New-York tribune., 1903-04-17
WHAT LONDON TALKS OF.
THE DUBLIN CONVENTION
Passage of Land Act Erpected-
Personal and Social Ne1cs.
lspecal to rhe New-Yorl. Tribune By French cabI.l

Especial TO The New-York Tribune by French Cahle)
Copyright 19oa BY The Tribune AssociatOn)
London. April II. 1 a. m.-The National Con-
vention in ireland takes precedence in the press
of the royal reception at Malta and the gloomy
forebodings from the Balkans that general
outbreak of hostilities in Macedonia is imminent
The resolutions considered favorable to a
settlement of the land question, and the speeches
of the Irish Parliamentary leaders are even
more sympathetic than had been expected. Mr..
Redmond sounded warning note in his presi-
Dental address when he declared that the bill
would be as effectuaIly killed by carpins criti-
cism as by frank rejection. T. W. Russell,
the most influential representative of North
ern opinion, uttered similar warning on
Wednesday at Belfast. His presence at the Ma
tonal Convention yesterday was more sig
nifcant than Davitts pessimism. 1t was a
pledge of cooperation of all interests In the
island in effecting a settlement. Nearly all the
speakers insisted the necessity for the abon-
ton of perpetual rent charge and the continu-
ance TO purchasing tenants of the right to
have fair rents fixed But the trend of the pro-
ceedings indicates the rapid passage of the bill
to a second reading and final enactment after
protracted discussion of the details. Ministers
and public men whom Lord Londonderry and
other Irish landowners have been entertaining
in ireland struggling back to London, and
they report that the passage of the Land act
as a peace measure favored by all parties and
interests is a foregone conclusion.
Emil Fuchs's portrait of King Edward, paint
ed from special sittings given last month, is in
cuded in the collection at the exhibition of the
Royal Society of British Artists. The King Is
represented in the uniform of the 1st Regiment
of Prussian Dragons, of which he is homo
rary colonel The work is not only a striking one'
indicating true regal dignity. but 1t displays
mastery technique, and a bold piece OF col
oring commands admiration.
A quaint village church near WOlverhampton
was the scene yesterday of a wedding excep-
tionaIly interesting to literary people. Sir
Henry Fowler's daughter, Ellen Thorneycrole
Fowler, was married with old fashioned SIM
plicity to Alfred Felkin, successful teacher IN
the Military College.
The Dutch novelist Maarten Martens has
arrived in London for brief visit to literary
friends
Various and disturbing rumors are again cur
rent in regard to the state of the Czarlna 5
health 1.-The Morning Leaders" dispatch from
Moscow says her ailment is generally descrlDed
as peritonftis but there is absolute au-
tboritv for that statement for a further re-
port that the Czarina's condition has peeh
SLOWLY deterorating since the unfortunate 40
mestic event of last year. The postponement VI
the Cars visit to the italian Court and the
uncertainty of other of the imperial movements
are attributable 1t is credibly stated 10 tli0
precarious health of the Czarina
There was a large gathering OF Canadians
Yesterday at the new headquarters of the Emil
grafton Commissioners at Charing Cross at the
bottom of whitehall Commissioner Preston
was the host and Lord Strathcona and Minister
sefton. members of the Alaska Boundary Com
mission, were among the guests. The work OF
this office has largely increased with the strohs
setting of the tide of emigration toward Canada
and new business quarters at this metropolis are
INDISPENSABLE L N T.