New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
1BY CABLE TO THE IRInUNE.I

for any Of the cOnSpTaclcS AGAINST "d'' VIM"
have neen attempted in quick succrS>lon' -"
police at Bow Street, battalion % me "r'h""l',
Guards and squads of poStmen have cacn "''
their hand at social conv'tsons IN 10 casV
with success. The nand Of the Socialist is visible
In each one Of these attempts fr"Ie-S!"lo' AZ
totors have been M work both secretly and open
ly. The disorder in the police force IS ohiN 4"
prcarrangcd sequel to the dock strike OF IaS'
winter The object plainly av"wcd by m"rV
than one public speaker at meetings of The dls-
contentrd in both bodies. II is. said Mr.. Donald
A. Clerkcnwell Green. one more battle IN me war
of Labor against Capital. England. he declared
is 10 be comfortable place for those who WORK.
but Young hell for those who do not. II''
Gives YOU the keynote Mir Mahon, the Serrc'
tary Of the Postmen's Uno. said that this was
not fight between Mr.. RaikcS and the poStIneh'
bur a part of the labor programme. The LONDON
Trades Council itself, the most powerful p'dN
In the whole labor organization, intcrvened IN me
dispute on the side OF the strikers though TO no
purpose. The old CRY against hackIe9S IS
heard, hotN from the police and from IN" post
men. ard any man willing TO work when others
are not willing is held up to public eNecration-
In short no trait familiar in Socialistic struggles
is wanting in either of these.
The police, however, had no organization and
the attempt OF the lew men NHp If"'lN '"'"IAV
busness was a failure from the beginning Dis
content in the force does not seem 10 have spread
very far and when their old enemies, the mob took
mp their cause the good men forsook il. The
scene on Monday night in Bow Street was angry.
There was. perhaps, a moment when the loyalty
of a considerable number Of men WAS uncertain.
But that moment was brief. There was no wavcr-
ing al Scotland Yard. Every policemen knew
that if he GiSobcycd he WAS doomed. Nothing
but a universal strike among the police coUd
have succeeded and of that there never was a
chance Not hundred men in all out Of $4,000
showed Themselves willing t. proceed to eN-
trelnities The troops ready, and some of them
were brought ont to clear Bow Street but there
was no real fighting anywhere. The preteNt for
the police strike was A demand for - cents
week more pay. They now get six dollars on
entering the force with rapid increase and
life pension at the end Of twenty-five years
service Many retire before they are fifty years
Of age
The postmen have this excuse. that their com
plants patiently ard repeatedly urged, have been
treated by the Department with arrogant con
tempt No martinez Colonel of Grenadicrs car
reS matters with higher hand ;han Sir Arthur
Blacllwood, the permanent clerk who rules the
Postofiice The postmcn, like the police, want
more pay: they also want the right Of public
meetings free from official surveillance, and want
various other things more or less reasonable
They had at first the sympathy OF the public, mn
have forfeited it, partly by violence and stlll
more by completely with professional agitat0rs
Of the worst Sociali,tic type. About 400 have
been dismissed. The postal service goes on, with
some delay; hut it goes on. The police had u
be called in 10 protect the men who replaced the
strikers.
Sir Edward Bradford, the new Chief Commits
sioner. has begun we'll and has shown frmneSs
while avoiding that useless irritation Of the men
under him which Mr. Raikes unhappily excites.
lie may he said TO have queed the strike by
single act His dismissal of forty men who had
refused to 60 OH duty was decisive They were
summoned before their chief separately; each was
separately told that such an offence could not he
overlooked and each interview ended with, You
are dismissed. Right about, march When this
became known as II did very quickly, the London
police understood that they had a commander
who would stand no nonsense
Less has been said publicly about the troubles
in the Guards than either the police or post
men, but in military circles the matter was and
is, thought extremely grave. The return ot the
troops 70 duty hardly makes il less grave. Mutlnv
there was none, bat what officers prefer 70 call
momentary insubOrdiratiOn-a phrase worthy OF
Mr.. Gladstone. No doubt it was provoked by
Colonel Matlands harshncSs, but these are days
when the least trace of dissatisfaction In such a
regiment as the Grenadier Guards might have the
worst consequences The refusal 10 parade II
persisted in. would soon have ripcncd into mutny.
The men yielded, not 10 authority, hut 10 per
suason. They were coaXed back 10 duty by
their company officers. Then came concessions
reduction of guard duty made, and a line
regiment was summoned all the way from Ports
mouth to relieve the Guards. Then came Court
of inquiry into the whole busnees which i
still sitting: but the men who disobeYed the
Colonels orders feel AZ present that they have
won. They do not expect 10 be punished; but
whether punished not they have carried
their point against their Colonel, and perhaps
public opinion is with them. That is what makes
the situation dangerous.
No sc1ous opposition was offered in the House
Of Lords 20 the second reading Of the bill for the
cession of IIehgoand TO Germany. Lord Rose
berry, who spoke for the Liberal minority of the
Peers, described his criticism as friendly. None
Of his objections went deep. and perhaps nobody
would be more sorry than he should any Of them
modify the general opinion Of the country in
favor Of Lord Salisburys treaty. They will not
modify it. Lord Roscbcry himself desires not
a
standing between Germany and England. Mr..
Gladstone does not desire it. except in the most
Platonc sense. His desire is that England should
tighten the links which bind her 10 France
Most of his Radical supporters are Of the same
mind or, 10 speak more accurately. share his SYM
nthies But this country has perhaps had enough of
merely emotional diplomacy. Lord Roscbery is
strong enough 10 have his own way in his own
party touching foreign affairs lie declined to
oppose the second reading of the bill. declaring
expressly that ne would have nothing to do with
Dragging the foreign policy Of this country into
The arena of party warfare. There are Glad
s'onhnS in the House of Commons who may be
feied on not TO initiate Lord Roscberys patriotic
sood sense. They do not expect 10 defeat the
agreement, but they think some party advantage
may be snatched by talking of Lord Salisbury's
vuiIehder Perhaps the only point on which
~, ,.'H feeling has been reused is the alleged dis
lihe OF the IIplipolauInrc tn lao b,u Ia