New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-24
NOTES FROM LONDON.
POLITICAL. MUNICIPAL. THEATRICAL
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE

III
Mr. Tennicls power of summing up pOiltcal si'
uaton in cartoon is well seen in his Illustration VI
this week entitled Snubbed." smart spanish
maiden with fan and short petticoats IS walking
briskly off with gallant-looking warrior III cav
airy uniform, beneath whose plumed helmet look
out the intelligent features of the Crown Prince Vi
Prussia In the background stands Frcnchmah,
not even in uniform, unless blouse and sapots ana
tasselled cap can be called uniform, rage ana rc
sentiment Oh every line of his face. Underneath -
this legend Mossoo (aside) -" Ha! with my hated
rival! Why was l so rude to her y Why indeed
But rude he was and rude to whole nation that IS
not less but more hgh-sprited because 1t has gone
down in the world.
And so it falls out that the visit of the Crown
Prince of Germany to Spain, which could not in any
case be wholly devoid of political meaning IS every
where taken TO mean q caspng of hands III the lace
of the world between Spain and Germany. Inc
official papers of Berlin continue to point out that
the mission is merely one of poteness and in no
way political, nothing but ordinary civility, IN
fact The King of Spain went to Berlin. The Heir
to the Throne of Germany cannot do less than re-
turn the visit. The French are by this time per-
fectly aware of the blunder they made In allowing
King Alfonso to be insulted by the mob of Paris.
The authorities could have prevented the demon
stration, which everybody knew days beforehand
was to be made had they chosen but they did not
choose. President Gr6vy did what he could to atone
for the outrage and the Cabinets of France and
Spain agreed TO consider the incident closed. None
the less is the echo Of the insulting cries in the
streets of Paris to be heard in the thunder OF the
guns of Spanish and German fleets exchanging sal
utes off the harbOr of Valencia this morning
France has lost possible ally, and exposed
ono more frontier. and paralyzed another OF her
corps qarmee The French press, meantime, CON
altr fba hat
on everybody who does not hate Germany as much
as she does And even poor NJ Emile Olivier
energies from the retirement which becomes him so
well to fling another falsehood in the face of the
Empire he challenged to fatal combat in 1870. III
was Prussia, cries NJ. Olivier, who" dcfed Napoleon
Third by her Hohenzollern plot" Perhaps he Will
tell us next that it Prussia who telegraphed to
Paris and all over Europe that lying story OF the
insult" to the French Ambassador at Ems which
set France in a flame. NJ Olivier is perfectly GER
tain that the blunders which brought disaster in
1870 could not be repeatcd.-no not even intention
ally so gross and numerous were they. France
must win and he feels amazed at the terrors caused
by the slightest frOwn of any German journalist in
his cups And the French continue protesting that
they never, no never, insult their cOnquerors. 1t
NAV perhaps be assumed that not many Frenchmen
will put complete faith in the most dscredited and
unpopular of living Frenchmcn. But nobody could
do n more foolish thing, or a worse service to his
countrymcn, than to tell them, as NJ Olivier does,
that they are perfectly certain to beat the Germans
and wipe out Sedan.
story is told of the Grown Prince which. whether
true of him or not is characteristic of his race. On
his way through Halle he told the Burgomaster he
might now see why he could not be present at the
Luther Festival held at Halle and Eislebcn.
Preparation for this journey has taken up all my
time tor il is no trihc TO learn Spanish III fort
night II certainly is not, and | suppose nobody
but German would have tried. To Frenchman,
certainly. 10 such idea would have occurred
Among the weekly papers published in England is
one which rcoices in the of The Court Circular.
1t may be said with some approach to positive GER
tainty that it is not spite of its name, edited by the
Queen. 1t is not issued from the precincts OF
Buckn CHAM Palace, yet from Marlborough
House A"Lnitcd Company" is responsible for
it, and its Offices are in plain Southmpton-st,
Strand. daresay have heard who edits It, but !
have forgotten if ever knew, his name. have no
doubt should be better and a wiser man if read
this sheet regularly but am constrained to confess
that don't look at it oftener than perhaps once III
six months. But did open the last number and
feel bound to mpaTt TO you some striking discoy-
cries have made. have discovered for example,
that Lord Rpon is hraInless crotchctecr. have
discovered that Mr. Gladstone grossly and person
ally insultcd the great Earl. his successful rival
which is all the interesting because can only
imagine Lord Bcaconsicd TO be the great Earl al
ludcd TO; and the world has heretofore supposed
that he was, in the end the unsuccessful, and not
the successful, rival Of the man who won the clcc-
ton of 1881. And as to insults one would like to
know when Lord BeacOnsicld. who complained of
them and was challenged by Mr.. Gladstone to spec
ify them and who promised To, " with the help of
some gentlemen kind enough to assist him in the
conduct Of public business" actually did furnish
tho text / have discovered, moreover, that Lord
Salisbury's recent visit TO the Duke Of Argyll was
not IA visit Of personal friendship, and that inn
portant events will be- the outcome of this momen-
| tois meeting. A sentence on the same subject is
worth quoting in full:
Tho deliberate rndcnesS committed by the Judas
who lately belonged to the Conservative party, in
not receiving Ii. X. II. the Princess Louie and
tho Marquis Of Lornc at Liverpool which it was his
duty as Colonial Secretary to do may have added
bitterness 10 the Duke of ArgylPs dissatisfaction
with Mr.. Gladstone and his crew.
From which it may be understood that in court
circles LORD Derby is habitually referred 10 rs
Judas and tho Ministers of the Crown as Mr.. Glad
stone and his crew.
The new Lord Mayor well understands the ant of
keeping himself and his Office before the world His
latest appeal to public attention Is contained in a
lcttor written to announce his resolve not TO go to
church in state Heretofore for how many cen
turics know not, it has been the custom for Lord
Mayors to drive in coach and four to public worship.
The present potcntatc says hc will not do 1t because
il requires unnecessary work Sunday from his
servants. But lac slightly spoils the effect of this
piece of Christian humility by announcing also that
Inc shall continue to entertain the clergy at lunch
Whcrcupon the mere wording is tempted to remark
that big lunch keeps more servants busy than a
promenade in pOndcrOus equipagc to church But
the Lord Bishop of London, who is not wording
has written lctterto thank Lord Mayor Fowler for
tho lift hc has given to the cause Of Sunday OBJ