New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-05
ENGLAND ON THE MESSAGE.
ATTENTION FLATTERING NEITHER IN DE-
GREE NOR IN KIND
"TnH TINES" IGNORES 1T, "THE STANDARD"
CALLS 1T "soLEMN FRoTH," AND "THE
DAILY NEWS" BRIEFLY woRsHIPs ITS
FREE.TRADE IpoL-IMPoRTANT JOUR-
NAILS CONSIDER 1T socIALlsTIC AND
pEMAGoGIo-THE SUCCESSION Tc
LORD sACKvILLE-THE GLAD
sToNE-BALroUR DUEL
OF WORDS
Copyright; 1888, By ne Eete- York Tytbwns

tBr CABLE TO THE
Copyright; 1888, BY ne yep- York TY,swms.
London, Dec 4-The attention here bestowed
on Mr. Clevelands message can hardly be called
Hattering, whether in degree or kind The cable
summary is brief, but the passages relating to
Lord Sackville and Free Trade are apparently
verbatim THE Tines vouchsafes its former
hero not one word of comment. :" The Telegraph
inds room for column of criticism on American
lotions about Englishmon apropcs of Lord Chum-
iey," but none for the Presidents notions about
The tariff and Lord Sackville. The Daily
News" allows him q paragraph, grieves t. find
traces of acrimony in his utterances, detects in
Mr. Clevelands reference TO Lord Sackville rs a
person" a blemish Of manner, announces that
the President has Lord Salisbury's fatal gift OF
n bitter tongue, and proclaims the message in
other respects most powerful performance.
There is something positively touching in this sd
miring fidelity.
"The Standard" is distressingly severe on the
departing ruler whose sentences to this hard
critic are but so much solemn froth. His treat
ment of the Sackville case draws, says our Tory
friend, nothing but jeers from the gallery. His
Free Trade doctrines are approved, though his
language be Of something more than the customary
Iuxuriousness His sentiments on the Fisheries
were, according to the same judge correctly in
terpreted by Lord Sackville. But the most as
tonishing declaration in The Standard" is, that
Mr.. Lowell and Mr.. Phelps have committed them
selves in the same way as Lord Sackville though
not in the same degree, scores OF times, IN adj
dresses which the English have read with much
edifcation, but not the smallest trace OF resent
ment When and where these addresses were de-
Gvered ~ The Standard unaccountably omits to
state.
$l.> 1an IL yof
dignity in the message, adding this remark
The President seems TO conduct his diplomatic
negotiations on the same principle as an American
news editor invents headlines-an sensation and
exaegerationp key to the real opinion Of
England on one of the two questions really I'M
portant to her is supplied by " The St James's
Gazette, The most satisfactory passage" says
that thoroughly ant-American Sheet Z" III Mr.
Clsveland's Message is that in which he repeats
the conviction that the proposed Fisheries treaty
supplies a satisfactory adjustment Of all dlfhcu-
ties. We sincerely hope Congress will take the
Presidents advice" II Congress wants TO please
the enemies of America, il Will
Other papers see Socialism in the Presidents
message. The Star does, and halls him as an
enemy to the capitalist. Mr.. OConnor Is himself
a Socialist Of q curiously advanced type Au-
''@
the same view. "The Manchester Guardian says
Mr.. Henry George himself could hardly have spoken
pIafner What then are we coming TO when
leading journal abroad couples an American Presi-
dent with loose thinking fanatic like Mr. George?
Il is the language of demagogue, cries snother
provincial journal third, Tho Leeds Mer-
curyr describes the Saclville part of the message
as pretentious and ridiculous, and the Free 1raue
part. of course, worthy of his best days in sub
stance but in style rhetorical almost to innauon
I am afraid IL must be said that taken as whole,
Mr. Cleveland's last deliverance has done some
thing to bring his country and himself INT" con-
tempt abroad.
1t would be interesting to know what Lord
Lorne means when he says the Chamberlain bay
ard Fisheries Treaty was one which practically
pleased both parties. That is what ne toid 'he
Rrmin CHAM Reform Club. The statement eicitS
some comments here, albeit the Fisheries question
is not q live question at this moment The late
Governor General of Canada discusses the Sackvllle
,usiness also. and thinks Lord SaclSville's act
was iustly resented He strongly advocates
sending Minister to replace Loru
Sackville without delay. In this ne carries WIN
him "The Birmingham Post" the chief Unlonlst
organ in the provinces. Other Influences even
more important are at work. Lord SALISBURY
seems resolved not TO send new Minister While
Mr. Cleveland remains in office. Some ieadlng
members Of his party think this mistaken pohcy'
or. as Lord Randolph Churchill called IL, pohcy
of sulks II is not unlikely that If Lord Salisbury
sdberes to his present view debate VIII be raised
in the House of Commons. The vote for diplomatic
salaries will give opportunity, and Mr. Labouchere
will probably be the statesman to seize IT,
The prospect of an Irish week in the House OF
Commons has brought Mr. Gladstone back from
the seclusion of Hawarden. lie appeared Iast
night in his most warlke mood and went TOT Mr'
Balfour. The occasion OF this encounter between
the ex-Prime Minister and the Chief Secretary was
very English one-a motion to reduce Mr'
Balfours salary. That seems TO be the only con-
stitutional way of discussing at present the lrsh
policy of the Government MIR Gladstone speech,
however was in substance the speech he has several
times made, at Nottingham, Birmingham and else
where and Mitchelstown and Mr.. Vaudeville once
more furnished the substance. 1t Is an interesting
speech. very compact, energetic and even passion
ate, but can discover no novelty in any state
ment on either of these wellworn topics
Mr. Balfour's reply was remarkable, as all his
recent speeches are, for the freedom OF lts nam
ding Since Disraeli went TO the House OF LORDS
there have been but two men In the House OF
Commons who have met MIR. Gladstone on even
terms. One is Lord Randolpn Churchln' anu 'hr
Bslfour is the other. / do not mean OF course
that either is Mr. Glahstone's equal mean
that they both answer and attack him IN the
tone in which other men are answered and at
tackled, as if he was q human being like them
selves. For example, Mr.. Gladstone complained
~ Mr. Balfours language, of what he called his
invectivc. lie suggests, retor1ed
Mr.. Balfonr, tba, indulged in language he was
s...o,s +a rencat IL will be found that
the strong adiectives and passages in M speech
have been taken with scrupulous care from his
oun nrecedinQ speech" The House delights in
this cn,-and-thrust style. AS for the Kinsella
case. Mitobelstown. Mr.. Vaudeville, Mr.. ID. X.
-, 49, xae4 both Honse and nublio show