New-York tribune., 1890-03-23
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finn ~ Re,lir the now French Ministry has en-
teyed upon Office. no man regarding OF none o"'
side of France. IL is Ministry ol -ioooi"so''
though NJ. de Freycinct, its chei, mas III 'iine
past leaned toward Radicalism. and prooapiy SUN
leans. striving hard the while to be lndcpehuenu
NJ Constans, who returns trlumphah'iN 10 'no
Interior NAV be bracketed with NJ dc Frrycinet
But two Ministers at most can he called hauicai'
NJ Yves C,uvot and NJ. Bourgeois. One new man
comes TO the 'front.' NJ. Ribot, whose accession has
long been predicted. and who now takes the
rortfolio of Foreign Affairs. He is an able. con-
servativc PIotectionis, and if he be as conserva-
tive abroad as at home, Europe will welcome him
ENGLAND cares most to know what line ne Will
take on Egypt and whether the French VIII now
abandon their policy OF obstruction at 'aifo.
Nothing can be gathered from the statement read
on Tuesday, which is as colorless as usual Inc
Ministers begin wifi good prospects. with ma
iority Of 90 behind them. the Radicals observing
friendly neutrality, the Royalist opposition dis
heaYteuei. and Boulansism extinct
The Great coal strike in the Midland counties
Of England ends with great victory ior the
trades unions The employers held out just four
davs AT Thursdays conference they practically
conceded tbe miners demands, granting per
cent increase now and more next August
month later than the men asked. Meah'i'ho
mills were stopping all through the Midland coun'
ties Goals went up 10 famine prlces. INDUSTRY "aS
threatened all over England, and London IN
dugcd in a small panic lest the fires shouid go
out on its million hearths An agreement is an
nounced between the owners and miners as 10
the principle on which wages are 10 be determined
hereafter Perhaps but the trades unions have
shown their power 10 call out 100000 men at
Given moment and to send them back to work az
another moment. Capital, and not capital only.
but society, has therefore TO deal In future with
an organization more powerful and more danger
ous than ever before.
Very different Is the history of the dock strike
at Liverpool The dockers have been badly led
from the beginning The struggle resolved itself
into an effort BY the trade union 10 compel
the employers TO dismiss all non-union men. This
failed, and the strike itself has failed. Violence
was tried but did no good. Troops were sent
for. battalion arrived from Preston, and the
leaders soon saw that the game Of violence was
I'D. There were riots, but they were not serious
yfr Gladstone has been invited by the Metro
politan Radical Federation 70 express his opinion
on labor questions. lie declined on the ground
of age, and because these are ulterior questions.
while the great Irish question, though visby, per
haps. rapidly approaching solution, remains still
unsolved. Yet I apprehend that fewer persons
IN these last lew DAYS nave Dcen lDleItStu Ill
the Irish than in these labor questions, in form
Of strikes, with half million men either out or
threatening 10 90 out, and other millions IN peril
Of dire loss from the cause.
The Tories are in high spirits over the Carlton
Club meeting: high that il looks as if some
Of them had thought that assemblage Of the
party in council foreboded danger The danger they
dread most of all is dissolution They are comforted
hat h1- ord Sali shur
none too categorical though these be. They are
cynical rather than categorical and therefore
Characteristic Of Lord Salisbury. In truth, that
foolish story Of last January about imminent
dissolution never had thr least basis Of fact or
ruth. After all its mistakes and misfortunes this
Government still has working majority Of
eventy in the House of Commons and more than
two full unexpIcd years Of Parliamentary life.
To dissolve would be IN exchange certainty for
an uncertainty The word dissolution has not
been so much as mentioned in Cabinet Council.
II mentioned at the Carlton only to be dis
missed. This conference came together for no
heroic resolve, but 10 listen TO the programme
and 10 hold counsel between the party and the
party leaders Lord Salisbury promises an Irish
Land Purchase bill which shall involve no risk
TO the British taxpayer, Free Education, Tithes
BILL and other measures, some for this year. some
for next.
Lord Randolph Churchill's revolt, some
people like TO call it, not mentioned Lord
Randolph himself thought this good time for a
trip 10 Paris Some OF his friends feared, and
his enemies hoped that he would appear at the
Carlton, speak, and widen still further the breach
between himself and his old colleagues. His
journey to Paris offered good excuse for not
being present. The Tory wirc-pullers of Padding
ton have met and passed what amounts 70 a vote
Of censure on Lord Randolph. He replied in an
airy epistle from the Jockey Club-rooms at New
market, in which he told these gentlemen that he
should not resign, and politely invited them TO
mind their own business. But his best friends do
not think that his recent action has strengthened
his position.
Lord Salisbury's health causes anxiety. He is
overworked, and has been ordered TO the Medi-
terranean, though it is precisely the moment when
be wishes to be in Downing Street Prince Bis
marck's retreat is thought by Lord Salisbury's
friends 10 give him new opportunities in Europe.
The leading influence in the Ministry on domestic
questions during Lord Salsbury's absence will
be Mr. Balfours
The Parncll Commission report has been dis
cusscd and adopted in the House Of Lords after
a dress debate OF which Lord Salisbury's defiant
spccch was the most striking incident. He
dealt with the forged letters and denounced as
an ingenious Parliamentary manoeuvre the at
tempt TO persuade the public that the main OBJ
iect of the Commission was 20 inquire into these
letters No, said Lord Salisbury, the main OBJ
ject was 10 examine into the methods by which
Irish agitation is carried lie boldly asserted
that all or nearly all the success Of the Irish
Parliamentary party was due TO their allies OF
the party OF violence. Mr. Patrick Ford may
take note of the compliment The House adopted
the report without division, though not ill Lord
Uerschell. Lord Rosebery and Earl Spencer had
delivered themselves Of protests.
About the same time Mr. Labouchrre was in
yiting the House OF Commons TO express the
opinion that there should be no hereditary