New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-07
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
er,qryREs OF THE PRINCE OF wALES'S EN-
TERT1INMENT OF THE SHAH.

CONTROVERSIES WITH FRANCb ANA
,n,eu ArrA1Rs-MR DAvrTT's TESTIMONY
nov,1 GRANTS - CELEBRATING THD
ror,pT1 OF Jrr.Y-AMERICAN RIFLE
,rN-ruE JOCKEY CLUB SCANDAL
THEATRICAL AND ARTISTIC
nv CABLE TO The TRIBUNE1
co.,,,.nbt. 1889 BY The Ne,o- York Tribune.
fondnn JuIv e.-London and the Shah have
80 hos, IN amuse each other this week, and
Io,'o succeeded very well. The English have per-
hons suspicion that they are making too much
90 this Persian potentate but keep the feeling 10
themselves. The London papers are read not
hr but 70 his Imperial Majesty; that is, extracts
are read. not certainly, all the scores of columns
daily devoted to his doings His weeks pro-
cramme WAS arranged by the Prince of Wales and
:; Instructive as an expression of what the Prince
thinks hest worth seeing, or most likely TO inter
est his ouest The view he has given him OF Lon
don is a social view The splendid pageant or
oanized for his arrival was partly naval, partly
military and partly commercial. but above all
nonnIar- All merely official duties and ceremonies
bove been transacted in the b.iefeSt manner. 1he
levees at buckingham Palace and the visit to the
Oueen at Windsor were hurried through Amuse-
mont vas the real business of the week. Inc
onera at Coyent Garden, luncheon at the Guild
half dinners with Earl Cadogan and Lord Rose
berv. a state ball and state concert, Sir Alper'
Sassoon's very brilliant and beautiful reception al
,be Empire Theatre, crowded garden-party ap
Marlborough House, racing at Kempton fark-
these are the functions which are TO relmpreSS hs
Majesty of Persia with the greatness ana glory
nf England The Prince Of Wales has peeh as
siduous in attendance on his guest Reasons u
state are alleged for all these tributes OF hoS,
pitalty. The Prince has, l presume, 1olio".u
tbe Golden Rule and done unto the Shah as ho
would that the Shah should do unto HIM III Ieiei"
The Princes chief ally has been Slr heniS
Wolff. The British Minister TO Persia is oreain-
inr. they say. dreams of peaceful reVoIuuon on
the shores of the Persian Gulf and in the garuehs
and palaces of Teheran, and is hoping lor coiiceS
sions for commercial privileges ana lor poh'io"i
alliances. All is TO 60 well in India because the
Shah was pleased with the towerS ana dances aV
the Empire Theatre in London. 1t may De So
London. at any rate has had lively week OF
H. wherein all classes have had their snare vi
endowment Nothing could be more aulhlraole
than the good nature of the puDhc, VINO, howoNei'
have shown little enthusiasm ;-nothing, unless u
were the patience of the police, who have been
on duty day and night and have been well hahuleu
by their new chief Mr. Munro The Shah hnlshes
off tonight with fireworks at the Crystal falace'
and starts next week on that astounding couh-
tryhouse tour which also the Prince has contrlNeu
for him. 1t is not only the general pubhc whose
good nature is admirable Their kfndliness OF TEN
per is more than rivalled by the Salsourys, the
Brownlows. the Windsors the Rothschllds ana
the rest of those owners of beautiful places IN
England and Scotland where the Shah IS to be
guest.
Evervtbinr else is secondary to the Shah. Yet
polltical and other activities have not been
ent1reIy suspended, nor the shops and theatres
Shut Foreign relations with other countries
than Persia continue Even little Portugal 'has
been heard of, and the Delagoa Bay difficulty
is a pretty one as il stands. Lord SALISBURY says
publicly in the House Of Lords that the conducU
of Portugal is hgh-handed and unJust as IL
nrobablv is. but those are adjectives reserved
for the lesser Powers Englshmen consider that
France has behaved in a different way, as badly
about Egypt as Portugal has about Delagoa Bay
but civil remonStrance is the order OF the day
with France Money is at the bottom oil both
troubles. The Portuguese have confiscated rail-
road built with English capital; and France re-
fuses TO assent TO the conversion of the Egyptian
bonds as the readiest means of expressing her.
dislike 10 the continued English occupation OF
Egypt. Means will be found to compose both
Quarrels.
The thrashing of the dervshes at Wady-Hal1a
grnqs cries of sympathy from their Irish and Rad
cal friends in England, but the event is important
What the dervishes meditated and attempted was
nothing less than the invasion of Upper Egypt.
Their defeat is for the present decisive.
Irish news is not of a kind TO please lrishm9S
in America Agitation is almost at standstllL
Mr.. Smith BaTy's tenants, who came to London
10 invite him 10 abandon his fellow landlords,
have gone back with plaln answer ana a uea III
their ear The landlords have learned from the
tenants the secret of combination, which has be-
come less popular game with the tanants now 1t
is seen that two can play at it. Mr.. OBnens new
crusade has brought him instantly into col
liSon with the authorities and 1t seems likely TO
be brief in consequence The confirmation OF MIR.
Conybeare's sentence to three months 1mprls"n-
ment draws tears and shrieBs from " lie DAILY
News" which informs its readers this morning
that there has long been no justice IN ireland,
and that now there is absolutely no law Per
haps not; but there is peace in the House OF Com
MONS
MIR. Davitt's examination and cross-examina-
ton have revived some interest in the ParneH
Commission He proves on the whole to be dam
aging witness Tor the cause OF nOihe hulc. LIS
frankness, honesty and sincerity, his readiness TO
avow extreme opinions his assertion of his own
preference for complete separation between Eng
land and Ireland, his defence of the Manchester
muIderers-these and many other things have been
so many weapons in the hands of his enemies
which they have not been slow to use. They
have startled the English public, and dismayed
the English Liberals most of all, who know what
noIitical use will hereaft he made Of these ma
terials. When Mr. Davitt insists that the use
of dynamite and the preaching of a dynamite
crusade are consistent with Christian char
acter. his more moderate comrades, who hold
no such opinions, will escape with diff
Guilty from the suspicion Of holding them.
The result, on the whole, of Mr. Davitt's
,oetirnnnr is 10 increase the penernl roSnnnt