New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA.
CONFLICTS NOT SERIOUS.
General InSurTection Not Yet Or.
deyed-LOndon NezDS.

CSrecal to The New-Tork Tribune by French Cabie.l
tcopyrieht: 1909; BY The IrIbuns AssOcistion)
London. March 5. 1 a. m.-Dispatches from
Constentfnople and other capitols CONFIRM the
runaors Of fighting in various districts Of Mace
donia.. The disturbances are not serious in any
vilsyet, and 1t is premature TO conclude> that
a general fnsurrection has been ordered by the
revolutionary committee. The commanders Of
the Turkish hettaIions finding II difficult
TO maintain order when the districts are in
an excited condition and when maSsacres by
AIbanians and revolutionary outbreaks are ex-
pected any day. The Foreign Ofices the
Continent succeed in concealing their uneasi-
ness II serious apprehensions Of a war in the
Balkans entertained Omcials circles here
maintain studied air OF increduIity respect
ing the Macedonian crisis The powers are
asserted TO be united and the Sultan co-operat-
ing with them in good faith. Sofia is the main
centre of interest. The adoption Of stringent
rep7essive measures on the frontier by the
Bulgarian government is expected.
The Fourth Party resumed operations in the
Commons on the grant for the colonies
and succeeded in cutting down the government
majority to forty-three. Austen Chamberlain
is at a disadvantage in repelng the assaults
Of the Tory guerillas The Older Parliamentary
hand now sea is needed in the Commons
when South African questions are discussed.
Winston Churchill is gradually taking the lead
of a small group Of independents and reviving
memories of his fathers stand for retrench-
ment.
The secrets Of Mr wyndham's Irish policy are
-yeI kept No estimate can be formed Of the cost
of the purchase scheme and the margin which
the Treasury must cover. The old Tories shake
their heads ominously when the land purchase
is described as a settlement Of the Irish ques-
ton. They cannot be convinced that the Ma
tionalists VIII abandon Home Rule.
The reports OF Mr. Carnegie's benefactions to
Princeton create an envious feeling among
English educators. One of the best Informed
oxford professors has told that his uni
versity's equipment needs to be greatly in
creased in order TO carry out the work OF
Anglo-Saxon education planned by Mr.. Rhodes.
He wonders whether American milonaires will
not supplement that work by founding pro-
fessorships Of philosophy, law and science and
widening the university courses of study. He
would himself be pleased to great
American educators in Oxford chairs for carry
.ng out the purposes OF the Rhodes scholar
ships. Some of the Oxford colleges are rich,
hint the university as whole has limited
sources. British milionaires are not in the
habit of remembering their universities in max
ing their wills.
NoueorforTlist Liberal Unionist Association last
night treated Lord Rosebery's recent utterances
in q spirit Of banter. and represented the Lib
ersI party as starving caterpillar in search OF
e new leaf.
Mrs. Wards Lady Roses Daughter" is pub
nshed here to-day. The only newspaper Whlch
reviews it is The Morning Post" which says:
Mrs Huuphry Wards latest novel has been
subjected TO double criticism. On the one hand,
II is alleged that the book is founded on the
letters of Mile. de Lespinasse to which only
casual reference is made, without any formaI
acknowledgment Of the indebtedness; on the
other hand the book has been hailed oy the
critics as probably the strongest and most self
contained work of the author. 1t certainly is
very strong and very clever For once Mrs.
Ward has given us a novel Of society and In
trigue.
Jingo the great elephant, which has been
purchased by "Mr. Bostock, the Animal King,
L s. A." was removed from his home in the
London Geological Gardens yesterday afternoon
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