New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-08
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
-.,rr SPECIMENS OF ENGLISH IGNORANCE
S OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

" -rvsr IN COHK-THE BoULOGNE Busl-
xvss-BEALY VS.. M'DERMoTT-MR.
cARrE's oPERATIc PLANS
Mr.. JoNEs's NEW PLAY.
Try cABLx TO THE TgIsoSE:
,...,,,A,; 1891: BY The Tribune As''o'o'eo"'
-. Nov English comments on American
with Chilli have not erred on the sioe OF
n"sSness to America. The leading journal OF
fne'A. oonnlains that the widest eAsegers-
ts " ,.v.n,ions are put forth by the American
tons sn" tnnw of none SO well as those which
r.r. agency supplied to the English press.
n ,,h;cb were printed in papers that in other
ssme u .nd.avor to be respectable. We have
ns"<'s .uouance also for trade influences. for
n ;saIousv of everything like American
tnsS in Chill, and for the English
m1M '1'.rs Of the American Minister to
80 Moreover, the vilest attacks on the
..-;,ap polcy and ON the American Secretary OF
49, ybo is responsible for the American policy.
AZ said last week. from American sources
os~'' ,Is.r;tv Of Dalziel's New-York agency in
"s,,, ~ their English clients whatever is most
r"..r;ous in such sheets as " The New-fork EVEN
post NAV account for much OF what Is
,srxt "a the English press.
-. is another more serious matter Inc
rs,.ss prints dispatches from its valparaiso cor
..,snaent. containing very grave accusations' n"o
~.. Mr Eean only, who is charged with cor
-. hut against the American Admiral. This
-. Admiral Brown, is roundly accused of act
49, o. spy to Balmaceda. There are other
I..s hope they are all false; but they at
80 reouire reply. 1t is no light thing, when
-. FIRST journal in Europe lends its sanction 10
II sccusations They will be believed If they
.-s not denied. and thus far they have not been
a.n;.a Both the State Department and The
NV Densrtment in Washington must be aware
:. th~n They cannot afford to let them pass,
mar omit. without great damage to the American
reputation abroad to call upon their subordinates
in Chill for their account of the matter
Il miatt be hard TO say why American affairs
should be discussed with more ignorance and Ill
will In q so-caled Liberal organ than In almost
suy other but so il is. The editorial articles
In ~The Daily News" on the American election
bristle with bunders and incivilites AS a
specimen Of its acquaintance with the political
geography Of the United States you may take its re-
mark that the Republicans have carried the en-
dre State of Philadelphia" AS a specimen of it's
good manners, il is enough to quote It's descr1p-
don Of Major Mckinley as the author of the In
famous tariff which bears his name. 1t is but
fair to cay that a precedent for the use of the
werd infamous in economical discussions may be
found In Mr.. Glsdstone's too famous article on
the tariff in "The North American Review" the
article to which Mr.. Blaine replied with a
superiority in both argument and politeuess which
The Gladstonian idolater has never forgiven.
1 do net know whether il Is worth while to
10 on exposing the absurdities of the Gladstonian
view of American politics The Mckinley act is
described as an act of almost unlimited protec-
ton The fact that free silver was plank in
the Ohio Democratic platform is unknown, but
many prominent Democrats have made free silver
o plank IN The party PLATFORM, Is this writer's
curious phrase He has access to sources of in
formation closed TO others. Mr. Cleveland, he
tells US, is more strongly opposed than President
Harrison 10 the silver He is of the opinion
that for electoral purposes, next to Ohio, if not
in some respects before it, comes New-fork. In
Massachusetts, "the Democrats achieve victory
which they certainly could not have gained before
the Mckinley tariff" State elections in America,
We learn on the same authority, ARE more
closely related to those for the Presidency and
Congress than municipal TO parliamentary cleo
tons here They are, indeed Finally, " free
trade with all the world appears to be still beyond
the compass of an American statesmans mind.
1t does. 1t is also beyond the compass of any
statesrnans mind anywhere in the civilized world,
England and one or two of her dependencies ex-
cpted.
! feel as though ought to apologize for repeat
ing these imbecilities, but they are useful. They
enable yen to gauge more accurately the value
Of English criticism, and especially of Gladstonian
criticism, on American politics. We need not
deeply concern ourselves about censure based on
carefully cultivated unacquaintance with the
facts
Tory criticism. though less rude. is not much
wiser. The Standard gravely announces that
HOhio has rejected its Republican Governor, but
BY majority too narrow for congratulation." 1t
speaks of The vacancies in Congress having been
renewed last year., and asserts with courage
which cannot be too much admired that up to
last year neither party cared to pronounce too
decidedly on the veXed subject of free trade
That may do for a climax.
More serious than the Orleans business Is the
new outbreak in the Chamber. where NJ. Clemen-
cesu has once more declared on the Ministry
10 a way which shows how deep is the gulf between
He two wings of tine Ministerial majority. NJ
Denenceau demanded the release Of NJ Lafargue.
.ne SOCIALIST agitator. justly imprisoned as a
f'oef In the Fourmies riots last May Day. n
.A'argue Is a candidate at Lille. The Ministry re-
iused NJ Clemenceau thereupon got into the
s'ne, soune, attacked the Ministry in powerful and
y,sSf speech. and once more declared that the
Aepuonc must be Democratic and Socialist. He
s"eo Isl fellow Democrats and Socialists with
,nn ,u' ihe Ministry mustered 240. and there were
., VINO did not vote, largely Conservatives
,a' A'' could not swallow Socialism. even to upset
A' uoSernment But coalitions of men who
s'@ In nothing except disliking somebody else
:. lae rule in France. and this austere view
sAt not prevail next time.
a. Oiemenceau has apparently resolved that NJ
a'ySlhet. whom he never supported cordially,
s'u co. and that the truce has lasted long enough.
~ NJ ffeycinets fall need not shake the Republic
"AsS sninous is that man so able as NJ. Glenn
-,' capable of moderation. with as much
PHtic2l Insight as anvbodv should think that tho