Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

ask for an explanation, assuming the facts
are correct, but the prophet disdains the
slow methods of diplomancy. ''The time
has come" he saws, 'long though it has
been procrastinated, when the supremacy
of England in Asia must be once and for all
so firmly established that the tide which
has flowed SO steadily eastward throughout
the last 80 years may not only be checked
but sent sweeping back to the Caspian.
SOME BIG FIGHTING TALK.
'eWe have in Lord Salisbury Foreign
Minister imbued with the highest traits Of
the national character, bold, brave and
Just; we have navy the envy of the world,
we have in India an army vastly superior
in numbers, quality and organization to any
that Russia can bring against us, under the
command of and enthusiastically devoted to
one of the ablest generals of the day. We
may never hit upon such fortunate era
again
The prominence given to this inhamma-
tory appeal by q newspaper of repute like
writer is persen of importance Whoever
he may be, he reflects very forcibly opin-
ions known to be held by the chief
military and civil officers who form
the Viceroy's cabinet and influence
his court. They are shared by an
influential section of the Governing
classes" in this country and they will pre-
vail should the general election send the
Tories back to power, As this contingency
is admittedly remote, the war party in
India will have to ease their feelings as
heretofore. by writing letters to the news
papers. There is plenty of combustible
material on the Indian frontiers, but the
time has not yet come to fire it.
SURPRISED AT LABoUCHERE.
Labouchere's article in the Forum on
English royalty has attracted some atten-
tion here and has surprised many of his
friends. He is generally supposed to be
an acute observer, but the Forum article is
not considered creditable to his power Of
observation. The idea that the march of
British democracy will stop after the demo-
lition of the House of Lords and the Estab-
lish Church, is secuted as absurd, and the
suggestion that that there is no strong feel
ing in favor ofa Republican form of govern
ment in this country,i is entirely unwarranted
by the facts
The most advanced Republican weekly
newspaper has an enormous and steadily in
creasing circulation, and scores of news
papers, net avowedly anti-monarchical,
lose no opportunity of ridiculing the men,
bers of the royal family and bringing the
throne into contempt. That these papers
reflect the opinions of very large con-
stituency is undeniable.
AN oUTcRY AGAINST VICTOR
Mr.. Labouchere could have informed his
American readers had he cared to do so,
that the Parliamentary committee, of
which Mr.. Gladstone and he were members,
was appointed in consequence of the loud
popular outcry provided BY the report that
the Government intended to ask the House
of Commons ''to make suitable provision"
for Prince Albert Victor, the eldest son of
the Prince of Wales. The very rumor of
such an intention was Immediately followed
by series of public meetings of protest,
and the agitation quickly assumed such
formidable proportions that Lord Sails
bury's Cover lment, in the plentitude of its
power, had to yield.
Prince Albert Victor is now q years of
age, but he is still without an allowance
from the public treasury, and there are no
signs of an intention on the part of the
Government to provoke another outbreak
of popular rage by asking Parliament for
money for anv member of the royal family,
nor must it be supposed that the feeling re-
ferred to is confined to the working classes
1t has gained ground in recent years in
manner among the middle
classes and manifests itself in a variety of
wayc
RoYALTY's OCCUPATION GONE.
The time was when public ceremonies,
such as the opening of new parks and public |
buildings, were performed by members of
the royal family whenever their presence
could be secured, but nowadays the work is
more often done by local notabilities. Only
last night, for instance, the corporation of
Stockton on-Tees, after lively debate, in
the course of which many unkind remarks
were made about the royal family, rejected
a motion requesting the Prince of Wales to
open the new park.
1t can't be denied that "God Save the
Queen" is rarely played in public places
without some demonstration of dissent, and
Americans will remember the rough man
ner in which the Prince of Wales was
handled over the Tranby Croft baccarat
scandal No sensible person supposes that
there is any imminent danger Of repub-
lican revolution in England, but, on the
other hand, no serious student of British
politics can fail to see that when the de-
shall have become strong enough
to sweep away the Established Church and
the House of Lords the throne will soon
follow.