New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-19

milton CT one of the tendencies OF the tine in Eng
land Under Liberal rule the energies OF the Gov
eminent had been concentrated upon internal meas
urcs. The policy of neutrality had been worn
threadbare, and the mass of the population were
weary if not ashamed of IT. The Premier made
show of fighting and advertised the resources OF the
Empire very conspicrously: and after carrying -
the points of honor in the preliminary ncgotI'i'n@
eXtricated himself from what many of his sup
| porters regarded n n humatnG defeat by bringing
To light the Anglo Turkish Convention. lie had
restored the influence of the nation in European
councils and that was enough for the ConserNa-
| tivcs Without stopping to find ont whether
| Cyprus was worth what it might eventually cost
| they welcomed him a national hero. Inc
Premier and Lord Salisbury were received IN Dover
| and London with an Outburst Of popular entIu-
! siasm Mr. Gladstone denounced the Convention rs
| an insane covenant hut the frenzy ran on. ana
Lori Bcaconseld carried off the blue ribbon from
| his sovereign and rcvccd in popular applause
| Cyprus. the government Of which was assumed 10y
Sir Garnet Wolselcy. soon turned ont To be worth
less possession. and the people began to realize how
enormous were the risks taken IN the East; hut
| they were also conscious of having played snowy
part in Europe.
With his usual dcXtcritv moreover. Lord BcaconS
field shifted the scene from Asia Minor to Afghan
/
from Great Britain, not only made active prcpafa-
lions To engage i'm prvatccring hut organized an cN-
| petition IN TnTkcstan that would tend To excite
| alarm IN Calcutta Three columns were sent "ut
from the frontier hut owing to the successful iNsho
of the negotiations at Berlin. they did not 4" very
far into the interior General Hartmann. however,
| dispatched small embassy to Cahul. whci' u was
cordially received by the Amer Shcrc All. who was
| already alarmed 10y the British occupation "I
Quctah Lord Iytton. who had dealt the Nrru1cIlar
| press vigorous blow early in the spring 10y re-
|
| ~ high hand in Cabul. lie decided 1" soma
thithcr an embassy with Formidable escort. and iu
demand that the envoy should hc allowed 10 REMAIN
| there permanently. ON september ~, Shcrr All ;
| troops refused 10 allow this embassy to proceed
| through khyhcr Pass. Further negotiations proved
| ahortiyc, and the Amcrr not sending reply I" uie
| British ultmatum before The date specified; an ad-
vance of the Indian troops was ordered lniS WIS
| the beginning of y war which cost 500 OOn.oOo.
aud which has left India safer than II was h"i"rc
| - much blood and treasure were wasted. The An
| ncNatiou of the Trans, aal and the /uiu campaign
! were blundcr> well ~ crimes. irum which Inc
British Government las derived neither glory lI"i
honor nor profit.
TIFF FINAL pIsNSrrR.
The closing session of the Conservative Para-
mcnt was opened on February =, 1850. 10y the
| Queen in PERSONA favor seldom granted during
her widow hood Int after four weeks Of quiet work
all the important hill, were withdrawn. and diSso-
luton was abruptly ordered The Government had
been embroidered by the Conservative victories at
country with extreme confidence after several futile
attempt, to identify the Liberals with the Home
Rulers. One forcii'n campaign had been brought to
an end. and another was safe enough FOR Tie pres
cnt; the Treaty of Berlin had not broken down;
and Lord Bca,onsicld fancicd that at q tim" hen
the armament, of the Power, were steadily incrca~-
Ing. the people would feel safer with Government
that made. at least flourish of fighting than II
would with one prcd~po,cl to policy oi a.t'rly
inactivity. Under the leader hip of Mr. Gladstone
aud Lord Harrington. the Liberal. challenged the
whole course of toierrN ati,c Administration Af;cr
n canvass Of unprecedented activity. the general
elections were held with tL, result Liberals. 81
Conservatives. 237 Home Rulers. G3 The people
had arraiencd Lord Bcacor,ticld', Government for
sy year, OF iuaction nj home and menace abroad.
and had condemned hi- policy IN the mas, as c,,,n-
TALLY un-Engl.,h in 10, methods and tendencies
Lord Bcaconetcli's Administration. Judged aftrr
the interval which las elapsed since hs retirement
from office. lamcntahle failure. In domestic
legislation little of any permanent value was done.
Religions Worship act which cannot bc enforced.
a Tenement House act which has done flurr mis-
chief than good and two makcshifts To regulate
IRISH education were the main domestic measures If
the SIX years session. surplus OF 80 900 600 had
been converted into aklriclt OF 900 600 with the
Afghan war bill, still unsettled There we've no
form measures: starvation 800 Ireland Wa met hy
alm>giNing; obstruction Iu tho Common, was toll
Grated session after session. In foreign affairs the
spirited policy hid l' To- nothing huf Increased
pcndlturcs 1hc Afghan war Wis sheer waste Of
british rc>ourc"~ the south African campaigns AMI
auncyaiIun- have brought df~crotft uu.u ti,.
nation; and the United Kingdom IS uu -truur,r and
It's dependencies 100 u'tr -,,ur, Cor the menace.
tUguc and douh!c-dcaIng which preceded the Con-
grt~> of Berlin.
Lord B,acou,f,d has retained The lcadcr-lup Of
The ton>rr'aNc- since A,, refinement from office.
lis latest puhlr uti'laa.c h'ug mIt 800 opposition
20 the withdraw! "l troops from Canadian. H.
e. d. f.tf al