New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-20

much attention is paid TO the Canadian grievance
respecting future regulations In truth there has
always been very prevalent desire for
stringent regulations not only TO preserve
useful trade, but also to prevent future
MISUNDERSTANDING, and after succeeding upon the
main point OF tie dispute there is no burning
anxiety to regard seriously the Canadian outcry.
1t Is not forgotten that the demands of Canada
are often severely trying 10 the Mother Country
and not infrequenty create international trou-
bic. The new regulations may possibly deprive
Canada of nearly all the oyster. leaving her only
the SHELL bat public opinion does not seem likely
to disregard the rights which inherently belong
to Americas geographical limits.
In society sense, London is now empty. The
Commons being still in session prevents the clos
ing OF the political clubs hut the Park is almost
deserted, and the streets and the West End
houses are mostly empty, owing to the intcnsn
heat of the last fcw days We have been having
shade temperature of s5 10 03 dcgrces, and this
in our humid atmosphere, with an absence of
rain for weeks in succession, made the Metrop-
oils as unbearable Bombay Rangoon The
unpreraredness of Englishmcn for such terrible
weather largely accounts for the many cases of
sunstrole of which, alas, read in almost every
newspaper Mrs Grundy rules with a rod Of
city merchant and broker from his ten-dollar clerk
Ladies must corsets in hot weather in
cold. The dwelling houses of the West End must
have their white blinds and art curtains. render
ing it impossible to carry out the Eastern rule,
Keep dark if you would keep COOL Bedrooms
at - to 90 degrees are not conducive TO health
or comfort.
Apart from these personal troubles. which will
be diSpelled by the first thunderstorm. the coun-
try is suffering most seriously through the pro-
longed droutn. The fruit and grain crops are
ripenng month earlier than usual. Hay is so
scarce that it has reached famine prices. The
grain crops are throughout the country nearly 20
per cent below the average, and south of the
Thames nearly 40 per cent In many respects
this is one of the most terrible seasons England
has passed through for a generation. The year,
too has been notable for its astounding shrinkage
in the value of investments. The wholesale col
lapse of the Australian banks has reacted upon
London exchange. The silver policy of the Gov
crnmcnt, which is provoking alarm and discon-
tent in India--the prices accepted for this weeks
Council bills having been the latest ohcnce-has
further depressed values that. though the
home trade has not shown any marked diminn
tion there has, nevertheless, been an awful di-
location IN investments.
The insensatc strike of miners is also adding 10
the colIntry's trouble They decline TO share their
employers losses. Nay in coaliields they
demand increased wages. That they should have
qUarrclled in the summer time, when the consump-
tion of coal is limited and when the stocks happen
TO be very large, sllsws the want Of foresight of
King Demos and how eager be Is TO be aggrcsslv"
THE Pail Mall Gazette" is bursting forth into
remarkable freshness and energy under it, new
management. The Mr.. Muller who has lately
joined its staff in a leading capacity is a rcla-
tive OF Lord Salisbury. and was for tm' tutor
in his family For several years he has been
editing "a rusty Conservative journal in Man
chester Since he iCncd The Pal, Mall Gazette
he has put fresh life into that venture. The
latest success of that newspaper has brcn m eN-
p0surc Of what is known as the "orditc scandal.
Chiefly at the instigaton of Sir Frederick Abel
the War Oflicc adopted corditc what i known
as its secret explosive. Sir Frederick conducted
tests and inquiries, and a. result
invented process ont Of other peoples
ideas. the patent for which he sold 10 foreign
manufacturers, while himself in the Govornmcn'
employ. Mr.. Banncrman- admissions in the
House Of Commons reveal gross betrayal OF ma
tional interests by the department over which he
presdes Though Sir Frederick has done nothing
which is an infringement Of the War Ollie" rule,
he has evidently made the War Office interest
subsidiary to the interests Of his own pocket
This j. not the first time that Sir Frederick ha'
been mixed up in great scandal Of this KIND.
and now that the matter is being probcd by Far
lament Professor Abel may again be compelled
to disgorse as occurred in the suncotton scandal
or be driven into private lfc perhaps both.
Some of the newspapers are making strong oD-
lection 10 the Dukc of Connaueht's succeeding
Sir Evelyn Wood at Adcrshot General Roberts
would hav" been preferred by most pcupl" for
that post, but il is not generally known that
General Roberts may be intended for the Govcino
Gencral>llip of India Lord Roscbcry Is strongly
urging MS claims IL the Cabinet 10 succeed Lori
Lansdowne Moreover, many persons forget that
the Duke OF Connaueht is military man OF no
mean order He is no common hgur"hra1, bat
is allowed by all good judges to be one Of the
ablcst generals in the scIycc
WON BY TIE SATANITA