Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
A Descendantof William Penn the Standard
Bearer of the Tories in the
Lewisham Campaign
VIEWS oFzLN ANONYMOUS STATESMAN.
An Unknown thought 20 Be Lord Salisbury, Says tho
Triple Alliance Wishes Most Sincerely
for Peace
70 TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA
ny CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l


LoSDoN, Aug. 5.-rCopyrighted. THE
Un1onists have been in the highest spirits
ever since the declaration of the poll at
waIsall, whereby the Gladstonian majority
Is reduced by about 1,1OO, and even the
leading Liberal papers accept the defeat
without indicating those causes which led to
It. The fact is the election was not fought
On broad political issues; it was simply a
question of the popularity of the two candi-
dates, and in this James, the Tory, had an
immense advantage over Alderman Holden,
the Liberal
James is genial old chap of fine reputa-
tion, who has won the friendship of all his
fellow-townsmen. He had done great deal
for the town. He was invariably the
sraunch friend Of the distressed, and took
leading part in all municipal work, deyot-
ing time and money in all worthy cases. So
great was his popularity that many known
Liberals lent him carriages for the polling
day and voted for him out of personal re-
gard Then again Walsall is in the Biz
mingEam district, where the Chamberlain
interest is still paramount, and this was
great advantage on the Tory side.
NO TEST MADE IN 1856.
There was no opportunity of testing the
feeling in 1856. Had can election taken
place then it is clear that the Tories would
have won. Moreover, the two great papers
which circulate in the town are both
strongly Unionist, and considering all the
disadvantages under which Alderman
Holden labored, it is only remarkable that
he did not lose the seat. The Tories, the
I, g IL III Ca1x
going to capture it.
Now the attention of politicians is
directed to Lewisham, where all the ad-
vsntages are on the Gladstonian side Their
candidate, Mr.. Warrington, is as popular
among the electors as was Mr.. James at
WalsalL He is a ready speaker, of good
presence and hard worker for the public
good. Moreover, the Tories have been
cuarreling among themselves. One of the
leading clubs in the borough was recently
broken up, There is but little enthusiasm
among them, and though the seat is Tory
stronghold, the Gladstonians are confident
Of making @ much better show now than at
the last election.
Young Penn, the Tory candidate, is poor
speaker, though q large employer of labor
at his wellknown engineering works He
comes of the same stock as William Penn
LIVELY FALL CAMPAIGN
London is now in the midst of the dead
season, and weary Legislators are seeking re-
pose and recreation in many q foreign
nook There are not wanting signs
that this autumn will witness
stirring political campaign.
The Grand Old Man has decided to have q
few days talking at the end of October,
when the National Liberal Federation meet.
Harcourt, Morley, Goschen, Labouchere
and other leaders are also making up their
book of engagements while Lord Salisbury
will speak at Dublin and Belfast, his duti-
ful nephew, Secretary Balfour, supporting
the Ptemier on each occasion.
The Berlin Tdge5lda publishes an alleged
interview of its Paris correspondent with
''Ihe leading statesman of one of the great
powers" on the political situation As
Lord Salisbury is in Paris, the leading
statesman is understood to be the English
Premier, though the newspapers here say
that the report contains utterances he would
scarcely have made. Nevertheless it is a
sound English view that is presented in the
interview.
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE
The anonymous statesman does not think
the political situation disquieting, and does
moi believe in the existence of a treaty be-
tween France and Russia. The Gar, he |
saws, knows well that the Triple Alliance
wishes sincerely for peace, and that there
fore, a Franco Russian defensive alliance
would be superfuous. To the question
whether the realization of certain designs
on the Balkan Peninsula might not have
been the object of such an agreement he an
Twered that according TO his information
there was no question of it
The intimate relations of Russia and |
France could, however, not be denied, but |
he could affirm most positively that the |
Governments of the two powers in question |
were thoroughly peace-loving NJ. Ribot, |
especially, had given the most binding as |
Eurances IN this respect and had declared |
that IL the pursuit Of peaceful policy he |
was in perfect accord with the nation which 1
desired peace.
As to the question of the visit to the
French squadron to Portsmouth, he said |
that it was not true that the British Gov
ernment had spontaneously requested the
French squadron to come TO England The
visit was planned by the French Navy De-
partnent al the same time as the visit to
Denmark and Russia. On the authorities
In London being sounded, no unwillingness
was expressed. When the Queen saw that
the sovereigns of those countries which the
French feet had visited had entered into a
personal communication with it, she did not
wish 10 be less courteous, and fixed day
for the review of the feet
1t was idle thought to attribute to this
visit any political importance. No signif-
cance vas attached in diplomatic circles to
the Chauvinistic demonstrations on the oc-
casion of the visit of the Grand Duke
Alexis to Paris, which must have given the