New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27


.,,-onrh the week, all over the Continent.-a war
% ,,o,r,naners The Gar has let fall, carelessly,
,oh word Of hope for peace, but the Russian
- has been once more unmuzzled and Moscow
hs assaied Berlin in tones that recall! ancient COM
vents I'm the Treaty of Berlin. The German cap
;,a renlies with true Prussian aspcrity. The quar-
-, 'for the moment is a quarrel about tariffs.
I. .-e we 20 nav tribute to Russia, to starve the
cornan farmer that the Russian peasant may get
higher price for his corn? ?" asks Prince
R;smarck's organ, with natural indignation.
p,ince Bismarck has already answered his own
ouestior in the negative.
Almost at the same time appears an article IN
sem,-oficial journal Of Asace-Lorraine, still more
.u,;nous We have borne with these French
ssvs Prince Hohenlohe-for he it is who is really
Costing for eighteen years Bear with
sbem longer, we cannot. 1t Is our turn
,o be heard And so follows that amazing new
order recurring oil foreigners entering Germany
nv AIsace- Lorraine to have passports counterslgned
bv the German Ambassador in Paris. ALI Tor
eirners-not Frenchmen only, but Americans medl-
,atinr a Franco-German tour-may take note.
sIt is an act of real hostility" answers one faris
journal not among the most frivolous. frlhce
Bismarck is working for General Bouianger'
whispers another; every fresh cause OF irritation
is help to him." NJ. Clemenceau, too, is working
for that black-hoIscd cavalier all unknown to him.
.en His circular, his new alliance with NJ Ranc,
red Radical and NJ. Joifrin, the COMMUNIST
his new League OF the Rights OF Man, all thiS
friehtens so many more Frenchmen into the RANKS
Of those who think even General Bouanger petVer
than anarchy. A..
On the whole not good week; nor does the
,h;mo If marriage bells at Charlottenburg nor
ths sound of Berlin cheers for the Prince OF Wales
l.ld %ha of EurODp.
The first specific attempt to apply the ropes re-
script to practical politics has been maze oy 'i'o
Bishop of Limerick. Dr. ODwyers lelter 10 'ne
Mavor of Limerick might have been dated oelore
che Reformation. "You must not" he cries, agi-
ta,e AGAINST the Pope His decree binds the con-
science. It is a grievous sin to disobey, and moro
c,ovops "a question his authority to issue it. The
people equally with the priests are bound to obey
II YOU hold this meeting you will disobey' But
7 catber that the meeting will be held. Ihe
Roman Catholic Members of Parliament are be-
coming daily more outspoken; Mr. Healy has an
nounced himself an unrepentant rebel, and con-
gict between the League and the Pope seems I'M
minent
Yet Archbishop Walsh continues to send reassur-
hr messages from Rome respecting the Papal re-
mipt His latest was addressed to the Lord Mayor
If Dublin and read by him to the Corporation' All
lpprehensions," says the Archbishop in very sweep
ine terms of political interference OF the HOY
See in Irish affairs are absolutely groundless Inc
cause of Ireland has nothing to fear from Leo
Kill Accept my most distinct assurance on TINS
pont" But whether his friends do accept 1t. seems
doubtful while protesting" says Duphh
writer that they will never obey the Pope they
know that they must yield, with however pad
grace This is the testimony of hostile witness
etc i,1f fhn
councils seems clear The Lord Mayor has put
his dislike of Papal interference into an epigram
sYou may be sure" he said yesterday, tha'
Home Rule is not going to mean Rome Rule
Scores of columns have been written
about the southampton election, speeches
have been made, the Liberal agent
has been interviewed, and letters on ana rom
both sides have been published. Direct contra
dctions abound. Whether local or Imperial in
fuences were the stronger is the point on which
all these witnesses are at issue. Sir William
Harcourt, who is never in doubt on any subject,
says that the result is not a triumph merely,
but conquest. Southampton, answer cooler OBJ
servers is political weathercock, never three
times the same; its politics are the politics OF the
docks of the steamships Of the railways, OF drink
Yet the two leading Unionist weeklies describe the
Southampton election; one as grave misfortune,
the other as a tremendous blow TO the Government.
The English have made fresh effort toward
conciliating Ireland They have christened the
Irish Exhibition at Olympia, in West London,
The Paddles The managers of the exhibition,
who are Irish, gave yesterday very Irish press
view OF the exhibition there nothing to
be seen. There will be in time, and it will be
well worth seeing All parties have united
Tories and Parneites act together on the COM
mittee The Duke Of Westminster, If he means
TO be consistent, Will have to boycott the Duke
Of Abercorn himself and Lord Charles Beresford,
and Lord Ashbourne as WELL for they are all COM
mitting sin not less heinous than Mr.. Robert
Spencer's They are joining with Mr.. Parnell,
who is on the committee.
But with or without the Duke Of Westminsters
help. this Irish Exhibition promises to be one of
the most interesting sights of London during the
rest of the summer Everything is Irish art and
manufactured ancient modern, and the space
could be filed three times over. great part Of
the exhibits viii be for sale. There will he fetcs,
also and scenes from Irish life. Blarney Castle
is to be set up in the grounds Concerts will be
given. Horse shows are promised and Mr. Parnell
himself sends two hunters.
The National defences, though longer the
tonic of the day. are still discussed. Panic there
is not. but in certain quarters there is agitation
enough to make a fitfu blaze. The Lord Mayors
refusal to grant the use Of the Mansion House
for a meeting quenched this fame for a while.
Now the embers have been rekndled The London
Chamber of Commerce is going to hold meeting
on Monday, with Lord Charles Beresford to pre-
side and Admiral Hornby TO speak. Lord Charles
meantime has been making another speech,
once more explaining that he resigned not because
the service was starved, but because it was not
efficiently organized Nobody doubts that the organ
ization in many respects is clumsy enough. Sir
Andrew Clarkc-not the doctor, but the engineer
recently said publicly that Count Won Moltke
1t the head Of the English War Office would be
paraly3ed.