New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-30
PESSIMISTS IN ENGLAND.
SHIP DEAL CAUSES DEMAND FOR Sc
CRET COMMERCIAL SERVICE.

! REPRoACHES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
| THE NEW, GALLERY MR.
YERKES'S PLANS
Copyright; BY The Tribune Association)
Especial TO The Tribune by French Cable
London. April 30 1 a. m-English moralizing
still takes the place of authentic news in regard
to the shipping combination. This is less fighty
than at first since the alarmists, with fresh evi-
dence from France that another steamship line
has been brought into coordinate relations with
the shipping deal. are now content with re-
preaching an "absentninded" government with
! neglecting organize secret service and in
I telgence department for the defence of British
commerce. The utility of similar bureaus in
+ connection with the discovery of the Boer prep
arations for war after the Jameson raid has
never been proved. The best secret service in
the world could hardly have anticipated Mr..
| Morgans vast scheme for the concentration of
the shipping industry nor is it clear that Amer
lea Is better off than England in consequence
of the pooling merging of maritime interests.
The only possible method of thwarting or
counteracting Mr.. Morgan's plans will be by
| means of the payment of ship subsidies on
large scale for the opposition lines outside the
ring. The public here is not yet prepared for
are assuming that unless everybody wakes up
England's maritime prestige will decline like
Spain's commercial greatness
The exhibition at the New Gallery is chiefly
remarl:i BILE for Mr.. Watts's allegory entitled
Love Steering the Boat of Humanity" and
group of portraits by Sargent. Shannon ana
Lavery. Mr.. Wattss picture is Venetian COM
| binaton of reds and browns. with dark greens
and steel grays in the water, and represents a
muscular figure plying the oars mechanically
and watching Love whose face is turned tow
ard the breaking light. 1t is fine symbolic
work. with sign OF declining power in the
veteran artist except possibly in the drawing.
Mr. Sargent's portrait represents the three
Wertheiiner children with their pet dogs. The
two girls are separated by A dog and the boy
in front is leaning against cushion. The three
faces are differentiated in character. but have
a marked family likeness There is amazing
brush work and foreshortening in this work. and
the composition is ingeniously balanced The
vitality of the figures sufices TO kill everything
else in sight. Mr.. Sargents holiday picture OF a
Norwegian ford with a sportsman lounging
after a good catch of FISH is less successful.
but the portrait of Mrs. Goetz is fine example
Of direct and vigorous exposition of character.
J. J. Shannon's two portraits of children are
charming examples Of his best manner, and the
portrait of Mrs. Neligan is good as Mr. Sar-
gents picture Of Mrs. Goetz- John Lavery's
Spring" is a delightful drawing of girl with
mass of white flowers.
The exh bition includes two Of Boughton's
characteristic figure pieces, good landscapes by
Alfred Parsons and Alfred East. an academic
Last Watch of Hero for Leander." by Rich
nlond, a daring bit of mpressionsm by Moffat
Lindner an unsa tisfactory black and silver por
trait of Mrs Campbell by Graham Robertson,
Neutrality-suspicious. work by Sir James Linton,
and a set of mediaval limitations in temper by
Marianne Stokes and other painters.
ice-Consul Westcott is overwhelmed with
letters of expressions of regret over the un-
timely death of Consul General Osborne. whose
health has been falling for long period Mr.
Osborne respected and liked by the London
commercial public. and had administered his
office with exceptional ability. He was greatly
depressed by the death of President Mckinley,
his cousin and lost interest in public affairs.
MIR Perks and Mr.. Yerkes explained to the
House of Lords committee the London tube
railways yesterday their scheme for the exten-
sion of the line and the of electricity on the
District Railway.
Advices received from Russia by way of Ber-
lin agree in declaring that all classes of society
are concerned in the outbursts which are now
taking place in the Cars dominlons.
At Christies the first part OF the famous
Dunn Gardner collection from South kensfng-
ton was put UP for sale The bidding was
brisk especially for the snuffbo0es. one of which
fetched 1890. The most sensational price reached
was Fl $50 for triptych of lockwood five inches
high and six inches long l. N. F.
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