New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-07
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To>,,ox Ian. 6.-The death of the man who
was the one great republican figure IN Europe
Is sgnalized by homage from royalists OF
every country. None among them Is moro
honorable to Gambetta than the brutal eA-
n;taton in few of the least decent German papers,
Even the French Imperlalsts write of their great
enemy with respect and admiration. The ldea once
current that GsmbettSs brief failure In power ier-
minated his career, was dspeled before his deatn'
II is known that majority of his countrymen were
f,ithful TO him. Even the Chamber was ready 10
,exerse the vote which overthrew him. The best
testimony to his statesnanship is the fact thaI LIE
had founded the Republic too solidly to be shaken
even by his death. The English estimate OF Gam
betta though frequently colored by various prelu-
dces is not on the whole, Inadequate OF uninenoiV'
PAPERS of every political shade agree 'haV
France has lost her foremost man. The nmtauons
nnon the completeness of the English tib-
utes to Gambetta are due mostly to an Imperfect
knowledge of the people and the conditions WIN
which he had TO DEAL and Of the crises through
which Gambetta alone piloted the mperilled Ne
public But everybody agrees that France without
Ganbetta must have different future at home and
abroad. Clercalism rejoices that its most formid-
able enemy has gone but it knows that Its only
chance to regain power Is in the overthrow OF the
educational system which Gambetta founded.
Paris to-day presents scene OF public mourning
probably unequalled in its amplitude of martial
bonors to civilian, in its sombre magnihcence, IN
itsinnumer erable concourse of sorrowing people,
Mr.. GLADsroNE's COMING ADDRESS.
People are already speculating about what Mr..
Gladstone will say tse week after next In Mid
lothian The Daily Nera thoushtfully observes
that Sir Charles Dilkes mention of Mr. Gladstones
visit has directed public expectation in that direc-
ton. Nearly everything yet published indicates
more or less clever guessing at the probable topics
to be discussed. The Edinburgh authorities say
that this demonstration is expected to surpass all
preyious ones Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will DO the
guests of Lord and Lady Rosebcry at Daineny
Park. seven miles from Edinburgh. Tickets to the
meetings and the banquet for one thousand persons
have been long since sold.
SIR CHARLES pILKE's POPULARITY.
Sir Charles Dilke's speeches during the first week
he has been Cabinet Minister have becn devoted
almost exclusively TO questions touching local gov
ernment, taking extreme ground against further
Capitalization, declaring that he hoped to lcssen
the power of lis own department and to remit the
conduct of local affairs to the people themselves.
These speeches. in spite of injudicious praise IN one
quarter so frequently sweeping as to provoke rid
icnle. have strengthened the general confidence in
Sir Charles Dlke's ability really to grasp the many
urgent problems of domestic legislation They have
shown that he possesses q wide knowledge OF COM
mercial and industrial affairs. His popularity in
Chelsea appears wholly unshaken either by the
Irish cabas by suspicion that his radicallsm is
less militant than fornerly. The Tories gracefully
and prudenty forbore any opposition to Sir Charles
Dilkes tribute to the memory of Gambetta the first
uttered here by an English statesman. IL was
marked more by reserve and severe taste than by
that deep regard Sir Charles Dixie must have had
for the man who was long his intimate friend
LORD EDMOND FITzMAURroE
The appointment of Lord Edmond Ftzmaurice as
Sir Charles DiIkes successor as Under Secretary Of
the Foreign Office is thoroughly good one and is
approved by everybody except few Radicals who
cannot forgive him for being Wing and brother
70 the Marquis of LansdOwne.
TRYING THE BELT CASE AGAIN.
The Belt case is being tried again in the
newspapers, the jury defending the verdict. Tho
most remarkable novelty is the fact that the artists
who, without exception, testified to Mr.. Belts IN
competence, were all called by the defendants
solicitors without previous knowledge of their
opinions
HERBERT SPENCER AND AMERICA.
Herbert Spencer repubhshes in The Contemporary
Reriv his impressions Of America, already printed
In New-York. with his dinner speech adding few
pages respecting the causes of the over-actvity OF
American life, which may be summed up in the
statement, sound but not original, that the wider
opportunities for improving the condition OF life
occasion fercer struggle than is seen in older So
cieties, where few have chance of rising.
"DR. oBdMsHAwE's SECRET"
The Athenoum. in an elaborate review OF Dr.
Grirnshawes Secret.n discusses the history of the
publication and points out singular inconsistencies
In Julian Hawthornss accounts. 1t concludes on the
Whole that the greater part of the story Is probably
the genuine work of Nathaniel Hawthorne out
that 1t is made up from rough notes, that there IL
no cohesion between the parts. and that the second
part is sometimes absolutely unmesning. IL DC
eares that Nathaniel Hawthorne never could haye