M nrospect of a settlement of the
oarI,abIe action for damages brought by
p.,-eo, the publisher, aginst Hall Game Whieh
is involved In the suspension of the serial pup
Ucation Of The Eternal City. pearson re-
tanned Sir Edward Clarke. leader OF the hhsIiSn
bsr wear ago, and Mr.. Game VIII De repre-
sented by Rufus Isaacs and AuSusuh bIlen-
An excepttonal feature of this case Will proo7-
~. 70 n. enopIovruent of literary experts in
he mol
Duritv of certain passages In the book, on "hicn
the suspension OF its serial publication was
grounded.
1-,a dacision of the Court of Appeal in the
wfnans case turned solely upon the Iact OF e1e
English don1icile of the deceased American
millionaire and 1t affirmed the right or the
crown to recover the legacy duty 1t Is
warning TO wealthy foreigners that England,
while pleasant place of residence Is an uIA-
safe country to die in, especially when costly
war is in progress.
TIL. nav,s that an influential Anglo-Anerican
syndicate has been formed for the purpose Of
erecting an Office building on American lines
in the heart of London is regarded mere WITH
mixed feelings. There is no objection TO the
proiect on the mere ground that it is part OF
the American INVASION. but fears are eA-
pressed that the structure. which will be the
largest of its kind in the world, may spoil the
look of the proposed new street connecting Hol-
horn and the Strand. Negotiations between the
syndicate and the London County Council are
II is understood not likely TO be concluded Ior
some time.
Further particulars arc published this morn
,,s IN regard TO the erection OF the mammoth
bu,,sine in the Strand. Frederic B. Esler, the
NAw-york promoter of the scheme. said he was
anxious to correct the impression that the idea
was in anv way an American one NO materials
90 NO labor will be brought from America
Tba sum of 10000 has been set aside In the
Estimates for decorating the interior or the
so,,,a nv the greatest artists of the day The
..,,ra will be known, as present deter
minsd as the Victorian Buildings, and II the
authorities approve the syndlcates proposals
h-,il5f,g onerations will be started about jan