New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

sroxr,s NEWEST coNvERsloN-lRsH
AFFArRs-LORD r. CHURCHlLLs LIN
prRAycE scHEME-MR. STANLEY
ART AT THREE GALLERIES
SOCIAL. LITERARY AND
DRAMATIC NOTES.
,,vc.a,y TO The TRIBUYE.i
Copyriqht: 1890 By The Ne'- iorS 1''o""''
london Nav 3.-That dreadful lst OF Nav mas
rome and gone, and Europe is not much 'ne WIS
Hardly shot was fired. and ho"heie ~ -
ANY serious disturbance. Even Ahdi'AiS'' A"''
..nse enough not 10 enieI into conilc' WIN W
cietv when society is fully prepared "ehuine
uorkmen perceived that The oociaiiS'io n'o
,.o.n, 20 axe advantage of their demonstration.
and wisely declined all partnership with reVoiu-
,iono,v disorder The two places where most
vas feared were Paris and Vienna. The precau-
,iops taken in both places were ample for any
ching less than a general uprising. The whole
garrison of Vienna was on war footing. The
worLingmen contented themselves with holding
.,xtvseyen trade meetings In the early morning.
each resolving in favor Of eight hours for DAYS
work This done they adjourned TO the Prater.
drank beer and consumed innumerable sauSages,
and wondered why the troops were under arms
The crowd in the Prater. mostly laborers was
estimated at 10000. and till they dispersed no.
body quite knew how the day would end
In Paris there was no disturbance worth men
toning, though but for the precautions taken
the city might have been af1ame. The hero Of
Thursday is NJ. Constans, the Minister of the
Interior. Europe had heard Of him before as AN
able and resolute man. 1t knows him now as
thoroughly capable of keeping order. NJ. Blowitz
published on Thursday what is called an inter
-; lf;,,,et Il ,e
By H. Constans-a very strong speech, the speech
of a man who has ideas well as courage and
administrative capacity. 1t has strongly impressed
those who read il, and since it in The Times
that 1t appeared it has been read all over Europe.
Yet he protests against credit being given 10
him or to any individual. Repression OF dis
order is an act of government" says this States
man-Minister "A proper government is one
in which all wills converge, in which social de-
fence is the work Of all. So sure was he OF the
result that he did not hesitate 70 predict
Wednesday that Paris would be quiet Thurs
day. If the threatened demonstrations were the
work Of artisans" he said, Il might doubt; but
they are not The contrivers of these intended riots
are men ready to fling real artisans under the
hoofs Of the horse of the first sham Caesar who
starts up" This pointed allusion was more
pointed still with the results of the Sunday cleo
tons fresh in every ybody's memory
One other remark Will sink Into the minds
of the industrious of all classes Such demon
stration as they wish TO make said NJ. Constans,
If not dangerous, would be barren To decree
social equality is TO decree universal starvation
What France wants is to eoualize burdens. That
cannot be done by agitation" His arrests in ad-
vance were well planned; Of a kind. however.
impossible in England and America. where the
certainty that man means to set fire 10 your
house does not Justify seizng him before the
match is applied. NJ. Constans seized men, and
women too. who were planning crime or in
citing to crime Yet nobody has bethouQht him
self Of liking France 10 Ireland or of CRYING out
against coercion. He announces. too. his intention
TO send out of France four five thousand for
eigners who trouble the public security. This
firm, strong policy does in truth exactly suit the
French. VI. Constans has shown that Republic
can govern in difficult moments America knew
it but Europe still thinks that axiom novelty
Nothing happened elsewhere worth much no
tice. Berlin, which has been the scene Of a gen.
erA strike at least for a day. holds 400 600
workingmen, Of whom perhaps one-twentieth part
took holiday. Some masters gave it, but were
thought weak. The Socialist threats came to
nothing. The arch-Sociaist of all had said there
was to be order, and order reigned Imperial
caprice does not extend TO countenance of riot or
to countenance Of anything but what Imperial
omniscience has cecreed TO be good. Neither in
Italy nor in Spain was finger lifted. 1t is
doubtful whether in Russia the Censor allowed
anybody 10 know that it was the Ist of May
The Socialist turnout in London was possibly
two-thirds strong. Professions rigidly con-
fined TO specified streets. where traffic is slight
Of this their leader, one Williams, complains
loudly He announces that next year the East
End will march on the West End in force
which neither batOns nor bayonets can stop But
next year is still distant
The best feature Of the Paris municipal cleo
lions is the defeat of the Boulangist candidates.
relying on his tremendous victory at the be-
ginning of last year, General Boulanger seems 70
nave believed that he could retrieve in Paris some
part OF his general disasters in the country. lie
succeeded in solitary district which returned
one solitary BOulangist Councillor There are
tecoRd elections, in which it is supposed three
more may be chosen the Bouangists say thirteen !
he votes show, however, that Paris is still far |
more radical than the country.
MI Gladstone has undergone ore more CON |
version. lie appeared last night in the House of |
NS'"a"ohS as an advocate of that disestablish- |
hneht OF The Scotch Church which be has all his |
IL
'ha' Ine opinion of Scotland has changed. and
he must change with it, He finds sufficient owl
dence OF this change in the changing votes OF
the oco'ch Members in the House on this question.
mere was majority of the Scotch Members for
i'So year, motion, and majority of the new
Hco'ch Members chosen since 1856 are on the
same SIDE SO Mr.. Gladstone, to whom Disestab-
'ishmeht was once synonym for sacrlege
marches over into the majority camp Slight
indeed is the evidence on which he relics in ustf
cation oil this latest recantstion of once-chershed
principles No general election has been held in
scotland on this issue. Perhaps it is enough that
ne looks forward TO general election on another
issue on which the solid Radical Scotch vote is, in
MS opinion, oi vital Importance The House re-
lected the motion by 3s majority.
MI Chamberlains attitude in the Irish Land
Purchase debate has given rise TO the remark
his vary "a |