New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-23
ANGLO-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
TIE NEW ADMINISTRATION.


RAURoADs-THE LATE GEORGE ODGER.
trRom THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE TRrBUNE.l
LONDON March 1O.-President Hayes may be sure
of one thing, that IN his present struggle with the
Cameron wing of the Senate he hAs the hearty and
intelligent sympathy of every English friend 10
America l may 60 a step further and say that he
has also the best wishes Of every American here
whom have talked with The processes by which
he rose to power-though by no fault OF his own
had alienated many friends The use he makes OF II
has almost at once won them all back again. Ills III
aup1ra address was well received; his nomination OF
MIR. Evarts and Mr.. Schurz evoked something very
like enthusiasm We don't yet know what the
Senate means to do, but the full significance OF the
contest is appreciated here, and much interest is
felt in il that The Times two days dcplorng
the possibility of the Presidents defeat as
calamity and saying, 1--WE regret to remain i'll un-
certainty for single day the issue of a struggle
of so much importance" Everybody sees that de-
feat, to quote the same writer again. would mean
something more than failure in a single trial OF
strength; it would indicate subsection to inferior
powers throughout all the tenure of his office" lhe
phrase inferior powers" must be taken to mean the
arrogant ogarchy which has so long borne sway III
the Senate not the Senate itself
Mr.. EvartS and Mr.. Schurz are both well known
in England by reputation, and to some extent per-
sonally and aIe both of them liked and respected
hope the most patriotic American may not think
the worse OF them for this. The American who has
10 deal officially with all Europe may be pardoned
for knowing something of Europe. When an En-
glish,nan writes Mr.. Eyarts has visited England
more than once; be has been among us and OF u.s.
he really does not mean to claim him as subject OF
the Crown. i do not know whether we can bear 10
be told that Mr. Evarts has received that Invaluable
education which teaches him to understand the
ways of thinking and feeling of other nations than
his OWL and that this education, rare among
all politicians il most rare on the banks OF the
Potomac" If We could bear it and reflect omit
little the remark might be profitable for instruction.
if not for reproof. 1t is not forgotten that Mt.
Evarts was counsel for tic United States at Geneva,
but no Englshman bears malice against him for
that. 1t was commonly said here at the time that
Mr.. Evarts and Gen. Gushing were more than a
match for their English opponents; III fact that
none OF the English counsel was the equal of either
of them; which was, perhaps, the reason why Lord
ChiefJustice Cockburn felt it necessary to act as
counsel on the bench Ii can be no surprise to any
American who has met Mr.. Evarts to hear
that in England he is reckOncd one Of
the best takers who has ever made
his appearance in English society. | am not quite
sure whether a word on strictly private a topic is
permissible. OF Mr. Schurz the writer whom have
been quoting remarks that i'll choosing him as Secrc-
tary of the Interior, Mr. Hayes gives proof of his
desire for Civil Service Reform which Is worth many
paragraphs in an inaugural address The dIsnc-
tion-whch to the British editorial mind seemed at
first too subtle to deserve attentiOn-5et"een an
inaugural address and message to Congress mas al
last been quite generally recognized. So, though
with still more difficulty, has the fact that the same
Congress does not live for ever, and that the ALIVth
Congress is satisfactorily dead and buried out of the
way. Not many days ago liberal journal was
eumerating the hostility of the last House one OF
the difficulties President Hayes would have to deal
with throughout his administration. Such errors are
common enough. and, OH the whole. unimpGrtant.
The Sdtarddy Rcyier complains that Mr.. Sherman's
financial opinions have been frequently unsonnd,
and that che formerly countenanced modified
scheme Of repudiatiOn of the debt :" it doubts
whether he VIII zealOusly promote the resumption
of specie payments. No one expects this paper TO
be lust or accurate in discussing American affairs;
but must admit that Senator Sherman's name has
not aroused enthusiasm among Engshmen. His
former connection with the Ring has been thought
too close.
Sill Henry Elliot has now denied in the House of
Commons, by the month of Mr.. Bourke, Under
Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs the story told
by the St. Petersburg correspondent OF The DGHJ
Ae,rs that the Greek Minister at COnstaptinOplc
impaired to him the reports from the Greek Consul
at plnippopos of the masSacreS at Batah. Mr.
Bourkc, forgetting the sad fate which has befallen
previous official contradictions on similar subjects
saws this statement is entirely untrue, and so OF The
allegation that like reports from the Austrian and
French consuls seen by Sir Henry Elliot.
gave the statement in a recent letter. l now give
the denial of it, but il does not likely that the
matter will rest here. The Daily Meas, while
admitting at once that Sir Henry Elliot
youd not knowingly say an untrue thing, eX-
presses an equally strong confidence in the yeracity
of its correspondent, and proposes to take some
trouLc To ascertain which OF them is III the tight"
In 10 ease Is it probable that Sir Henry Elliot viii
return TO Constantinople as British ambassador
lie would be much better fitted for the post Of
Turkish representative at some European court.
There is a report that the Government, who have
already announced that they mean to send somebody
before long, have pitched upon Lord Napier
formerly British Minister at WaShington-fOr the
post If they want another man to shut his eyes to
Turkish miSrule and to keep his superiors at home
In ignorance of what i, going on Lord Napier woud
be almost as good for the purpose as Sir Henry
Elliot.
second letter addressed to Messrs. Brown,
Shirley IL Co., respecting the consolidated
mortgage bonds of the Central Railroad OF
Ncw-JerScy, has been published in The 7tmCaS
money article. The writer points oat that the
answer Of MesSrs. Brown, Shiplcy Co. to
Lis first communication has been followed by fall
If 10 per cent in the bonds, and that nobody eX-
poets the next coupon to be paid. OF their refusal
10 give the public any information he speaks with
tome severity, remarkng that 4" a more unSatls-
factory statement could hardly have been made by
my financial house, for after having only two years
since invited public subscriptions Tor the bonds OF
This compsuy at nearly double their present market