The morning call., 1891-11-29
BRITISH POLITICS.
Result Of The London School Board EleC-
tiOn-SaliSbury'S New Alliance.

NEW YORK, Nov 2S.-The Tribune's
special correspondent from London cables
the following: The scene al Birmingham
this week is remarkable for more reasons
than one. Lord Salisbury's presence there
Is remarkable. II Is the seal to his new
alliance with Chamberlain. for new ALL
ance it undoubtedly is, In the sense that the
bonds between them have lately been
drawn closer and the political covenant
which unites them has been strengthened
by mutual concessions.
LONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
The MOderates have won a more CON-
plete victory over the Progressives in the
London School Board elections than was
expected. The policy Of retrenchment and
efficiency denoted by the word moderate"
will have a clean majority of ten on the
new board. Rev. j. R. Diggle Will be re-
elected Chairman. Lyulph Stanley, the
leader OF the Progressives. who narrowly
escaped defeat in Marylebone, will have
full scope for criticism, so congenial TO him.
but none for that rather reckless increase
of expenditure which has been the chief
cause of disaster to his party. The tax
payers Of London have revOlted against
what they deemed a spendthrift policy.
Other Influences have been at work. but
none so powerful as this.
LORD LYTToN's CAREER.
Lord Lytton's death came very suddenly,
but 1t was perhaps crOwning mercy which
spared him great suffering. Much Is said of
him in public not entirely IN accord with
the opinion which prevailed in private life.
i have heard him called brilliant failure,
which does not seem kindly estimate.
Brilliant lie certainly was; fail, in some
high matters, he certainly did, but II was
not failure that destroyed the confidence
| Of those who knew him. He knew how to
win aOntiaDpp rd RaapOu SflalA nafa
him Niceroy of India. II was against the
| judgment OF his party, and his Viceroyalty
| justified the hostility to his appointment.
| Lord Salisbury sent him rs Embassador to
| France, almost as great post, and what he
| said of his nominee yesterday implies that
| he was satisfied with his work. yet fear
| the truth Is that Lord Lytton's removal had
| been more than once very seriously
| discussed, if not determined. The
English Embassador was liked per
| sOnaliy. But he was not liked
| as an Embassador. He gave offense to ths
| French sense of decorum by his bohemian
| habits and his neglect of those convention
/ alItles which are most precious in French
eyes He held the Foreign Office in alarm.
| One OF the most accomplished men IN that
| office was sent over to keep things straight,
| and did keep them as straight as ciIcum-
| stances would allow. Bat as Lord LyttOn
| left India after having embitter ed and en-
| dangered the relations of England with the
France more jealous aud hostile than
he found her. India was his fault,
France is not; but Viceroys and En-
bassadors are commonly judged by re-
suits. he had gifts of many kinds.
He had literature, he had poetry. neither Of
the first order. He had delightful social
| qualities. He was one of those men whom
| Arnold nsed to call attaching There was a
touch of feminine nature in him. and his
carrices were innumerable. The French
| liked him because they knew he liked them,
and for his fame as writer and the son of
a writer, which the English hardly under
| stand. Perhaps to his own coCntrymeu his
title was more than his books or his father s
| books. When all is said, an amiable and a
| gifted man. original. self-cen tered. free
| from Philis,inisn, free from cant, free from
| COMMONPLACE is gone.