New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25

| with the Soudan, even with Gordon, and the
| Soudan and Gordon are names hateful to all good
| Hiadstonians Mr.. Stanley is nevertheless STIR
| ring once more those deep feelings for empire of
which all Engishmen once proud, and which
| some Englishmen still cherish.
| War to the knife is what Sir William Harcourt
| now promises the Ministry. These politics Of
! the stletto are practised as well threatened.
| They have again this week taken the form Of
| obstruction. Mr.. Gladstone goes, as he has gone
before in similar circumstances to Hawardon,
| allowing mischievous boys of sixty, like Sir
| William Harcourt, TO play pranks in the House
! OF Commons. They are doing something to reduce
Parliament TO impotence and to turn legislation
| into farce, hoping thus to dscredit the Ministry
| Dnat9ry notions the Budget bill were pcrse-
vered with for three days. The compensation
| clauses the excuse for much of this ohstruc-
| ton. The third reading not carried till last
| night, after final protest from Sir Wiltred
| Lawson. Perhaps the feature Of the week has
| been Sir William Harcourt's appearance ms a
| temperance champion. Temper has run high and
| scenes have occurred rather frequently. Mr. Smith
insisted on certain business being completed before
| the House adjourned for Whitsuntidc lie
| told that it should not he done. Very WELL
| then; there will be no Whitsuntide holidays for
| the House." replied this mild leader with that
! tirmness which he has shown before now in
| emergencies Thcrcupon the Opposition collapsed
The House now stands adjourned till Monday week.
Mr. Gladstone wound up his visit 10 East
| Anglia with an epgram or what for him may
| he called epigram. He rcchristcncd the Min
sterial License act the Public Houses Endowment
| act. Strict accuracy is not expected in crgTams,
nor is strict accuracy in dealing with facts that
do not At in with lis wishes Mr.. Gladstone's
strong point He hal something TO say. for eN-
| ample about Siberian atrocities Should Eng
land demonstrate With the Gar the Gar might
retort, thinks Mr. ParDrlls convert. Remember
Mitchelstown." Does anybody remember Mitchels-
town. except as a melancholy instance Ct Mr..
Gladstone's unique power Of mssecing facts?
He seems 10 have Quilted the scene of these
performances without proposing that East Anglia
should have a Home Rule Parliament of lis own.
Mr. Balfour was not long in following him
into this sleepy agricultural district. u do not
| know" said Mr.. Balfour, whether Mr.. Gladstone
| will admit that paths of misrepresentation and
| calumny are those which the Liberal party ought
to tread if they wish to return 10 power; hut
refuse to believe that in the long run those tactics
will pay with the English people You may
read similar comments in the most serious, reflect
| ing and moderate of Tory journals Mr. Gladstone's S
| parallel between Ireland and Siberia is not 10
their taste, nor think, to the taste Of the morr
| reasonable among his own followers An out
ragcously factious parallel, journal calls it,
and with reference TO his calunny on his own
country by so great a party leader declares that
in all our party history there has never been So
saddening a spectacle.
| The London County Council did finally on
| Tuesday last pass by a small majority resolution
10 petition the House Of Commons against the
| Licensing bill of the Government They may
probably next petition Congress against the
| Tariff bill
| The National Prurence Socety-not 10 he con-
| founded with the London County Counc-is
| again at work. It's agent applied Thursday
| for a process against advertiser who ventures
70 exhibit the walls of london the picture Of
young woman now performing al the Aquarium.
The young woman in the picture has rather more
| clothes on than The young woman herself oil the
stage, and than many other young women on
| other stages but the National Pruricnce people
are content to attack the picture and to leave the
| subject Of il in the flesh alone police court
| magistrate sent an officer 10 warn the Aquarium
| manager that the advertisement ought 10 he with
drawn. The shop windows Of all London full
of phOtOgrap phs still less clothed NObudy knows
what princp pie thcse guardians Of public morals
proceed but they are doing their best 10 b:ing
morals, decency and police courts into contempt
No doubt London advertisers are a nuisance, but
their real offence is vulgarity not indecency.
The eldest son OF the Prince Of Wakes Prince
| Albert Victor, commonly called Prince Eddie. has
| been made Duke Of Clarence, a title more than
| 800 years old. He becomes Peer Of the Realm,
| and will take his seat in the House Of Lords.
lie may if he sees H., take part in legislation and
vote for the Deceased Wic's Sister bill. This act
Of the Queen is understood - signify her opinion
that the time has when her grandson should
| begin public lfc, and accept the responsible bltics
| Of his position heir 70 the throne. Prince
| Eddie is twcnty-siX years old, with perhaps more
| good nature than force OF character He is GER
| taLnly competent 10 discharge some Of those many
ceremonial duties which the Prince Of Wales per
forms. His health is not though, very firm since
| mis- return from India
| After twenty years of unremtting effort, Qucen
Isabella has carried her point Her Majesty, or
| cX-Majesty Of Spain. has finally wrung from her
sister Majesty of Great Britain an invitation.
She has come to England, She has gone TO Windsor,
She has lunched with Queen Victoria she has
been invited 10 State Ball, she has lodged at
| Claridge's Hotel, and she has n visitors book In
| which certain number of the English nobility
have inscrihcI their names in testimony Of respect
| TO woman who by stretch of courtesy ,an
| ~ called respectable. TIE Princess Of Wales her
| self has called on Queen Isabella who may now
| return to Palis with the conviction that 10 her
Fl, royal birth everything has been pardoned But
| such incidents as these do not pass unnoticcd by
| thr people Of England They are object lessons in
| republicansm
The King Of the Bclgans. who has been here
| for week, was supposed 10 have over with
some reference 10 Mr. Stanley. for whom his ad-
| miraton is unboundcd. But the Court ncwsman,
who is a wonderful creature in his way, now an
nounces that the King will follow The Queen 10
| Ialmoral 10 present a bouquet Of mauve orchids
to Her Majesty. This the public is invited 10
believe and not any regard for Mr.. Stanley, was