New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-12
than echo the general Unonist voice, poth IN
Ireland and England.

/ iieldiiu ana England.
The estimated deficit for the current financial
year now reaches sloOOoOOO This may account
| for Mr.. Gladstone's recent remark that he con-
siders the present naval force of Great Britain
| adequate to all demands.
The Lord Mayors banquet produced no single
speech of Importance. No Minister of the hrst
| rank in politics was present LORD hmperley
| spoke with marked friendness to America ana
/ to the American Ambassador was assigned 'he
distinguished honor of proposing the toast 10 .he
late Lord Mayor which he did win al que
decorum 1t was to the Italian Ambassador,
as the senior of the diplomatic body that the
duty fell of responding for that BODY.
| The failure of last weeks conference between
the coal owners and coal miners has had its
natural results The conflict has become more
| bitter. and the price Of coal has risen. Waiisend
| sells in London to-day at 40 shillings the Ton
The miners organ, which for few days before
! the conference preached peace and conciliation.
once breathes out threatenihss ana
slaughter. coupled with hyst ,rical appeals - inc
Public to support the very men whose STUBBORN
ress is inficting grave hardshps on most classes
OF the community.
| 1t was in truth the owners who showed
spirit of concliation and fairness. They pro-
| posed that the men should return tn wori: AT
once that the 10 per cent in dispute shouid De
paid into the bank. that the arbtrators should
determine at once whether this Is per cent ought
or ought not to be deducted from the wages,
and that if they decided for tn, men. the whole
sum should at once be paid them. Mr. Pickard,
! the leader and evil genius Of the ni5r. said no.
/ He is firm against any compromise. He pro-
| posed thai the men should be allowed to re-
turn to work at the old wages till April lS9i.
aed that after April 10 per cent reduction
might BE- considered; bu, that the owners should
| bind themselves never again In any circum-
! stances to pay wages less than 30 per cent above
! the standard of 1855. lie proposed. tina, is. not
| compromise but surrender. Meantime. figures
have been published proving that, on an aver
age colliers' wages are more than double those
| Of farm laborers, and more than cqua. 10 those
Of many skilled trades.
Sir Andrew Clarks death fills the papers with
stories Of his devotion to Mr.. Gladstone He
was devoted ana he knew the Prime Ministers
| constitution as none other knows it, Moreover,
! he had a kind Of authority with Mr.. Gladstone
which another physician may not acquire He
would grant or Withhold leave 10 make "A speech.
70 take a journey. or TO go down to the House
Of Commons. He had definite theory of what
was essential TO the pro,OngatiOn OF Mr. Glai-
/ stones lie, ana results snow IL "a Spuiu iHcplS.
This is but narrow view Of Sir Andrew. whose
eminence was very great. independently OF his
services to his most famous patient The true test
is. How did he stand with his own profession!
| And the answer is, None stood higher.
Affairs on the Continent would. in ordinary
times be thought rather exciting. France, 1t
is true. has contributed no great sensation She
is reposing after her Russian excitement Still NJ.
| Carnot who is now said to have resolved on be-
ing his own successor has made Presidential
progress to Maubenge. The eminen. French
freebooter. NJ Nixon. is back from the
Niger with a splendid grievance against the Eng
Iish Niger Company which for once his country
men seem slow TO press. NJ. Tirard twice Prime
Minister and Finance Minister. and an able man.
is dead The present Prime Minister has tried to
reconstruct his Ministry by squeezing out the
Radicals, but NJ Carnot thought 1t best that the
Minis:ry which had appealed to the country
! should meet the Chamber which the country had
! elected. and VI. Dupuy had to give way. lnas-
| much, however as the Chamber Ia clearly mod
crate the Ministry will ultimately have to be
| moderate also
Moderation ought now TO be In fashion. for
while the miners strike In the north Of France
/ has collapsed in Spain things are much live
! lier. The Hidagos are conducting their httie
! war in Morocco. but have not yet driven back
the tribes which swarm abou; Mel!lla. The
Sultan OF Morocco fearing lest these guerilla
| outbreaks may serve as a pretext for war On
himself. protests his good will. and promises 20
keep the Riffs in order The name Of this tribe
is perhaps shortened from rin-ran, yet Spain
has called out 10000 reserves, and, being
| hard up for mOney. has opened public
subscription. her Finance Minister, hat in hand.
.flt
| arms.
Far NOR, serious is the Barcelona outrage.
Nobody doubts that 1t was an Anarchist who
| threw the bomb In the theatre which killed
| directly and indirectly thirty people There
have been arrests, but the assassin has prob
| ably escaped. If, however. the Anarchists per
severe they may ultimately succeed in forcing
society TO treat them like the wild beasts they
are.
Spain provides still another horror at San
tander. where an accidental explosion Of dyna-
mite on a ship in the harbor killed ten times
as many as the Barcelona bomb. The ship
seems to have been in contraven,ion.
The resignation Of Count Taaffc last week
has left Austrian politics at skies ard scvens. as
they usually are. Prince Wndschgraetz. a
Moderate selected by the Emperor to form a
new Cabinet has not yet formed one, nor found
the elements Of a working coalition
Prussia has elected a new Diet, not much diff
| fcring from the old Tho Conservatives. how
ever, have now twenty-three seats and Herr
Richter. the Radical leader, though winning in
| Berlin, has lost his old seat for Hagen and fur
ther impaired his prestige which will hardly
| stand much more impairing.
A crisis in Egypt has been STAYED off. the
| Khedive having been made to that he must
| choose between Lord Cromer and RiaZ Pacha.
| 1t is Hobson's choice. for he cannot dismiss
| Lord CroIner nor expe the English. and he can
dismiss Riaz Pacha. That honest but narrow
Minister has perceived that he is but an carthen
vessel and that continued collisions with iron
can have but one result He has yielded. and
promised TO behave for the future.