Show TH FRENCH CABLE Blaine Opposes Granting it a Landing Place in Virginia The Coming Grand Army Encampment The Bchrlnc Sea Treaty Ratifications to bo Exchanged In London WASHINGTON April 28 Secretary Baine appered today before the Senate committee on commerce and made a strong argument opposing the pending resolution authorizing the landing of the French cable on the shores of Virginia and South Carolina tho objection being the French Cable company cooperating with Brazil ian government bad an absolute monopoly of cable privileges between the United States and Brazil and i the resolution passed negotiations looking to the procurement procure-ment of a concession to the American Cable company to enter Brazil would come to naught The secretary appeared to be in excellent health and made tho argument with spirit and emphasis John Joy Edson chairman of the citizens citzens committee of the twentysixth national encampment en-campment of the Grand Army of the Republic Re-public to be held here in September has written a letter to CommanderinChief Palmer seating the committee baa asked Congress to appropriate 100000 from the fiinrtR nr thn nintrint nf Pnliimhfn tn nssint ww in paying the expenses of the encampment I and that in consequence of an erroneous belief that the appropriation was asked from the general funds of the government members of the Grand Army of the Republic Re-public had sent protests to Congress against the appropriation Edson says the says misapprehension Is embarrassing the committee i com-mittee and asks that it may be refuted as far as possible I is arranged the ratifications of the Bebring sea treaty of arbitration between the United States and Great Britain shall be exchanged at London next week instead in-stead of at Washington as originally contemplated con-templated The change is made In order to expedite the final act of the negotiations |