The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-09
NEGOTIATIONS
WITH RUSSIA.
Political Effect Of the French
Diplomatic Treaty.
lhtrlsaeS With the Sutan-Trying TO De-
pose the KhediYe-The Cars Cold
Reception In Finland.
special TO THE MORNING CALI


NEW YORK, Aug. s.-Smalley's special
cablegTam to the Tribune from London
says; The champagne continued to flow at
Cronstadt until Tuesday. then the French
neet put to sea and no accident has since
Deen reported. Speculations upon the po-
utieal scope of this visit are still but specu-
lations. There is. however, something like
agreement in all the capitals concerned
that Admiral Gervais has been OH duty not
only as Admiral and amphitryon, but as
diplomatist. They begin to believe that
even Ill Berlin, where the natural scepticism
OF the German mind is reinforced by strong
political interest in the disbelief that the
Car has at last caught something of that
enthusiasm which has carried his subjects
and his guests off their feet. lie has sent
long telegram Of thanks to the Mayor and
Conmon Council of Cherbourg for their
civliltles to him and to the Empress, an
act L should think quite without precedent
RECEPTION IN FINLAND.
Not without precedent, however, is his
reception in Finland, whittier he went on
Wednesday, after the officials had made
careful preparations for an enthusiastic and
spontaneous welcome by the people, meant
to etface the memories of last years cold
ness. But the people of Finland received
their ruler in silence. They are certainly
dlscontented and their discomfort is factor
IN the problem Of war or peace, alliance or
no alliance. They have had some liberties
they had what passes in Russia for liberty
of the press. But what little there W as is
now abolished, and Finland in this and
other respects is passing under the same
yoke which rests ON other parts of the en-
pire.
VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET
French discussion on the coming visit of
the French fleet to Portsmouth is not less
lively than it was last week. There appears
to be no class of Frenchmen with whom the
visit is popular, but the sane and reasonable
classes have thought it time to protest
against rawlings less sane. Magn ards article
in the Figaro appeared none too soon. His
three or four paragraphs are worth reams of
such nonsense as the most reactionary and
most radical journals alike pour forth.
INTRIGUEs WITH THE SULTAN.
Much is still said of the Franco-Russian
intrigues to induce the Sultan to depose the
Khediye. Sir James Fergussons denial
makes no impression abroad. The author
of the first dispatch on this subject makes
the obvious remark that the Sultan would
not have taken the English Foreign Office
into his confidence had he any such inten-
uon. The line taken in France is significant
enough. The best journals there lose their
heads when Egypt is mentioned and their
present effort Is to persuade the Sultan that
not Russia but England is his most danger
Gus enemy.
THE WORK OF PARLIAMENT.
There is an end to all things, and even
this Parliamentary session, which began
last November, has come to an end. 1t has
been remarkable for more reasons than one.
Two great measures are likely to make it
long memorable, the Irish Land Purchase
and the Free Education bills. 1t will be
more memorable still as the session during
which Gladstone ren0unced Parneli's leader
ship and, having five years before split his
own party in two, now performed the same
feat with his Irish allies. Still it has not
been entirely an Irish session. The Irish
themselves were too much occupied with
their Intestine feuds to harass the Saxon as
much as usual There has been less OBJ
struction and nearly all of it has come from
English Radicals, who look to Labouchere
as their political Moses. The 1.-THE Rent
Charge Bill. III which you cannot be ex-
pected 10 take much interest, reused pas
slons not less fierce and provoked opposi-
tion not less stubborn than any Irish meas
ure OF this Parliament, coercion not ex-
cepted. But it passed. so did the Factories
BIZ, arother hotly debated bill. Those are
the four chief measures of this session, and
almost any one of them would have been
thought to signalza any session of less
troublous times. The Liberals have had to
look on while the Tories. as they allege,
stole their thunder and passed into law two
great schemes which, in Liberal hands,
would never have got beyond talk.
HOME RULE DISCUSSED.
On the matter of home rule, though there
are those who say you are tired of the SUBJ
Ject In America, l will quote two pieces
OF testimony, both from friends of home
rule. The first is from correspondent of
pupil OF the priests that he calls Parnell the
plague of Ireland. He declares mournfully
that 1t is very doubtful how far the Bishops
VIII press nome rule or how much tue mass
OF their followers really care for it, The
second is from one of the Radical home
rule members of Parliament. "Our only
lear Is" says this honest gentleman, "lest
the Tory Local Government Bill next ses-
sion may not be thorough enough to settle
home rule once for all and take it off our
hands"
THE NoN-CONFoRMISTs RESTLESS.
This remark would surprise nobody here
who has inside views of politics Ii to a
h0me-rule enthusiast in America who dis
likes being confronted with the facts it
seems hard saying, one other fact may
make 1t easier. My Radical home-rule
friend is non-conformist and there are
signs that the non-conformst conscience is
becoming restless under its present en-