in conclusion, my informant said:i "Come what may, it Is now certain that'

neither France nor, bo far as Iam aware, any': other European Power peeks to make the pres-', «nt situation in Peking a pretext for the par-'tition of China. There exists between France

] and Russia a complete understanding on this! Int. The French Government, like that of the!United States, has no Interests in China except'

purely commercial ones, which are compatible! with the open door policy, and to Insure the1 safety of the lives and property of French citi-'

r.er.s and missionaries/

the same time the conviction prevails that thecommon understanding between the Powers is

;so cordial and complete as to preclude the poasi-'billty of international complications arisin?from the impending military intervention.

A personage whose views accurately reflectthose of the French Government, when ques-tioned on the subject last evening, stated that

\u25a0 the intervention would be joint, but not con-\ certed; that is to say, separate contingents of

marines or bluejackets of Frai;f, Russia, Eng-land, the I'nited States, Austria and Italy willact in common accord, but each exclusively un-

( der the orders of its own officers and not underthe command of any foreign officer, as was the

case three years ago In Cref». The instructionsiupon this point communicated by each Euro-

pean Government to its repre«>mativ^ at Peking

are said to be identical, and the Empress Dow-ager has been Informed that while no Westernnation wishes the partition of China, neverthe-less, if the Chinese Imperir.l troops cannot pro-t.rt foreign liver- and property from Boxer fa-nntics. foreign armed intervention must begin

forthwitii in a most energetic way. Informa-tion has reached the Qua! d'Orsay Indicating

that the Empress Dowager can, if she chooses.que'.i the insurrection, but that, unfortunately,

neither she nor the court party yet realisesil.at they have as little to g.iin b) anarchy asany <<r.<> else. To usr> tho words of the person

-: am- with whom Iconversed on the subject:

'It is the Chinese Drumoats, gfillevoyes, Derou-|£des nnd Roebeforta who are supreme at Pe-king."

Special Sale of

Girls' Sailor Suits.

The "Wagner Cycle has dra*n crowded housesat Covent Garden this week. Mr. Wyndhamhas gone, back to 'David Garrlck," and is pre-paring to fin out the season with "The Liars."He talks of going to South Africa for a lone-holiday. Sir Henry Irvingand Miss Ellen Terry

•willreappear at th» Lyceum at the close of next

week. Mr. Forbes- son's health has beenregained on the Continent, and he is planning

the production of "Hamlet" early in the autumn

for a provincial tour, with ether plays in re-

Th© American Ambassador will go to Cem-bridge nest week for his degree. Th« number ofAmerican tourists now in London is large; th"

hotels are fairly running over with them. The"World's Temperance Congress meeting to-day

for the Inaugural reception has a large Ameri-ran deputation.

The fate of the Yeomanry captured at Lindley

has keenly interested the West End. The Dukeof Cambridge's troop was known as "The Mill-ionaires," from the number of richr men andeons of peers enrolled in it. If these troopersare sent to Lydenbercj and kept there a? host-ages, there will bo an opportunity for Presi-dent Krliger to squeeze more millions out ofthem than out of the. reform leaders imprison* iand bled after the Jameson Raid.

"Whitsuntide parties have not been numerousin the country. There have been large com-panies at Chatsworth and Bowood, but many ofthe most fashionable country houses have beenempty. There will be less entertaining thanusual for Ascot, and the prospect for town say-

eties during the remainder of the season Is notbright. Th" only important dinners to-night arcthose of the Royal Engineers and Fir Henry

Irvine's friends at the Savoy Hotel."War charities still abound, one of the most in-

teresting being the loan exhibition of South

African sketches and relics at Grosvenor House.

Mrs. Kendal will give a charity reading n«xt

we»k

Unity of direction is indispensable In opera-

tions against President Pteyn's burghers, whoare making a Rood deal of trouble in the FreeState, and this cannot be had when Lord Rob-

erts is in Pretoria with the wires cut behind

him. Lord lllW. who was left in a cornerafter opening Lord Etoberts*s campaign, is now

at Lindley.and by virtue ofhis seniority ought

to be in command of all the British forces in

the Free State Either Kelly-Kenny or Bundle•would be a better general for commanding the

British forces in the final encircling movement

around Bethlehem, and it is not likely that LordMethuen will be placed over them. BttUer'Sfriends assert that the only division commanderof the original army corps whose fortunes have

been safe is Clery. an.l that is because oneserves under the other. Both Gatacre and

Methuen. they add, were ordered to ride acrosscountry to rescue an isolated garrison, and each

failed to arrive in time. <Jatacre was subject

to censure for taking Infantry in place of

mounted troops, but Methuen certainly covered

the ground as rapidly as any one could havegrot over it.

The lack of news from Lord Roberts is fully

explained to-day by the admission that the

\u25a0wires have been cut by Boer raiders near Rood-eral. Communication will probably be restoredwithout serious delay, but the incident has setmilitary men gossiping about the order ofprecedence and seniority in the Orange Free

State.

vagaries of Jingoism if they were to object to

that description of their empire as a "littleEngland" conception. Mr. Bryce is one of the

clearest thinkers in the Liberal party, and has

rot merited the reproaches heaped upon him by

ravillingcritics for having opinions of his own

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There are private views to-day of the water

color drawings by Mr. H. L. Norrl* at the FineArt Galleries, and of Italian. Flemish and Dutchpictures at the Dowdeswell fra'.'.r-ries Frago-uard's series of decorative works, entitled "LeRoman d'Amour de la Jeunespe," will be ex-hibited at the Atin<»w Galleries next week forthe art charity fund. These are owned by Mr.J. Pierpont Morgan, of New-York.

The dinner given by the managers of theBavoy Hotel To Fir Henry IrvinKlast night wasa most brilliant affair. About one hun-dred and fifty guests attended, and mostof tft?m were people of influence and dis-tinction. Irvine's speech contained a finetribute to the warm hearted, affectionate wel-come which he had received in America, andwas filled with good feeling and gratitude. It•was well delivered, and he took pains to em-phßKlce the fact that the fortunes of England

were dear to America and that the bonds ofgood fellowship were constantly drawing thecountries into closer relations.

Mr. Comyns Carr had a pl~aFanu-r function InIntroducting Mr. Choate than he had a fe\vyears ago in presenting Mr. Bayard on thenight of President Cleveland's Venezuela mes-sage. He made a most graceful speech, andMr. Choate was most happy In responding to It.Mr. Choate has not always done himself fulljustice since he came to England, but his suc-cess was complete last night. His tribute toIrvingwas hearty and eloquent, end everything

that he said about the relations of England andAmerica was tactful and sensible. I.N. F.

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a large staff under th«» direction of Dr. MontaguMurray. The old edition copt two guineas: thenew edition will he a sinßl«» volume for oneguinea.

PARIS.

THE FOREIGN OFFICE EXPECTS JOINT

INTERVENTION IN CHINA.

POSITION" OF THE UNITED STATES—NOTES

OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.

ICocrrJKfct; 1900: By Th» N>v.- Tork Tribune.]

I*TCAW.T. TO THE THIBIV!>]

Paris. June 9.—

In the h*»?it informed diplo-matic circles here no one pretends to concealthe fact that the situation in China is so alarm-ing that the point has been reached when for-eign military action cannot he avoided; but at

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FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA.—On account ofChtna. interest in South African news nagged thisweek. The semi-otflctal "Post" has. however, pub-lished a remarkable article. Is the Annexation ofth» Republics to Be Considered a Fact?" which. itsays. tha far sighted never doubted, and then pro-ceeds to consider the development of Africa afterpeace. It recognizes danger for Germany in thaBritish watchword. "From Cape to Cairo," butpoints out that both the German and French co-lonial belts break continuity in the British pos-sessions, and that moderation on all sides willbrlp.K about a sensible modus vlvendl. It add* thata certain number of Boers will be welcomed inGerman colonies If they drop all pretensions to

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separate political existence.. Th»» task of civilUinj?and opening up the Dark Continent far tr«4e, Itsays, may well be divided between th- threi lead-Ing European nation* without causing strife.

DR. YON MIGUEL'S SPEECH.-Dr. Yon Mt-.guel's pro-Agrarian speech at the Pawn ExpositionIs generally commented on by the pr«i** fromvarious standpoints. The whole Liberal presspoints out that the speech openly showed Wrier*,He* tha miscarriage of a.ll Prlace »*-"*•lib-eral plana wtthla the CabtoeC

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final passage of th* Navy bill was a foregone con-clusion. Th» manner In which Herr Mueller, Cen-trist, on Friday fiercely took to task th* MinUterof Commerce. Herr BrefeM. and the Minister ofthe. Treasury. Baron yon ThU-lmann. showed thatthe Government under the present circumstancesis willingto stand almost any treatment from theCentre, provided the latter passes the Navy bilLIncidentally, the panic which selied the German

BJOereaa on Thursday, under which even the fa-vorite securities. Industrials and coal shares, wentdown in some cases from 13 to It per cent. cam»up Herr Lucke. Agrarian, said that another Ger-man "Krach" like that of 1573 was. pending, owingto overspeculation and «reed.

POLITICS The week has been a!m< I'•-•'• ofdomestic political interest. The lmip speech of theLiberal leader In the House of Commons^ Sir Hem

\u25a0 bell-Bannerman, nt Glasgow, admitting thatthe cation of the Boer republics was inevitable,but quibbling over the degree of independencewhich should be granted then has created littlecomment. The Literal leader seems to have, nr-• in, 111 \u25a0• .;nothing by this Sort except to rrlt.it.»the advanced section or his part which denouncesannexation, without inerMla tlnjj liims»>lf with theImperialist ootr-rU'. ... Mr\r.-s Aberdeen a<i-lr<

-receives prilfe <>n nil nines as a scholarly

and falrmlrdM summing up of the war thou*t> themotive of the speech 1.- plainly a plea for partyharmony, which -\u25a0 •\u25a0!!)- no neari r realisation.

Dl»«nlHtl*n la still in the nlr. both si :•\u25a0•* are pr-;>arinjr th« electoral machinery, and many rumorsare afloat regarding the nearness of th<- contest.

LITTLE INTEREST IN AMERICA theexec;, of th«» discussion as to tn« possible partthe Pnlted States may play In a?-lstltiK .;.. .\u25a0Britain in pulling the chestnuts out of the fire Inthe Far Cast, little Interest Is being taken InCrrnt Britain in American /tfr.iirs. The Presidentialp, r.s ts are -.'-.« th« suhjeet nf erfitorl!iis nn<lthe English correspondents in America arc sendinglong reviews of the chances of. President McKlnleyand Mr. Bryan, but these fall to stimulate an)keen attention.

TRIBUTES TO CRANE.— week!'"* refer toStephen Crane* death with sincere regret anl ad-miration. His name la generally coupled with thatof Steevens. "The Spectator" says:

Crane was a writer of sincular force and oriel-nality, whose studies in the psychology of pern h*I"je quality of clairvoyance nothing short of ma^l-ENGLISH FARMER SHUT OUT. Returns U.t

Issued by the Board of Agriculture are dismal read-Ing for the English Iinner From 'he « It lalearned that the ever Increasing Importation of deadmeat to the United Kingdom has reached thedaily average of over twenty-three hundred ton«.while wheat, butter.eggs. rabbits and same have allenormously. lncreased in the extent of their\u25a0im-portation. The foreign product? beW almost In-variably cheaper, the farmers art* confronted w th

PERSONAL.—Lady Oranvll!« Gordon, who diedrecently, was on« of the first society women tostart a bonnet store. She did si thriving businessIn London, eventually selling her goodwill for around sum.

Lord Huntley. the elder brother of L«dy Gran-vllle Gordon, one of tho handsomest men of theday. endeavors to improve his flrmnci-Vf "ondit 1by writing sporting novels'

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The Karl of Radnor, who died last week was anotoriously shy man. He was devoid to his wifewho is a sister of Henry Chaplin. President of theLocal Government Board, and brilliant in society"i1,"1"!1111"1111" »ni conversationalist. Bhe organ-

X -.V^^M^'sol^w'i^'^'rih^fron;0!^0!^^ 1,.''.;1\u0084''.;to ihe 1™l

*''rr>Ußly m w««i enteric rev "uc"ceed3IN THE BOER BAG.-There is scarcely an old

fam I] in England without a relative or connectionamong the members of the battalion of Yeomanrycaptured by the Boers near Lindley. One sectionof th« force, the Duke of r»mbrM<re-« troop wasknown as "The Millionaires." One of thelr?tentshad an aggregate Income of rSO.OOO a year Theysupplied their own horses and kit. T»t. judgingfrom the reports, they did drudging end underwenthardnhipe i with as good grace as any unculturedTommy. While en ire way to the Cape on atransport an officer, seeing one of these •'million-aires' swabbing 'he decks in a gale said:"You seem to have good soa legs. 'mv man

"The reply was: "Ihave kept a yacht for the Its'

ten years, sir.

AFTERMATH OF THE WAR.-To ail Intentsand purposes the Bouth African war. so tar as thoaverage Britisher Is concerned, Is over. With theexception of the possible capture of PresidentRrUger and the homecoming of I,ord Roberts hiscalendar of probabilities contains nothing of vitalInterest. Already China is becoming a keen rivalof South Africa as the burning quertlon of the day.The. capture of five hundred members of the Im-perial Yeomanry, which it few months ago wouldhave thrown the nation into a fit of despondency,eelf-analyslß and furious abuse of Its own officers,has passed comparatively unnoticed. The work ofstamping out the rebellion, for such, according tothe British point of view, is the nature of the op-position now encountered, Is too prosaic and toocommon In the annals of the. British Army to meritthe absorbing attention hit rto bestowed on eachdetail of the sanguinary struggle. "What shall wedo withIt?" Is far more the topic of the hour thanspeculation regarding the expenditure in lives andmoney that seems likely to ensue before the pacifi-cation of the Boers Is accomplished. Many lnqul-ii.s are daily mace in London nnent th* prospectsof the undeveloped Crown lan^s of Natal, while therich resources of the Transvaal and Orange RiverColony Conn the basis of frequent articles. Beforemany months have passed the steamship companiesplying to and from South Africa, the companiesconnected with the development of that portion oftho globe, and others equally Interested «md well-:Informed look for a large and 'Steady emigrationof trained British agriculturists and others to fieldson which the blood or Brlion and Hoer Is scarcelydry. All the letters from the front Indicate an in-oreaslng desire on the part of ft large proportionof the irregular and colonial forces to settle downin this fertile land, won with such cost to them-selves. The British High Commissioner. Sir AlfredMllner, it is learned, is dovotlng his whole atten-tion to evolving a scheme of civil government a©-

MRS. GLADSTONE. Th«» serious condition ofMrs. Gladstone ha* caused T. P. O'Connor, Mem-ber of Parliament, to write to M. A. P. ("MainlyAbout People"), giving some hitherto unpublishedreminiscences of the aged partner of the greatstatesman. "Just after their marriage "

says Mr.O'Connor, "Mr Gladstone, who bad already beenMinister, asked her, 'Shall Itell you nothing andyou can say anything, or shall Itell you everythingand you say nothing

' She chose the latter, andhe told her everything and she never told any-thing."

On the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Mrand Mrs. Gladstone went to a reception at afriend's house. "When it began to Ret late." addsMr. O'Connor. "Mr. Gladstone went over to hiswife and, with an expression <>f sweetness and ten-derness, took her by the hand, ,- though sly» werea little child that had to

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•• mil Ithat It wastime to m. to bed. and led her out of the room. Itwas a plfrht that might well have brought t«.irs."

Theso anil other anecdotes bear out fully theprevious accounts of the Intense affection i cit-tlngbetween the great Liberal leader and his wife, anaalso point in the fact that .Mrs. Gladstone e\er-H<»t>il a more powerful political Influence over herhusband than was generally credited.

NAVAL DEFECTS.— Those who believe thatGreat Britain's navy would, In cnr~ of war, provenearly nn full of anachronisms and mismanage-ment as the South African campaign proved thearmy to *>«» have received additional confirmationof their fears by reason of the severe stricturepa^e.l by tho •:•.:• upon the Irregularities ofthe tarpet pr.i<-tlc»> and reports then among theflop?* now in commission. The Admiralty practi-cally declares thnt the percentage sent In areworthless. In a circular to all the commandingofficers the Admiralty .-ays:

Practir* -»ppenrs to have been carried on withouta supervisor the commissioned tarxets were notProperly i-h<><-k<--«I and the markers were not drawnfrom nnmhor ship.

Buch n serious reprimand Is llkejy to have the do-slre<l Bfeei of enforcing th« regulation* this year.:it any rate and at th. same time of considerablydecreasing «!)-• tlflclency In marksmanship withwhl<>h the Hrft!«h N.ivy his been credited

THE WEEK IN PARIS.

Pur!*. June 3THE EASTKRN CLOUD.—The grave situation

In Chlnn which lius \u25a0 v >loped this week monopo-lizea tha attention of the j*>lit|ral world, and baathrown a shad over questions «>f minor Interest.even Including the TrnnHvaal. Paris and Us poli-ticians admit the seriousness of the condition ofaffnlrn around Peking, end apprehensions are ex-pressed lost It lead to international complications.

The greatest element of danger In the situationIs general!) felt t.iba the double duel for supremacyproceeding between Russia and England and Rue-\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0 *nd Japan. The sympathies of Frenchmen .irenaturally with their ally, Russia Tha next fewdays, ft Is expected, will bring forth Importantevents. it Is not thought that England Is likelyatthe present moment, when her hand* are fullyoc-cupied with South Africa, to takn any step to pro-duce an Anglo-Russian collision, but she Is nrmlybelieved hero to be behind Japan, and her supportmay encourage the latter to adopt such a policyas will lead to hostilities with Russia, for which,apparently, the Japanese ore Itching. The actionof the United States :» acknowledged to be a mostImportant factor In the situation, and advices fromWashington nre cto*ely followed h. re with a viewof gaining therefrom a dear Indication as towhether America will act Independently in herdealings with the Chinese Government or willthrow In her lot with one of the two rival groupsof Powers. Her friendly relations with both Rue-sis and England favor the Impression that she willendeavor to steer an Independent course, but willat the name time, If compelled by the force of(v.n reluctantly join Japan and England. Attho foreign Office no attempt Is made to concealth" anxiety which prevails, but, while the feelingcannot be said to be optimistic, it Is hop. .i thatthe storm gathering about the Chinese Empire willbe weathered.

The following statement Is furnished by » repre-sentative of the Foreign OtHre as expressing theviews of the French Government:

Th. situation Is undoubtedly very serious andunless the. Chinese Government rouses Itself to athorough appreciation of the dangers throat,£*—ve.ry Pxl<;tr"('«' nt «he present moment It Isdifficult to foresee what will he the outcome ourcable advices leave the condition of affairs stillsomewhat obscure, but it Is evident that the PekingGovernment must act promptly and vigorously ifIt Is to t;lm;i out this rebellion Deapitu thestones of defeats of the Chinese troops, "we stillthink the army Bufflclently strong to suppress theInsurrection, but it must act at once. In the meantime we Intend to co-operate with th.> other Pow-ers In taking such measures us are necessary tosafeguard our countrymen and their propertiesOur Minister and Admiral have been Instructedto take this course. Our Interests are identicalwith those of the United States, and there is everyreason to believe we shall net In unison during thepresent crisis. The Mm of both Is to act purely Indefence of the lives and Interests of our compatriots, whica are now in such peril.

We hope the fears expressed by the press ofvarious countries regarding the probability of In-ternational complications will not be realised Theone thing to be feured appears to be friction be-tween Japan snd Russia, hut we think the Japa-nose Government is too wise to pit Itself againsttho might Of the Russian Empire Japan la cer-tainly very strong on the sea, but on land it isquite a different matter. We are hopeful that thetrouble v.-ill blow over, through resolute, action onthe part of the Chinese Government

MINING INTERESTS RELIEVED —Interest inthe Transvaal War has subsided very considerablysine« Loid Roberts began his victorious march, andespecially since he announced that the Johannes-burg gold minis were uninjured. Fear of damageto the mines, in which an Immense amount ofFrench money is Invested, has been t!i« leading-cause of anxiety for the Frenchmen, who In nowise shared the advice freely given the Boers bya portion of the French press to destroy the minesas a latter day emulation of the burning of Mos-cow by the Russians. French shareholders failedto see the heroic side of this act, through whichthey would be the greatest sufferers, and the newsor the safety of the mines brought a sigh of relief.The subsequent occupation of Pretoria by thoBritish received scant attention, and most of thejournals are of the opinion that it does not meanan end of the war. but that, on the contrary, itwillbe succeeded by the now much talked of irr.e-rilia warfare, which they predict will tire the Brit-ish out. and cost taern more blood nnd treasurethan even yet have been expended, i

HARVEST OF THE THAMES.—With the arrivalof a semblance of summer the Thames has takenon its usual gay hues, and all the world and hiswife have gone boating on the picturesque reaches.Yet at Us murky mouth, miles from where thecountless pleasure parties punt and row, there hasbeon reaped from its muddy waters a harvest ofdeath, extraordinarily large even for this stream oftragedies. Within the last two days the police re-port finding no less than seven bodies. On-1 lies atGreenwich, unidentified; another at Rotherhithe.that of a woman of the hawker class. So far onlytwo have been Identified. The others probablynever will be, and this brief record of flrtsam andJetsam In the greatest city of the world, of acci-dent, suicide and possibly murder, onuses no com-ment, but is stuck away in a corner of an after-noon paper, headed "Mysteries of the River."

THE ASCOT MEETING. -The Ascot race meet-ing, which occurs ivxt week, promises to be largelyattended, and doubtless will be marked by a con-tinuation of the success^ of American Jockeys.The Prince of Wales. a» usual, will be present, be-sides mnnv o:ri*»r royalties, while many otherAmerica;! visitors now in England have arrangedto view what i* known as the "Royal Meeting.

Iy^rdon, June 9.THE EASTERN CRISIS.— The Chinese situation,

whi^h at the beginning of the week was merely asmall cloud on the international horizon, now over-shadows every other topic. England, according to

most authorities save those who control her for-eign policy, Is face to face with n crisis in FarEastern affairs, which, though it may not resultin any Immediate partition of China, must deter-mine the part that England shill play when thepartition eventually occurs That such an emer-gency should have arisen, at a moment when Eng-

land is least able to utilize it. when almost all herland forces are six thousand miles from homoand when therr is a paramount necessity for keep-

ing an extra strong Beet In European waters, isdeplored by all shades of statesmen and politi-

cians. Lord Salisbury stands almost alone amidhis own party in believing that the results of theBoxer outbreak will be neither serious nor perma-nent. The attitude he adopts toward the unani-mous agitation for more strenuous action is voicedby an Intimate friend, who said to a representa-tive of The Associated Press-

Lord Salisbury believes we should be thankfulfor t^niaJ! mercies. The co-opera Ilon of the diplo-mats and naval authorities on the spot seems i>er-fect and unusually harmonious. So long as thatsatisfactory stait- of affairs couttnues be will beemmi ntly flattened, and will take no other stepsunless one or several Of the Powers ask GreatBritain's iwient to -a scheme which appears feasi-!le, or unless Russian aggression becomes muchmore patent than it i* to-day. When these con-tingencies occur or tbe representatives of the va-rious nations nt Peking tail to .mr. c. then willLord Salisbury assume the initiative. At presenthe is ssre >ably surprised at the smooth progress ofihe n<*fforißtlonn »t the neat of thf disturbancesand Implicitly trusts in -Sir Claude SCacdonald, theBritish Minister to China.

It may be added that Great Britain's Premier isnot particularly optimistic regarding the length oftime the various Ministers nnJ Admirals in the FarEast will co-operate so admirably. But Lord Pnlls-;in> is far too philosophic to borrow trouble.In the mean while the memhors of every embas-

sy in London, and every club, to say nothing of the

stock market, are disenssins eagerly the pro ;

pecta of war between two of ih« Powers arising

from the Peking troubles. It Is the old cry of

"Wolf!" and tills time many well informed people

ar.> greatly Inclined to believe the "wolf will

materialise in the shape of Russia, with Japan asher opponent. Admiral Freemantlos reported state-

ment that « ir between these countries is Inevita-ble creates no surprise, though such plain speaking

Is severely discountenanced officially. A Govern-ment official said:

Iquite believe Admiral Fremantle said what iscredited to him. He is a splendid officer, but a rashtallcer. It Is not the first time he has said thingswhich had b*>tfr have been left unsaid.

THE FINANCIAL. PHASE.—The financial «ltua-tlon brought about by the actions of AdmiralKempff and the other admirals Is by no meanssatisfactory to those who have any large holdings.One curious feature Is the opinion hH.I by many

. rs that if the present disturbance portendsopening up China It also portends an InestimableIncrease la »he circulation at silver, with the accom-panying tendency to put that metal on a paritywith i-'old. a wei: known American financier ir.

London explained this, pointing out the fact thatcopper :* now the >:.»ni»ra! medium "f 'r hange InChina. Wirls 't-.i> Ingress of Europeans these •\u25a0

bersome tokens would naturally be dona awaywith and silver Introduced !ri ti ipulouicountry !n th< world » n this Imsis then !ba strong v lertone In the silver market, m thteresting dlscunslona (<n the political and aconoroi-cal changei incident upon the possJMlltlea of theIncrease.] i;«rs "i" silver.

WHAT LONDON TALKS OF.

Berlin. June 9.IMPORTANCE OF CHINFSB SITUATION.—

The situation In China Is hero regarded as of theutmost importance. Though the Foreign Office hasbeen rather uncommunicative throughout th«> weekto all foreign correspondents, enough Informationhas leaked out to show that the whole Government,

with the Emperor and the Minister of Foreign Af-fairs. Count yon Billow, leading, consider the sup-pression of the anti-foreigner movement In Chinaas a prerequisite to a possible rejuvenation ofChina, and certainly for »ho establishment ofhealthy commercial conditions there. Germany is,therefore, as the officials of the Foreign Oftlee sayemphatically, In favor of harmonious Joint actionby all the Powers Interested In China, without per-mitting any single Power to reap .selfish advantagesfrom the situation, or any group of Powers todo so. Thus far the German Government Is notIn possession of official or other Information thatany Power la attempting to get ahead of the restor that the Dowager Ismrees of Chtna reallyfuvnrs the Boxer movement. The failure of theChinees troops to subdue th« movement results, ItIs said here, simply from the normal procrastina-tion of the Government and the cowardice of theChinese army «nd its commanders. TrustworthyInformation Is to the effect that Germany at allevents, will vigorously exert herself with the otherPowers to put an end to iht» present unbearableBltuatlon. Ills Majesty's Instructions are thatwhile Germany will In no way put herself undulyforward mid Is willing to loyally co-operate withthe rest of the Powers, she will under no clrcum-Stances permit tho present conditions to go oneven if thereby suspicion should be aroused thatGermany is seeking separate alms, which ofcourse, is absurd.

The "Cologne Gazette" to-day points out that themain euro now is to re-establish orderly conditionsin China. Nobody sterns to . re whether the<. hln^sc Government thereby conies to grief or howthe relations between the Powers are thereby al-tered. It seems relatively unimportant whether i'«-Conservative or Reform party in China he in power!REICHSTAG DEBATES.-The Reichstag debates

in the last few days were Interesting, although the

TIMELY TOPICS IX BERLIN.

Th« electrical arrangements at the Chateaud'Eau have been repaired and the tllumlnntlonsduring the evening are now very brilliant andeffective. Th« American Puvllllon was closed fourdays this week for the Improvement of its tntern.ildecoration. A large piece of statuary, representingthree v. i.d broncos, forms a very striking centrepiece, and about It are patens and Mowers ami c.circular sofa. Th« walla baTS Njen repainted anofttr color, relieving the former glare of white,and a number of paintings have been hung.Further Improvements are contemplated.

The luries have begun their tusks, and th« Amer-ican representatives In each group are hard atwork necking honors for United States exhibits.

Parisians, who m lons have revelled in th*Cabarets r<-pvesrntln»r Death, Heaven and Hell,Which almost every visitor considers a part of thesights of Paris, are now offered another morbidattraction in the shape of a drams written and per-formed by a couple of PartssstUMS who have justbeen released after serving terms of imprison-ment for attempted murder. One is an actresswho was convicted of Rrtempttnsc to dispose of arival by a diet of pins concealed in a pudding. Theother was the heroine of a cause cewbre of lastyear. She had tried to poison her husband withstrychnine, and on conviction attempted to commitsuicide by driving a hatpin through her heart.The women made acquaintance with each otherwhile In the Prison of St. Lazire by rapplngs onthe wall dividing their cells On their release re-cently they wrote a play, which Is sensational andpartly autobiographical, and which will shortly beproduced at one of the small theatres within theExposition grounds.

which surpassed the figures of the ISS3 Expositionat a similar period. It is estimated that over eight

million persona have now passed the turnstiles.The greatest difficulty now Is «sxperlenced In get-

ting from tho grounds at night, the streetcar andomnibus facilities being utterly inadequate to copewith the immense crowds, and the cabmen arehaving high times, demanding and getting fancy

pricei for short trips home. It Is nothing un-usual for them to nsk JC for a trip for which the!»•»;;:1 fum is 3D corts.

««"lsiIhat hortcake?- "Certainly." replied the.ftnaiaay. ana somewhat severely added: "Did youexpect it to have a. label on?" "No. but Iwas toldIwould reco*uU« it by a bright red etrawb*rrymark. here Ts the mark?' -iKur.sus City Star.

The Rev. Henry Moeller was born in Cincinnatiin 1818, and was ono of the first students In theAmerican College at Rome. He was formerly pas-tor ii* BHlefontatr.e, Ohio, and professor at StMary's Seminary for years. In MM he was \u25a0sere-tary to Bishop Chatnrd.

JJADb' Bl&ROP OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.Home. June 9.— The Rev. Henry Moeller, secre-

tary end chancellor of ihe Archdiocese of Clndn-j.i.tl.hfis Ih-< r. appointed Ei.-hup of Columnu*. Ohio.

Pas^ngers MlLa Champagne Include Mr.andMr*.Arnold Koenig. Mrs. Jam's Dunn, GeneralPara. Mr. John Manning. Mr. J. Farman AndMr. C Stevenson. Among the passengers onthe Au?UFte Victoria are Mr. and Mrs. WalterWilson, Mrs. G. B. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.Tumbull, Mrs. H. M. N. Hanna, Mr. Charles H.Ixlur.d and Mr. W. H. Perkins, jr.

C. I. B.

The weather is too warm for theatre parties,but a number of Americans of th» ultra smart

?<=>t make frequent nightly excursions to Mont-martre. to the entertainment given at thePompadour like theatre known as "La Bolte aFurgy," on the site of the old fan-ova Chat Nolr,where excellent music 15 heard and where; newBongs are brought out, each with scathing satireagainst the Government and the Exposition.One feature that hp.s made a dtdded hit isa Chinese shadow representation of the mov-ing sidewalk, with silhouettes of De Galliffet.Rochefort. Drumont, Zola. Boni de Caat-»l'.an<?and other Parisian celebrities.

The reception given last night by General andMrs. Horace Porter, which was attended byalmost all the well known Americans In Paris,did not terminate until an early hour thismorning. Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, wife of theUnited States Minister to Russia, is passingthrough Paris on her way to Tours, where sheintends to pass the summer. Mme. EmmaFames Story has left Paris for Italy, where,

with her husband, she will remain at theircountry place, Vallornbrosa, near Florence.Miss Stella Anderson, niece of the late Mr?Walden Pell, is about to leave Paris for Dres-den. Mrs. J. K. Robinson and her daughtersand Mrs. E. Walsh, of Chicago, are at Biota.

Among the latest arrivals at Homburg areJudge French, of New-York, and Mr. T. LowHarriman and family.

Mr. Paderewsld's concerts are, as usual,

keenly appreciated here by the Americans, aswas the concert this evening giv -n by Miss Min-nie Tracy and Mr. Harold Bauer, who gave anexcellent performance of a Liszt Hungarianrhapsody. A young American, Mr. R. C. Jack-son, a pupil of Professor Krauss, of Dresden,and Hiss Ada Adams, a pupil of Mme. Mar-ches!, gave a successful concert at the SalleHoche, which was well attended by musicalamateurs.

Mrs. Catherine Eddy gives a lur.cheon to-day

at the Pavilion d'Armenonville. At Mrs. Rob-inson Duff* musical reception on Thursday,

which was very successful, there was some ex-cellent singing by Mme. Noritca and Mm.Emma Nevada. Mrs. John Jacob Astor andMrs. Potter Palmer willboth have stalls at theCharity Bazaar on Tuesday at the house of theDuchess* de Talleyrand-Perigord. Mrs. Astorwill sell flowers, and Mrs. Palmer will sell sil-ver ornaments .-.nd Jewels.

James Dcering, of Chicago; Major Mott, of theUnited State* Embassy; .Mr. Samuel Bates, Mr.Frank Rogers and Mr. Francis Welch. Severalustauraats in the Exposition grounds are be-coming favorite American resorts, especially theRestaurant lena, where Mr. and Mrs. Paynepave a dinner. Among the guests were Mr. andMrs. Ralph Curtis. Mrs. A. Paget. Miss May.Mrs. Henry Dechereux and Mr. and Mrs. George

Hoa gland. At the Restaurant dcs Boyarda wereMr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor and Mrs*. Moore,and at the Rumanian Restaurant Mr. and Mr*.Stanley Mortimer and a few friends. At anothertable were Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Hewitt, Mr.and Mrs. Chester Arthur, Mr. and Mr.--. FrankBlbby, Mr.E. R. Barron and Mr. and Mrs. Ben-jamin Horton.

EXPOSITION' NEWS.— golden harvest of theExposition has at last begun. Twice thl» weekthe number of visitors exceeded half * million,

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, JUNE 10. 1900.plicahle. to the Orange River Colony and the Trans-vaal, and' relying to no little extent upon the in-fluence of the British settlers to exercise It. TheCommissioner is In constant communication withthe Secretary of State for the Colonies', Mr. Cham-berlain, who has also got the forces Of the ColonialOffice hard at work on the problem, though thek-en-slsrhted ofllclals believe the day is still fardistant when the military administrators will beable to hand over the reins of government Insafety to the civil authorities. Providing the prog-ress of the victorious army in the Transvaal istolerably similar to Its operations in the OrangeRiver Colony subsequent to the capture of Bloem-fontein this apathy toward military happeningsand interest In civil and commercial possibilities islikely to gain such a quick hold that scon the warwill almost be forgotten. The contingency ofPresident Kriiger's still undefeated forces scoringany victory of consequence over Lord Roberts isgenerally regarded as bo remote as to be scarcelyworth mention. The occupation of Pretoria, ac-cording to the Man in the Street, settled the wholematter.

LORD KOSSLYX.—In view of all the prematurerejoicings which Lord Rosslyn's incorrect pressdispatch caused last week. It is interesting to notethat the aristocratic young journalist is chiefly re-membered In London for his diverting appearancesin Hyde Park it the period when he had Riven upthe stage to edit "Scottish Life." At the height ofthe season, at the most fashionable hour of theday, he was always to be seen, immaculatelydressed and bejewelled, seated under a tree, osten-tatiously correcting a trass of proof sheets. Aseach one was finished he covered it with four peb-bles and laid it out beside him. until he was sur-rounded for yards around with white slips, whichnever ceased to be a source of huge amusement tothe passers by, and apparently of immense satis-faction to himself. Yet, when cabled from Pre-toria, every paper in England. Including "TheTimes," believed him Implicitly.

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Americans In Paris are takirpr a most prom-inent part in the gayeties of what L- called "LaGrange Bemaine," with Its dinners, dances, re-ception*, social and sporting functional Mrs.

Astor. Mis. Potter Palmer, Countess Boni deCasteilane, Count* Arthur de Gahrla<\ MissFanny Reed. Mrs. Henry Drak<\ Mrs. EdwardBoit, Mrs. Luckemeyer, Mrs. Edward Lucke-mcyer, Mr?. Terry an. Mrs. In.-raham havebeen giving a series of delightful dinners andreceptions, while the open air clubs in the Bolsde Boulogre. with polo and tennis tournaments,

to say nothing or' th- steeplechase meetings atAuteuil, are thronged with well known facesfrom New-York, Chicago, Boston, Ban Fran-cisco and Philadelphia. The Duchesss de Dinohas given several dinners and opera parlies.Among: her guests have been Mr. and Mrs.Joseph Stevens and Mrs. Ladenburg. Miss Lucy

Draper gave on Wednesday a dinner attendedchiefly by young women. Including Miss Perkins,

Miss Archibald, Miss Anna Archibald and MissAgnes FheiFHd. Among *he men were Mr.

The French newspapers to-day eagerly discussthe chances of European complications arising;

from the situation in China. The "Journal dcs

Debate" and the "Siecle" rail attention to anew (actor in the Far East, Introduced by thestrategical position of the. United States, whichin the Philippine* has an available force of sixty

thousand men, transports and an efficient fleet.Th«? "D£bats" and the "Figaro" consider thereal dancer to be not so much at Peking as inCorea, where Russia and Japan are practicallyface to face.

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