Show REDHOT DEBATE PROMISED Stormy Scenes Sure to Mark sin s-In Parliament London Jan G Copyrighted 1900 by the Associated PresThc winter of discontent to which Great Brllalji I has settled down has been somewhat modified by the isolated successes which marked the past week though the seizure of foreign ships and unfounded rumors resrardlnc Delairoa bay threat ened to bring out a crop of rumors of I I European Interference The doings of Gen French and Col I I I Filcher have been made the most of by the correspondents and are rather magnified editorially by I the British I press But anything Is acceptable In I these days I LORD WOLSELEYS SUCCESSOR The appointment of the Duke of Con naught to command the British forces In Ireland has led pit lot of speculation specula-tion ns to whether ho will succeed Lord Wolftelcy whose term expires In November No-vember as commanderlnchlcf Lord Roberto Is his logical successor but until he was chosen to command in South Africa the general impression vas that he would be too old to be selected se-lected for the office when It became vacant Gen Duller was a hot favorite I hut his defeat near Colenso seems to have irrevocably ruined his chances It is more than probable that Roberts If successful In South Africa will 1111 the I office of commanderinchief for a short period and that he will then be succeeded suc-ceeded by the Dulte of Connaught I whose popularity and military knowledge knowl-edge are strong enough to overcome the prejudice against a member of the royal family holding that ofllce WARM TIME IN SIGHT The abuse of the War office and Lord Lansdowne the Secretary of State for War and Lord Wolselcy continues unabated un-abated In tho press and among the public pub-lic By tho time Parliament reassembles reassem-bles It promises to have gathered such force that it is more than likely that most stormy scenes will mark the debates de-bates wlille many people declare that unless Lord Lansdowne resigns or exculpates ex-culpates himself the Ionservathc party par-ty till be considerably menaced So far the criticisms emanate chiefly form the pairiollc Britisher whose pride Is hurt at the reverses and from Ihoae I whose heartstrings have been touched I by death But when the solid British I taxpayer begins to be drained to support sup-port the war then truly the criticism I of the military officials will begin to reach Its true volume REVERSES OF THE UMPIRE The Times which with the rest of the I u British u press has been under the I iinjji er > siju iiitti America vus unini mously supporting Great Britain today to-day prints a letter from Toronto say I mig the a m 11 lI I EnglIsh press In lie l Un ted I Slates Is I enjoying itself i over the re voitjcs the Empire Is at present enduring endur-ing and adds It screams Us delight and It speaks snoerlwrly and launllng ly 1 of Groat l3rI tutus decadence and the uselessness of her colonial sons WAR RISKS ThC action of Ihe ISngllsh 1 insurance companies In charging an extra 5 per ient for ar risks already referred loin lo-in these dispatches has created no him llo unfavorable comnicnl and uncomplimentary uncom-plimentary comparison of their action with thai of the American concerns Today pays In answci to the protests the companies say sentIment cannot enter into business Ininsacllons The best answer to the English companies Is thai l the American olllccro are making ma-king no such demand and If the Americans Amer-icans nee their way to dispense with an extra premium It might bo thought that thc enormously wealthy English oflleers could lClullly do hue same Their refusal Is I shorlslghled from a business l busi-ness point of view 1 as It Is unpatriotic Unfortunately It In In keeping with the general trend of English insurance I management lt I |