New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-13

urRaITY HONORS TO A BRILLIANT GROUP
or MEN-LoKD sALIsBURy's TRIBUTE TO
MR. MISREPRESENTATION OF THE LII
sRARIAN OF THE MUsEUM-CoLo.
MEL XLNG-HARMAN.
fBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNAL
cevvrtoM 1883 |, BY TIE Ns,p- Tribune.
fondon. June Ia.-Once more the scene changes
~ Ireland and once more 1t is the Bishop of
gamerick who appears as the chief factor in the
s,,urrle between the Pope and the League. He
has At last to speak literally, started that occlc
Castical machinery which grinds so slowly that
,.oule began, some to despair of seeing it in
n morion. some to hope that it would never move.
gbe Bishop has summoned his clergy and admon.
,sbed them as the Papal rescript bade him. He
has affirmed with all his episcopal authority, the
binding force Of the resoript upon the clergy and
nAople with direct reference to the Plan of Cam
najgn and Boycotting. He deals with all tire
various ingenious pleas and excuses for noncom-
,pljance and puts them all aside. The Irish
Risbous he announces. have received an answer
70 their inquiry whether the Papal condemnation
Vas TO be considered conditional limited by tho
reasons assigned by Cardinal Monaco, and only to
have effect where the circumstances implied in it
had been found to exist. The Archbishop of
Dublin himself replied that the reasons had nothing
20 do with the formal operation Of the decree,
must be held to stand condemned without con-
ditiou or limitation
Further still, There is" says the Bishop of
Limerick, no difference of opinion among the
Irish Bishops TO the meaning or binding force
of this decree. ! am entirely in accord with
them 1t would follow from this that the Ma
tionalists must forego the comfort they found in
the resolutions of the Bishops at their recent
meeting. I" 1t is no longer" continues DR..
ODwyer, "a matter of opinion. Rome has
spoken. Controversy is at an end. l am the ac-
credited mouthpiece Of the Pope to his subjects in
this Diocese Then he deals at length with the
agitation against the decree, and denounces those
who cry out against the interference of the Pope
in politics: The Pope answers: i do not in
terfere In politics as such. but / condemn those
who corrupt violate Gods law For the fu-
ture,' proceeds the Bishop, you must instruct
your focks that they cannot violate this decree of
the Holy Office without sin. You must bring
home TO their consciences the heinous offence OF
those Catholics who agitate against it. To say
that the Holy Father gave this solemn and un-
alterabe decision in ignorance of the facts is an
insult to him. In this Diocese that wickedness
must cease And he warns all concerned that
dsobedience will be followed by eXcommunica-
ton
With ali this, DR.. O'Dwyer proclaims himself
Nationalist, Home Ruler and land reformcr
who believes than there can be no peace in Ire
land till every farmer owns his farm. But he
Is Catholic first and Nationalist afterward.
No London morning paper has found time to ex-
press opinion on this tremendous illumination.
But the leading Nationalist organ at Dublin still
refuses to accept the Bishop of Limerick as an
authorized expounder of the Pope's views, tells
him efae hts supercifiousncss has dethroned his
reason. and implies that other Bishops will take
0 different line. They must think, take some
line or other very soon.
The ceremonies at Cambridge on Scarlet Day
are remarkable in more points than one. Con-
ferring degree on the eldest son of the Prince
Of Wales is hardly more than courticr-like
civility on the part of the University. The boys
father and mother showed their sense of the
compliment by going down to Cambridge to see
young Prince Albert Victor receive the degree.
The group Of grown men on whom some honor
was bestowed was brilliant one. Perhaps none
quite brilliant has been collected on any similar
occasion. Lord Salisbury Lord Selborne, Lord
Rosebery, Lord Randolph Churchill Mr. Goscher
and Mr. BalfOur are all really eminent men; Ar.
Raikes is respectable Professor; Mr.. Stokes
Lord Rayleigh and the other men OF science are
al Of distinction in way or another. Ob-
serve that among the statesmen and politicians
there is but one Home Ruler, Lord Rosebery; and
Of him The Times says to the University as to
the world at large Lord Rosebery, diplomatlst
and Imperial statesman, Is far more important
than Lord Rosebery, Home Ruler" The Irish
cause is not, perhaps, very popular at Cambridge;
but Lord Rosebcry was well received, and every
body was well received. Lord Salisbury and LORD
Randolph Churchill, who lead two different wings
.x r. II
atty. Mr. Balfour's reception was the heartiest
Of all the Senate House for some five minutes
fescunded with cheers for the Irish Secretary.
Mr.. Bright, who was to have had degree was
absent from illness Perhaps he will value not
less the panegyric which Lord Salisbury pronounced
on him at the luncheon which followed. No more
striking tribute has been paid to the veteran LIB
ersl Lord Salisbury described him as the most
eminent of all those whom the University had
honored and then added: Speaking of one who
Is in most matters my political opponent. feel
the deepest regret that he did not have this op-
ponunity Of asccrtaining from the lips of those OF
his fellow countrymen best fitted TO confer the
distinction the deep veneration in which his name
is held by every class and type Of Enghshmcn."
Mr. Bond resigns the principal librarianship OF
The British Museum for reasons which do nm
honor. He wishes to make way for younger
man before he loses his own vigor Yet he is but
seventy-three He has been good Librarian ana
iairly successful head Of the huge establishment
% Bloomsbury. If he lacked the genius and energy
Of Mr. Panizzi. he at least did something to make
the Museum more accessible to the public
Colonel King-Harman's death ends or ought
70 end, the bitter dispute in the House of Commons
about his salary. His enemies say that hls
Under-Secretaryship for Ireland killed him. IL
od nothing of the kind. The Parncllites were
snry with him because he would not be angry
with them. They called him renegade. lie
vas no doubt Home Ruler under Mr BUTT when
Home Rule meant much less than it means under
Mr. Parnell: but he was no renegade The