New-York tribune., 1902-05-07
SPIKEDl
MORE RUMORS OF PEACE,
BRITONS GROW WEARY OF THE PRO
LONGED WAR
THE MONTHS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PRO-
VIDING FOR SUCCESSION TO
DUTCH THRONE
Copyright; 1902: BY The Tribune Association.)

Copyright 1902: BY The Tribune Association)
Especial The Tribune by French Cabel
London May {. l a. m.-Lord Kitcheners dis
patch although it announced that the Beers had
been forced from their only strong position
the road to Pokiep and suggested that the relief
Of the town had been accomplished, had little or
effect the Stock Exchange. The Kaffir Cir
Gus was, however eXhjlarated in the afternoon
by the rumor that meeting of Boer representa-
tlves to decide upon the terms of peace offered
by the British is to be held May instead of
May Is. There apparently substantial
ground for the rumor, but it did it's work all the
same. For some time past the mining market
has been very sick, and the big operators have
found it convenient to invent news in order to
even prices up and then The country is
weary of war, and the announcement Of peace
will be very welcome when it
During April the British casualties were %
officers and 292 men killed or dead from disease,
! officer and 80 men accidentally killed, ] Off
Ger and II men taken prisoners and SO officers
and 2,631 men sent home as invalids. Altogether
the war has been responsible for the loss of
1882 British soldiers
This evening the Irish members will bring for
ward in the House of Commons a motion CEN
suring the Speaker for his ruling on the occa-
sion when Mr.. Dillon suspended for calling
Mr.. Chamberlain "a damned liar" 1t will be
remembered that when Mr.. Dillon interrupt
ed TO assert that General Vilonel. the leader
of the Boer National Scouts. was a traitor the
Colonial Secretary retorted. The honors BILE
member is a good judge o1 traitors and there
upon Mr.. Dillon asked the Speaker whether the
words parliamentary. and the Speaker
piled that Mr.. Dillon had brought the retort
upon himself by calling men serving under the
British flag traitors. 1t is this ruling which the
Nationasts intend to impugn. They contend
that Mr.. Chamberlain should have been required
to withdraw his remark. and the motion to be
submitted will categorcally affirm that PROPOSE
tion The debate is anticipated with the great
est interest though there is nc doubt as to the
result
There is a clause in the Dutch constitution
which is particularly interesting just now 1t
provides that if the queen has son. her majes-
ty shall abdicate in his favor when he reaches
his eighteenth birthday; If. on the other hand
child is born within five years the Dutch
Parliament has the power to dissolve the mar
riage.
Bret Harte of late years had resided near Lon
don, where he had many friends. His loss will
be as sincerely mourned in England as in Amer
lea.
The British Consul at Amsterdam tells Of the
gradual exclusion from the Netherlands of the
British iron and steel manufacturers. He ex-
presses the opinion that there are two difficult
ties to be overcome if British manufacture
is to regain its lost footing. The first is the
adoption of a standard system. which has made
great progress in Germany and Belgium in near
ly all iron and steel manufactures. The other
difficulty is the existence of trusts syndicates
in almost every principal branch of the iron
trade in both these Continental countries.
meeting of the British Empire League was
held last evening at the House Of Commons
der the craftsmanship of Lord Avebury TO hear
address from Colonel Denison the subject
of preferential trade rates. The Duke of Aber-
corn. Sir Charles Tupper and several infiuen-
tial members of Parliament were present.