New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-25
NOTES FROM LONDON.
BERLIN CENSORSHIP - Mr. HRLBERT -
LORD BURY on LANGCAGE-SPURI-
Gus MARIE ANTOINETTlS-
MISS BELLWOOD
London, April 16.

has curious ways Its latest exploit is 10 alter.
for the benefit Of the non-Gcrnan world. Prince
Bismarcks message Of thanks 10 he three or
four thousand people who lately tcleraphed him
their sympathies: "On the occasion Of nv dis
missa' said the Prince. In the Re ter version
dismissal is toned down to "nsignation,,
presumably in obedience TO orders fom high
quarter. Mr.. Lowe. of The Tinrs. is my an-.
thorlty; and he is none too frerdy to Princ1
Bismarck, though he wrote his Life, avery good
Life, in two large volumes. The Chncelor. I
once heard. could never make up his mind 10 be
obligng to any Times" correspondent after VI.
Bowitz had visited Berlin VI. Bloyitzs ac-
counts Of interviews which never occurred we've
not TO the Chancellor's taste and tie colleagues
of VI. Blowitz had to suffer for his ildscretions.
But why should the Emperor. or the Empcrors
censor perseverc with that fiction ahu, Prince
BLsinarcks resignation? Does he slppse the
world VIII believe only what he wishes tlr world
10 believe? Or is he unaware that lis ne,y
Chancellor. the General-Chancellor. yesf,rlav let
drop the mesk, and pulled aside the curtin and
disclosed the truth about that last lcavc.oking,
But 1t is Of the nature and essence Of prss CON
sorshIp that 1t should be stupid and stnpl, il IA.
In act as in theory, and in Berlin as in Pals
Mr. W. II. IIurlbcrts long lampoon or III.
French Republic meets with but scant favor from
The Monarchlst critics, whom, presumably. TWAS
meant % propitatc. The Athenacum7 tell, its
readers he Is not n safe guide" correcfs sine
OF his more ilagrant Misrepresentation. and points
out that IN order 10 support his accusations against
the French school system he attacks most Ditiely
the common-school system Of the United Stars
once Mr.. llurlbcrts own country. ENaggrratsn.
ovcr-statcment total want Of arranecmen,-ach
are some of the more purely literary criticisms On
this astonishing book. The point. however. chilly
interesting 10 Americans Is tersely put by The
Liverpool Post. the leading Liverpool paper. Nr.
lIurlbert has thought il worth while 10 qur, a
remark which President Grant is said 10 ave
made 10 Sir Theodore Martin. TO the effect that
Englishmcn live under institutions which Auer-
would give their ears TO possess. 1t is n the
highest degree improbable that Grant ever sid D.
Sir Theodore Martin or anybody else, anything s.
supremacy silly. But Mr.. lIurlhcrt seems lot T.
what stone he picks up to throw at his laiive
country; what half-brck. Mr.. IIurbcr.'
says the Liverpool paper above named. Z" as hown
by this volume. is an American who has nthing
but contempt for French Republics. past or pres
cnt and very little respect for the Of whrh ha
is citizen. In his estimation, it was simply n
clumsy experiment. which has been kept in fair
working order since by series Of more or less
fortunate accidents"
This book originally meant TO appear Il -
said under the title, The French Republl, IN
Extrcmis Mr. llurlhcrt actually wrote and pub
lshcd in "The For,nehtly Review an arucl,
with that title: n kind Of forcrunner pull ire-
lminary, to tie volume in question. II Is be-
lcvcd in London that Mr.. ifurl'crt il in the 2ay
of the Orlcanist Princes and more pr'l'unrY
of the Pretender in-chief, the Comic dc rams.
If So he would naturally have been party t'
that Orleans Bouaneer alliance which cam" 10 such
utter grief and smash at the last electors, ana
his book had that alliance but irumphed.
wonld have celebrated the triumph in expectation
~ which il was written 1t comes day ailer
the fair and the measure Of harm n can de- Francs
is the neutrality-suspicious. | should add the ~
norance-of the English readers for whom II was
designed They are imagine. less ignorant ana
less credulous than Mr. llurlbert supposrs. They
do at any rate see clearly, and say. that Dir.
Ilurlbert himself exhibits tie interesting paradox
Of an American Monarchlst. Overlooking with tho
enthusiasm Of peryert from Rcpnbtcanism.
Lord Bury is primarily responsible for one OF
the most beautiful exhibitions Of human imhe-
cilitv ever made He is chairman Of the Electri
Traction Company. and in that capacity II oo-
CURED 10 him that word was wanted 10 denote
electrical progression He wrote 10 he lines
70 ask for one. and the columns Of that slngn@ry
edited sheet have since oyerhO"cd Win "''fs
and suggestions in response TO Lord b"i! "P
neal There is subject upon when p'oPr
seem II write with such coniidenc" as one Oh
which they are profoundly Ignorant Lo''
Rnry's CORRESPONDENTS are, with hardly an eNcep-
ton. men who know nothing Of the laws WHICH
,,o,.er, mr. ought TO govern, the formation OF
language or the coinage of new words. ln'y
have no sense or instinct for what Is right or
wrong in lnguistcs or apparently, any hoNo'
that in philology there Is any sHeh ''n- 4"
rlght or wrong. Zach writer Is IA" ul'" n'ii'
self and by nothing short Of direct lh'eIPosF
ton Of q higher power can he, II ne mas his """
,.,,. IA. nrcycnted from being law unto others.
The most grotcslue and ungainly ana a''o-''"'.
foolish nrono,as are made. and The Times
nr,nts them free for its part from any more sense
- responsibility than if they were forged letters
u,,r,or,inr 10 be written by Mr. ParnclL Ia
columns tccm with barharisms and solccisms. ami
,, tho end of a week or SO. during which 1t has
allowed license TO run riot. II squares us own
Conscience. if conscience it have. by making
elaborate fun of the whole business
Not so is Lord Bury TO he stalled OF. lie Is
s,rous man. and takes himself and his suolecs
serou,ly lie writes another, and LET us nope
final. letter announcing for and IN behalf OF MS
electric company. his adoption OF the interesting
verb 10 motor" as sufficient verp Tor MS Pui
nose lie. too, is innocent OF hns"is"''' "
careless about the corruption oil al ""'"' -
once admirable tongue admlTaple SUI "''n We
hear it from n great master, but CROWNS "'''
less admirable in ordinary use Inc H"7'S"
ME- struggling into wakefulness out oil mas
,.thorov in which they seem for the most pai'
nlunced. have sometimes denounced the Amc'i'
conization Of the noble instrument which oeiohSs
, ,b.,, .rd In MS in common. Wen, We
have our own sins to answer for, and they are
NOT ught. Bat will presume to say 'hat never
in any one week have we dreamed Of adul'era,ins
the language by a hundredlh part OF the noNio's
and mdicrous inventions to which the leading
journal Of Great Britain has given what We may
hone is but brief notoriety
Mfr. Punchs comment on all tins nonsense ~
tho nrnnsnn reulllrcS.