New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-03

sellers established themselves at Long Island
City. They are beyond the jurisdiction
of our police, but their influence IN this
city is about as baleful as the dreaded
odors that are waited toward us from INC
same place. Apparently the officers there nave aN
neither physical nor moral Olfactories. !he
booksellers coolly declare that they under
stand it is all right" This construction OF
| the state of affairs seems to be borne out by
the action of the Police Board. The Commits
sioners held meeting early yesterday to con-
slider the matter. The police captain declared
his willingness to descend upon the lawbreak-
ers immediately Whereupon the Commits
sioners hastily passed resolution directing
him not to interfere until further orders.
The results of the English Governments de-
termination to change its Irish policy are NOT
DELAYED Mr. Forster has resigned his position
as Chief Secretary for Ireland. the three I'M
prisoncd members of Parliament have been
released. and Mr. Gladstone has announced
that all other suspects whose crimes are purely
political will be set free. Mr.. Forster is not
willing to share the responsibility of these re-
leases 1t is possible that his successor VIII he
an Irishman. and on that account he may be
Forster is a man of great ability, perfect honesty
and sincerity OF purpose, and it is not likely tha'
anyone could have done better than he under
the present laws. The new Secretary Will not
long be obliged to seem so much Ike tyrahI'
for the Coercion Act is not to be renewed.
This, however, will not please the participants
in the agrarian outrages, for 1t is almost GER
tain that so far as they are concerned new leg
islation will provide machinery to see that they
are properly punished, and not merely locked
M. All Americans will unite in wishing
heartily that Mr. Sections remark may prove
true At the conclusion of Mr.. Gladstone's
speech Yesterday he declared that the change in
policy would crown the Administration with
glory and produce ties of mutual interest be-
tween Ireland and England
The House of Representatives now has be-
fore it the voluminOus results OF ten years
correspondence between our Government and
Russia in regard to the condition and political
standing of Jews in the Empire. The attl-
tude of the Imperial Government toward
American Jews who may go to Russia can
hardly be considered as satisfactory to us
This is apparent from the correspondence
of the State Department under MIR. Blaine.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs assured
Mr.. Foster last summer that, as no native
Jew could live in ST. Petersburg and certain
other cities of the Empire, unless he belonged
to guild of merchants and paid license fee,
no exception could be made in favor OF
American Jews. This was all he could ask
under the treaty of 1882. Prince Gortschakofi
regretted the hard condition of Russian Jews,
but said they had brought many of their
| troubles on themselves. Secretary Frellng-
huysens last letter to Mr.. Hoffman is decidedly
conciliatory in Tone He does not wish our
representative in Russia to give official ex-
preston to the feeling which the bad treatment
of Russian Jews has caused in this country, be-
cause the President believes that the Emperor
should not be held morally responsible for the
prosecutions but he suggests that If favor
able opportunity should occur. Mr.. Hoffman,
with proper Difference, might express the hope
| that the Government will find means to cause
| the pers ecution to cease. A perusal of the two
| letters of Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. FreliDghuysen
will be curously interesting and instructive
reading, not only to our Hebrew population,
but to the country at large