New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

hsSsador the question OF reciprocity hoso
ttatiens with Canada and has mace ~
first move by suggesting that negouaeio'''
be begun at the earliest possible tins 'o'i
yenient to the amba ssador ana the po'
ion. It will be several days at ieas, eelp1s
q rerlv can be received, but II Is eApeo..N
that the work will be in progress. prooao.s
through q Canadian commission IN WASH
ington within short time me uea'''
is expected. will clear up the sniahei
lens Between the two governments Pc.
uarly that of pulp wood, upon inc ca
ton OF which from the crown lands TWO VI
the provinces have levied TAX oeli
re-, 10 the interests of the American papei
-,ar,,fa cturers II IS doubtful whether the
reciprocaI advancement will cover niuch DC
sides agricultural products. the eAciaans :.
OF which along the border VIII De iAcin
tated by the agreement
THE CHINESE I.OAN.-An agFeeif eii.
among the four financial groups ih'sresieu
in the loan for the extension OF the nan
kow-Canton Railroad has at last peeh
reached. according to reports received a.
the state Department, and there is now a
prospect that the long -dra~n-ou. nesone
ttons which have covered a years time,
done Is Of purely formal character, ana
there is no apparent reason for expecting
anather hitch like the many that occurred
hsfare when an adjustment seemed 10 pc
in sight The English, French, German
and American bankers have made saus-
factory division of the work, the cnieI
source of difficulty. II the loan Is heso-
ttated it will mean another achievement
for the eomercial policy of the state De
partrnent. The share OF the United states
will be s7,5oG,o0e, and materials 10 that
amount will be supplied by American man
ufaeturers.
MRS BALLTNGER- PINCHOT- A
member of the COMMITTEES which is inyesu-
eating the BaIlinger-Pinehot controversy
is telling a story to illustrate the nlsh
character of intelligence of the feminine
habitues OF the COMMITTEES room. Mrs.
Pinchot, mother of the former forester, has
attended the sessions with considsfaoie
regularity, and on q recent occasion was
leaving the room when a wonqan pointed
her out to her companions, exclairninS ex-
eitedly: sHThsre she goes! There she goes
.eWho? Who Is it, my dear?" inquired one
! of the friends of the first speaker. It's
Mrs Ballinger-P inchet," replied tbs woTnz
an who knew, to 1.-THE amusement of the
committee member and. apparently, TO the
entire satisfaction of the inquirer.
"a SpLASH."-It is not often that the
Navy Department consents 70 investiSate
the forms OF amusement INDUCED In by the
civilian employees of the navy yards, but
such an inquiry has been forced on Score
tary Meyer by the insistent demands OF
the Rev. A. p. Doyle, rector of the Apos-
toIc Mission House at the Catholic Uni
yersity, who, in turn, acted at the instance
of Catholic pastor at Newport 1t ap-
pears that some OF the civilian employees or
the Navy Department, notably one OF the
foremen, conducted an entertainment Ie-
Gently of the type commonly called
smoker" but termed by these nautical
men a splash" One of the features OF
the entertainment was q. dance, performed
first in complete costume. 1t appears that
the dancer undertook to change her cos
tune but so insistent was the demand for
an immediate encore that she feaFpeaFed
clad only in an American flag, while at the
height of the measure she inadvertently
mislaid the flag. At least, that is the YER
sion given to the Navy Department and
which has resulted in a court of inquiry
being ordered. e. u. H.