New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-11
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
GRAVITY OF THE FRENCH CRIsIs-ENGLISH
POLITICS.
CRITICISMS on Mr.. GLADsToNE's sPEEcH-MR' h'
WINGS COMMENTS ON AMERICA.
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CRITICISMS on Mr.. GLADsToNE's sPEEcH-MR' III
vING's COMMENTS on AMERICA.
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LONDON Nov. 1O.-The Franco-Chinese situa-
+ion continues to be one of the utmoS'
gravity, and not less so because tn0 i'
Ministry persist in ignoring the proO"'il'y
of n serious conflict. The hopes arising HUH n'
Cbalemel-Lacour's withdrawal from the folelSh
Office and the belief that NJ Ferry, as MS successor
vould be more reasonable, have been daSneu ny
Tho Premier,s declaration to The Standard cor
ro.rordor+ expressing again and again contempt
for tho military power Of China, and utter dispeheI
that China will resist France, and also anger
AGAINST Chinese diplomacy, because 1t has refused
IN make concessions to French demands. In the
meantime. Chinese kilograms convict NJ lricou Oh
falsebood in teegraphng that Ii Hung Chang hau
dis,vowed MARQUIS Tseng, whom the Chinese Gov
ernment fully sustain. LII Hung Chang also denies
his alleged disapproval of the course of Marquis
Tseng.
The European press is filed with express
sions of amazement at Premier ferryS uu
nlicitv. which remains without any attempt
ot analogy. though the French Ministerial
napers call upon patriotic Frenchmen TO peilo'e
their own Government i'll preference 10 a loieisn''
Groundless rumors of French successes IN Aohquin
have been set afoat In Paris during the week. Due
are believed nowhere in Paris where credul''S
is boundess The credit of nine million francs oe-
ronded bv the Ministers is regarded here only as
one more effort to bettle the seriousness OF the
do nupiff tod
is not enough" says an English paper 4" to pay for
the coal of the transports"
MEANINGLESS oRATORY.
The Guildhall banquet, from which so much was
expected, produced only speeches abOunding IN gen.
eralities not particularly glittering The now
Lord Mayor Fowler) excited some ridcnle by
quoting Greek and Latin but redeemed himself by
the cordiality of his welcome though he is himself
Tory, to Mr. Gladstone. NJ. Waddington's speech,
which Mr.. Gladstone described as the speech OF
the evening contained little but vague assurances
of good will Equally sincere and uncompromislng
was NJ de Lesseps's declaration that he had come
TO England prepared to anticipate the reasonable
demands Of English merchants. 1t is not regarded
in the city as pledglng him to one single important
concession.
Mr. Gladstone's speech was adrOit and cOnciatoTy
but has occasiOned general complaint because 1t
contained no disclosures Of policy and absolutely
no indication of the programme of the session be-
yond an explicit denial of repeated newspaper
assertions that everything will have to give way
TO the Franchise bill. There a renewed pledge
of a speedy withdrawal of large portion Of Eng
hsh troops from Egypt and this was received with
marked dsfavOr by the audience. There are re-
newed protests this morning from most Of the jour,
nails except the Radical press. There is much dis
content also with what people think an excessive
defence, on Mr. Gladstones part, of French
susceptibities, the inference including alike the
Madagascar incident and the Suez Canal.
His critics complain that he has laid more stress on
obtaining justice for Ireland than on maintaining
the union avowing that the latter is cOnditonalOn
the former. Altogether the situation remains prac-
tically unchanged by anything that said or
done yesterday.
THE TENEMENT QUESTION
Interest in the question of housing the poor is
kept fresh by numerous articles and speeches, the
papers in London, Liverpool and other great cities
sending commissioners into squalid districts. Mr..
Chamberlain is prompt to meet Lord Salisbury. He
announces an article on the same question in the
next Forhgkt. His friends say that, far from op-
posing Lord SalisbuTys proposals he intends greatly
to enlarge the scope of the proposed scheme of state
interference.
TIE PARCELS POST
Mr.. Fawcett's interesting speech on Thursday to
his constituents at Hackney disappointed public
expectation on the subject of the Par
cells Post, which people are not dis
posed to regard as a success. The papers
lately have contained numerous complaints against
the working of the law and positive predictions of
afinancial deficit which is estimated at half a