New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07

IFF-BULGARIA-FRANOE AND RUSSIA
TIE NEWMAN STATUE - INFLUENZA
ABATIXG-sIR MoRELL MACKENzIE-
LORD ROSEBERY- MR.. WHISTLER.
lBY rug rRirCNE.
Copyrioht. 1892; Bg The Tribune Assoe;attoh
London. Feb. 6.-Again il is the death Of a man
In a great position which must he called the most
interesting event of the week. Mr.. Spurgeon is,
undoubtedly, when every allowance has been made.
real loss TO England, and an rreparahle loss to
those great religious bodies in England who allow
themselves to he grouped under the name of Non
conformists He was a Baptist. but he was the
leader Of many communions who would reject
the name of BaptistS. Tie whole Nonconformlht
world looked To him its chief. He was the one
among them who had a hold on the people
and on the popular imagination lie was their
one great preacher His name was flag There
are other able men among these sects, many able
men, many men OF profound religions sense ol
devotion. of learning of high qualities Mr. Spur
geon alone had a commanding name and per
sonality which made him far-reaching force.
He was not the most lcarned-he WAS not learned
at all nor the most adroit tactician. nor many
other things; but he WAS SpurgeOn. lie was
great preacher because he preached year aI'cr
year TO great audiences whom he heid spell
bound captivatcd. subdued. and Obcdent % NIB
will. Not eloquent. perhaps. but he reached the
ends at which eloquence aims by homeN ana
forcihle persuasivenesS. by authority. ny endless
variety of manner b. knowledge of human nature.
by eccentricty, and above all by the intensity oi
his conviction and his unqucnchabic ardor Ill ''e
salvation of souls How many be saved th' census
does not tell us. lie had admirable pcfsohaj
qualities and virtues. among which refinement
l., al
strength. and he was so great man that nobody
can be named as likely to succeed to his influence
or his authority He deserves. however iulier
studv than can he given him here and reserve
most Of what | have to say about the great
Puritan preacher of this generation
The conflict over the new Prussian Education
bill has ended for the present in COMPROMISE
and a committee The Ministerial crisis Is tuc"
over bv the favorte device of modern diplomacy
modns vivendi Neither Herr MIGUEL, Minister
Of Finance nor Herr Bennngsen, PRESIDENT oi
the Hanoverjan Administration, will resign Tor
the present The German Emperor ana o"n'
Won Caprivi seem 70 have discovered that even
in Prussia people have opinions ana 'la' po"''-
cal convictions are not renowned on the instant
AT the Emperor's nod The bill is now i'll the
hands of committee of twcnty-eisht, win a
Government majority varying on various points
from two to ten or eleven.
Count Won Caprv has iniimatsd that con-
cessions will be made. No concession can ne maui
which will satisfy the Liberals and not eVisceia'c
the measure. The principle of the hlll Is state
god with State machinery for enforcing the @acn-
ing Of it's own deity according TO the forms OF
one or tile other Of the recognized confessions or
sects in Prussia Il this principle hc maintaihea'
Liberals must oppose it. III 1t De aoandohed' 'ne
bill is so much waste paper. The present lh'en-
tion is to force the bill through. A majority
Of about thirty is believed to be certain in the
Jandtag; but; SAYS a competent witness popular
agitation against il is increasing. All over the
Kingdom the press. limited az it IS muzzled as IL
is spcaks out Opposition papers-they call 1hem-
selves indepndeat, meaning that they are not
in Government pay-dcnounce the bill as purely
Clerical measure intended and well calculated 10
put primary education IN Prussia indcr OerIc"I
control So il will; or would II that Imperial
signature in the Munich album had not told the
world that the will of the King IL the supreme
law | imagine that most of H., II we hau 10
choose would choose to Ike governed ny 'he VIII
of the King rather than by the VIII oI te pIles'N
Catholic or Protestant But what are you ~ "o
whom il i the will of the King that the Will OF
the priests should prevail?
Tho stories of crucltics TO soldiers in the
German army which provided a sensation Tor the
.srly part If the week, are not denied. IheN
eould not OF course, be denied "lthoh' ue"Si'-
the authenticity of the circular Issued py Tilhce
George Of SaXony Ia his coloneh. inc Only
answer vet supplied officially or m-oflclaly IS
the statement that the circular was conidch'h'i
and that the authors Of the crucites nave pec"
punished with severity Socialist l. s'la l"
have stolen and published the circular, II uh"o
lelps matters Cruelty is IN any case ols-
countenaucci by the Emperor. But the Emperor
though omniscent, s not omnIpiesent, an" 'he
German sergeant has heavy hand.
1t may be apropos of this unwelcome disclosure.
or from some other source, that the kaser has
suddenly discovered Socialism 10 be rampant ana
bent on mischief Hitherto he had persuaded him
self that grand paternal government had proved
a specific against revolution; he believed that the
Socialists had been won over and that the
repeal of Prince Bismarck anti-socal laws had
brought no danger 10 the State. He has been
undeceived and says 80, and has uttered note
of warning which Anarchists will have 10 heed
lest a worse thing beian them. For the kaiser.
like his drill sergeants, has a heavy hand, winch
he is on occasion quite ready 10 bring down on
offending heads
The new French tariff. with many augmented
duties took effect OH Sunday with res Its curiously
like the first results Of the Mckinley tariff Prices
went I'D by leaps and bounds. Tradesmen took
advantage Of small increase in duties 10 make
a large increase in their charges Mutton, for
example has gone up some ten cents pound. the
extra duty being about two cents. Beet went Up
out of pure sympathy. Wine and many other
things went up, prices depending on an equation
between the greed of the dealer and the credulity
of the buyer There is discomfort, which French
Socialists foment. just as British Free Traders
masquerading in American colors fomented ig.
norsnt discomfort with the Mckinley tariff. The
protective policy is. however pushed much farther
in France than in America and the expediency OF
some provisions in the new tariff an open
question.
relat tnns have Lena rcslllned