New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-13
ENGLAND's ARMY AND NAVY
PROPOSALS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO IN
CREASE THEIR EFFICIENCY.

AT BY-ELECTIoNs - ME. eLADeAoSN t'a
DINING oUr-MR. FRoUDE ON HOME
RULE THE AMERICAN
BAsEBALL MINES
go YBr CABLE TO THE TaIBUNEl
Copyrieht; 1889: By The Ee'c- fors Tribune
Tendon. March i2.-National defence is stiii
the topic which the Government put forward as
most likely to divert attention from the Farneii
Commission. Their Naval policy OF hst week
has been on the whole well received at nome ana
abroad No serious complaint comes rom 1ne
Continent, though the seventy new sh1l are ex-
pectsd to put England far ahead Of every other
naval Power. It seems to be conceded that she
should have the primecy of the seas
Mr.. stanhope's statement about the Army is
far more modest. The War Office is hardly
attempting more than to make the existing forces
ef;cient 70 protect the ports and coahng stations
90 insure rapid mobilization in case of war, and
20 improve the ordnance system. All notions
of permanently fcrtifying London are abandoned
az oxtravagant, visionary and unnecessary. The
I'm mprovement in the ordnance system includes more
and better guns, which private firms, as well
"A Government factories will in the future supply.
There are TO be better barracks, also
This moderate programme secured moderate ap-
prevail from Lord Randolph Churchill instead Of
the pitiaess criticism which he rained last week
on the Admiralty. The notion that the Tories
might in their distress run again to Lord Ran
dolph for help never. suppose. had any founda-
tiou. II IL had, it has longer. The Tory organ
played tune on Monday with variations enough
ON Lord Randolph's name to prove it unacceptable
in Tory councils His letter Of Saturday on the
Navy has infuriated his former colleagues, His
course is described by The Standard as utterly
unworthy of q public man not consumed by per-
tv,laQ ba aha
forfeit Whatever lingering confidence In DIS
Judgment and patriotism his more patient admirers
may entertain. II you run down this column you
end IL bristling with such phrases as invincibe
ignorance, ridiculous ebuditions, selfish prelu-
dies. petty grievances, fretfui and disappointed
poHticisns and many more, all aimed at Lord
Randolph. He, think, has never been under
any illusions as to the bitterness of feeling against
him in high dAarters, and he will take his own
course. quite regardless of this small thunder
& He seems, however, not unwilling that the pub
lie should know how elaborately he protested
against the Parneli Commission He sent Mr.
Smith last summer memorandum on the subject
several pages long. He foresaw clearly what has
since happened. He urged then that the genu-
ineness Of the letters was extremely doubtful,
that the public would care little for the other
matters, and that the Attorney General as counsel
for The Times,' would fatally compromise the
Government should the case go against him. But
70 this as TO other wise counsels Lord Salisbury
turned deaf ear.
Barnsley is what is called moral victory for
The Unionists. Earl Comp.cn's majority, instead
OF the expected 1000, is but 2,4B1; less BY 81
than IN $50, and less by 1882 than imlSs5 The
whole vote was very heavy, but the Home Ruler
does nos quite reach the nuutber polled by the
lAhcfsf In 1885, snd the DH5onist exceeds the
previous record By nearly q thousand. The
Pigott oracle has been worked in yain,' remarks
On eminent Home Rnlcr. sadly.
This failure makes the Liberals anxious about
Bennington, the Metropolitan constituency which
votes on Friday, where they have been confident
Of turning the Tory majority of 400 into a
Liberal majority OF about the same figure. Liberal
success in Remington would more than compen-
safe for Barnsley's want Of enthusiasm.
Mr.. Froude has written two letters in order
70 explain that he is not, as alleged last week,
@ convert TO Home Rule. 1t appears, however,
from the second that his position is very much
what it was stated. BE thinks that Home Rule
win have to be tried to convince the English
that it is impossible. English constituencies are
according to Mr.. Froude so ignorant of the Irish
people that they may make Home Rule a necessity
None the less will IL be, in his view, national
suicide. His distrust Of democracy is as deep
as ever.
Mr. Gladstone is so much better that he was
able 70 dine hast evening with Lord and Lady
Rothschild in Piccadilly. Among the other guests
were the Russian Ambassador; the new British
Minister to Washington, Sir Julian Pauncefote
and Lady Psuncefote; Lord and Lady Randolph
Churchill, and Mrs. Gladstone. The illness Of
Mr. Gladstone has been only a severe cold, which
has left his voice husky.
! Sir Julian Pauncefote will make his first
journey to Washington alone The date of sailing
b not yet fixed, but it will probably be at the
end Of the present month. Lady Pauncefote and
their family viii not 90 out till autumn
The two American baseball clubs, the Chicago
and the All America, made their first appear
snce in England this afternoon at The Oval,
Remington. This is the headquarters of the
Surrey Cricket Club. The London papers for
come days have been doing their best to explain
to the English this American game. They have
succeeded in rousing some interest in the gen.
cal public, who were present in large num-
ksx, though far less than when two famous
ss5cket elevens play match. The Prince Of
Wales had promised % come, and did come
shortly after play had begun. The American
koys thereupon left the game, gathered into q
knos and gave the Prince three cheers. per-
fofrnsncs which was itself cpseered by the loyal
company assembled. Mr. White, the American
Charge d. Affairs, was with him The Legation
has interested itself for the two teams. and the
irvitstion 70 the Prince was, presume, sent
and accepted through Mr.. White. Presentations
Of the two teams to the Prince were duly made,
when the rnen turned out Their physique was
greatly admired, and 50 was their play. SO far
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