New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-08

| overthrow it, Finance, of course is at the bot
tom of the trouble The handsome present which
President Harrison and Secretary Blaine made to
Italy did not suffice TO restore the equilibrium Of
| the Italian budget. Rudinis fate is the usual
fate of him who tries TO carry water on both
shoulders. Two things were imperative-to reduce
expenditure and maintain the efficiency of the
| army. Italian politics bcng what they are
the two necessities were Inconsistent perhaps i'm
possible The Radicals insisted on reductions. the
| King insisted Oh military efficiency. The Prime
| Minister yielded TO the King, and the Radicals
have turned him out by eight votes lie sought to
| win their goodwill by making Ncotera minister,
| a man who is not only Radical, but Red Rad
| ical But TO take the man and leave his policy
did no good. II failed to conciliate the Radicals
| and angercd the Conservatives. Both attacked
the Ministry which at first both were disposed to
defend Rudns defence was weak, and over he
went The situation in Italy is not desperate
but is distressing Her finances are gravcly en-
barrassed and her politics corrupt. The finances
could he set in order without dismissng a soldier
and her civil service could he reformed. There
are too many officials and the administrative work,
especially revenue work, is scandaloufly laX NO
Ministry has felt itself strong enough to deal
with these difficulties. Rudn does not seem even
to have tried. 1t is not known who will succeed
him, nor where the elements Of a stable majority
in the Chamber of Deputies are to be sought lie
was left on Thursday in asminority OF only elght'
but il is enough. ana it is not suggested tha'
Rndini should hold on. The King, however. has
some real power. and much turns on his decision
A city crushed and cold from fear" is De
Blowitz's too picturesque account of Paris on
Sunday last. Closed shops. dcsoate streets, barred
doors with householdcrJ crouching behind theni'
barracks and public buildings stuffed with troops
theatres almost empty, the very restaurants "e
serted at the sacred hour Of absinthe; all thes'
testify TO the terror which the Anarchists snc-
ccedcd in producing, yet neither in Paris nor III
Lyons. ever centre of sedition. or at ST. Ehehne
or Fourmies where, if anywhere, the spirit OF
violence might he expected to leak ont. ana any
thing happen. II is not the nature of Anarchists
| to attack those who prepared. lhcre was
order in Berlin, order In Vienna, order III Iom''
order in Brussels, order in Madrid lfscli. htec
proved to he the city which the Anarchists han
chosen rs the scene of explosions. They destroyed
some propcrty. but injured none themselves en-
| ceptcd. 1t seems clear that the police nave cap
| turcd the man who fired the bombs, that he has
promptly betrayed his accomplices. and 'ha' one
| of the worst gangs in Europe has been broken up
May Day in London passed without disoru'f'
| The only serious demonstration was tne DIV i''
| HYDE Park in aid of the ciglt-h0urs movement
| There were professions with banners and music
| there were sixteen coal wagons rechriS'chcu pi"'
forms. from which speeches were made there
were in the streets and in the PARK muiu'"''S VI
people-t is the fashion 10 say quarter oi
,n;,i;or or evcn half million. nobody knows how
manv:-therc were delegations from ABROAD ana
letters of svmpathy from all parts Of Europe
,hcre wore Nihiljsts blood red like S'cphilA'
Anarchists Socialists. there was Mrs. Cunning
bame Graham representing her husband an"
| Snain-. tbere WAS Louise Michel there was Mr'
Alderman Zen Tilett, who lately lkened Mt ria"-
| stones open mind to an open sewer. II" h""
| cbists had meeting to themselves Inc rciorneis
were 5000 strong with rcd rosc'"' "''
red flags and no Chicago Chief OF foiice 10 iI"ho
them afraid They were addressed by one ''""
Oldham. who announced himself as "a h"'o''o"'
poachcr ANY lawbrcaker makes good Ahaic"'s''
II seems however, 10 lie understood that 10 o' ''"-
nit. is now 10 be used in London lest 1t crase
| TO serve as city oil rei"se ioi ''S
| of the Continent
| rh boro Of the London May Dav was John
| D.rns Iord Rosebery's "honorcd colleague IN
| ,ho 7 ondon County Council. Burns Is n pro
| s..s;onal aoitator and lives on and by aGlta-
| lion. a man for whom the hat is always goinS
| rou,d in order that he may devote MS "n1c
| ,imo m apitation The workingincn seem 10 INV
| t;,, rone the worse for that. They are Willie
,Io coni,alist should support him, an"
| aho,v no anger when Lord Rosebcry contributes
so5o 10 promote his election for Bt'crsea' meg
| rrceived him on Sunday with LOUD cheers' 'iio
..as tho mos, throngcd platform, his the speech
which gave the keynote to the eiglit-hours "elno"
s,r,tion lie is a force in London Tie cou"
tho, not long ago fell on him seems to have hiteh'
| Ic ia once more a leader, and what a leader. Leu
| NO ;udoe him by hi, words. LIE attacked socie'S
| IN bis old stvc-" The human squirrels who would
| he rvrating round Rotten Row on MohdaN' or
:. ,hc pampcrcd darngs of society gathered NJ 'hc
Academy" You do not expect re'ihcd sp''r"
from a mob orator: the matter Is more thah 'hc
manner. Burns is practical soul "heii 'ir
wanted TO force London to yield to the docN
strike. he proposed general strike Of Lohdoh
| labor Now lie wants TO intimidatc al England,
and he proposes universal strike throughout 'hc
Kingdom if Parliament will not grant ie2ai
eioht-bours day Even that would not satisfy
him we may probably, says Lord Kosebery
honored colleague. when we have nnlversal
strike for a legal eight hour, day. take possession
Of the mines and the workshops and so on, and do
| the whole Job while we are about it, That is
nroposal for general punder, a policy OF gIgah'ic
| dishonesty and violence. The Hyde Park crowd
cheercd nobody else seems 10 mind much. lhry
| ORC deemed 10 De windy threats, mere sound and
fury Let us hope they are. BurEs however.
makes no pretext Of caring for the general inter
e,ts Of the community. lie is not for the com
munity; he is for a class. his own class The
only people care about are the working classes
H. is a divine discomfort which is terminating
in the bowels Of society" There other means
Of satisfying it beside strikes. Do the ruling
classps want the working classes TO go and pass
tber laws themselves at Westminster? The
working classes want it; that is enough. whether
IL is profitable or not, they going 10 have
IL. n is in this country a long step from words
,o deeds There will not bc revolution to-day
or tomorrow, but talk like that of Burns's does
not fall on deaf ears
As n sequel TO this May Day picnic a sort Of
| o;ch,bous council held q meeting on Monday