New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-03

49,. N-e a. was not until AR. Watts designed
: .,,,.ser IN memory OF lOwly heroes thai nus
- VAS .vorthily celebrated. The Eighteenrh
,~~,e,,rv Church IN Aldgate is neither stoFlso
- neautsf,,i: ana the only famous relic UNDER
60 .he hirh black spire Is a CHASTITY skail
,,-,, a. reunited 20 be that Of Lady Jane Grey s
,-.,.- The mike OF suffolk. who was beheadeo
- !. buneling executioner. In the garden OF 81.
,,-.,,rh,s is the cloister where tablets record
--,e. deeds OF herolsm IN everyday life among
she poor Of London. Eighty instances OK tlis
lsnd have been investigated ana authentle-ueO
a., a committee; and the number OF tablets Is
a he increased 20 I44 by Mrs. WATTS VINO 10
.,vvving out the original design. The conninituee
has decided 20 set up in the cloister terra ooe.A
.-,ov,al Of watts himself. who originated this
.,.,s,I scheme OF rescuing from oblivion noble
800 OF self-saorihoe and courage performed
-, Nvr,ble heroes, and perpetuating them as a
-.rrce of inspiration IN daily life in the East
"a ~ London. There viii be a portrait OF the
..,,.er ana above Il viii be inscribed his favor
,to rnotto: '-FIbe utmost for the highest. me
o,o,.ter OF lowly heroes when II is completed
r,,b AL the tablets IN place will be q unique
memorial OF a great man as well as modest
,,,sle temple ~ fame for heroes bred IN the
pathos OF poverty.
r.
-, ,be question Of Russian solvency and
,--.,,r,, on a unique challenge from the Minister
- FINANCE 10 the editor TO come to ST. Peters
-, and verify personally the gold reserve
4. one OF the brightest journalists and best m
e,rroed takers In London. His mother was the
6aurhter Of a Vienna banker. and his father
an Englishrnan OF Hebrew descent MI Won
,rss not educated at the public schools ana UNI
,,ersitIes but privately by tutors ana IN Brus-
-. end Paris. where he became an expert I'm
,,,ts+ and a student OF diplomacy. Entering
Journalism "a sub-edtor OF The jewish World"
81 wrote a biography OF Sir Moses Montehore
s,s made Anglo-Jewish history his hobby; ous
his most Important work has been series OF
contributions 20 the monthly reviews ana oaily
-ress on foral1u politics. He has been on ihIi-
mate terms with diplomatists in European capl-
tails and has been regarded as one OF the DeSI
Informed specialists on foreign ahairs. fals sym"
,,.tbies during recent years have lain with Ger
many. and he has not been suspected OF strohg
anti Russian feeling His description OF Russia s
- -sssrve as "a colossal Humbert safe. the
,,sunted millions OF which are unconsciously
,.nt nv her dupes for their own deception" has
-, b;.terlv resented at st. Petersburg. even
,,,,, che footnote thst Nine. Humberts safe
had ALWAYS something in It when there was talk
-. fresh loan The Finance Minister 3
,b.rlenee ia an impracticable one. since only
commission Of trained financial experts ana ae-
,ountants could vindicate the reputation OF the
y7,,suian +reaury: but Mr.. Lucien Wolf has re-
csived the most remarkable testimonial TO ms
,,oWer as a picturesque writer. In describing the
treasury as a Humbert safe. he has for once
,-ritten with even more vivacity than he Is In
che habit OF talking at table-and that is saying
much. ~