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public became a Republic. NJ llraru lesiehs'
nominally because of the adverse vote IN inc
Senate Oh the commercial treaty with Turkey. "a
trumpery business The real cause of the col
lapse was NJ. Constanss retirement fortnight
ago. He was the backbone of the Cabinet. and
when NJ Tirard allowed him to depart rather
than give way on a question affecting ohclaI
dignity. Paris politicians decided that the end
was near If there be anything else remarkaplc
about this crisis it is that NJ. Tirard by treating
a hostile vote in the Senate as sufficient cause
for resigning, has created precedent. li'hcr'o
the Chamber has had monopoly of the privilege
of overturning Cabinets. If NJ. Trards example Is
10 be followed, crises will he, or may be- Twice
as frequent as before His Government Will al
ways be spoken of respectfully. III has las'eu
eleven months. a long time for France. 1t car
ried the Exhibition through handsomely though
its opponents say it the Exhibition when
carried VI. Tirard through. II has been IN most
matters rational, practical and moderate. II had
an excellent Foreign Minister in NJ. Spuller. whose
foreign policy Europe regarded with respect III
did France the immense service OF sctung its
foot on General Boulangcr and on BouianSism'
When NJ Tirard took office General Boulange1 was
q power and danger. To-day he is forgotten
NJ Constans, more than any single Minister is en-
titled to the credit of suppressing this adventurer
Probably VI. Constans might be tp next
Prime Minister personal relations between
him and NJ Garnet less strained. This mornings
report is that VI. de Freycinet has been sent for
He is an able man, who has governed France ie-
fore. but whom. perhaps. Europe thinks better
placed as War Minister than as President of the
Council VI. Tirard has kept a sort of balance
between the Radical and the Moderate Repui-
licans NJ. dc Frcycinet will lean more decidedly
toward and upon the Radicals and France hap
Iens at this moment to be in moderate mood.
But there is no good in guessing.
The Imperial Labor Conference opens at Berlin
to-day at . o'clock under the presidency of Baron
Won Berefsch. Germany pays France the com
pliment of nominating VI. Dumaine, Secretary
of the French Embassy at Berlin, as French sec
retary TO the Conference. The oihclal lists oil
members from the various countries bear Ser-
eral resemblance 10 each other. nearly all lncluG
ing men eminent in official and industrial hie
NJ Jules Simon, who heads the French delegation.
is equally distinguished statesman and an
economist. England puts Sir John Gorst at the
head of her list, respectable but secondratc poll
tician. Mr. Scott, the British Minister at Dernc.
is a competent man: Sir William Houldsworth
is an authority on textile fabrics. and Mr.. Dale
on mines; Mr.. Burt is a workingrnans Member
of the House of Commons, of high standing. and
Mr. Burnett is an official of the Board of Trade.
whittier he migrated from ths secretaryship 10
the Amalgamated Engineers. Austria sends dele
gates all of whom hold official places in the
Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture or of the
Interior, or in the Council, or are inspectors
Germany herself is, of course. strongly repre-
sentcd by specialists. She always is, including
two factory owners from IIcssc and Alsace.
Eleven Governments in ali represented.
The deliberations are expected 70 last fort
night, and will be kept strictly secret, say the
x.t,,J rl1,c IL lfar N
press The Emperor is gratiied by the general
response TO his invitation. Europe, Oh the other
hand is impressed by the Of his conference
and diplomacy. Berlin itself seems still more i'm
pressed by the bestowal of the Order Of the Black
Eagle on Herr Boetichcr vice president OF the
Prussian Cabinet. The Emperor shook hands
with him, too. That also was impressive and on
the whole Berlin gossips think him foreOrdaincd
as Prince Bismarcks successor. For the present,
however, Prince Bismarcks successor is Prince
Bismarck
II the gentlemen of the Berlin Conference turn
their attention to England they will see 10000
Yorkshire miners come out OH strike to-day, and
80. 900 in Lancashire follow suit while scores OF
other thousands are expected 10 do likewise. A
fortnight ago everybody believed that this colicry
strike might be averted. So it might, had rea-
sonable counses prevailed, or had wages questions
only been raised But the worimen, whose only
strength is in combination are angercd that their
employers also should combine, and have resolved
on struggle for absolute mastery. They have
twice rejected proposals for arbitration. They re-
jected an offer TO inspect the employers books.
They modified their demand Of II per cent ad-
by proposing TO accept now and 3 more
in July Some of the weaker colery owners,
but not many have accepted this. The great
ma jority stand together and public opinion is on
their side. The struggle is expected 10 be severe,
but the cOlliery-owners say that il will be short
Nor do the miners explain from what source they
expect TO draw the funds to support the 100000
men who, they say, will go out together The
injury to commerce, industries and the community
generally is very great, but the Owners Fedora
tion is probably the strongest body ever got to
gether to resist strike
The Liverpool dock strike continues, neither
side showing signs of giving in. There are daily
professions the London dock strike model. and
the same wild talk of blowing up the docks which
the police protecting. The Newcastc engineers
10000 strong, are expected to strike to-day
The point in dispute is whether work shall cease
ON Saturday at IL or o'clock. Various other
less important movements occurring in other
parts of the Kingdom.
The two Parliamentary heroes OF the week are
two men very unlike in most respects. but alike
i'm this that each in his time has been heir
apparent to the leadership OF the Tory party
Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Balfour. Lord
Randolph's claims 10 the succession, for some
time in allegiance, still more remote since
his speech of Tuesday. He then attacked with
singular energy the Government of which he
once pillar. His hostility TO the Parncll Com
mission is not, indeed. Of yesterday. lie put
on record when the Commission proposed his
protest against it. He thought it irregular,
constitutional and impolitc, and these opinions
were then embodied in memorial to the First
Lord of the Treasury which the First Lord Of
the Treasury buried in pigeon-holc. Lord Ran
delph has now released and revived them, but
he put them 10 the House of Commons i'll a form