New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-06
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
LORD BEACONsFIELDs TRIUMPH.

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| LONDON, May 25.-With respect to the details OF
the terms brought back by Count SehouvalOf, dis
Greet silence is still maintained. Nobody whom
| have met pretends to know accurately and fully
| what concessions have been made by Russia
| hint or two is dropped here and there. The Car
| wiz give way on Batum. He will not give way on
| Bessarabia Ho will reduce the boundaries of Bull
CARA. He will reduce the indemnify and so on
! But there is a consensus of testimony from all
quarters. home and foreign, that the retreat OF
Russia is sufficiently marked to answer Lord
Beaconselds purpose, and that war will be averted
1t wOuld,be more accurate to say that war viii be
postponed After me- the deluge, is Lord Beacons-
fields motto. The Eastern question was IN a far
way of being il not absolutely settled, yet 80 Wig
orously dealt with by Russia that complete and
final agreement between the Powers interested
might have been arrived at hereafter without fur
! ther recourse to arms The prospect now is that a
wretched remnant of the Turkish Empire viii be
! kept in exstence-just enough TO nOursh the seeds
! OF future disputes that the Eastern question
will be what Lord Derby pstulantly pronounced
it 10 be two years ago-eternal. Neither this gen
Grafton nor the next will see the end of it, The well
fare of the subject races of the Ottoman Empire, the
interests of Europe the interests Of the world, are
wantonly sacrificed for-l must say It, at the risk
of being once more accused Of imputng motives and
| taking sides-for party and personal ends.
man must write what nc believes, aud, for my
part, find 1t impossible to believe in the sincerity
of Lord Beaconsfeld. To me he is the most sinister
figure in English political life since Lord NORTH and
being man Of incomparabiy finer abilities than
| Lord North, is capable of incomparably more mis-
/ chief than George the Thirds head clerk. Lord
/ North was only the tool OF his sovereign. Lord
Beaconsield has made of his sovereign his tool. he
/ has done worse thing than tha; IN steadily aug
mentIng the power of the Crown a. the expense OF
the House OF Commons, process which has reached
its climax, for the present. in the overthrow OF
great constitutional guarantee, and the assumption
| by the Executive of q degree of power over shat
portion of the army beyond the confne, Of England
/ which is nothing short of y usurpatioa. The fact
that On obedient majority in the House, following
the lead of plant colleague, condoacs the snrrcpu-
tOus moving of the Indian troops 10 Malta. does not
lessen the danger: il increases IL. The majority
for the Government was 121. IL" writes
one Of the abest Of English journalists
if The Government had temporarily suspended Eve
Of the Ten Commandments, and Lord Harrington
had offered a resolution Of temperate and guarded
protest against such course, it is pretty certain
! that the result would have been the same. The
House of Commons is at the feet of Lord Beacons-
field"
For the first time during many months the Liberal
party has been able TO rally its forces aud follow its
/ chef into the division lobby with something like
unanlmity. The crisis was grave enough 90 produce
that quite unexpected result. But that Is almost the
only sign Of improved political temper. The changes
! during the six weeks past have not been In the di
rcction of improvement, nor does the rally Of the
Liberal party in the House result for the moment
/ IN anything better than overwhelming defeat
/ don't forget tn Tanwor,h and Realny elections,
/ from which the Liberal leaders have extracted q
/ certain amount Of comfort. They were gratifying
proofs that the rush Of the mob 10 what seemed the
/ winning side could be checked 40 certain times, and
+ in one or two places. But have yet to uret the
Liberal who believes that his party has q chance Of
carrying the country should Lord BeacOnsiield be
\ able to dissolve Parliament in the flush of a diplo-
matte triumph; secured by no matter how crooked
or how impudent policy. In the press itself there
| has been change for the worse; not indeed
/ in the two journals which have led tho
/ attack on the Government with brilliant ability ard
brilliant coutagc; not III The DaiIy Noes Tie Spec
tqi0r Bat Ihe lseg has collapsed. IL has cxocGted
one Of lbs old-f,~honcd somcisIults: not ~ all IN
| the oid-fasuoled manner. To quote Mr. Emerson
once more-it used 10 srnke in ~ the last moment
! with the voice of monarch. Astounding those
/ whom IL .uccoFcd as much those whom 1t de-
serted. and making victory SUR. IL never apollo
. gized and seldom trimmed, but went promptly
/ about on Inc other tack without word 80 remind
west instead OF east. Now n misses stays and shW
or, in the WIND, and only achieves Its change OF
course after wabblngs painful the beholdcr. You
da't hear the voice of the monarch from the quar-
( tcr-,icck any longer. good deal has been said
lately about the dccadeuce Of the lea ling Journal.
/ On the whole too much has been said. but what is
most plainly tuc that the tone Of authority has
departed from it.. Tie quality Of decision on which
much OF ITS strength depended, has departed also.
! Stl after much worry aud doubt II has at last
swung over to the side Of the Russophobists, and
gives n sort OF support TO the Govern
ment II is, on this question, tie Sir stat
ford Northcote of the press weIl-meaning. explain
atory, honest enough but following sHbmissgely
where Lord BeacOnslield leads Mr. Walter
| of the dozen or 80 nominal Liberals who voted with
the Government Thursday night the rest being
court puppets like the Marquis OF LONE Jews like
! Sir y. ~ de R0thschid, shipbuilders like Mr.. Sam
uda or south Of England railway managers like the
Watkins father and son. say nothing Of The Daily
Teeraph. If came back from Paris IN better health
than when left London, il Is partly because had
not felt bound to open a copy of this paper while
| away For the last fow days IL has been what it
was all Winter, alike in substance and style.
have heard the effect of reading Il likened to the
effect Of a rough in the Channel and stewards
basin on delicate passenger.
No doubt it is a matter for rejoicing that war
should be preyented-such war as Lord Beacons-
field was bent on waging. But a high price may be
| paid for peace and the decentralization Of the ma
jority of great people, temporary though it be-
is not OF all a matter for rejoicing The House Of
! Commons used to pride itself on being the first
| legislative body in the world. How long will it re-
main so now that it is hardly more than a bed of
justice for registering Lord BeacOnsfePs decreesf
No Prime Minister in day before him has treated