New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15

LAND-A BRILLIANT BOOK
BY Mr.. FRoUDE-DRA-
MATIc NOTES.
tBY CABLE TO THE rRIBUNHt
Copyright: 1883: Bv The Nee York Tribune
IoNpoN. Jan. l4-The silence Of the Gar ."
New Years Day is interpreted more uhiaN aNo,"s 80,
than the speech Of Lord SALISBURY Euiot" -
for some reassuring word from the Musoo' Nv. 49,.
on such an occasion, and is disappoin'c" -,
not get IL. CroalSers forthwith pesih 0iV' Io
anew and bears seize the opportunity 10 ".p-eS
stocks The Bourgas incident Is 'nous -.
sumo fresh importance. Nobody would haNe
ae,,h,ad that Russia was at the bottom OF thao
as of other buccaneering attempts, even had nov
tho documents found on Nabokof proved IT,
Other and abundant proofs have lately appeared.
That particular firebrand has been put on'' puV
Russia has many more ready. The Czars moSV
conspicuous act on New Years Day was to decorate
with the Order of St Alexander Newsiu the c'lei
frebrand of all. General PobiedonoszeH' lhis
parsonage commonly reputed to possess more III
0uence over Alexander III. than anybody elsc'
is one of the leaders of the Panslavic movement.
The story from Berlin that the Powers had
agreed to ask the Sultan to eXpel frlhce rei"-
nand from Bulgaria is denied and rightly dehicu'
But that astonishing proposal had acluaHy ueen
made by Russia and pressed upon Prince DIS
marcl, Lord Randolph Churchill meantime seems
60 be lowering like a stormy petrol over RUSSIAN
waters. lie is reported to be procIalmhg every
where that the English people have changed 'heil
minds and will not tolerate English support VI
the central Continental Powers IN overt ac.ioh
against Russia Lord RandOlphs known dislike
of Prince Bismarck, which he shares WIN -dr'
Gladstone, may carry him far. Inc RuSsiahs
will not be wise if they suffer themselves to be
L: linn "
preston of his dislike Lord Salisbury and not
Lord Randolph is Prime Minister of England, and
Lord Salisbury's language Mt Liverpool though
variously interpreted is on the whole In favor OF
peace. He believes that the prospects of peace
on the Continent are rather better than when he
last spoke What he says on this subject is re-
garded in some quarters as less hopeful than 1t
seems But he expressly declares that the I'M
mediate future is secure and even hopes that
peace will be ultimately maintained. 1t would
be difficult for any Foreign Minister to say more
The domestic part of Lord Salisbury's second
speech at Liverpool revealed no more Ministerial
secrets than the first, but he was If anything
more optimistic than before. lie believes that
the depression of trade has touched bottom, and
is convinced that the dawn of new prosperity is
near. He believes that the dark cloud is slowly
lifting over Ireland He believes that even the
disafected classes of Ireland learning that the
will of Great Britain cannot be shaken and that
consolidation is the kindest gift England can be-
stow and will be pursued in spite of any obstacle
defiance or resistance.
All this is interesting. What follows is really
remarkable The leader of the Tory party ad-
dresses to his own followers an eXhortatl0n 10
acqlicsce in measures which the Ministry are
about TO propose, even though these measures
prove too democratic for the Tory taste. " Re
member" said he in effect, that our Govern
ment exists on Lberal-U nionist suiferance. lhey
can turn us out if we do not
come to their terms We do not think it prudent to
appeal to the country till the country has seen our
Irish policy thoroughly developed. We have,
therefore modified our other policy rather than
risk collision with our allies or an appeal to tine
country" This can only mean that new Local
Government bill will be drawn on lines as liberal
Lord Harrington wishes. and that the counties
of England are at last to be organized on demo-
cratic basis Lord Salisbury's speech is an appeal
TO the BourbOns Of the Tory party to support that
and perhaps other similar bills, and notice to
all the world that even if beaten on them he has
no notion Of reslgnlng
The Golden Club are trying to raise a large sum
of money to he spent in further Free Trade propa-
phlets and other Golden Club literature. Lord
Brasscy has given thousand dollars, others less
and the hat is going round. Ii is long since the
club have been so active. They are indeed doing
more than the Fair-Trade movement in England
appears to require. There can be little doubt
that their surplus funds are intended as rein
forcements for Mr.. Cleveland in his effort to hand
over the control Of American markets to British
traders.
We are indebted to Mr.. Greenwood for an un-
usual compliment. lie and his journal are no ad-
mrers of America but they do admire the way
in which America has dealt with boycotters
strikers and Anarchists. The police says Mr.
Greenwood, took hold Of him and hanged HIM
or put him in JAIL just as the case required. En-
pOyers locked him out. Politicians fought shy OF
him. The press laughed at him or denounced him.
Now, nobody spends any thought on him. We
could do with some American horse sense here"
The American banker, Mr.. J. s. Morgan, comes
0 gain to the front among prncely benefactors. lie
is one Of four who have given hundred thousand
dollars for a pension fund 10 nurses and hospital
officials The other three are Messrs Gibbs, Ham
bro and Rothschild. Experts say nothing was
more needed yet the public have refused to in
terest themselves in it, and the attempt to induce
the Queen to set aside part of the Womens Ju-
bilee Offering for this purpose failed cannot dis
cover that any English paper has thought it worth
while TO mention the fact that Mr. Morgan is an
American.
The Metropolitan Board of Works has as ex-
pected whitewashed Hebb, its assistant architect,
who was convicted of freely eXtorting free adj
missions to theatres So much the better This
excupation puts the Board itself again in the dock
The press once more are laundering against its
now notorious corruption.
Mr. Froude's brilliant new book The English
in the West Indies" is cordially received by the
leading journals with single exception. That
exception is the Gladstonian organ which has
two Quarrels with Mr.. Froude: he does not like
mr. Gladstone and he is not Home Ruler. These
two defects are fatal and because his views abou,