New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-13
HOPEFUL LORD SALISBURY.
CONFIDENT OF THE SUCCESS OF HIS GOV
ERNMENT ALL AROUND.
Mr.. GLADSTONE AND THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
N HONOR OF REL AsED coNvicrs-LoNpoN
PARALYzED By foG-MR. RUeKlN OUT OF
TEMpaR-MH. LANG ON CRITICISM
MR., AIDES SUCCESSFUL PLAY.
n TRIRUNE.I

TEMPHR-MH LANG ON CRlTlCisM-
MR., AIDES SUCCESSFUL PLAY.
lpY CABLE To THE rRBUSEl
Copyrioht, , 1888: By the NeT- York Tribune
LovDoN, Jan 12.-Lord Salisbury at LVerpoo'
had disclosed hut one secret and that is no secret
Il is TO be read in every line of his speech "sn"'
or wrongly he and his colleagues are fuii OF con
6dcnce They believe they are winning IN ne,"n,'
and are more than holding their own IN hhs"nu. ''
There is nothing remarkable in the great Popu'"'
welcome given the Prime Minister in Lancashire
Lvcrpool is pre-emnently Tory puv 'i"0 y.
something else evidently put Lord oaiiS""' "
GOOD spjrits His speech sparnles VIII 'n.',s
epigrams. Much Of it is occupied "i'n -'''
10 Mr.. Gladstone's DSver speech. ,,-
This rcplv is half serious, half banter ME-
c,adstonc charged him with want OF c'f''','''
about Free Trade. " | admit retorts the fr'ino
Minister that my ideas about ciearheSs are no'
similar to Nh Gladstone's. l know that when he
clearly explains his future policy respecting ire
hand il costs me several hours haru s'u'S' """
end with a bad headache"
Lord Salisbury's theory Of the bye-electiohs'
anropos of Winchester may be quoted as an eH-
annie of neatncss of statement: In the summer
the English people had heard the Crimes Act ue-
scribed and they voted against the Government
I'm the autumn they had seen the Crimes Act ao
work and they voted for the Government. Wheh
he contradicts Mr. Shaw-Lefevres story aoouV
the Ministry in Ss5 having favored Home huie,
no bcgs him not to consider the denial guarded
merely because 1t is not absolutely monosyllabic.
What Ireland wants, in Lord Salisbury S opih'on'
is capital But what frightens capital away 10
that the lawless elements in Irish society cons''.
tnte a conspiracv. A conspiracy for murder IL
used TO be- and then it was called nvinclpe' n
conspiracy to steal it is now and it is called the
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whole speech to show that the present OoVerii-
mcnt have any hope or any desire to conclilate
the majority of the Irish people. The one refrain
through it all is 1t is the business OF the Gov
ernment to govern.
The question whether Mr.. Gladstone shall visit
the Pope is still agitated, but is now likely, say
his friends to be settled i'll the negative. lie has
been strongly advised from home not to enter the
Vatican. His going would be criticised as an
act of homage to the Pope and would give ueep
offence TO some of the less liberal among the Non-
conformist supporters of the Liberal leader. Inc
Tories would be divided as TO whether he had re-
solved TO enter the Romish Church was trying
TO convert Leo NH. to the Plan of Campaign
The latest account of the scheme for welcoming
Mcssrs O. Bricn and Sullivan includes programme
nearly a week long. The Liberal Caucus Is ar
ranging for meetings, dinners and receptions OF
all kinds in Chester. Manchester, Leeds Sheffield
and many other large towns before their arrival
in London where the demonstration will be on an
enormous scale.
London entered this afternoon on its fourth day
of continuous fog. The veil has never once
been lifted since Monday, and no man has peheio
sun. moon stars or square inch of blue or even
gray sky Luckily the density of the fog Is not
equal to its duration. Traffic in the streets mas
been maintained, though often with difficulty ana
danger throughout the day. Cabs crawl aDouu
at noon with lamps lighted. Omnlbuses, whlcn
have no lamps. trust to luck. great part OF
them stop moving after o'clock. Ihe river Is
totally deserted Railway traffic continues Trains
arrive and depart irrcgulary, but increasingly.
Accidents are frequent. The theatres are haiI
empty. The law courts in many cases have had
10 adiourn from absence of counsel and witnesses.
The fog until to-day has been white, but now be-
comes smoky The shops and streets are lighted,
and il is impossible TO read or write anywhere
all day long without lamps The fog extends
all over the western and southern coasts. Inc
Atlantic and other mail steamers neither arrive
nor depart at English Channel ports. The Dover
and Calais Channel steamers continue to 1nd thclf
way across at great risk. The FOllIestone ana
Boulogne service is discontinued Navigation OF
the Merscy is carried on iitfulIy The Weather
Bureau ventures hope that it may possibly clear
tonight.
Mr.. Ruskin once more announces his discomfort
with world which will not adopt his advice on
things in general. England has ceased TO be
English he complains, and one of his reasons Is
because she imports American meat and American
manners Well. / suppose she imports what she
is most in want of.
Mr.. Andrew Lang has been devoting some OF
his spare minutes to remarks on American crlti-
cism of English poets. lie does Mr. Fawcett the
honor of dissecting his article on the Browning
craze. Mr. Fawcett writes, says Mr. Lang IN
wrath but not always quite dramatically. More
than one American critic, he continues has been
crying out lately for some scientific standard OF
criticism apart from critics likes and dislikes.
There is not, there has not been, and there VIII
not be any such standard, except the slow verdict
of the world. TO which the American critic
might make answer that there is, there has been
and there will be. Mr.. Lang himself in his better
is capable of it. Nay his dissection
Of Mr. Fawcett is scientific.
Mr.. Hamilton Aides Incognito,' produced yes
terday afternoon at the lIaymarket Theatre, proves
to be pleasantly written piece with ingenious
on familiar dramatic theme the ui-
masking of a knight of industry pursuing his
vocation at Nice Mr. Aide is dramatic at mo-
ments and finished in style always. He was de-
servedly called and congratulated at the end. Mr..
Becrbohm Tree is fitted with one of those parts
Of groesque Iascality which he plays to perfection
Miss Gencvieve Ward is powerful as ever; and
Mrs Tree is as ever charming and fresh. Society
had agreed that this performance which 1t
ought to attend. II did attend il to such an
extent that tickets have been for days unpro-
durable. The Prince and Princess of Wales were
both present. The Actors Benevolent Fund is
richer by some thousands Of dollars. G. W.. S.
LIBERAL LONDON MERCHANTS
LONDON, Jan. 12.-Four London merchants, Messrs.
G bbs, ilambroJ. S. Morgan and Rohscbild have con-