New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-19
GOOD HOPES FOR PEACE,
WAR EXPECTED TO BE ENDED
BY JUNE /.
RALFOUR'S STATEMENT - HOLLANDS
oUEEN-THE METEOR'S ROUGH
VOYAGE
Copyright; 1902: BY The Tribune Association,

Copyright; 1902: BY The Tribune Association,
Especial to The Tribune by French Gable
Tondon, April 10. l a. m.-Mr. Balfours state
-7ent confirmed the general impression tha,
peace would be made about the first of June
Mr. Chamberlain has shown frmness in resist
snp the demand for armistice and the minis
ters have supported him. Military operations
will be conducted without reference TO the con-
ferences which proceeding between the Boer
leaders and the hurghers.
This policy may not be pleasing the pro-
Foers but it is heartily commended by the
rress as sagacious and reasonable. While the
rrolongation of the war for month disap-
points the sensational journals which have been
inventing terms of peace and arranging cond-
tions for an immediate surrender, there is a
feeling Of genuine relief that such firmness has
heen displayed by the government The COM
,1ent is a natural that peace made too
easily might not be permanent. and that the
hurghers VIII he more likely to he reconciled
when they have been fully consulted by the
generals
Mr. Balfour was silent respecting the terms
offered by Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner-
These must have been definite. or the Boer lead
ers would not have dispersed to consult with the
commanders.
While the press is on guard against overconh-
dence there is general agreement that the
roer chiefs felt assured that their followers
would favor a settlement, and that the continued
pressure Of the military operations will not tend
10 excite irritation and resistance.
There was tremendous excitement on the
Stock Exchange yesterday in anticipation of
definite announcement of peace. and consols and
the war loan jumped up l per cent. No Of
fetal fntimation has yet been received as TO the
amount OF the subscription for the new issue.
hoo
applied for about fifteen times over the sum
asked.
DISPATCHES from Holland disclose that there is
general gloom over the condition of Queen Will
helmina, which is graver than earlier accounts
have indicated The reports that she has
typhoid fever are officially confirmed. but not
the accounts by way of Cologne that the States
General viii be convoked for the establishment
Of a regency.
The heir presumptive 20 the throne is a Ger
man prince Of the Orange blood, but the success
sion is undetermined The Dutch Constitution
provides that in default Of q legal heir, the SOW
ereign and States General shall designate a sue
cessor. This has not been done, and the States
General viii exercise the right Of selection in
case OF the Queens death.
( A German prince under the influence of Ber-
lin. will be as aistasteful 10 the Dutch people as
feeling caused by the Boer war has done some
thing to mitigate Dutch prejudice. but has not
overcome It. Queen Emma is popular with all
classes ard may be made regent.
r1snatches from Belgium exaggerate the ten
SION OF public excitement there The Brussels
journals are intensely partisan and each side
has motive for representing conditions In the
worst possible light. The government party is
ar7d 1f1a
Socialists are exaggerating the magnitude of
the labor revolt There is no accurate estimate
of the number of workingmen actually on strike,
and there is no warrant for the assumption that
the movement has become general
The excitement is likely to culminate now that
the closure has been applied to the debate in the
Chamber The government has been playing a
most dangerous game in Offering resistance TO
the legitimate reform movement, but is profting
nomentarily by the attempt of the Socialists to
coerce it through the action of organized labor.
The GuldhaH art show. which will be opened
On Monday is remarkable for its collection Of
English and French art of the eighteenth CEN
tury The number of works is less than two
thousand. but nearly every great French and
English PAINTER of that century is admirably
represented Many of the choicest examples
have been lent from French private galleries,
but all the leading private collections in Eng
land have been drawn upon. Mr. Morgan's
Fragonard forms prominent feature of this
Splendid coronation show.
The exhibition of the Royal Society Of paint |
ers OF water coIors contains go works Of aver
age merit Napier. Hemy and Carl Haag excel
IN marines and figure pieces. Hemy's Home |
Wind" is one Of the best of recent English ma
rines. Impressionists make little show, Mel |
vile having fallen out.
The German Emperor's yacht, the Meteor. |
seems to have had a terrible experience in her |
voyage across the Atlantic When two thou |
sand miles out from New-York her bowsprit |
was oarried away, and the carpenter and boat /
swain bofh had their legs broken All the heavy |
gear had be cut adrift, and the remainder OF
the voyage completed under a jury rig |
The decks were under water fer days, and the
crew feared that the vessel would founder
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