New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
rHE BRITISH MINISTER NOW ON Els WAY
TO THIS COUNTRY,
,nc1vERsAL PRAISE FOR SIR CHARLES Rus
SELLS GREAT spEEcH-THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE HoUsE-PHAsEs OF HOME RULE
CONTROL OF THE LONDON POLICE
FUNERAL OF THE DUCHESS OBJ
cAMBRIpGE-MR. WHIST.
LER-MR. FRoUDE'S
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9 -...,;aht. 1889 BY The Eesc- York Tfisuns.
Yadon April 13-Sir Julian Pauncefote leaves
fonaon this morning at 10, and sails this after
.n,, At on the Cunard steamer Etruria from
Y....,no, for Ney-York. He goes without his
81 .na accompanied by Mr.. Ames, his private
.anre,arv Sir Julian enters upon his mission as
Is..,.h Minister with something more than high
....ior and long record of distinguished SER
- ,ar;ous fields He sets out with good
W. 18th real goodwill to America and Amer
;esns md with every wish TO see all causes OF
~n.-rsl ended. He is the friend of many friends
~ ours and he has, they soy. far too much knowl-
a. ~ the world and Of men 20 peat recent mis-
q .s,,ss ~. will take no part in American affairs
z :. s,ob He will not think il triumph to make a
treaty. 40 sided as to insure its rejection There
as M animosities which he feels called ON either
"a resent or 70 champion. He goes as something
more than tie Envoy of the Foreign Office. He
= not an, ebssary of the Foreign Minister Of the
moment, whom political changes may displace,
but the representative of the British Nation, whose
desire for friendship with the American Nation is
deep-seated and permanent. Sir Julian belongs.
in other words, to the new school Of diplomacy,
not to the old He looks for success not in snatch
ing diplomatic victory by mere shrewdness, but
70 establishing or strengthening good relations
between the two countries by policy Of fair deal
inc, Of honorable concession and of mutual re-
spect. 1 will venture to predict for him both
esteem and general popularity in the United
States.
Mr.. Bates's position with reference to both
Samoa and the German Government is discussed
by The Cologne Gazette" in manner which
disposes of the foolish suggestion that he would
be rejected or i'll received at Berlin. This journal
Is known all over Europe as one OF the semi
official orgnns Of the Berlin Foreign ONCE. Like
other diplomatists, the writer is scandahzed that
an Envoy should discuss the subject of his mission
In magazine. But Americans" he continues,
have a peculiar style OF diplomatic procedure,
and the Old World viii probably have TO habituate
itself to the fashion of the New" Translated
into ordinary speech this means that Mr.. Bates
was indiscfeet but that Germany will none the
less treat him civilly
There is but one opinion of Sir Charles Russelps
speech. The judges, the bar and the public agree
that it is the greatest forensic effort of this
generation. 1t has many eloquent passages, its
peroration the most eloquent Of all But its high
est merit in professional eyes is its msrshalhng
of the evidence. SIR Charles. by On
effort Of which few lawyers are capable,
has reduced that vast and forrnless
mass of evidence into order and symmetry eassi-
aed all the various sorts OF testimony. collected
into one comprehensive st Re,nent the struggling
story Of the plaintiffs. and then analysed. dis
sected. refnted and-if you accept his theory.
destroyed and demolished the whole fabric. The
political value of the speech Is perhaps, greater
stin. The ultimate effect on the public Of this
narrative of Irish wrongs from the Irish advocates
point OF view can only be measured when it is
reprinted and circulated it will he. for political
purposes. Already there are rumors in legal
circles that SIR Charles has completely carried the
Court with him. Compliments rain down on the
great lawyer. and something more than compli-
ments. Political opponents. the chief Tory organ
chief among them, offer him the finest tributes
Of all
The succession to the leadership Of the House
Of Commons has suddenly become burning qucs-
tion and long-smouldering jealousies have burst
into flame There is Balfour party, Goscnen
party and Lord Randolph Churchill party, and
the Birmingham dispute is now said TO have turned
more or less on this issue. That is to say IL Lsrd
Randolph Churchill had consented to stand and
had been elected, as he would have been by
great majority his claims TO the leadership could
no lonrer have BEEN ignored But Lord Salisbury
does not want him again 10 lead the House OF Com
mons; hence the intrigue which stopped his con-
testing Mr.. Bnght's late scat To appoint Mr.
Balfour would be family job, say Mr.. Goschen'S
friends. To appoint Mr. GoSchen would be to put
a Liberal over the heads of Tories, retort Mr.
Smiths supporters. II would not be surprising
should these disputes end In Mr. Smiths keeping
hs r.. s,l,nlo QufRnput
good sense and very fair success. That City din
ner has much improved his health. The fact that
Lord Randolph is the best man for the place ap-
pears to be thought Of secondary Importance.
The House of Commons business, in spite OF
distractions, i. so forward that Parliament ad-
journed yesterday until the 2eth, ailonger Easter
yacation than ,aAybody hoped for s@sphe weeks
debates have been Of little general interest rIl
last night, when Mr. Parnell interyened with an
appeal in behalf Of The distressed tenants in Done
gal But the Irish leaders appearance in the
witness-box ON April 80 Is what both sides are
now expecting, for when he has lift itmany things
win be clearer than they are now Next week,
too, win be interesting, for both Birmingham and
Rochester vote. Birmingham Is now given over
by the Gladstonians as past hoping for. The
Tories and Liberal Unionists have clasped hands
over the still open chasm, and Mr.. Bright will be
elected, everybody believes, by large majority.
But Rochester will be close with the chances In
favor Of Home Rule.
ireland this week has not so entirely blocked
the way as to prevent Scotland from getting m
hour or two Of Parliamentary time. The Govern.
nent has framed it's promised measure OF Local
Government for Scotland, and the Lord-Adyocats
introduced it with lucid exposition. The Scot
nsh and other members gave 1t a good reception.