New-York tribune., 1901-04-11
UALSBURY NOT TO RETIRE
,opD CHANCELLOR WILL REMAIN IN
OFFICE FOR CORONATION.

ruo LONDON JOURNALS URGING TARIFF
REFoRM-DATE OF CRoKERs RE-
TURN KEPT A SECRET
Copyright: 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
LBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
rondon April H. ! a. m-The rumor OF Lord
tIalsbury's retirement from office is the idle
breath Of state gossip. The Lord Chancellor Is
IN good health. and not in mood for complain
ing OF the burdens of Office which is a
stronghold Of power All the chief appoint
,oents for the bench are recommended by the
rord Chancellor, with the single exception of
the Lord Chief Justice. and Lord Halsbury is
an old time lawyer who thrives personal
authority and clings to il with the intensity of
nride No member of the government is likely
N resign voluntarily the year before corona
non except Lord Salisbury himself. whose health
&c impaired, possibly beyond hope Of permanent
revival
The report that General Botha has reopened
neace negotiations lacks official confirmation
although one correspondent, in sending the news
from Cape Town, describes it as semi official
The fact however, that the telegram has been
allowed 10 go over the wires by the military
censor need not be taken guarantee Of its
correc+ness Only the other day Mr.. KRUGER
s,outed the idea of peace without independence,
and asserted passionately that his officers in
South Africa were of his opinion; but If there
should be any truth in the report Of the revival
of negotiations. it is clear that the ex-Presi-
dent must have been misinformed, for 1t must
folov that any idea of retaining the indepen-
dence OF the republics has been finally aoan-
sona5 b1y the Beers II is entirely possible that
General Botha does not find it easy to cooper
s.e with De Wet but repeated statements
al
,vwith the accounts of the famous raiders fore
sight and fertility of resource during his recent
retreat from Cape Colony.
The slackness of foreign news has directeu
the attention Of the press once more TO the re-
forn system Of taxation which the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer may find it eXpedient TO rec
,ounend in the budget speech, If he succeeds IN
milling himself together for a courageous effort
IN throw down the gauntlet to Sir William
Vernon Harcourt Two journals have been eau
tiously coaching him for this enterprise. Ihe
Daily Mail" has been advocating tariff Virtu-
srlz, NJ the protective order for several months,
and its protests against unlimited and unrea-
soning direct taxation have been even more
strongly accentuated since the return or Sir
Alfred Harmsworth from America This in
creased emphasis would mean more if MI
Harmsworth's friend Lord Rosebery were in
Berkeley Square instead Of Italy THE Times
IS a gun Of longer range than Mr.. Harmsworth
can fire. and its bombardment Of the existing
system of taxation is more destructive. The
anonymous correspondent. TO whom are accorded
the honors Of large type with a sympathetic
leader writes like another Sir Robert Giffen in
his mastery Of financial controversy and the sci
enoe Of economics. This gun practice is not
tnuous but every long range shot Is deliberate
ly aimed at graduated income taxes and pro-
gressive death duties as the sole resources OF
the Treasury in an imperial crisis
The alliance Of these two journals for what
dissatisfied Tories describe as tariff reform fills
the Liberals with joy. Already they are mock
ing at these Unionist attempts TO excite com
passion for the poor, unhappy rich, oppressed
with income taxation and are forecasting a
general revival Of the Liberal party. if the free
trade system be assailed. Nothing more serious
than sugar duties can be expected from tim
orous fnancier like Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.
Farsighted men in English politics are con-
WINGED that sweeping changes in the tariff can
be justified only by a deliberate effort to take
UP the business side of the imperial federation
for the benefit Of the colonies. and that Mr..
Chamberlain is the only statesman capable Of
making so tremendous a fight.
The date of Richard Croker's departure for
America IS a state secret which he has not con-
hded to his friends the English turf. They
expect that he will remain in England during
the racing season. He has about one hundred
horses az Letcombe and in stables elsewhere.
His colts, which looked strong and promising in
the autumn, are with wishard at Newmarket.
undergoing training for the fat racing. He
is employing an American trainer and jockeys.
and is hoping for a streak of American luck
before the racing season ends.
Alice Nielsen's signal success in The Fortune
Teller" at the Shaftesbury Theatre was fol-
lowed last night by more pretentious and less
vivacious performance of 1.-The Lion Hunters
az Terry's Theatre. This a new transla-
ton by J. T. Green and Miss Leonard of Pail
leron's familiar play. A company OF twenty
experienced players was employed in this pro-
duction. Henry B. Irving gave a fresh exhibi-
ton Of his versatility and breadth Of style as
Beac and was well supported by Nina Bouci-
cauit as Suzanne, Sissie Vaughan as the Du-
chesse de Revie, and the handsome American
actress. Helen Macbeth, Jeanne Raymond
/. y. F.
EXCITEMENT IN SUGAR MARKET.
London, April 11.-With the approach of the
budget statement the excitement in the sugar
market is reaching fever heat. The wharves at
Hamburg are cholzed with sugar waiting to be
shipped TO England, and there is such run
vessels that even coliers are being pressed