New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
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,.,dor Oct 14-Again it happens that, with
me exception the events most ih'e'e''"s ~
rn.,,sbmen are occurring elsewhere than
=, rra,ord and that English eyes have
he.n turned away from home most OF
A.. r,eek rather imagine that as
many have been fixed on the Nisiian'
.nd yalkyre in American waters as on
.ba singular figure of that South African
.ovaee who is at this moment making war on
tho Queen. The central point Of European IN
..s, % Toulon and the Russian Meet there
,rssent but the great body Of the Engish people
80 s,ow, IN detect the significance OF such a
.noc,acIe. or slow to care about 1t. They rather
erin as they hear Of the French ana hussidh
crown men embracing each other.
II the English press takes serious vie" VI
.hs incident as II must the seriousness Is not
widespread. That will come later. Ibe frehch
Government seems to have tired hohes'y 10
teen within prudent and manageable hfhl's 're
uo,aro, enthusiasm over the visit of the Rus
s,on feet and has succeeded fairly well. what
hoe thus far been said and done need give UNI
hrage TO none Germany and the rest OF Eu-
rome will probably consider this moderation the
moro dangerous because it denotes the soldi'v
of the understanding between France ana nus
Il. France no longer feels alone and there
fore no longer feels sore or firds 1t Impossible
% renress her irritation or her passion for re-
venge. There are spurts of ill-temper IN some
of her papers. but the general tone is quiet
More could not be asked. If an alliance between
France and Russia bodies no good to the peace
~ Europe those two powers are nevertheless
within their rights, and Europe must take It's
EpC the MpQiterra
mean.
Possibly the English care more about Count
Taafes sudden plunge into democracy, lor
democracies are fraternal, and the Enghsh oe-
mocracy is just beginning to feel us strehs'h
and to realize that the democratic principle is
of wide If not Of universal application. 1t is
hardly twenty years since Austria had con-
stitution. She has eight million adults and under
two million voters, and If Count Taafe's bill be-
comes a law she will have four million. Ihat
is not universal suffrage, but long step toward
n. The German Liberals furious, for they
zee in 1t the doom of German ascendancy in
Austria.
Count Taafe's motive Is supposed to be the
construction of a stable majority majorities In
Austra being thus far considerably more un-
stable than water What the Emperors motive
NAV be is harder to divine. The next news was
that the bill would not at present be passed
The action Of the Democracy in the United
States Senate attracts English attention, and the
English mediate little on Mr Cnam-
berlain's declaration that after all England is
more truly democratic than America-a matter
on which much may be said. They cast glance
at moments on the lonely figure at Fredrichs-
rub, rejecting om;tting to reflect, that ne Is
the author of universal suffrage In Germany.
Whether the news that their Mahometan ana
Hindoo fellow-subjects in India have new ruler
much interests them. may be doubted lndia
appeals to the English imagination. and gener-
ally appeals in vain. They want all they have
for home use.
There is a great demand upon ii in behalf OF
the miners on strike. who, on the one hand, are
alleged to be starving, and on the other to be
buying pianos. The end Of the strike is not yet.
though the London organ Of the miners has
been announcing it day by day. and to-day her
alas in large type the miners march to victory.
The march is at any rate not very rapid Bel
gium has marched in the other direction, and
the colliers who had gone out have gone in. so
that once more the attempt at simultaneous in
;ternational anarchy has proved failure. The
French miners In the north are still out but the
strike is not spreading.
There have been conferences on this and on
many other subjects in England. 1t has been
a week Of conferences congresses and congre-
rational union. The law of nations has been
discussed at the Guildhall by an eminent Ger
man professor, and the law of England at Man
chester by the Incorporated Law Society, body
which Is perhaps most deeply interested in main
tanning the privileges and even the perquistes-
and Of course the profts-of the legal profess
sion Oxford with Cambridge to help, has been
discussing secondary education of which some
people still think there is too much. The object
Of this particular conference. however, was not
to suppress or to diminish good teaching. but
TO consider how it could be made better and
more general; problem which In this country
is made difficult by religious differences.
Royalty, which seldom allows itself to be long
forgotten, appeared i'm London in the person OF
the Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess
of York, who opened the new art galleries and
reading-room in Camberwell. given by Mr.. Pass
more Edwards. of the most liberal of man
kind He is always giving something Then the
Duke and Duchess journeyed TO that still more
remote part Of the metropolis known as Poplar.
and there. with the help of the Archbishop Of
Canterbury the Lord Mayor and other great
personages, the young bride and bridegroom
sions which Lord Brassey has erected. Such
the of royalty.
the death list Of the week includes Mr.. MADDOX
Brown, once eminent in the pre- Raphaelite
school. and Sir William-better known as DR..
William-Smith. the eminent compiler Of die
tonaries and school books, eminent also as Edi-
tor OF THE Quarterly Review He had abilities
Of his own and an unrivalled skill in using the
abilities Of others
The political interest Of the week. such 1t Is.
centres in Mr.. Redmond and his little Parnell-
lite band little in the House Of Commons. but
not little in Ireland and largest OF all In Irish
America. What brought them to the front was
primarily a memorial celebration in honor OF
Harnell. There on Sunday in Dublin pro-
cession to Glasnevin Cemetery, where the late
leader Of the Irish Nationalists lies buried There
were delegations from various parts OF Ireland.