New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-10
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
DISCUSSION OF THE MINISTERIAL PRO
POSALS REGARDING IRELAND.
THE AFRICAN CATASTROPHE THE LoNpoN
COUNTY CoUNcIL-MR. MORLEY TO THE So
cIALlsrs - Mr. SURGEONS LATEST
PRoNUNcIAMENTo Mr.. FRouDE
WRITING A LIFE OF BEAcoNs-
HELp-LIrERARY, PER-
soNAL AND

UELD-LITERARY, PEN
soNAL AND
SOCIAL.
.BY CABLE TO THE TRiBCNhl
r...xsah,. 1889 BY The Nee York TSfbt,ns .
OPg'eW% w. e~The first Cabinet Council Of
A.. saoson WAS held Yesterday, and this morning
.ho Iopdon press have woke up to the existence
80 the most important political secret Of the year,
vhich everybody else has known since Saturday
last The Standard" allowed to enjoy for
n whole week monopoly of its sensation about
Irish Lend Purchase Ministers, it was known,
had resolved upon a great measure, but neither sup
porters nor opponents seemed eager 10 discuss the
subject until the character of the measure was
more accurately defined. 1t was awkward for
Gladstonians to denounce scheme to the prn-
ciple of which Mr.. Gladstone had committed him
self. 1t was awkward for Tories to applaud now
what they then condemned. Both sides will have
10 face the music, and both show their reluctance
as much by their comments as they did by their
silence Tories fear an outburst of just such
hostility as destroyed Mr.. GladstOnc's bill in
1886, so they minimize the measure. The re
sponsbilty OF the British taxpayer may not wholly
disappear, says " The Times" but may con-
6dently expect that it will be made remote; and
there will be no universal or compulsory expro-
priation. Landlords must be content. with rea-
sonable guarantees. The Daily News" which
knows nothing of the bill, supposes the worst,
saying that it may and very probably will prove
to be a mere donation or State subscription TO the
worst of the Irish landlord class. This IS followed
by the advice to Irish tenants TO rely on their
newly organized and thoroughly national Defence
Association,-good advice from the Gladstonian
point Of view, backed up by threat of obsructing
any Land bill that Ministers produce.
Nothing could be more grave than the whole
tenor of African news, with the single exception
that Mr.. Stanley and Emin Pacha now
known to be safe The murder of DR.. Peters,
distressing as that news is, is but one item
In whole catalogue of misfortunes. Sir Samuel
Baker sums up the situation in brief and
vigorous letter 10 The Times" Has it
CURED TO the British public asks he that we
are hopetssly and irretrievably beaten, beaten by
slavetraders, turned out ANONYMOUSLY from those
territories which En- gland had gained for Egypt?
Mr.. Stanley has performed a marvellous feat
of African exploration. He has entirely eclipsed
Ill former travellers He has nobly saved the
survivors from the wreck of Central Africa. But
all that Engishmen had achieved is lost gone
forever The slave trade will be rampant
from the Equator to Khartoum. England may
tide her head in sorrowful dismay al the result
Of her disastrous policy in sacrificing Gordon and
abandoning the Soudan.
The visit of the Prince of Wales to Egypt has
provoked the Frcnch press into one of it's period
zeal explosions of hatred to England. Egypt is
standing grievance. The French cannot forgive
themselves for having refused the English proposal
for Aogto-french occupation of that country. and
their nsighbofs have to suffer for having been
more courageous and far-sghtcd than they Now
the French actually assert, and perhaps believe,
that the Prince Of Wales's journey TO see his son
start for India has a deep political significance.
Papers of al parties Join ia the cutlery Jhe Eng
hsh press for the most part has the good sense 10
take notice of what IS said The French de
mand' that England should evacuae Egypt has
been heard a hundred times before The oftener
It is heard the longer England is likely to stay
1t cannot be necessary to explain, except in France
that the visit of the Prince of Wales has no polt-
cal meaning whatever, and that the positionsof
tngiand In Egypt remains precisely what it was
before be started
The thoroughly anti-American Briton is de-
lighted with the anti-Republican victories of
Tuesday in the United States. This variety of
Briton, however is less numerous than he used 10
be- and it is chiefly in the provincial press that
cries of exultatiOn are to be heard The Man
chester Guardian" is type-there is better type
of the most bigoted free-trade antpathy to what
is distinctly American. The result, says this
sheet will be regarded with justice a sweeping
condemnation Of President Harrison's first year of
administration. You will be panied to hear that
Mr.. Harrison falls below the mental and moral
standards which the Republic sets for its Chief
Magistrate, but you will be amused to hear why
One reason of course is because he is Protection
ist the other is because he wants TO subsdize
lines of steamers to South American ports, and
thus to secure South American trade The speech
In which Mr.. Harrison announced this purpose
conclusivey settled his mental status says TINS
British critic. What IL settled was that neither
he nor his Cabinet could be used to depress Ameri
can industries for the benefit of the British. That
is the objectionable sin, and whoever commits
1t the British bulldog is let loose
The London County Council has preferred the
Radical Alderman of Croydon for deputy chairman
10 friend Mr.. Russell, who is first cousin IN
the Duke of Bedford. Mr. Russell accented his
defeat in caucus like good party man, and pro
posed his successful rival, Mr., Hacois
and the Council chose Mr. Hagpis on
the second ballot. The Radicals have
however discovered that public opinion is
stronger than they, even than the party scre,v
and the attempt to run the Council on purely
party lines is postponed. The supposed Job by
which Mr. IIaggis was TO act as a warming-pan for
Professor Stuart has been denounced publicly,
and of course denied. The unanimous re-elec-
aon Of Lord Rosebery as chairman fore
gone eonclusion lie has played with unfailing
success the difficult part OF non-political chair.
nan TO q body in which politics ragged He has
aheha'ed no party and has offended no individual,
ana the press of all parties applaud him. the
truth being that for such measure of public regard
hs the council has won, it is largely indebted
" is chaifman. His speech of thanks for his
Neeo''on was one long panegyric on his colleagues
anu ,ne'f achievements; genial ingenious and