New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-29


AFRICAN C>MPMGN-HoME RULE
THE COAL sTuKE-BHEwERs
AND TEEToTALLERs.
,,y oAplr TO THE TRlBuSxI
sepyriont. 1898: Bv Tht Tribune A''ee'd'o"'
london Oct. 2S.-Snce last Saturday the brlt-
,.h nublic has been occupying its mihu WIN
somewhat miscellaneous interests Oh "hi'" 'o
oro either at home or abroad, has been para
mount with the public as whole Inc -Ha'a
bcle campaign has oomed larger thah ever anu
Home Rule not quite so large IN spi'e u '""'
remarkable Ulster gathering in benas'' anu
some remarkable deliverances ny MI heo'lo"'
In Cork The silver proceedings at ""Siiiils'o"
arc Won NAV be sure. closely followed ana 'he
NOW confident hope Of repeal is not mere Oh any
where in Europe an entirely seihsh nope re"
are the competent judges OF hhahce WHO uoup'
that the prosperity Of the Chi'eu states ue-
nords largely on repeal. or that prosperity there
and here are closely connected Seldom DO ior-
egn affairs. if merely political, long monopollze
Tooush attention nor do they commonly think
of American affairs as foreign Inc European
continent close as it is is foreign.
49,, tho events occurring in that medley
20 ,iorali,ies il is still the FrancoRussan
festivities which are most conspicuous They
hove nevertheless palled on the general re"uo'
and are more briefly reported. The recep''o"
of tbe British fleet at Spezzia, on the o'her
hand has begun to interest its owners ana ~
d,d the funeral Of Lord Vivian. the British Am
bassador to Italy. with its very strong uiSP'"s
os Italian sympathy both popular ana regal
Our old friend, the champion OF the l'ah"i
assassins Of New-Orleans. the Marquis Oil hu-
diri was less fortunate in his attack upon "lc
Prime Minister nor did Sgnor Giolltu repiS
daenlv interest the English, except those VINO
.o,d italian securities The attack and reply
are treated as natural incidents of the NEVER
ending rivalry between the ins and the outs
II is otherwise the Continent. where the COLI
dition of Italian finance and the Italian Army
are of high concern to each great power
More exciting. because more strictly pohticai
ord d,rectlv concerning democracy have been
the vicsstudes of Count Taaffes suffrage DILL
Once supposed to have been dropped, 1t reap
neared alive and tho first reading was moved
on Monday Democrats may take note that IN
both cases not Count Taaffe. but the Emperor
is believed to have been the deciding iorce.
Its partisans do not expect 1t to be passed d!
this Parliament They do expect the Emperor
to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the coun-
try 1t will be apes, to the mddie CLASSES
to abdcate and to the Germans Of the Austrian
Empire to sign their political death warrant.
But so Irresistible is the movement OF democracy
In Europe that both these acts Of sacrifice are
likely to be performed not from favor, but from
fear and lest a worse thing befall them
Germany meanwhile. has been enjoying a
sn.ctacle at Dresden where the military jubi
lee" of the King Of Saxony was celebrated, the
irrepressible German Emperor assisting and
making the inevitable speech. What His Ger
man Majesty had to say was pitched In the
usual too high key. but happily devoid of all
poitical ;ndiscretion. There are critics who
hear in this imperial trumpet note some sort
OF an answer TO the blended strains OF the
Marseillase and the Russian Hymn at Paris;
but that is too far fetched
The Franco-Russian performances are AT any
rate for the present at end. and the TWO
countries most directly concerned in them are AZ
leisure to mediate upon the political orgie to
which they have devoted d fortnight To the
last the French maintained their attitude Of
homage When Paris exhausted, Lyons look
up the part, and after Lyons Marseilles and
after Marseilles Toulon The last dinner has
been given. the last toast drunk, the last
sneech made the last tear shed, the last en-
brace exchanged. and the Russians may now
sail away their minds laden with memories
and their ships laden with tribute. The
money value Of the French gifts 10 the Rus
slams is computed at half million dollars
More or less, IT is a tribute and was meant as
a tribute, ard France is henceforth by her own
act and choice. in this position. that If she de-
sres war she must wait till 1t suits Russia to
make war. while if Russia desires war, France
must follow her to the field That is position
not very remote from vassalage.
There has been ripple the surface OF the
waters Of Siam The latest authority on French
claims upon Siam is Prince Henri dOrleans,
son Of the Duc de Chsrtres who has been i'm
parting his views to "Ie Figaro" This young
gentleman derives his authority not from divine
right-he does not allege that at present-but
from his Journeys in Southeastern Asia, in com
pany with NJ. Bouvaot who dry-nursed him,
and from his Anglophobia Whoever accuses
England is sure Of hearing from the French
public Prince Henri protests against building
a buffer State out Of territory to which England
has no claim The very theory Of such State
is It's neutrality or independence. He wants
the Mekong River as boundary with French
sentinel on the left bank to say to England
Thus far and no farther. The Prince has an
ingenious mind but it would do him no harm
to read the documents to remember that
what he demands is in direct violation OF
the protocol signed by the present Foreign Min
lister Of France.
Reports have been flying about that the
boundary or buffer State conference has broken
off, finding difficulties too numerous ard agree
ment impossible. These reports are untrue
The commission have tough job. but are
working hard They must agree. lest worse
thing befall them.
No little excitement prevailed for day or
two. especially In the City. over reported
collision between Sir Henry Loeb and Mr. Cecil
Rhodes with reference to operations against the
Matabele The City is interested in the Char
tered Company, and interested in Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes. In him the business world and the
best part of the political world have great con-
fdence. They have less in Sir Henry Loeb. and
none at all in Lord Ripon. whom Mr. Gladstone
made Colonial Minister because. say his op-