New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-18
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TO lHt Ihih'Nh'l
co,,c.ion,: 1900: Ry Tr N''r YORK lr'o"ne
Jondon. Nav l7-Count Non Moi'NeS Speech
nm ,be Army hill on Wednesday IN me helchs'aR
is more important than any "'fei ''e"' y" '''
C.,,;,ort durinc the week 80 deep is the i'm
,s;o, which This discourse has made that it
,nav no said il will do not less to preserve the
80 Of rurope than all the new leGions which
co,manv * preparing for. Count Won M0ltke
- d,snellad once for all the delusion that the
nay, war is likely 10 he short war. The Powers
If Furope he tells the world. ARE armed as
they have never been armed before No one of them
Fan be shattered in one or two campaigns SO com
rletely as 70 confess itself beaten and To con-
eludc peace on hard terms, or not 10 recover III
a year or two and renew the conflict. II may he
, seven years war II may he thirty-years war.
Woe n him who sets fire To Europe.
There is no nation. there is perhaps even no
Emperor. who. after such warning As that from
the first soldier Of his time. can enter upon war
with a light heart Till Count Won M"ltKe spoke
,he common idea was that the next contest would
h. sharp but short. No idea did mo7e 10 make
u,ar possihle and probable Count Won Mol'ke
,ad many other striking things. II IS the siFe'h
n a man who thinks much and speaks seldom
The era Of Cabinet wars, he believes j. over
We have now only peoples wars Of which the
Is a strong government strong enough 10 resist
popul lar impulse For q long time past only the
sword has kept the sword in lis sheath. II VIII
te long before the echo Of these peaceful phrases
with the ring Of steel In them. ceases 10 reVer-
bcra'c throughout Europe.
The la,est message from FREDERICKSBURG is Of
hardly lcss import Tor peace than Count Won
Motke's There appeared IN tho hrcnz Ieitung'
-, ia ~it tTeT
Foreign OAicc requested England almost per
.potorilv 10 conclude an offensive and de
tersiye treaty. and 10 join tie Irpe Al
r,,ce. that England refused. and that
u.rked arrangement between Eng and and
Germany followed. Prince Bismarck replied
Trough his Hamburg organ that he eould ho'
retu... to this statement the distinction OF beins
unparallccd in the Annals OF tte press i'I III
tudcni distortion Of the truth. lie then contra
diets In detail each allegation, declaring relations
between Berlin aud London 70 he those "i IN
timate friendship aud complete mutual coihceho'-
Yesterday Lord RoseheIy. desiring that fngI"h"
slloDd give a reciprocal assurance. put thr 41'S-
90, IN the House oi Lords 10 Lord salisbury.
Nobody can say that Lord SalishnrNS : answer
Vas not explicit The Berlin papers statement
j. hc said tie most extraordinary fabrication
e.cr saw lie. TOO. proceeded to ~" details
si,ine 10 each the most pcrcmptory denial and
wound ND with the assurance that relations ne-
tween the TWO countries. now as for long ume
pa>t are Of tie most cordial description. 10
vanish the malignant hopes built on that
foundation Of is.sehood
Worth rotlug also. i, General Won 'aprVis
speech to tie Rcicl stag on Tuesday ou ih' ter
nm Colonial pohct General Won lapIY pro
tests that he cares lulc for colonies IN Aiuca or
,lscwherc. % remark wach possibly gave use -
hon Il
v.n Caprvi next presented hinscl: ln audience
S.nl as they had bcAun. said the Chancellor.
-, must continue Baron Marshall. tae new
/ rcicn Minister. was explicit about England
with whom. hc declares Gcrman> means 10 20
hand in hand. aud n, mace light of tie little
sguah1lcs 900 Atrct
Assaulted in the rear. on the rank. and in front.
tie Government have. nevertheless. come out
of tl. tangled debate ou temperance with q ma
iority Of . for their Licensing bill Nj Richie,
,c President at the Local Government Board,
defended the measure in a speech which no
Opo. ,ition orator. not even Nr Gladstone at
tempted "a answer specifically. De'oi" turned
upop tho evil. oi drink. which nobody disputes
upon nc miqui'y Of compcnsatlop ani
uroq many other topics "i sentiment
Mr Rtcnic showed oFarb tat this Is
ro, q. r.a.lrc for COMPENSATION IN Tie ordinary
g. renew hcenscs but paid only where hccnse
eit. and the County Co1ucil. dcsirne 10 cN-
,inrui.h ~. shouh be willing 20 pay for tha'
p4rpo.e Mr. CaIue Liberal nioni~f who cares
more for Temperance than for Union. attacked the
Government fcrrciv. and ilf Russell. good q
,on.ferance man ~ lc. defended ihe measure with
,luaI real and vi'. superior good sense. Sir
Wilfred Lawson. who may hc relied ON in arS
emergency - take the least sane view, called
,be bill "a prodlci of criminal conspiracy against
order Justice and morality. Altogether tic Cos.
eminent victory was far more decisive than WA
expected .asf week when nobody knew hoW Tar
tie detection might eco. or how many Members
might Weld 10 temperance threats. which. all
rrourl tie debate. came pourin- in hy mail and
vsgnph
Nr Gadstones Appearance ~ ths d"hhtc may
- dealt with separately II involved one more
raniaton Of l'c-lons principles Tory speakers
have from time ~ time since thIs bll occupied
the attention Of The 'louSc cniisencf the dis
tusion by extracts from former speeches OF Mf
Gadsiones IN support ~ the principle Of the
pfeent measure lie hn, favored compensation
b. now opposes b. ll, explanation In 'hnt the
toufts have since dcnicl the existence oi such
yesied interest 90 o. licensed public house IA en-
Titles tie ow ner of th1t interest to hc UNIDENTIFIED
foT - extinction. That - point upon "hich
hwycrs are divided. Whichever opinion may
prevail IN the end. a. doses not relieve Mr. Glad
stone from that charge of Inconsistency which
seems 40 annoying y, him Political eNigcncies
here - IN the casc of Scotch Dsrsiabllshmen'.
may ~ further toward tine calculation of his
change of attitude lie wants thc scotch Radical
vote and be- wants the temperance vote. ! nder
pressure of That ueccs,i'} be- n able ~ convince
tmslf that circumstances have M changed - ~
compcl him - change with them II Is one more
step in the evolution of TIE new Mr Glad
stone whose transformation began "a l~.5
The feature Of Mr Glodsioncs speech ycstcr
nay a. Norwich Wa thc plump assertion tal there
lsd been no obstruction thls session IN Parliament
While be- w,s sroskiny his followers were obs TGci-
Ing The BUDGET bil was On. ana tloee tsNins
clauses came mp which weie postponed AZ Nj
Gads,ones request aud on his pledge that there