New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


reaus so that vacancies made by the as
sigpment of officers to the general stan
may be filed nv promotion until the va
cancy at the foot of the line is hiled by
the commissioning of second lieutenant.
The Secretary frankly expresses his regret
that It should be necessary to replace ON
GERS at the military schools with retlreo
officers. but he believes this step is I'M
perative-
GEORGE Y. ARBITRAToR.-king
George has consented to take the pidce
of his father King Edward VII as arm
traitor of the differences between the ohiteu
States and Chill over the Alsop cialm' SO
that one OF the first internatiohai acts Oh
the new monarch Will be a courtesy ex-
tended to the United States. In We" OF
the fact that the King will have to begin
de novo to post himself on the merits ..
the case. the presentation has been deferred
until August and the submission Oh coui-
ter cases until four months later
TIE TARIFF BoARD.-The passage oy
the. Senate to-day of the sundry civil ON
without amending the provision LOT tio
Tariff Board which carries an appio ~
ticl, Of $3.50 900, insures the lnFesusatio"
desired by the President, and to-n'ofro"
James B. Reynolds will sail for Europe 10
carry on the inquiry, Chairman hHle'S
having preceded Mr.. Reynolds there one
of the subjects which will be most care
fully investigated will be the method Oh
tho German government IN determining
costs Of production In accordance with
the wishes of the President the cost OF
producing woolIen. cotton and other textite
fabrics will receive special attention, as
the President suspects that the duties on
these products have not been accurdtelS
adjusted especially those on Wooiiens' Inc
Presidents instructions to the members Oh
the Tariff Board are to conduct their III
yestigations without regard for the results
and to present to him the most dennlte
and uneouivocal information which can De
gathered,
GARFIELD STATUE.-Senator Briggs
secured the massage by the Senate to-day
Of the House bill providing for the cree
tion of a statue of President James "A.
Garfield at Long Branch, n. J., which car
ries an appropriation of $4,000 for the pur-
nose This sum will not be available until
the Garfield Memorial Association shall
have raised a like amount, the whole TO
he devoted to the erection of a suitable
siatue. the design to be approved by the
&. cretary of War The Garfield Memorial
Association has almost completed gran
tie memorial, and his secured for the site
ocean Park, facing Ocean Boulevard. The
memorial; when completed, inclosed ana
marked, will represent an outlay OF szo'Voo.
Tho cornerstone was laid on September -,
1907.
FINE ARTS MMISSION.-President
Taft lost no time in appointing the mem
bers of the Fine Arts Commission, the Dill
authorizing which he approved to-day. The
members are Daniel H. Burnham, an
architect of Chicago. chairman; Frederick
Law Olmsted, jr., landscape architect, OF
Boston: Thomas Hastings, architect, OF
New York; Daniel c. French, sculptor, of
New York; Frank D. Miilet, painter, of
New York; Cass Gilbert, architect, OF New
York and Charles Moore. of Detroit
Colonel Spencer Cosby, Superintendent of
Public Buildings and Grounds, has been
appointed secretary. In view OF the oppo-
sition of Speaker Cannon the creation of
this commission is regarded as a triumph
for the President. Such commission has
been needed. One was appointed without
statutory authority by President Roosevelt,
but Congress sought to legislate it out of
existence, and now the President has in
duce6 Congress to create the commission.
It is to be an advisory body, to serve
without compensation, and viii assist the
officials in Washington in everything per-
tanning to architecture, the Improvement
of the city and other affairs which call for
artistic judgment. G. G. H,