New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
CORDIAL GREETINGS TO THE FRENCH
FLEET IN THE SOLENT
TIE GERMAN EMPERoRs HEALrH--MR. PARNELL
ARRAIGSED FOR FALsEHooD-THE IRISH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL-LoRD
TENNYsoN's MISTAKE.
ynY CABLE TO THE TRIBuHEf
Copyright, 1891 By The Tribune Assceiatfo'-

TENNYsoN's MISTAKE.
,nr CABLE TO THE TRIBuNE7
Copyright, 1891 Bs The Tribune As~c'atfort
London, Aug. 22-The visit Of the French fleet
,o ,he Solent Will confirm our neighbors In the
accuracy of their conviction that our skies are
sIwavs sad and all our days stormy. II has
,ained and winds have ragged with brief intervai
ever since the French battleships dropped anchor
under the shelter of the Isle of Wight. This mas
cone long way toward spelling the reception
Is far as the waterway Is concerned. But ashore
tle crowd has been enormous, and the "eicoiie
nom the Queen downward has left nothing 10 DC
aes;red II differs from the Russian reception
,ussn,uch as it has been marked by total absence
a. hystaria. II has, therefore, Been all the more
rrnuine but II has suffered considerably from tnf
r,r,icular period of the year at which IL oe1eh'
Iopdon is now empty Nearly all its CLUBS are
,,oseA and its notable denizens ore scattereo lar
and wide by sea and land The Prince OF Wales'
Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr.. Baiiour' OFF
William Harcourt, and SCORES OF others whose
names are familiar in France, and who' h"u 'heS
beon in town. would have taken some part IN the
proeeedfngss' are making holiday. S'ih .he
Oueen he's stayed at Osborne, even deierrlug ner
visit 10 Balmoral a concession unheard Oh wncn
merely affairs Of State are concerned Inc coni
mon people have gathered In hundreos anu
thousands. lining the Solent with en'husiostic
groups, singing the "Marseillaise,' and on uhe
whole, the affair must be regarded as success.
Nevertheless there has been an unfnis'aH"o'e
cir Of artifciality over all The people cannot get
over the idea that il is put-up job, sort OF
Goblin aud Short business, in which Russia ana
England have been good-noturedly competing with
,bs obiact Of smoothing the sensibities of France.
Some doubt broods over the origin OF the second
his mart. the British Short comes on and assures
France that in spite of what took place at Cron-
stadt and Moscow he is the true friend
The French papers are insistent in the statement
tbot the invitation for the feet TO visit Portsmouth
came from England. Lord George Hamilton, First
Lord Of The Admiralty when asked question on
This subject Just before pIorogatlon, positively
and plainly asserted that the overtures came from
France. However that may be, it is certain that
Lord SALISBURY charmed with the opportunity OF
Showing how hsppy England could be with either
Germany or France, jumped at the proposal and
los concentrated official effort upon the task of
making the visit success. 1t is not the Prenliers
fault II it falls little fiat Had the feet reached
here whilst Europe was still agitated by rumors
Of new alliances and counter-alliances, the inter
change. OF pledges Of amity between ancient allies
would have been impressive; but the romors which
q fortnight ago thrilled the political world have
dropped as suddenly as they rose, end it comes to
pass that the visit suffers the fatal disadvantage
that pertains to anti-climax.
No attention was paid here to the silly story
circulated by Paris paper about the German
Tmperors fantastic flights on his way home from
his visit to his grandmother. Only QUO or two
LoBcor papsrs printed the mclodramaftc nonsense,
that was noaAven well invented. In its wealth
Of details it recalled famous biography OF MI
Gladstone which appeared in Turkish paper at
the time of the Bulgarian atrocities. In this
valuable contribution to history it was told with
circumstance how Mr. Gladstore's father was
pigbutcher, how his youthful but deprsvcd son
systematically wrOnged him in commercial trans
actions, how he brought his fathers gray hairs
with sorrow to the grave-not without suspicion
of the intermediary of the butchers axe--and how
after wading through oceans of moral mirc, ne
finally reached position in the counseB of the
Queen that enabled him TO thwart the Sultan's
benefcent efforts 70 make Bulgaria happy AS q
literary effort, the Paris romance cutie mean
beside the richer fancy Of the Turkish journalist,
but hear on respectable authority that ninety
out Of every hundred Frenchmen accept it as
literal trIth. AS matter Of fact, the Emperor
is In better health now than he has been for
some wears He has just shown his energy by
more link of personal resemblance with Lord
Randolph Churchill
Since Mr.. Parnell was denounced by Mr. Glad.
stone and drummed out of the alliance with the
English Liberal party The Times has been
most punctilous in reporting his speeches, not only
fully but verbatim. With respect TO MS las'
speech, delivered at Kells on Sunday, 1t went
step further. The conclusion OF the speech no'
having reached it in time for its edition Oh inc
following morning, it continued the report
TUESDAYS paper picking up another basketiuii' SC
that nothing should be lost. This rare loVor
extended as rule to not half dozen pubic men
is not primarily intended to crafty Mr.. farhen
II is not that I" The Times" hates its old enemy
the less. but that it does not love Mr. Gladstone
the more. and as Mr. Parnell in these days devotes
the major part of his public utterances 10 Willy
inc Mr. Gladstone and abusing the Liberal party
it is thought we'll 10 secure for his remarks the
widest and most prominent attention. This rs all
very well for THE Times, but it is occasionally
disastrous for Mr. ParneH. II the ordinary cSursc
were taken and his platform utterances summar-
lied for the English papers, he might safely indulge
in his reckless habit of misstatement and mis-
representation but when The Times" reports him
verbatim, his remarks are brought under the no
tice of persons intimately acquainted with the
facts tIayestied, and Mr.. Parnell has succession
Of bad quarters Of an hour.
In his speech at Kells he denied statement often
made, that before the Irish Members forcSathered
in committee-rOom No. Is, he sedulously kept ou'
of the way, 50 that Mr Morley was unable Il
deliver message from Mr. Gladstone with which
he was charged. Mr. Morley in a brief comnuni-
cation, every sentence Of which is blow, shows
how from Monday, November / 7, The day on which
the decree in tie divorce court was pronounced
up TO Tuesday in the week following, when the
Irish Members met TO consider the question OF
leadership, he made every effort 70 hunt up Mr.
ParnelL He saw his secretary, Mr.. Campbell, and
urged upon him the necessity Of Mr.. Parnelrs
making an appointment. Mr.. Campbell declared
that he did not know where Mr. Parnen Was and
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