New-York tribune., 1901-11-20

c,BINET MEETING STARTS RUMoRs-ANT1-
MAR ATTITUDE OF THE LIB
ERAL LEADERS.
,,,,y-seht: 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
rBY CABLE TO THE IRIBUSEl
so, Nov %, / e. m.-Lord Roberts's
=. cuards reception was we'll attended yes
..v and he was heartily cheered by the
- outsde There was no evidence that
ss,nd had another Dreyfus affair in the Bull
nssode Ccurtesies and compliments were X
s.nsed and good feeling prevailed Military
@..rs have not held Lord Roberts responsible
g, Redvers Buffers downfall, since his re-
- Was Mr. Brodrick's act. sanctioned with
,no-snce by the King. All talk about libel
= has dribbled out, and military experts
s-rsrr,nr TO doubt whether the War Office will
1s,;sh the text Of the Coienso heliograph mes
20 70 Ladys-nith. Martinets among the Off
'7 ,lass assert that there is no precedent for
disclosure of this kind while the is in
raes and that Gatacre Warren and the
.ss- generals who have been unfortunate
e.,arlv entitled 70 have the full correspondence
.,.-ins TO their cases published. While there is
s,ce in this contention. 1t is fairly certain that
.,s text of the 'spatchcocked" message will be
,o-ced out when Parliament meets, and that
Nv Brodrick will act in removing the real
.-isvanoe on the part Of General Butler without
delay
III. problen OF army reorganization has not
,.sr worked out when military men are tempt
s IN Law stress on the point that only generals
.. ample fortune can afford to accept the COM
r.nd of ar army corps, owing to the necessity
,f lavish entertaining. General French. who will
.,mmand the first corps at Aldershot, is not a
xeathy officer nor is Sir Evelyn Wood what is
known as a society general, so that Mr.. Brod-
,;sk has not been Influenced by considerations
a; entertainment in these two appointments.
Butler spent money freely at Aldershot in din
rss receptions and dances. and was generous
pr,yider Aldershot naturally misses him.
TIE Cabinet meeting yesterday has given rise
70 fresh rumors of dissension over the financial
vaicy No explanations are authoritative The
s--onsest two wills in the Cabinet. those of Mr..
Chamberlain and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, are
plr,ed against each other. This has happened
hsfore and uaodus vivendi has been arranged :
Old Tories would hardly know where they were
HMr Chamberlain were to succeed Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach
Charles Francis Adams's recent address in
America, drawing analogies between General
Lees surrender and the guerilla warfare in
South Africa, reprinted by THE Times" from
The Tribune is attracting much attention and
supplies the government press with an effective
answer to Sir William Vernon Harcourts recent
letters on the justification Of Boer tactics The
Imperial South African Association is reprint
sng the article a large scale.
Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman strongly at
lacked the governments war policy last night
The Jameson raid was, he argued, the main de-
ternining cause Of the war and if the Liberals
had been in power that raid would not have oc-
cured Unless the government changed It's
methods in South Africa, the Dutch in ali the
British colonies would become permanently and
violently alienated- That was the great peril
Of the hour he said The Liberal leaders de-
cided anti-war attitude is regarded 10y the sup
r9rters of the government justfying Lord
sIisbury's taunt that England is the only coun-
in which, during great war, eminent men
rite and speak publicly as IL they belonged to
ae enemy.
II is expected that Parliament will be opened
n January is by the King in person The
government will at the earliest possible moment
Introduce q bill for the reform OF the procedure
in the House of Commons and it may be found
that this chamber Will be asked to limit the du-
ration Of speeches. set up an automatic system
Of closure abolish its procession to the iobbies
in favor Of q voting machine. and impose
sererer penalties on contumacious members
who hamper the transaction of the nations
business by factious disorder.
Germany is not going to sit down quietly
under the loss of its commerce. The merchants
Of the great urban district of the Rhine have
determined to leave no stone unturned to meet
American competition. The first step they have
decided upon is the canalization of the Moselle
and Saar by which means they hope TO lessen
the cost of transport to the coast. The scheme
Is TO cost 100000 marks, and will take a few
Years to complete.
The Daily News" endeavors to show that the
Eurernment's monthly returns, which purport
te give an accurate record Of the deaths in the
South African camps are untrustworthy- An
sraninaton of the Blue Book has it is said.
resulted in the disclosure that the deaths not
accounted for in three monthly returns, which
lis possible to compare with the tables in the
Has Book amount TO fifteen hundred.
Eabek gave his only London violin recital
9aa- to his American tour yesterday; 1t was
est success.
StcathcOna. the f1lSh SONlNHSSiOiiei VI
Gads, is expected to-day by tie Oceanic j. u.
paaer secretary Of the Canadian Commission
W neet him at Liverpool.
heary White. United States tharge Al
s'ss, with his wife and daughter. has gone to
.aeaeid House. Hertfordshire. TO spend several
es's with Lord Salisbury. /. n. F.
AAERTcAN BUILDING IN LONDON.