New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29

cieaVagcs in many directions in n maioritv never
"onoseheous' Mr. Balfour has expressed his fear
ics' the mai split come too soon. lie wants this
government to stay in Office long enough to show
'he country what II really meals, and to bring
'"ou' mat long reaction and long Conservative
tenure of power to which he looks as the reward
"i temporary exile from Office The release of the
TWO dynamters. Egan and Callan. has profoundly
moved the minds Of many, who thinl, the crime
condoncd for political ends and Justice tampnreI
with to purchase political support for Minis
ny. such are some af tine clements in situation
which IS 10 say the least. extremely complicated
Parliament meets on Monday The programme
OF thc Ministers is still studousy concealed
!hc Queens speech will throw some light on il,
though nothing but gcncraliticS can he >pcctcl
from the Queens Speech The amendments to
the ADDRESS, and the debate on both, ought to
clear the air a little. Bat ~ full lirht will come
till Mr.. Gladstone introduces his lI0nc-Rulc
bill, and the date Of that great event is still nm
certain. You may take it for granted that Mr..
'i1adstOnes confidence in his measure and hs
majority is undated Never will he doubt lis
own ability 20 command success till tho division
he'll rings and the division has been taken and
tho wrong set of tellers are seen advancing to
the table.
Mr.. Gladstone cngs to his determination that
it is tho English race. and tn" English
alone. which stands in need Of discipline. Being
asked whether h" would not substitute British
for English in his extraordinary Campbell let
ter. so as to include greater portion Of his
fcllow-subiects, he declined, on the ground that it
would not do to speak OF the British language.
The rclcvancc of this reason is not apparent to
Ordinary minds: nor is ii clear why hc should
Inc reluctant to escape from the false position
in which his letter to Mr.. Douglas Campbell
left him.
If ever anybody innocrntlv did Mr. Gladstone
an i'll service, il was this same Mr.. Campbell,
wlcn he sent him his Anglophobist book on
The Puritan in Holland. England and america.
The old mans letter, which naturally 9ratilied
the author of the book which he praised, offended
his owa countrymcn if, indeed, this pure Scotch
man regards the English as his own countrymcn,
except for political purposes The press bcrated
him. which perhaps hc does not know and does
not mind But his own friends felt tina, he had
again made one of those mistakes Of latr years
not infrcqucnt with him. tho mistake of dsparag-
ing his own country in presence of a foreigner
and for a foreigners benefit The English do
not like that They forgive him this. a. they
have forgiven him much else; but his friends
feel that a party leader on the eve of great
party battle ought to make as few demands as
possible on the forgiveness or toibcdIancH Of
;ho-c whom he asks to follow him
The English papers are making WY faces over
verdict for $3.50 DAMAGES against Il paper In
which a certain critic said a certain play had been
hootcd of The stage. But it was clear that the
PLAY, though il-fncc.vcd had reached ITS iat"ial
end on III, FIRST night. aud had run for fortnight
after The iury chose 20 take the critics words
literally. and taken literally. they were untrue
The question WIS raised moreover, whether this
critic had really been present so that the opinion
NJ the i,rv il deicnsiblc enough II il neVertil"-
less true that English urcS are picdi-poS'" W
Judge newspapers harshll, and that ho'h the Ia"
Of libel and the practical application oil !"
court are in this country extremely s'>cic'
IMMUNITY enjoyed in ancrica represents TIC o'hc'
| extreme.
Mr. Henry Arthur Joncs's queer play. qn''fN
entitled The Baublc Shop" produced AT 'i''
| Cr;+or;o, Theatre on Thursday "Nenne' mdiNS
ono of tho downward steps Of the English s'ag''
7. uas in ono sense successful. The hiN' a''
amused the house. the second chilled IT, AZ" '''
,hi,d WAS barely tolerated; but sRil'I "H"''''"0
| of The fourth with its Philistinc appear " d"
| pharisaical morality, brought down III" cur an
| in triumph. But, trlumph or no 'iu"p''
| NAV is trivial in plot, and impossible a. S'0'N
| 81 actual life II II were meant as ''"'r"' "
| would he extravagant. But MIR. JoEcS "Nl''"''
| .,,oons ne % take il and him seriously. We are
| expected TO believe that caucr Vi ,'e =;
| 80 Commons the son Of doting Old Ie'r' n!-
,..N' Lin,se,f in an innocent intrigue with tho
| 1,,nh,o, of n salesman in toyshop; j. Witch'"
aa1 de,ec,od bv the Radical VI p VINO owns
| Ills hazaar and denounced by him IN the House
in debate on a Public Morals bill: ana drl'en
from Office AM from Parliament.
The Parliamentary part OF tins story Is '''' ~
the sneaker room There is great "eo"'' I"
r,eot spercA hy the leader of the iiouS'' e''''
reply hy tile Radical toyshop keeper E''",
division and . great defeat Of the Government, anu
all these events occur within quarter o. d" ','.
| Thu absurditv of il is hardly more Hasta"' '''''
,hc absurditv Of the scene inside inc 'P''N'
roor, into which flock a crowd of frightened
rro,io, in,on. an forcing their leader to confess
- do,v tho charge circulating in tine lopp"S
boforo debate begins Equally absurd mas
hoen a scene between the Tory leader ana '"'
Radical shopkccpcr in the bazaar, "hcr' "''
wicked lori is discovered at III the ''' "'"0
Tho Radical bullics and the WICKED fora 1ins''
I, * hard 10 say which is the morr coht'mP''p.o
Of the two Mr.. Jones during all this c''ai'
hard,v moro than once makes his hero say or 90
ANYTHING he ought TO have said or dom" Tic
on,os never 20 understand what such MA"
INNS. have felt and expressed III" ennowco nun
with neither sense nor COURAGE iI"r' AZ Wv
last act this poor creature offers the sirl mar
.ioro ,coins, his fathers protest. The girl re-
fusce, and the Radical sneers at it as "a S'l .s
osnr Thcn the father changes his mind th'
oirl changes hers and the curtain falls on scene
of domestic biiss
Mr.. Jones has. after the manner OF MS Ai'iu
deliberately sacrificed probability to drama'ic
effect. and the English audience also alter theii
-, ICON. tho sacrifice. The dialogue, often
sha,n and telling the craft shown in the
structure Of the play. tho comic musc-hall b"si
nose NJ q fast young lady Of the period, hao
oonh ia share in the desired result The acting
was never first rate. Mr. Wyndham, incompara