New-York tribune., 1893-12-31

sesd to resign. It y clear that On the genera
question Of strengthening the navy Aom'!a"
sn,n,on is very different from Dir wnhama
1rd aueucers IL different. ana those who
.uxnt 10 know cay that the building proposals
c,r next year viii satisfy even Lord George
Hamilton. and not fall much snort o' ""A'
General Tracy thinkr needful
The uishap 70 the Resolution came IN good
time 70 keep alive general interest In the state
., tn. navy She IL one Of the newest. b'sRest
and best ships In the British Navy and on her
Nr,t VOYAGE has TO turn tail before storm IN
,ae Bay of Biscav and run for Queensto~"'
~ nobody on board vas allowed To say anyth'ns
nbout what had happened the most ALARMING
rtortes were current. II was believed sne ""u
nearly foundered II r. certain she wa" IN er"a'
danger both from rolling and from water Hood
ins the engine-ronm.
The Admiralty. questioned In the House %
Commons make light Of the danger. as their
manner IL. Her hull. they declared. was ho'
strained. She requires but a few hundred dol
lars worth Of repairs. The quantity Of water
taken aboard In exaggerated pnd there II no
question a. to her stability. That is all very
we'll, and very Official: but why. then. did the
Resolution run for Queenstown when bound TO
Gibraltar? One officer board haa ventured
- 70 write Q letter, which tells . very different
:stpry and II is certain that tho matter Will not
3 = allowed 10 rest whore the smooth answers OF
sis Uehtred Kay-shuttleworth have left II IN
the House Of Commons.
The best private builders believe the Ad-
miralty notions OF construction are radically
unsound They point out that no merchant
ship was disabled In this gale The latest Ad-
uniralty excuse In that the Resolution returned
lest shc might run short OF coal. That amounts
70 saying that a new hrst-ciass battlcship can
not carry coal enough for a voyage from Ply
mouth tn Gibraltar Some Of tn" most eminent
Admirals In the English Navy express grave
doubts OF tho safety Of ships built on this model.
Sir Edward Reed. on the other hand. declares.
In column and half. his complete confidence
In her stability.
A deputation from fourteen London parishes
visited Mr.. Gla istone on Thursday. desiring 10
know whether the Government would take steps
TO enable them to employ the unemployed on
public works. such as light railways. labor
farms and tidal estuarIes. They got many ex-
pressions Of sincere sympathy from him. but
very little encoura gcr,ent. He clearly does not
believe It the duty Of the State to find work for
those out OF work. nor that State Socialism on
any considerable scale has yet been proved to
b either possible or beneficial
The ltrita tiOn created by the continuance OF the
Duke OF Edinburgh's $4,000 annuity Ia not allayed
bat increases. The Radical press will not let
the subject alone Even the strictly Gladatonian
press harps the disagrecable theme The Ger
man papers which are apt to be h"avy-handed
In dealing with delicate matters. have done
uothing to improve and something to worsen the
position Of the Duke Of Edinburgh and the pre-
dicament Of the English Ministry.
In nd
those side issues on which broad political issues
are sometimes settled. When a German paper
announces that the British Parliament has n"
business to discuss the position OF German
Federal Prince John Buirs ba goes NY at once
He may have TO pay the money. but he Will nos
hold his tongue ut German dictation or any
body's dictat.on. Nor does the statement put
forth In 'The Coburg ';aEctte" tend 10 conciha-
tiou, albeit supposed to bc directly inspired by
the Duke himself. He urges that this annuity
10 mixed up with marriage settlements on the
Duchess and II therefore beyond the range OF
discussion In the British Parliament That In
nonsense" retorts the irate British Radical
speaking through his most radical organ. not
too cvily.
Other German paper. express ppinion. more ac
ceptable to the English a leading Berlin jour
2 nal observes tina, the Duke. Having become a
Another declares that FOR a German Prime" - ac-
cept q foreign pension 's rcpugnan; to German
feelings. Both thes. sentiments awake an echo
In ENGLAND. II the Duk. reads English papers.
he will hnd the suggestion frequent that he had
better relinQuish his pension Voluntarily l"st
worse befall him. lie must. at any rate. be
aware that not only In the press. but in the
House Of Commons. the subjec, Is constantly
mentioned. Questions are put which Ministers
dnd extremely inconvenient to answer. rs the
Duke still British subject" asks one Member:
to whom the Solicitor -Ge leral makes answer that
nothing has occurred to alter the nationality
acquired by birth: but as a sovereign prince he
acts independently In all matters relating to his
sovereign capacity. In which capacity does he
escelvs his nifty thousand year, queries the
impatient Radical. but gets no responre. Nor
% any answer given u the further question.
What will be the Dukes position In even, Of war
between England and Germany?
Nr. Oiadstones birthday brought him the usual
sAaaf Of congratulations. public and private.
THOSE which come from his political opi'on' nta
an not less coydia! than those " his political
supporter II II sec;. once more that political
differences do not imply or involve p.rsona! ami
nsosities. Probably there is no country wher" po-
ut!cal criticism within decent limits Is freer
and none where (, Is ~, entirely consistent with
roepect and admiration f,r the p~rson whose po-
uticai conduct is con1emned. The d's;ln"'ion IL
peffectiy understood here TIL II Il Understood
elsewhere II is impossible t. appreciate MI GIad
stones real position lE his own county
What happened yesterday In the House "i
Commous marks the distinction 10 plsinly that
he who runs may see H. MI. Gladst'n"t en-
srsncc was hailed by his whole party rising ana
cheering Not many minutes later Mr. Halfpur.
having . question 20 ppt. used the opportunity
% offer TO the Prime Minister. ""n my own part
and on the part of my friends. our most Tincerc
congYatulations>' This tin" the ch "rS rove
from every quarter ~ tho Iiou'". Mr.. 0lai>ton"
bowed, and In vibrating tones thanked the
Leader of the Opposition "fpr his great courtesy
.and kindncss"