Show THE IRISH LAND BILL british government will have to modify it MADE TOO MANY PROMISES great interest taken in the progress of tho the campain campaign in egypt military critics point out that the victory at ferket does not end the war nor does it show that tho the dervishes have lost their righting fighting qualities fine Lu business siness stroke london june 13 copyrighted by the associated press very little has occurred during the week to ruffle tile surface of the political pond mr A J balfour Bal tour the conservative leader and first lord of 0 the treasury in order to expedite the irish land bill la Is summoning a 9 meeting of 0 the government adherents for monday at the foreign office this Is a signal of distress on the part ot of the government which Is suffering from the effects of 0 ft a surplus of election promises arid and finds it necessary to call a conference with tile view of 0 attempting to reconcile its followers to the sacrifice of some borne of their hopes it la Is generally recognized that the government will tie be forced to modify the education and irish land bills it if an autumn session Is to be avoided EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN in foxe lorn politics the topic of in moment 0 inell it Is the marquis of Salis burys rys declaration in the house of lords lord last evening of 0 the policy of the G government 0 glern in egypt it to 18 regarded a as s a clear exposition of f british intonti intentions ons as to the soudan find and the opposition Is preparing to condemn the expedition by introducing a formal motion of censure the program of 0 the soudan expedition Is followed with the avell liveliest st interest military experts point out that while the successes have had an excellent effect upon the morals of f the be egyptians they will also shoo abow the khalifa and his friends their danger and serve to consolidate them further it Is pointed out that contrary to the usual colic condition of sou danese warfare the egyptians in the light at ferket outnumbered the dervishes two to one and acted on the offensive fens lve whereas tho the reverse Is usually the case in spite of these disadvantages the dervishes made so s stout i a light fight that they lost 1300 me men in two hours the deduction li 14 th that L t I 1 the h e der have lost none of th their e ir fighting power and thero there Is no conclusive proof that under usual equal circumstances they would not hold their own the killing of a thousand or two fighting men at ficket it is claimed will rot causo cause tho the submission of the fierce tribes of central soudan and while it may place dongola at sit sir Kitch eners mercy it will have to be supplemented hy by harder lighting fighting before he takes Kliar khartoum or even dheur the military authorities also insist upon the necessity of the dispatch of troops in order to the berdar sir herbert kitchener to derive full benefit from hlo his victory as the present force under his command Is being weakened dally daily by death and sickness KnUE GEnS FINANCIAL financially president kZ jrueger has done a great stroke of business in lie transvaal the flues of oc the alie johannesburg reformers total up ill e equal q al to one fifth of a years income of tile the south republic it Is opined opened that he will viii not apply the money moncy to the relief of 0 taxation as in that event the would get the of it back the illness of ex queen natalle natalie of servia Is causing considerable anxiety to her ter friends before leaving marritz for parts paris she showed kigns of serious nervous disorders which pre said eald to have had their origin in the fright experienced by attempts to break into her ter solitary mansion which overlooks biarritz Biar ritz THE HENLEY BOAT RACE HACES S whether yalo yale la in victorious at henley or not she will have the satisfaction of knowing that the strongest crows crews that can be conned in england will be there this Is quite a change from the tha outlook of last it week and Is especially lite th case with the tha leander boat club that organization it Is believed will now turn out the tha best crew it ever had this change may have bave been brought about by tho the fears expressed in the english press as cabled to the associated press last week that yale would not find any first class crow crew in a position to meet her lean der and thames were particularly pointed out as not likely to have good crews but the makeup make up of the former crew which hill has just been decided upon but not yet announced hindlea indicates tea efforts to retain the grand challenge cup they tibey have what several lowi rowing na authorities hero here regard as an almost invincible crew henley Is eagerly awaiting the ar alval of the yale crew the old town Is already much livelier than usual ond and indications point to the record being broken in point of 0 the number numb er of f people who iho will bo be pro bent the marsh which h alcon has ban selected to be the headquarters of the young men from new haven Is 13 now new in perfect condition and the visitors it Is situated about half a mile below the bolat boat house used by the C ornell comell crew WOMEN WANT A FAIR SHOW the meeting of elie liberal federation on thursday passed a tea les elution demanding reform in the divorce laws which it was wag claimed provide tile that a cifes unfaithfulness Is sufficient ground tor for a divorce while a wife must prove cruelty in addition in order to obtain the same fiame decree one of the finest of Rom domneys romneys pie caroline clifden and her later ister repart benting music a and nd painting was sold at auction on thursday tor for guineas about it was bought by rl a dealer the picture was painted for the fourth duke of marlborough and was mas presented by him to lord clifden the successful bidders chief compe competitor at the excia lus lug auction was the duke of Ma mariboe boughs agent perry W A brady of new york has been busily employed hla 1111 1 arrival in tin metropolis lie he says say my principal object in coming over r tills this summer was to arrange a meeting between corbett and fitzsimmons however there seems to bo be no chance in so doing as aa the feeling against corbett ll Is very cry bitter my idea was to arrange the meeting sit at the bolingbroke club but that I 1 now also deem im practicable impracticable theatrical such was wa the success of lite production of romeo and juliet by the misses misers vera and earna beringer 1 a I few weeks ago that sir augustus Augus tW harris lias has arranged for a series of races of tile the play by tile bame exits artists is lit III daury lane charles wyndham ja in so Im impressed with tho the success of his new play rosemary that lie he has declined the offers N which aich joint john I 1 hare fare and 1 F S willard have made for the american america n of nf tile it 1 Is 4 not improbable that mr wyndham will make another to tour ur ot or the united staten stales in the near licar future when hen rosemary wilt will be the chief attraction tract lan ardwin terry will at tho the close clone of 0 the year ye 1 r again assume th tho of f his strand theater H ho will at this thin time a now play entitled lanvis in Idi idleness ites the it now musical comedy entitled tle tile tow telephone ol ephone girl for or which sir augustus harris Harr li P I 1 C Burnit barnaud ud and allgur sturgis sturgle wrote thi the libretto bretto jl mind and J M glover the score lias has been most in thi the provinces and will 1 hartly be done in london probably at tho illy |