New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
CONSIDERATIONS AROUSED BY THE RECENT
WAR SCARES

Mr.. GLADSTONE TO SPEAK AT NEwcAsTLE-Hls
BOOKS. AND THEIR LATEST sHELTBR-AUs-
TRAIIAN .cREpIT-THE POSTMASTER.
GENERAL NOT YET NAMED.
lBY cABLE TO pmBUSE.:
copyrtcht, 1891: BY The Tribune Association
Iondon. Sept. 19-There was no repetition OF
che scares which marked the opening OF the
week IL is generally admitted that they were
not even we'll invented, though the touch III the
story of the British occupation Of Sigrl descrlo-
Inc the surrounding of the island by torpeuoeS
is admitted 70 be graphic The serious part oil 'i'e
business comes in when we consider the maIkeu
effect these fiiqhty stories had the markets
ord on nubHc opinion generally, II shows on
what thin ice the German Emperor ana hoiu
Salisbury skate when they sing their duet-peSoe,
,,.ace The incident has revived the ola anu
favorite idea about the non-indispensaDlllV W
England of the Suez Canal This in even lnOi1
decided form dates back to the time OF hoi"
Palmerston who long combatted tine proIeoW"
canal on tn. ground that such near CUT 10 A"ulA
would lessen the naval superiority ehJoSeu 'S C''
s,vift.ssiIiur feet of England as long as t"e
Cane route was the only highway III Is NO"
nointed out that the mere POSSIBILITY OF inc "p
nearance in the Mediterranean oil husslau ne0o
changes the whole aspect Of thlhSs' oy no nV"A"
pr;tsb feet masters in the Red Sea, EngIa"o
.orld in ca.s Of war. etectualy dam up the Suez
C.roI and IL Russia wanted to get TO lndla oS
- sb. rops4 needs double the Cape This Is inc
,ievy ~ the situation suddenly presented IL
not likely to be lost sight of long after tile l"'e
scare is forgotten.
Erpersr William has been varying his proVcs'"-
lions of psace by one of those rash spcechcs ioi
oaacsrs after the manoeuvres at Erfurt he recaleu
che circumstance that it was in that town tne' 'e
r,oriosp nonoueror mortified the German soverelSnS
80 aesplv humistcd the prostrate Fatherland'
rho. is IN. account of the passage as given IN oe
o,ossl renerts Other accounts give the offensive
nbrasa ~Corscan psrvenu. Either would serve
= oo,ravare France, which, though it is done
With the Bonapartes, will not have any one eSe'
ohove all a German, attack the memory oil NSpo-
leon.
7. bennened that "Lobengnn" WAS billed Tor
rresentation in the Opera House on the very mgho
~ the day when the report of the Eriurt speech
Gained currency. The projected presentation OF
German opera in a French State opera Houec
had already excited the anger OF the CnsaVlhle'e
anA n-enaratiops were made for forciby stopping
the performance The Erfurt speech added OIL 10
tbe flames. Ths Opera House on Lohengrin nlght
o,a sung the Marseillaise The French Govern
,nsnt acted with vigor and promptnesS not en-
csaded under the Empire The Place de POpera
WAS occuped hy troops, while the police were
everywhere. The mob proved impotent against
this arrsy. Nothing happened but shou'ihg anu
wholesale arrests. 1t was on the whole pititu'
busness The mighter newspapers ana the
respectable people stood aloof but it served 10
seeentuate the strained relations existing between
France and Germany.
Mr.. Gladstone. after all. is going to Newcastle
on.Tvce 70 address the National Liberal Fedora
t,on meeting there the lrst week in October The
.ncaqement was made in July previous TO his suf-
fering from an attack of influenza. Ordinary
Members of Parliament stricken down by that
fell disease slip off their harness and 60 nome
or travel abroad TO regain strength Sir Andrew
Clarke treated Mr. Gladstone as an ordinary man.
ordering him TO take complete rest through the
recess with at least two months spent In italy
That seemed to make end of the Newcastle prof.
ect. more especially when the illness was sharply
followed by the blow of his eldest sons death.
But Mr.. Gladstone surprised everybody and doubt
less disappointed ny rapidly recovering his
Ordinary health. Indeed, one of his colleagues
who saw him recently. tells me he is rather better
than usual That being So he sees no reason
why he should not keep the Newcastle engagement
Sir Andrew Clarke. appealed 10. undertook
journey to Hswardcn. subjected the vigorous OctO
eenaIian convalescent to rigorous examination
and pronounced him sound a bell: and so his
voice will ring forth fortnight hence at New
castle.
Mr. Gladstone has been chiefly engaged during
the recess in Tearranging his library. This
reaches stupend0us proportions and Is always be
inc added TO. Years ago he invented or adapted
IN Arrangement of shelves in the library which
enabled him to stow away an incredible number
81 books in given space, but the flowing tide
Of books threatens TO swamp the castle. and he
has been obliged to make provision for them out
side lie has accordingly had constructed in close
proximity 10 the castle an ediice OF corrugated
iron Of kind not unfamiliar in poor churches and
parishes where iron or brick work are beyond
available means. Mr.. Gladstone, assisted by his
daughter. AIrs Drew. has spent many happy hours
since Parliament was prOrOgued in arranging his
books in this new location.
New South Wales has been more fortunate
with loan than was Queensland Colony 1t
asked four and half millions sterling, and hirs
got IT, But the terms and circumstances sig
pifcant Of the altered position of Australian
credit New South Wales came into the London
market for loan in 1899. The amount was
E3,j00,O00. II was applied for twice over and
the average paid was pound more than the
niinisaum price of .lO2, Next year another loan
brought ont the minimum again fixed at G1O2.
Ihis limit was again exceeded, and the colony
could, u it ike have disposed Of additional
million sterling at the same price. To-day the
2In'num puce at which the loan is offered is
@Sj, and tie average price at which it is taken
exceeds il by beggarly fvepence. Moreover
while there was a rush on loans of two and three
years ago, the loan to-day was not quite covered,
the Australian banks clubbing TO make up the
additional half-million required.
No appointment has yet been made 10 the Post