New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-19
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
WHAT THE KAISER SAW IN ENGLAND, AND
WHAT is SAID ABOUT HIS VISIT.


perss-FRENoH pouTICs-THE STATUE OF
p,Nroy - REACTION AGAINST THE
PRIEST IN IRISH PoIITICs-PARLI'
AMENTARY ToPICs-.A TRADES
UNION VICTORY - STOCK
EXCHANGE MORALITY.
Try CABLE 10 THE Tribune.
copwtOht 1891 Bv The Tribune As''c'aaon.
y,ndon. July ls-The German Emperor de-
,arted from this country early on Tuesday morn
mo that success and splendor which have sur
rnnnaed him from the beginning attending him 70
the last. There is no class or section OF Ehghsn
society which has not joined in the welcome given
10 him. The very villagers OF Hatfield ana thelr
oh,arrn greeted him with shouts when ne maze
his visit to Lord Salisbury, and the populSce OIL
Iondon throngcd the streets through which he
r..sed late on Monday evening on ms way 10
TInr,s Cross Railway Station. The music of Eng
,,., ohoors followed him as he left. II was OBJ
se,ved hv the cynical that the two families OF
-. u.ri,..4s station who received the Emperor
~ lunch and dinner were two out OF the three
- intimate friends of Count Bismarck in Eng
,ra That also I dare say, the Emperor knew
Tban. has been nothing to mar his unbroken g0od
fortune and that of his hosts. If there were
r,;n+ nn which the wellinformed had doubts, IL
WAS the Wimbledon volunteer review Inc war
Office unouestionably came near making a muddle
of the matter but this is country wnere u"l-
vidual initiative has often SHOWN hSeH
capabe of relieving the authertes from the
consequences of administrative incompetence IL
did 30 last Saturday. The Volunteers, with some
help from the Press. took mobilization INTO thelr
oun hands and turned expected failure inte very
complete success. Great numbers OF them go' 10
Wimbledon by themselves instead of by help OF
,be War Office Once there, they made an eX-
cellent military spectacle, and have been hano-
somely complimented by the Emperor Military
efficiency is not subject of which this young SOL
der takes humorous view, or on which he woulo
saw what he did not think. He declared himseI
much struck with their general appearance and
sodier-lilxe bearing. So much he said ofhciaIy
What he said privately was even more TO the
point. He well understood that the l6,oOe
volunteers whom he saw under arms were a sam
nle of what England could put into the field, ana
that men of such physique who had learned 80
much soldering as amateurs, would season 1ast
should war come America knows better than
apv other country how soon raw volunteers mar
den into veteran troops.
First and last, the Emperor has had glimpses e1
almost every side of English life, with one no'Solc
,xc.ntion He has seen the feet the army,
society, the City of London at the Guhdhall WIN
its unexampled sssemblase of men eminent III
every form of life; he has been encompasseu oy
the people themselves and beheld what their Drains
and hands could do. But he omitted 10 Vislt
the House of Commons His last words in Eng
innd rxere those of gratitude and delight MS last
acts to distribute decorations on diplomatic Ger
mans and jeweled gifts TO q score oil Engnsh
friends
fha
for's visit came TO an end when 1t did. The re-
sources of journalism might not have been equal
70 a LONGER STAY Everything has been said and
every moral drawn. The morals drawn by the
Continental press are at least as pertinent ana
frrouent as those supplied to the English people
by their own papers. None of them heed DC
quoted at length, for all of them might nave
been predicted with accuracy beforehand. IL
was certain that The Moscow Gazette would
brandlsh India in Englands face and warn Lord
Salisbury that Russian invasion OF HindoStan
would ne the sure sequel to the firing OF an Eng
lsh gun in aid of the Triple Alliance. IL was
certain that the French press would take Dittcr
vcw Of the whole visit 1t is nevertheless cvi-
dent that Paris papers have had hint TO DC
moderete. and their language is less vio-
lent than usual If anybody mas Iounu
an original note. it is the National
uhole affair as a moral recognition Of the status
an, Even the French do not dispute that what
has been said and done by the German Emperor
in ENGLAND and by bis English hosts makes for
neace They dislike il all because it makes for
peace and becaues it is unhappiy true that France
be,Ieves her interests depend not on peace but on
war.
If you wish for an accurate account OF the
conversations between the Emperor and Lord
Salisbury at Hatfield you must have recourse 10
lie Figaro" Of Paris whose reporter was present
" each interview and who was requested to make
known to Europe everything that was said Lord
Salisbury particularly desired him to publish the
Emperors remark that English diplomacy was too
slippery to be depended on, and his own reply to
the Emperor, that there was nobody in Germany
that sensible man could talk TO except Prince
Bismarck
The coalition of Thursday against the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs went to pieces on FIJI
day. 1t really was not coalition, but only one
o. those fortuitOus cOncourSes of atoms which
spurt Of spurious patriotism sometimes produces In
the French Chamber The alleged refusal OF the
Germany Embassy TO countersign passports for
Alsace gave rise to question which NJ. Ribot pru
uently advised the Chamber to postpone for
mouth. The Chamber by ga majority refused. blIt
allowed it to stand over till Friday. when fresh
debate took place, under Bouangist lead, as be-
lore. enhvened by many personalities and much
tohI1sion That eminent staeSman NJ. Paul
Dero9Iede, whose proper place would lie IN q
pantomime, desired 10 know whether the Chamber
would DAndy grant It's confidence TO Minister
who noids ont his hands empty before England
sad stands with them cla>pcd before Germany.
Inc CnamOer, by more than 200 majority, made
answer chat il would. and SO snuTed ont NJ.
Derouiede and his eroies There is the usual talk
oi "'e Cabinet being shaken. and of NJ Ribot's fall
beins im2aiDent-tslk which is always heard when
uc good-ssnsc and ArInness OF the Ministry have
noNylcd over an ambitious dema9oaue.
lie Chamber went tllrcugh-as it so often does
'h rapid succession hot iit and q cold Gt. very
Ssii''" question with Germany might easily have