New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-20
NOTES FROM LONDON.
RELATING MOSTLY TO PERSONS OF EMIL
NENCE

Il .;Jos % was natural Savage as the AMI
-. occasionally exhibited in Parliament is.
,o,,ers have not vet reached the point OF string
all good human feeling There were meu enough
left on the Tory side faithful to the Old traditions Oh
Parliamentary life TO feel aud to express genuine
pleasure in Mr. Gladstoncs return. Sr HtaHoIu
Northcote spoke for them as well "a for himself IN
HIS openng scntencea sentence that deserves 10 De
written in letters of gold: al am sure that the
whole House is rejoiced to think that the right
honorable gentleman has been able TO be present
With ne thus evening and that it is through the
voice of our Leader and of the great ornament oil
The House that the feelings of the House are con-
Vcyed on this occasion
Rarely has a more graceful tribute been offered by
an opponent TO an opponent. and there was 40 eA-
preston of dissent from any quarter Oh the House'
nor believe. was there any quarter OF the House
from which cheer was not heard for Mr.. Glad
stone either as he entered he first stood up 10
answer a gu, stiar Probably most of the members
were aware that he had come TO London ana 10 the
House at no incOnsiderable risk 10 his health anu
against the wish of his physician. but IN ooedlcucc
to sentiment of Loyalty which to Others may seem
excessive but in him Is perfectly genuine MI
Gladstone knows we'll enough that lie is no favorite
NJ Court and is not likely TO become one, If he cared
10 Bnt he has an Od-fashiOned notion OF the reIa-
tions between the Crown and the FIRST Minister OF
the Crown which would lead him 10 make, as IN
this case he has made. every effort TO perform d
duty properly deyolving III these painful circum-
stances on him. He has also keen sympathy with
The mother whose boy is dead and both 10 the'
Queen and the mother il was grateful that he
should be in his place in the House to move the
votes of coincidence The risk at which he dd u i
sufficiently indicated by the fact that SIR Andrew
CLARK saw him three times during the day, and SAT
Ill IA,
Clark being a physician whose minutes are worth
cuiueas il Is pretty certain that be not present
from curiosity merely.
The House thought Mr.. Gladstone looking pale
and i'll. II is understood that as soon as final
Cabinet Council on the question Of the Soudan ana
of Gordon has been held he will return 20 Coomne
Warren.
An article in the April Nineteenth Century on The
Prophet of san Francisco" by the Duke Of Argyll
has attracted the attention Of Mr. Henry George,
WHO describes it to an Last End audience as
abusive II Is not in the least abusive. II Is a
strongly reasoned criticism on some OF Mt Henry
Georges fIllacies aud immoTnlities-or, IL tie
Dukes own words, " q simple record ana exposure
of few of the results arrived at 10y Mr.. Henry
George" If Mr.. Henry George is 70 be seriously
dent with the Dukes way Of handling him IS one
of the most effective that could be adopted. But
our San Francisco prophet is perfectly alive 70 the
fact that a great part of his present notoriety in
England is due TO the public refutatiOn of his mon
strous errors and 10 the honest denuncaton by
honest men of the dishonesty of his preaching. The
Duke of Argyll IS a writer of great know ledge on
economical subjects aud of trained logical faculty
which makes easy havoc among Mr.. Georges eco
nomcal and logical absuTdIties But II may still be
doubted whether it were not wiser to leave nm to
himself II would. at any rate. be agreeable TO MS
Countrymeu If Mr. Georges ratings against the
American Republic were not so often brought to the
notice of tho European public. The passage IN
which che California bandit-to adopt Nj Frederic
HarrisOn's account of him-prociams the exper'-
,nent Of POPULAR government in the United States
failure happens To suit the Duke of Argylls pur-
pose. and again therefore resppears III English
print
One of those radical Liberal papers which make
themselves the organ of every sort of noStrum-
monger announces with gravity that Mr.. Henry
George Will reply to tho Duke Of Argyll. We are
asked 70 believe on the same authority That LORD
Randolph Churchill Is among the converts TO MI
Georges doctrine of robbery. Lord Randolph, IT
nnst be SAD has been using language on the
strength of which almost any belief might be I'M
puted to hun. In writing TO 4 Birmingham Con
servatve lie SAYS: This gabble about socialism,
communism Mr. George. etc, is highly inconsistent
"a
plorable and shocking ignorance TO the extent TO
which the rights of property can be tolerated, and
the relation of the State thereto THIS is as reck-
les, as what MI Chamberlain said the other day in
the House Of Commons about the robbery which
land ords had practiscd-" not n lane in England on
earh side Of which landlords have not stolen land
"a statement which not even the heat Of debate
can excuse.
II would be absurd 10 suppose that either Mr..
Chamberlain or Lord Randolph Churchill has be-
come in any sense a convert 70 the doctrines if they
can be called doctrines of Mr. Henry George.
Both. however. perceive that the proposal TO
plumber the landlords and distribute the booty
among the poor has neen welcomed. as II was sure
10 be- by the most un-crupul0us Of those who are 70
proit by this process Both think political capital
is TO De made out of the state of feeling thus reused
Both regard politics a game to be played accord
ing To the cards they mold. Lord Randolph, how
ever has established a reputation for wantonues, Of
language and conduct which makes ii of less conSc-
qurnce what he saws or does at the moment His
friends expect him Ivy and by To repudate whatever
part of his political baggage may hereafter prove
cumbersome. Mr.. Chamberlain Is in different
position He is older man and passes for a seri-
Gus politician. II communism is 10 he a force
in England it will not he in irq time, and any
coquetting with it Will cost him far more than it
viii bring him,
Prince Krapotkinc is advertised afresh in England
a. a contributor 10 one Of the new sOcalistlc and
cornmunistic periodicals which are starting into 4
precariOus existence. 1t II not many weeks since a
fresh agitation started III behalf Of this priuccly
anarchist. dare say you heard in America too,
how cruelty he treated how the climate of
Clairvaux, where his prison II situated was swiftly
killing him. how nothing bat sunshine could save
his life and more TO the same effect. Well. Presi-
dent Grevy the most tende: hearted of rulers, and
be ordered Prince KrapotkIne 10 be transferred 10
the sunny shores Of the Mediterranean there to pur
ctudiae md IN cuututet.- hrn upDial