New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-07

ARBITRATION FOR ALASKA.
PROBABLE SOLUTION OF MUCH DIS
PUTED QUESTION.
THE KINGS LEvEE- CECIL RHoDES's
HEALTH-CRIsIs IN LIBERAL
Copyright. 1902: By The Tribun. Assocauou)
LEY CANLE 10 THE TRIRuNEl

tBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
London. March :. 1 a. rn.-No official informa-
tion can he obtained respecting negotiations in
regard 70 the Alaskan boundary, but Lord
Strathcoaa. without doubt. has presented the
Dominion's case, and the British Foreign Office
is striving to effect a settlement Arbitration is
the solution which is probable. since the State
Department is not likely 10 propose the aliena-
tion Of the territory ceded from Russia. and
any scheme for q Canadian purchase would be
vetoed by the Senate at Washington.
Arbitration offers a line of least resistance.
and will enable the United States and the Do
minion governments to formulate their cases
with precision and TO accept with good grace
some equitable compromise OF the frontier ques
ton. Negotiations have not reached their final
stage. but their trend is in the direction of
arbitration as the only practicable method of
adjusting this troublesome dispute
Last night news was received from liverpool
Of the sinking Of the American Line steamer
waesland which left Liverpool for Philadelphia
on Wednesday. The steamer was In collision off
Holyhead with the Houston Line steamer Har
monides
The waesland had on board ia passengers.
and her crew consisted Of eighty nine men.
She also carried large miscellaneous cargo
The passengers and crew saved by the
Harmonides, which took them 10 Liverpool
They were received by the American Lines
agents Richardson. Spence & Co. and
quartered in various hotels in the city The
accident Is believed - have taken place in the
intense fog which ohscured lights and made
navigation dangerous. Both vessels were about
forty miles southwest Of Hoiyhead when the
Harmonides struck the Waesland amidships
the impact being terrific. Perfect order and dis
cipline prevailed among the crew and officers Of
the Waesland
The levee a st Iames's vas q brilliant func-
ton. with an aftermath at every prominent
club. where officials and diplomats exhibited
themselves in full uniform and respIendent with
gold lace. The new regulations enable fifteen
hundred men to pass the King in quick march
ING order With single bow. and 10 turn mp at
the clubs for luncheon, shimmeriuE with deco
rationS and ablaze with scarlet. The reception
Of the diplomats is more deliberate. but the
whole function is taken in quick time. like the
German Emperor's court business The King.
when holding court. is less rigid in his pose and
less impasstve in his expression than is the
German sovereign.
The sensational reports respecting the failure
of Cecil Rhodess health are pronounced false
by his intimate friends. and are ascribed to
hearish spectators in the South African mar
ket Private dispatches announcing his death
were circulated Mr. Rhodes is a wiry man.
with great reserves of strength
\ most serious view of crisis in the Liberal
party Is taken by the Moderate Liberals. who
deplore Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's tauut
that Lord Rosebery has staff officers without
troops Lord Rosebery's retaliaterv sarcasms
az Glasgow are awaited anxiously by his own
supporters. who are sensitive to the Radical re-
proach that men like Mr.. Asquith are Influenced
by social reasons. and are clinging to the fort
unes of leader in high favor with the court
Edwin A, Abbey after being belsted by the
Channel fog. has returned to England by the
American Line steamer ST. Louis and has
settled down for the heavy work Of painting
/ the coronation with every pesress in the right
place
There is seemingly no end to the War once
contract scandals. Last evening in the House
Of Lords Earl Darlington referred to the ugly
rumors which are prevalent with regard 10 con-
tracts for the supply of wines and spirits for
the troops in South Africa. He wanted the gov
ernment throw some light on the matter but
Lord Raglan declined to give any information.
BENJAMIN Franklin Stevens has passed away
at his residence, Surbiton. Surrey at the age
of seventy years. Mr.. Stevens was one of the
most prominent figures in the American colony
in London, and will be greatly missed.
The American Jockeys Glen and Harry
Jenkins and Johnny ReifT arrived here last
night. l. n. F.
NO REVOLUTION IN HAYTI
Port-au-Prince Hayti. March 6.-The reports
which have reached the United States of a revolu-
tionsry movement near Jacmel headed by General
Baptiste, Inaccurate. There has been a little
agitation at Jacmel against General Mersier, the
n
tiste Is absoutelsSNknown here