New-York tribune., 1901-12-04
ANARCHISTS IN LONDON.
,-p1tc APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT
ROOSEyELTS VIEWS.
--.,or-S CORONATION CLAIMS - NEW
PRINCE OF WALES FOLLOWING
FATHERS FOOTSTEPS

FATHERS FOoISIEPS-
.,-.. 1901: By The New-York Tribunel
Try CaBIE TO THE TRIBUNE.I
zo, Dec f. a. m-Eo portion of the
-e;aent's Message is more cordially approved
:. here than that referring TO the question OF
= treatment Of anarchists. Ii is considered
o.sineIy gratifying that President Roosevelt
+,,ld not be afraid to make proposals. which
.be surface are open to the criticism that
= are subversive of personal liberty in the
..a- ~ opinion. In this country there is a
,q undercurrent of feeling against laws
.sicb permit and actually encourage the immf-
-..ion Of foreign anarchists. London. espe-
.uv feels strongly on the point, and owing 20
=. rsst number Of undesirable aliens who have
,s, I'D their abode in the East End the me-
.-,,os would gladly welcome any restrictive
4 .sures II reference to the proposal that
-.,kind should bind itself together to make
-,s-chy, like piracy a crime against the law
= nations il is pointed out that the difficulty
r % define what anarchy consists Of and to
,btain trustworthy evidence against those hold
,r such a doctrine before they commit overt
,cts which would render them amenable TO or
jnsry criminal law.
ro-day's newspapers refer TO the important
,s-uFe Of President Roosevelt's first Message to
-ongress some OF them characterizing ii as a
rsrnsrkable document. Upon the whole, how
ever. il is regarded as essentially conservative
statement of policy. especially in reference to
such matters as trusts and reciprocity. The
Presidents remarks on the latter question
mi deemed to be an adequate execution Of the
views expressed in President Mckinley's last
speech al Buffalo and the British hopes OF the
decisive modification OF the protectionist system
az the United St 3tes- are consequently disap-
pointed. It is noted with satisfaction that the
isthmian canal negotiations have been conduct
ed in the frendliest manner, and it is left to the
Opposition newspapers TO ask what concessions
has the British Empire secured in return for
the waiving of England's claims The language
Of the Message the subject of the Monroe
Doctrine is spoken of as uncompromisng in its
directness. The world is" says The Stand
ard practically warned that the Western
hemisphere is not 10 be made a field for terri
torial ambition aggression from outside"
This" II is added. was no doubt Monroe's
meaning. and it is reasserted in the most
definite terms No objection is raised TO the
precise terms in which the doctrine Is enun-
eiated. but they are evidently not rel
ished. and ii is suggested that some of the
energy devoted ID expanding and repeating the
famous doctrine might be spared. since there
is little desire on the part of any foreign power
to extend the area of nilitarism to the New
World.
The sinking Of the torpedo boat destroyer
Salmon causes grave disquiet. It is difficult TO
escape the conclusion that there must be some
common defect of construction besides even the
proved tendency to bucklng behind all these
cases Of mishap 10 torpedo boat destroyers.
Close upon sixty claims OF services to be per
formed at the coronation Of King Edward have
been submitted for consideration 10 the Court of
Claims. which neets in the Privy Council cham
bfr a. Whitehall to-day. Among other curious
claims is that OF the Duke OF Norfolk. Lord
ef the Workshop to present a pair of gloves
10 the sovereign. and 10 hold the sceptre with
the cross while the peers do homage. Besides
his special claim. the duke il the right of the
EaTldom Of Arundel, claims the office of butler
at the banquet. Nobody who was present al
the proceedings Of the last court, which sat in
lS3s is now alive. but precedent as revealed
by the records will be strictly followed. In
virtue Of the office Of Lord Chancellor Lord
Halsbury is expected to preside over the court
today.
The Prince Ct Wales is quickly adapting him
self to his great position, and in accepting the
Office IS president Of St Bartholomew's Hos
pial he is following worthly in the footsteps
q his father who has always taken the deepest
Interest in the hospitals of London.
SIR David Tenant, agent general for the
eape waited upon the Prince and Princess OF
Eales yesterday afternoon 20 ask heir accept
snce OF an oil painting. ''Lengthening Shadows
m the Shores Of False Bay The picture, which
has been exhibited at the Royal Academy. is
gift from the inhabitants of Somerset, West
Cape Colony.
LonGoners are much interested in the
report which has been drawn up by the ex
perts who visited New-YoTk and Boston to OBJ
tain information relative to the underground
systems Of transit in those cities. On the Cen
tral London Railway, which is the most up TO
GATE underground line here. not more than 700
trains are run daily, and that state of affairs
is contrasted with Boston's record of 80 cars
hourly in each direction.
" H. Nallock's article in The Nineteenth
Century bespes king serious consideration for
'he newest theories OH the subject Of the Bacon
shakespeare controversy is eliciting many criti-
csi replies If Mr. Mallock proposes to answer
al his critics he viii probably be kept busy for
soma time TO come
BULLETS INSTEAD OF C4D4TERS.