New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08

made false start, admits that revolutions OUGHT
not to he announced beforehand for q fixed day
and hour lays the blame of the present f.iiure on
others, and now seems inclined to wait for TIE
next general election, which he and his friends are
sure of winning. The revolution is to be kept in
reserve, in case they should not
The Cluseret movement has equally come 10
naught and so far as there has been any agita-
tion during the week, it has been fairly political
in direct connection with the Panama plot. Tie
clements of Socialistc and Anarchist agitation
are all there, but the man who can make use of
them has yet to appear.
The fall in French rentes continues. The three
per cents, which left off at $3.50 last Satur-
day, closed yesterday at 9445. Six months ago
they were at rar, and at the beginning of De
cember rot much below it. There have been
fluctuations, of course, during the last fort
night the depreciation Of public securities has
been, on the whole, steady. There has been no
such revival of public confidence as to stop
the selling out by small investors The same
state of uncertainty exists. The public feels IL
self in presence of the unknown, and Is
dimly aware that the comparative quiet of the
week is confined to the surface. Nobody knows
what is going on below.
The report of NJ Waddington's resignation
as Ambassador to England provokes fresh OK
plosion OF French hostility to It's former ally
II Is true that NJ. Waddington has resolved to
retire. though none of the reasons publicly AS
signed are quite correct He was sent to Eng
land In 1888. say the journalists and diplo-
matists, to restore friendly relations between
England and France, and he has not restored
them. Therefore his mission is a failure. One
writer remarks with curious explicitness that
his business was TO revive the friendly senti-
ment Of the English for France.
Tho answer TO all that is simple. The relations
between the two countries since 1888 have never
been, in the diplomatic sense, other than friendly
IL is equally true that in a popular sense the
sentiments of the English toward the French
have been amicable The hostile feelings are on
this side. The French hnve never forgiven the
English for their own mistake in declining the
proposal for loipt occupation of Egypt in
1882. II NJ Waddington had any special mis-
sion, it was to get the English out Of Egypt or
20 get the French back again. or to sooshe III some
way the susceptibilities not Of the country TO
which lie WIS accredited, but of the country and
Government which sent him to London. He
was asked to accomplish the impossible, and he
has not succeeded He has nevertheless done
what could be done by good sense, tact, diplo-
matte skill, and thorough knowledge of England
and of Englishrncn. His relations with the Eng
llsll court ana WltH tic l'du'is Va 'oSi PS'tN"'
parties have been EXCELLENT. He was liked and
respected. and Nine Waddington, an American
lv birth. has made the French Embassy at Albert
Gate q social headquarters.
The question Of NJ Waddirgon's successor Is
one Of real importance. VI. Ribot is said to nave
,ysbc1 for this embassy before he became Prime
Minister. and it is suggested that he may Keep i,
onon till his Ministry resigns London "ouii
Welcome M Rbot for his own sake, ana also
,ecaus. Nine Ribot is an American. IL hhS
wclI be that some new diplomatic enterprise IS 10
,s ATTEMPTED Mr. Gladstone Is again Irme
Minister as he was when NJ WaddinetoT went
70 London. His French sympathes are Known
His dislike 10 tie occupation OF Egypt Is Known
ro would rejoice oil both grounds TO withhrl"
Bnt behind Mr.. Gladstone is the set'Ieu oPinio"
of ,he English people They did not alo" nm
70 scuttle ont of Egypt before, ana they WIZ
no. allow him now. Lord Roscbrry is f'ieiih
Minister Nobody supposes that he Is In laFof o,
.cut+lina or that he wishes to withdraw England
rroh, the position which she has occupied ior siN
GEARS in European politics The moral am dpio-
,oatic influence Of Great Britain is on the eide oil
that great league Of peare which goes ny 'i'e
,,mo of the Triple Alliance, and there IL VIII IT,
| main bccauee there the people Of England "''h
| u N remain. II would simplify TIE relations
! ho,wccn the two countries and save some dipio-
,n,,ic friction and much useless rhetoric III the
| Frcnch press il France wond make up her lnin
| >, roc,gnile thcsc facts "a facts and ADJUST hef
policy accordingly. w. w. >"