New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06


pr CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.
cvvyrtght 1883, By The Ne,o. York Tribune
LONDON. May 5-Some anxiety about the con
a;tion of things In Eastern Europe has rather
Suddenly sprung up during this week. There are
stories of Montenegrin movements OF disturbances
In Macedonia, and Of fresh diplomatic difficulties
between Turkey and Greece. Whatever ef1er-
yesccnce there may be, Russia is responsible for.
The Gar seems ready TO put himself In the hands
Of the Panslavist party and has restored to ONCE
General Bogdanovitch, one of the chief Panslavlst
leaders An explosion in the Balkans seems pos
sible, but is rather less probable when announced
beforehand
In France on the other hand, there is lull IN
the Boulangst excitement One writer goes SO
far as to say that the frenzy is over and that even
in the Department of the Nord General Boulanger
today could not be reelected. No doubt General
Boulanger's managers are perplexed, but to sup
nose that they are ready TO abandon him is to
suppose too much NJ Carnot's tour which it was
thought might give rise to Boulangist demonstra
tions has on the contrary, been mildly successful
for the President
There is an obvious wish on the part OF those in
authority at Charlottenburg to persuade the pub
Lie that the Emperor is really better Pontlcai
motives will account for this attempt. Inc
truth appears to be that the Emperor has not
rallied from the last crisis though the acute stage
of it is over for the moment. His strength Is no
longer equal to work He remains in bed all or
nearly all day, and the fever has not been quite
shaken off, Reports are heard that DR.. Mac
kenzie is coming to London, but those who ought
70 know best do not expect to see him at present
Whether any decision has been taken by Mr.
Parnell respecting the Pope's Irish circular Is
not yet known, but will be known on TUESDAY.
The Eighty Club will then entertain Mr. Parnel
at dinner, and Mr. Parnell will speak, and VIII
make, according to the National organ, an i'm
portant prOnouncement whatever that phrase
may mean His friends say that he Will endeavor
TO avoid q struggle with the Pope, but there IS
no man whose friends so little likely TO know
what he means as Mr.. ParneIl. All the probaoll-
tiles, however, are in favor of middle course
II one can bo discovered. Mr.. Gladstone also
speaks next week and is expected to break
lance with his old enemy, the Pope
Mr., Goschen has carried through the House
his Customs and Inland Revenue BILL after a
parting shot from Mr. Gladstone. The politlcal
situation has SO much changed since he made his
Budget speech that the same organ which well
coined his proposals denounces them as not
socially beneficial nor financially sound. There
have been concessions, as there always are, Oh
minor matters, but Mr. Goscnen mas stoou 10 hiS
guns, abandoned no principle. and sacrificed no
essential detail Of this complicated scheme.
The Royal Academy Exhibition is, by general
consent the best Of recent years. 1t includes at
least dozen pictures of surprising merit and
many scores which attain to excellence Inc
artists who come out in greatest strength are
Sir Frederick Leighton, the president: Sir John
MiIlais and Mr. Alma Tadema each with but
single painting; Mr.. Holl, whose portraits are
numerous; Mr.. Orchardson, whose one picture
seems TO me on q higher level than-popular as he
is-he has before reached our countryman, MT.
Sargent; NJ. Carolus Duran and MIR. Leader, one
Of whose landscapes is the >solidest piece OF work
which he has yet DONE while another is beaut1ui
In its delicate luminousness. Mr.. Herkomer Is
hardly to be included, for he is below himself.
Sir Frederick Leighton's Captive Andromachc'
Is distinguished by those qualities in which the
President of the Academy is actually, as well as
nomnally the head of English art, by learning,
finish, accuracy in drawing, and perfect balance
In composition. 1t has in addition, vigor and a
human interest not always SO conspicuous IN
him. "Murtly Moss, Perthshirc,' is such land
scape as Sir John Millas has not painted since
his " Chill October" and is not eXcelled by that
in truth or beauty. This is, perhaps, even more
attractive by its warmth and delicacy Of color
ing. Mr.. Alma Tadema's Roses of Heliojgabalus'
is q sensation lie has seldom painted larger
and never a more brilliant work Half of the
surface is garden of roses from which emerge
admirable heads and equally admirable figures OF
the Emperor and his friends, gazing down from
above.
Portraits abound more than ever Mr.. Hollis
most numerous Of all. His Mr.. Gladstone
deserves earliest mention, not for its merits but
in
In strong relief all those evil qualities which
his friends know he does not possess. 1t has force
and fire, but the force and fire are from below.
He has made him look like dynaniterl" !"
cried spectator. Very different is the
same artists Earl Spencer. Mr. Holl has not sue
ceeded in transferring to the canvas that air Of
distinction which characterizes Lord Spencer but
this apart, the likeness is exact and the painting
a mastery rendering of all that the artist saw in
his subject. This and Mr.. Hollis Sir William
Jenner are the finest portraits in the exhibition
from any English hand NJ. Carolus Duran's
Pasteur is finer still
Mr.. Sargents portrait of Mrs. Marquand is
hardly less remarkable for dignity, refinement
and seriousness in treatment. Mrs. Bolt is all
alive ON another canvas by Mr.. Sargent but is
painted with less restrained sense Of humor
than respect to his subject required Mr..
RichmoDds Prince Bismarck misses every trait
which makes Prince Bismarck what he is Wis
countess Hood, by Mr.. Richmond, is snowy rather
than brilliant, nor did Nature really intend this
beautiful woman for tragedy queen. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill fares as badly at the hands Of
Mr. Edwin Long as Prince Bismarck with Mr..
Richmond. His force of character has vanished
Mr. Vicat Coles Pool of London is the largest
and one of the most effectively painted of the
landscapes in the exhibition.
Not a few Academic veterans still hang super
auous.on the walls. but they occupy, perhaps, less
space than in years past and younger men who
can paint profit by their absence French influence
is more apparent than in landscape, most of