New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25
NOTES FROM LONDON.
POLITICAL AND PERsONAL-TELEGRAPH
THE ATRICAI.

Lord Randolph ChurchIL : lalesV eS'"P"
been the talk of the week. His letters an" NUS VI
his opponents and grave comments on tnein M INC
napers one of which describes the quarrel oe'W'ch
7 ,rd P,,dolpb and Lord Salisbury as he Spit IN
a. ,rorv Camn Perhaps matters are not qulte SO
serious rs that The incident Is important rather
for what it indicates than for any novelty III lhe
facts To all appearance 1t Is a question oil what
we m America should call the working OF the ma
chine Lord Randolph, in spite of the opposition OF
the regular chiefs of the party, gut himself lately
elected chairman of the Central Committee of the
National Truion of Conservative Associations. Once
chairman be sought to enlarge the authority OF the
Association. 70 make it the real Executive OF the
marty and to supersede the existing Central Com
o,ittec which has its political headQ uarers at the
Carlton Club. Omttng details II Is enough to say
that the Carlton represents Lord Salisbury sir
STAFFORD Northcote and the Whips Of the Conserva-
tive party 1t is selfapponted, secret, irresponsi-
lille free from the general control of the great body
Of the members 10 governs. Lord Randolph de-
tern,ined TO set IN against this purely representa-
tive and elective Organization-n other words he
aimed at nothing less than taking the control OF the
party out of the hands of Its acknowledged leaders
They naturally objected: and as the shortest method
ot dealing with this preSumptuous young man. they
defeated hIm in his own committee, whereupon he
resigned.
Lord Randolph, however, has strong support and
the matter cannot end here He represents the large
and growing discomfort of the party with its leader
shin in the House of Commons. Lord salisbury
takes mp Sir Stafords cause, rs perhaps he cannot
help doing and between them they snub the pre-
tender But they cannot snub the malcontentS De-
hind him They Go not want To. Now that the
quarrel has famed out they would be only too glad
10 suppress it, to smooth matters over and to pre-
vent discard spreading What the country sees Is
that the dscord is deeper than anybody supposed
All the wise heads of the party deplore the scandal
most of all because il occurs ut moment when
unity is essential to enable them TO take advantage
of the mistakes of the Government. Grave lectures
are read to Lord Randolph, and he on his side talks
OF retiring from politics. The Liberals look on with
pleasure; the country with some anxiety to know
who, IN case of a crisis would take charge Oh us
affairs.
twenty four hours later and the storm IS over
The old men win the young one has submitted on
terms of course but the terms not public The
machine" remains in Lord Sasburys hands
Harmony is restored, and will last till Lord Kan
dolph again feels strong enough TO disturb IT. ana 70
try once more for control OF the party and for
democratic and representative basis to its council
The action of the Central News against the East
ern Telegraph Company has taken nine days To try
hut may almost be summed up IN a sentence Inc
Central News had a correspondent at Telel-hebir !
Mr. Burlegh who Outstripped all rivals. and was
His message was forwarded 10 London by the East
ern Telegraph Company, one of the defendants IN
this snit The public however, first heard the news
through the Exchange Telegraph Company, which !
has or had the advantage of being managed by Slr !
James Anderson. who has or had. the advantage OF
being also a director of tie Eastern Company, !
which is supposed to be a telegraph company pure /
and simple. The Central News naturally thought /
their message had been stolen and sent TO their I
10Th 4 fralqn nd he Exchange being
news vendors They found out as they thought /
that the manager of the Exchange in Alexandria, /
MI BENJAMIN smith had stopped the Brleigh /
message. and after reading it had made up from IL /
and sent service message ~ To his own company |
Smiths dispatch certainly arrived nrst aud as GER
tanlv Burlegh's was started first. 1t appeared on
the trial however that Mr.. Bureighs news had be-
come known at Ismaila to Sir Charles Wilson, CHEF
of the Intelligence Department under Lord Wols'-
lev. that Sir Charles Wilson had telegraphed the /
substance of il to sir Edward Malet at Cairo, and !
thar Mr. BENJAMIN smith had derived the pith Of !
his message from the Wl!son-Maet message. In (
plain words the defence To this action was That the
Exchange Company had not stolen their news from
the Central but from Sir Charles Wilson, who hlm-
self appropriated the Bure.eh facls lot HllI'"-y
purposes.
Lord Coleridse whose conduct Of the trial Is open
10 much criticism. intmatcl that the military
authorities had a right 70 seize on all the news they
could get and that the facts were "a defence To
claim for damages II is not necessary TO dispute
tie FIRST part of this proposition Military necessity
overrldes all laws But the second Is, had almost
said monstrous Lord Coerlge declares. OF course
what he believes to be the law. 1t may be law bat
il is not Justice The basis of the Wilson Nalet
message was Burleigh's message. If MI Smith had
stolen Rurleigh's message. the Central News would
have had redress But because the Burleieh flcrs
came into the possession Of third person and Mr..
Smith CONVEYS them from tins third person redress
is denied The wrong and damage are the same.
The Central News suffers. The Exchange profits by
the unscrupulOus act OF its agent, and redps the
benefit OF lis rivals energy Remedy there Is none,
saws Lord COerIdge. 1t only remains to pass a law
which shall create the right of property IN
news There could hardly be a stronger proof
though the parallel is complete OF the need for
the news copyright law whicha wise committee in
Washington seems to disapproye.
Never has "The Rivals been put on any stage
with such elaborate magnlhcence of mounting as at
the Haymarket last Saturday. And never alas!
has il been more unattractive and tedious. MI |
Bancroft has brought the question OF accessories to
a sharp issue Up 70 a certain point he has had the
public with him. He has set an example of fine fur
niture which other managers have eagerly followed
Now he has clearly overlone it. The fault of Satur
DAVIS failure for failure il must DE called, IS not TO
be found in furniture alone, but other causes may
be dealt with in their turn.
The first effect of Nh BancrOfts present method
of illustrating" Sheridan to put him out OF
sight The second was to embarrass the movement
Of the play In the first act, complicated street
scene is set and every effort is made to give life and
hustle to it, Shops and stalls are open. Customers
enter and depart Workmen busy. A sue
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