New-York tribune., 1891-05-10

LAND BILL-RUsSIA's JEw-BAIT-
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copvtoht; 1891 BY The Tribune association.
london. May o." There is only one master In
.he country. and am he. / shall suffer no other
tssde me-" Such are the authentic words of
,hs German Emperor at Dusseldorf on Tuesday.
> In this spirit" adds he, :" drink TO the welfare
If the Rhine Province but when the fumes OF
,h,s suirt had been dispeled. the more sober sec
ana thought of the Emperor led him to strike out
,,om the official report Of his harangue this all
700 significant sentence. That II was spoken
,bsre is no doubt. They who heard it were many
7, was his answer, think some, to the elecuoh oi
Prince Bismarck to the Reichstag.
pe the Emperors motives what they may, his
s,cecb is remarkable for more reasons than one.
In the first twelve lines Of it the first personal
nropoun occurs thirteen times, and the whole de-
Iiverance is saturated with egotism. Never was
any monarch, not even any Of those who were
really great and had done great things, who spoke
more loftily than this raw young Sovereign. The
maths ON which | have embarked are the right
ones Never can / deviate from courses which
I have prescribed 70 myself Only 10 God and
nv conscience have TO answer for them" lie
compares the Rhine Province with its great In
austries TO the heart with its many arteries III
has sometimes beaten faster, sometimes threatened
10 beat no more. / hope to stop all that"
Europe listens with amusement to these out
Mornings of Imperial faulty: not without un-
easness also There was some cause for alarm
when. in recent Oration, the Emperor Dragged
sbout his army. People began TO think that ne
meant 10 use it. and he was advised to say some
thing TO soothe the susceptibilites he had reused
TIe saws: Gould l but hold the peace OF Europe
in nv hand l would take care that 1t should not
be broken" Naturally; If he were the supreme
ruler over the whole European Continent. he
would not make war himself. Nothing ap-
uarently can control his passion for publicity He
Is content at present to make his voice heard
II will be the turn of his cannon little later.
Later accounts of the May Day riots at Four
mics and Rome proved rather more serious thah
the first Still more serious were the debates In
the Italian and French Chambers. In each the
Ministry succeeded in escaping censure, Dut an
neither was the real question met with ilrnness or
too much courage. Socialist Deputies IN Dotn' Oh
course, sought, as they always do TO make capl-
tai out of those acts of the troops by which order
,ras maintained. The Marquis di Rudini thought
ft to vindicate his responsibility for pubic oroer
by remarkng that he was sincere friend OF
or repressive measures. That is the tone OF the
demagogue Then he tried to ride of on the
backs of the soldiers coupling approval of the
Ministry with admiration Of the army. This neat
stratagem failed The Chamber preferred TO
divide these two propositions. The Ministry was
absolved by $50 to 113; the army was admired
wish unarimity. -------
Different tactics were practised in Paris with,
from one point Of view, better success Ihere
the Chamber was invited ITO combine IN ns
patriotic anxiety and ardent sympathles the WORK
ers of France and the national army"-ln otner
words. the rioters and the soldiers who nghtiully
shot them. This ingenious and hlGhly moral
solution was adopted by more than 800 majority.
NJ Constans passes for strong MINISTER VI u',
till he allowed the Red Radicals under the lead
~ NJ IissaCarav To SUPPRESS "Thermidor' because
NJ Sardou denounced the Reign Of Terror. lie
is at any rate, capable politician and his apollo
vetie tone in defending the use of force to keep
order at Fourmies only shows how strong he deems
the PARTY of disorder. Ministers and Chamber
alike temporize and compromise with the reVolu-
tionary spirit The talk about victims and massa-
ere and assassination is purely anarchcaI. Inc
sole question at Fourrnies was whether the mob
or the authorities should be masters. The officer
who gave the order to fire did his strict duty
The debate in the Chamber and the hating atti-
tude of the Ministry are but poor encouragement
to the next officer in similar circumstances to
DO his.
II the temper of Newfoundland is accurately
reflected in the tone of some Of her American ad-
vocates. plenty Of trouble may be expected. 10
call upon England to force France TO modify eX
sting treaties is simply TO propose war. Prob
ably not even the most jealous patriots OF st.
Johns really expect England TO do that They
have, perhaps, some right to complain IN turn OF
Lord Salisburys tone. His sneeS at colonial sus-
capabilities in his speech in the House of Lords
on Monday were anything but judlcious. Worse
still was the remark: ." Do not suppose that In
case of war with France the French would take
the trouble to invade Newfoundland" But these
faults Of taste are not of the essence of the whole
matter. Lord Salisbury says with perfect truth
that the Government are dealing with the fulfil
ment of imperial and international obligations.
"These international obligations govern every
right the Newfoundlanders have. We did not
put the treaty upon thems They went 10 the
place where the treaty already existed and was
the law
1t was thought expedient. in the discharge of
these international obligations, to advance Lord
Knutsford's bill to a second reading. Lord Kim
berey opposed this. would not advise our New
foundlamd friends 10 put too much faith In Lord
Kimberleys power Of influencing events or to be-
Geve that the support which they may get from
the Opposition in either House of Parliament viii
be carried single step further than may advance
their political interests. The Ministers press this
bill because they have as yet no assurance that
the Colonial Legislature will carry out Sir Will
lam Waterways offer This mornings telegrams
from St Johns leave the matter still doubtful
Nobody would be better pleased than Lord Sails
bury TO escape the necessity of conflict But
il he has TO choose between conflict with the
Legislature Of Newfoundland and conflict with
France, which do you suppose he would choose
Professor Bryce's opinion on the New-orieans
business has attracted less attention than it de-
serves He has, perhaps, discovered that bis Mug
@ump friends are not trustworthy guides AT