New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-22

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ospv,isnt; 1891 By The Tribune Assoc,ot,ou.
1nndon. March 2l.-The Italian incident 1t
Nev.Orleans has provoked some comment in Italr,
rrcland and the rest of Europe. The more hys-
..,ical portion of the press went, usual into
,onvulsions, and the anti American journals had
sood time for several days. The Daily News"
which may commonly he trusted to take q hostile
view of whatever concerns America, was the
most offensive of all. Because one act of justice
in single city of the Southwest has been ir-
y.gular, this Gadstonian oracle declares that
.tbe whole American administration of justice
seems to have the gravest defects" AS an illus
tration of its meaning it speaks of the American
;uror as having to live by his calling in other
.ords American juries habitually accept bribes.
The execution of these Italian assassins was to its
mind butchery at which the whole civilized
vorld-Mr. Gladstonc's 'favorite phrase-will be
indignant Other journals wrote in similar but
necessary to condemn without reserve an act
which all New-Orleans approved.
Probably they believed that they were eX-
messing English opinion, but during these three
days many opinions were expressed in private,
all excusing many applauding, the executions.
Finally on Wednesday, The Times" hitherto
silent. smoke out and for the first time in the Eng
sh press were heard the words of truth ard sober
ness on this event. 1t deplores. of course, the
necessity of having recourse TO lawless violence,
but asks:
" In such circumstances, what way is there of
tmancipating the community from an intolerable
tyranny except resort to violence? The law re-
ouires trial by jury, and trial by jury has been
reduced to a farce by the knowledge possessed ny
every juryman that if he cOnvicts member OF
the Malta his life will not be worth weeks
purchase. 1t is misuse of language TO speak OF
q resort TO violence The standing rule in New
Orleans was the rule of violence, and all Parker
son and his followers have done is to accept the
conditions prescribed by the Malta. All law rests
ultimately upon force. and when the courts are
dominated by the criminals they exist to punish.
nothing remains but to go back to first principles
TO effect their deliverance."
That is good example of the service The
Times often does by first collecting with debcra-
ton the evidence of general English opinion and
then expressing it with force and authority. The
Italians at home were at first profoundly moved by
this massacre of their countrymen." as one of
them called it. There was some talk. There were,
as YOU know, diplomatic qucstonings Some one
more Italian than the Italians, uttered windy
menace about sending an ironclad to the mouth of
the Mississippi. This frenzy has had time to cool
Reasonable people of the Italian peninsula have
fLoff fho Matta ix nfe euff fhpOp
with whom Italy will hardly care TO identify her
self Mr. Blaine is thought To have said and done
all that the case required Subsequent proceedings
will be hisurely and may be moderate. The mod
ern Italian. however. is being in whose nature
everything turns to politics 1t is already said
that the Marquis di Rudini will be accused of
slackness in avenGing talias blood and that Sgnor
Crispi will come back TO power. Perhaps; not
many men. not even many politicians, would care
tn owe office to a conspiracy of assassins.
The Newfoundland troubles seem rather more
numerous since arbitration was agreed to than be
fore. 1t bad enough to limit arbitration to
Holsters, though as the French positively refused
TO include anything else, Lord Salisbury hard
ly he blamed lie took what he could get. The
French, in fact. occupy ground very similar 70
Lord Salisbury's own in Bchring Sea matters
as they allege, are not in dispute, or not open to
dispute Tclegrams indicate that Lord knuts-
ford's new bill is regarded in Newfoundland as a
greater grievance still but Lord Knutsfords bill
is very simple The colony asked TO enact a
measure to enable treaties with France to be car
red out The colony refused. Thereupon Parlia-
ment is appealed to. 1t is hard to see how any
Government could do less. Treaties must be OBJ
Served Tho Eoreion Office and Parliament
responsible if they are violated, and Newfoundland
can hardly expect England 10 allow herself TO be
embroiled with France by sheer bad faith In treaty
matters In short, Newfoundlanders Will have
ultimately to make up their minds whether they
Wish to remain an English colony or not. II not,
they have only TO say so and may depart in peace
but if they decide to remain a colony, they must
accept the position They cannot expect Imperial
interests to be sacrificed to the claims OF single
and really not very large part OF the Empire
Meantime they have the consolation OF Lord sal
isburys sympathetic remark that they are the
sport of historic misfortune.
There is every disposition here, both IN the
Foreign Office and the Colonial Office, to DO all
that can be done for Newfoundland. ii they
seeded, French treaty rights would survive ana
it might he not less easy for the French to enforce
them as against Newfoundland than as against
England.
The Tory triumph yesterday at Aston IS, among
other things, a great triumph for Mr. Chamner-
lain. II was a duel between him and MI Schnad-
horst, each on his own ground, for Aston is prac-
tically part Of Birmingham. The success oil the
Tory candidate was expected hut with nothing
like such majority as 2,01S. IL is due largely
to those very Liberal -Unonists whom Mr.. Olad-
stone described this very week at Hastings aS
that unhappy, unfortunate, ilEstarred abortion
Of party" The Tory majority in $50 was bu'
1872. The year before that the Liberals had q
majority of 1,I53. Unionism has done H. and
perhaps Unionism in England Will yet do other
things hardly less surprising in their kind and
degree than what Unionism in America once dld.