New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-17

sire IL when they write as Germans. Ihey "ch
know that IL means disturbance to the existing
order Of things on the Continent. Their best
/ hope is that public opinion in Great Britain. en-
! lightened by the course OF events during the
last six years. may present a barrier to the rush
of the Anglo-French partisans. who are the
active forces in foreign policy among the Glad
stonians
| Hardly less significant is the attitude of the
| Socalistic sheets ia Germany. Their desire
is to see a majority so unstable that labor votes
may upset it. They believe, indeed that more
is to be got from the Gladstonians than from the
| Cnioniste. but they regard the triumph of either
| as "a mere means TO labor ends.
There are signs that the Emperor and his
present Chancellor have thought better OF thaV
scheme for the prosecution OF Prince DIS
marck for his criticisms upon the Imperial policy
His own readiness to be prosecuted was evident
and that was not encouraging. The journals
which took the Emperors side refrained. or the
best OF them rcfrained, from fomenting legal
proceedings 1t was plain that public opinion
would be outraged There on this point an
accord between the German and all other European
journals The scandal Of such prosecution
would have revolted Germany and Europe. IL
would have turned away from the Emperor ule
sympathies Of those who were on his side, In
Guiding the most Pharsacal portion of the En-
| glsh press. which still continues its homihes on
this subject The British Mrs. Grundy holds up
her trembling hands in horror at Prince Bismarck
audacity in handling German policy with the
same freedom that they Use in handling Enghsh
| policy
The conflict in Idaho provokes precisely the
samc sort Of comments elected by that at Home
stead. Again the English reader is told in effect,
If not in so many words, that protection Is
responsible for both. Says "1he Daily News:
What a commentary have we in these grim mar
ratives from the United States upon the working
Of the protection laws" And this amazing sheet
proceeds 70 explain how what it calls in Jarg'n
Of its own "protcction laws have failed 10 bring
prosperity TO American worliingmcn who had peeh
| taught 10 look with pity on the condition oil ulc
British workingmcn under a free tarlf.' IL IA
only civil 70 assume that the writer OF this DE-
licvcs what he SAYS and believes that he could II
he tried trace some connection between the Mchlh-
! lev tariff and the collisions at Homestead ana
the Cocur dAlenc mines; but he careiuliy re-
frains from trying it. 1t is. however, election
time. and any nonsense is thoughI g"ou c"'"e
for such period.
7. is long since any calamity has reused more
svnnathy than the disaster u II. johns, New
rundland The news came Monday. on the
,amc day Lord Knutsfor , Col NAL Secretary, wrote
10 the Lord Mayor, and the Lord Mayor published
an appeal for help. There is in this country no
more elicacious means Of relief than MANSION
House fund.- and the response Of the pablic was I'M
mediate The Queen sent her gilt oil SOU neat
dav which of itself brings many larger sums OF
Donald Smith gave $1,000 There are large doha-
tions from many other well-known pcTsons-irom
Sir Charles Tuppcr, Lord Knutsford, Sir Frederic
Ieishton Lord Dorchester, from bankers, insurance
oicas and commercial houses 1t may he hoped
that funds will lie forthcoming for ample he'p IN
all urpent cases The Mayor OF Liverpool called
a publc meeting. The other mayors do Likewise
Yet the subscriptions now amount to but Sio'ooo
Lord R5scbcry has now definitely resigned the
Craftsmanship Of the London County Council and
his successor has been elected IN the person oi JohE
Hutton. lately vcc-chairman. Mr. Hutton Is oi
course a Progrcssiyc non" other would have !"
chance Of election. He belongs 10 the more
moderate. or less immoderate, wing OF the fro-
rre-,ivcs Is an able man Of business and Will give
hi. whole time 20 tie affairs Of the council, no"
vast enough 10 require continuous attention. lie
WAS. however, proposed and seconded by
two Of the most radical men in the Council, LORD
Carrington and John Burns EAtIemeS meet
bcro rs elsewhere. He has before him
| "A
of the first bills introduced in the new Glad
stonian Parliament will be a bill 10 confer greater
no,yer on the London County Council. The world
may probably have opportunity of looking on at
greater municipal experiment than was ever
before tcen Meantime the Council grasps al
What IT, can II passed, on Tuesday, though only
by a majority of three a resolution demanding au-
tbority from Parliament TO acquire land for all
public purposes. No phrase could be more elastic,
! no mower much wider 1t makes the Council
sole Judge of what purposes are public, and OF
what public welfare requires, and opens an un-
limited vista Of municipal taxation Mr. Burns
said that IL did not meaa the naturalization oi
all the land In London the explanation wa
needed, but who say what 1t may mean III
the near future?
The death Of Cyrus Field il widely felt here, and
sincerely hmcntcd lie had many friends. lie
had also an English reputation springlng from
his great services TO this country, not less thah
his American reputation. The calamlticS when
hcset his later years had not affected the general
feeling in this country OF regard and respect for
tbc man 70 whom England owes the Atlantic
,clcoraph. and all that has grown out OF II. 1hat
i. was the real author Of that great work wna
nerfcctlv understood here. IL was understood
that j. that but for Cyrus Field the laying OF the
cable and the completion OF ePeraphic conii''"-
nicaton with America would have been post
ro,cd for many years, probably for a generation.
The English. therefore, pay due homage to his
ccnius his courage. his splendid faith in his idea
and in himself and the unc nquerable tenacity wlt'
which lie pursued his work The difficulties IN
tis vav are better known here than at home Ills
,o,, failures were rso many evidences OF the I'M
measurable usefulness of his final success liad
tho cable Of 'js lived observes lie l1m'S'
who can say now that the history OF the evehtlul
and lamcntable years that iolIo"ed mig"' n''
havo hoon modified adding that the Trent affair.