New-York tribune., 1902-04-22
CONFIDENT OF PEACE.
e,p CHARLES dixie HAS NO DOUBT IT
Is AT HAND.
TIE TRANSATLANTIC PooL-MoRGAN IN
-o,-noN RAPID TRANSITIONAL NOTES.

THE TRANSATLANTIC PooL-MoRGAN IN
,oNnoN RAPID TRANSITIONAL NOTES.
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,ondon April % 1 a. m.-Sir Charles Dixie is
- ~ the most laborious and best informed
..a,obe-s Of the House of Commons. / have
,,ea hin, whether he thinks that peace will be
.5e before the coronation His reply is:
.1 have not the slightest doubt on the subject.
peace viii be made if it has not been done
,-rs1Iv already l have not had any doubt
-,roec+ing the result since the conference with
-, Eoer leaders began. Their departure to
orfa- with the burgheTs confirms my opinion.
sir Charles Dixie added that he did not be-
,eve that the European Boer agents had been
aa1t with by the government. but they might
,ava heen consulted by the delegates attending
tho conference in Africa Sir Charles Dixie
itbout doubt reflects the opinion of members
of the House which is more optimistic and bet
+e- informed than opinion outside. 1t is con-
ceded generally by the members that the Boer
leaders have reached a tentative agreement
with Lord Kitchener and Lord Miner, and that
.he1 have returned to their commandos as con-
--er+ed and reconciled advocates of peace. The
5e,av caused by these consultations and the
formal negotiations which Will follow the re
-urn Of the delegates will postpone the final
a-rnis+ice and declaration of peace until the be
ginning Of June. This is the opinion OF the
most cautious observers.
Much more is known in America than in Lon
con respecting the transatlantic steamship
condemnation. Mr. Morgan keeps his own
counsel here and there is no information for
the nublic from Old Broad Street. Nothing is
known in the steamship Offices. but ii is as
suued that the Cunard Line will eventually be
,ncluded in the combination, and that the first
object will be the placing of the winter service
on 2 rer7unerative basis by reduction in the
number Of ships and increase in rates Tor
Messenger and freight traffic. A suggestion that
the interests Of Liverpool will be sacrificed In
favor of Southampton is ridiculed in the steam
shin trade. and ali other reported details Of the
retrenchments and changes which VIII be e1-
fected are regarded as untrustworthy- While
the iuh!lant cry Of the American press that
erolurrhia rules the waves causes irritation
here. II is conceded that Mr.. Morgan's opera
-ions must be of comprehensive scope and VIII
involve a highly centralized control of the
steamship business. The Shipping Gazette,
which speaks by authority on all shipping mat
tors understands that the capital OF the new
companv viii riot exceed E34. 100000, which
amount will include debentures. On the other
hand there are outsta tanding bonds Of some or
the existing companies Nnlch WILL OF COURSE
have n he added to the total. The North Ger
man LLOYD and Hamburg-American lines do not
come into the financial combine, but they are in
complete accord with the English and American
companies concerned. and will work cordially
with them A statement that the American
line is to be extended by the absorption of the
White Star Line is dismissed as incorrect
Nr worgan's time is not wholly occupied
with the shipping amalgamaticn- Like MI
Yerkes he is engaged in solving the LONDON
rapid transit problem. There are twenty-siN
tube railway bills now before Parliament. and
the most important of them are backed by the
Yerkes syndicate on one hand and the Morgan
group on the other. The Morgan lines viii be
one hundred miles long. and will connect Lon
don from north TO west and southwest Inc
Yerkes interest is strenuously fighting the Nor
gan scheme but under the stimulus OF the TWO
rival American groups the solution OF the 'raiiic
problem in London may yet become an accom-
plished fact
Associated with J. P!erpont Morgan In MS
scheme 20 develop electric traction in LONDON
are Arnold Hills. shipbuilder. and Clifton Rob
irson on behalf of the London United Electric
Tran1ways Company The capital Of the Nor
ean-HiIls- Robinson coalition is stated to be
f26Oe0 GOO which compares with fl5,oVoeo
capital Of the Yerkes system.
The GuiIdham art show was opened in state
yesterday by the Lord Mayor. The arrange
nent of the French and English examples OF
eighteenth century art by Mr. Temple, director
Of the gallery. is greatly admired. Mr. Morgan
had declined repeated requests TO allow MS
FragonarG series of decorative panels to be eh-
hibited but when Mr.. Temple approached him
his Feplv was: Il cannot refuse the city Of Lon
oon anything" These panels look much better
in the GuildhalI than when seen at the Agnew
Galleries.
The levee at st. James's was fairly we'll at
tended by the Diplomatic Corps and onicials
Among those presented were officers or the ne"
corps Of Kings Colonials, including Captain
John Howard, Colonel Wiloughby Wallace and
lieutenant Greenwood Canadians
After the levee the Lord Chancellors only
daughter was married TO Edward Walter 1lt-
fard a, All Saints Church by the Archbishop OF
Canterbury The reception was attended ny
nearly all the prominent men in English public
life.
The Toronto lacrosse team had a runaway
victory over Middlesex and Surrey YESTERDAY
20 goals TO = n. e
THE CORDEN CLUB PROTESTS.
London, april 21--The Golden Club has Is
sued a manifesto signed by Lord Welby, vigor-
onsly protesting against the imposiuon OF cor
duties The manifesto sets forth that so to do
would inaueurate a policy of protection and
undo the great work of Peel and Gladstone. 1t
urges that the proposals be contested at every
step.