New-York tribune., 1902-01-18
LATEST LONDON NEWS.
BALFOUR'S EXPLANATION OF GERMAN
CONTROVERSY.
MoRGAN'S SCHEME FOR AMALGAMATINC
ELECTRICAL COMPANIEs-CRYSTAL
PALACE EXHIBITION

| MORGAN'S SCHEME FOR AMALGAMATING
| ELECTRICAL CoMPANIEs-CRYsTAL
PALACE EXHIBITION
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| London, Jan. 1S, / a. m.-In. the House of
Commons yesterday A. ], Balfour frankly ad-
mitted that Mr.. Chamberlain's Edinburgh speech
| had been a subject of conversation between the
Foreign Secretary and the German Ambassador
He said that Lord Lansdowne explained to the
Ambassador that Mr.. Chamberlain made no
charges of barbarity against the German army.
but he declined to state whether the explana-
tion was made voluntarily or whether It was in
consequence Of a peremptory demand from
Berlin.
Mr.. Balfours remarks lend color to the belief
that the British Government would have shown
the white feather in the matter had it not been
for the Colonial Secretary's patriotic attitude in
refusing to withdraw or to qualify anything
which he said.
From Liverpool comes again the report that
j. Pierpont Morgan has under way a deal Of
vast Importance to the electrical world involv-
ing combined capital OF S50000000 The
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
the Pittsburg and Manchester and the General
Electric Company IN which Mr. Morgan is the
controlling factor are 1T is stated TO be amaIga-
mated and to be operated under community of
interest plan. The companies branches in
France and Germany will, according to report,
also pass into the hands OF central organiza-
ton. Important advances have taken place in
stocks in two companies within the last few
weeks the amalgamation prospects.
Less business was done on the Stock Exchange
yesterday. and the tone was decidedly weaker in
the absence of a confirmation Of the peace
rumors.
The latest South African Blue Book testifes
to Mr.. Chamberlains energy and determination
in the matter OF concentration camps. The
Colonial Secretary's political opponents say they
are grateful to him for his anxiety. and that
there shall be no relaxation of effort until the
camps can be considered TO have attained nor
NAL conditions
The Unionist newspapers consider that Lord
Kitcheners dispatch on the policy OF the con-
centration camps ought to kill the slander that
the British Empire has made women
and children. 1t is argued that, General
Botha threatened to turn the families of the
surrendered burghers on the veldt, Lord Ktch-
ener had no resource except to bring them into
a safe camp.
The mysterious visit of DR.. Kuyper, the Dutch
Premier, to this country is still exciting atten-
ton. II is hoped that it was not, after all. un-
connected with disposition on the part Of the
Beers to bow at last to the inevitable.
The aims and scope Of the proposed American
exhibition were explained yesterday at the
luncheon at the Trocadero given by Ernest
Schenk. the managing director of the Crystal
Palace. Speeches made by Mr. Schenk,
President Richards Of the American Society,
F. C. Won Duzer, Sidney Low. Lorin Lathrop and
others. The American Society is promoting the
enterprise solely for patriotic reasons on account
of the name The success Of the exhibition is
assured by the range and variety Of American
industries already supporting 1t. What the pro-
jectors want is the heartier cooperation of
American manufacturers in securing a repre-
sentative exhibit of labor saving machinery.
Improved transit facilities to the Crystal Palace
are promised, and the exhibition promises to be
an excellent side show in the coronation year.
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