New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-27

! which he Is now, so far as European reputation
goes the most illustrious living officer, and all
! Engshmen agree that we and they are better
friends for this greeting
The Queens visit to Manchester to open the
Shin Canal was a great pageant and something
! more II Is tactly accepted by everybody, Liv-
| erpool Included. as evidence that the Manchester
! Ship Canal is not only an accomplished fact,
but assured OF ultimate commercial and imam
cial success The Queens advisers would not
have allowed her to be associated In this spien-
did way with doubtful enterprise.
The cab strike still drags its slow length
along. its progress rejecting little credit upon
ANYBODY concerned except upon the police mag
istrates who imposed heavy fines strikers
guilty OF violence The strikers and their union
had however before that succeeded In terror
zing those drivers who were willing to drive. and
the attempt TO bring out non-union cabs has had
little success Pcketing continues. The strike
has cleared the streets Of London OF nearly all
cabs except those licensed" by lawless body
and kept them clear The owners have shown
hrmness in holding on, but little courage or re-
source. The strikers have of course, their cham
pions In the House of Commons. who have put
pressure on the Home Secretary to interfere In
behalf Of their clients. but Mr. Asquith, though
mains Home Secretary and lawyer, and will
not expressly sanction illegal courses. though he
sometimes tolerates them. He at first refused
to grant an inquiry into the whole subject but
finally after truculent speech from Mr.. John
Burns consented to a departmental committee.
The interest aroused by the unexpected news
that an operation for cataract had been per-
formed on Mr.. Gladstone was confined to no
class party will quote, for the benefit of
those Americans, if any there be. who think
that all feeling for Mr.. Gladstone must be idola-
try or nothing, a passage from The Times:
ut has not often been the lot Of Mr. Gladstone
to unite all classes Of his countrymen in absolute
unanmity of feeling but this browning feat of
his long career was accomplished yesterday by
the intelligence that he had undergone an opera
ton for cataract Politicians Of all shades Of
opinion. together with the enormous majority OF
people to whom politics comparatively indf-
ferent, will be at one In the desire that what has
been accomplished may prove completely euo-
cessful, and that he may be restored to the full
enjoyment Of a faculty which he has used so
diligently and so we'll" These sympathetic SEN
fences do not presume the conversion Of the jour
nal which uses them to Home Rule They prove
simply that political antagonsm does not imply
personal animosity, any want Of admiration
for the greatness OF the man. 1t has been proved
often before. but there has never been n
crisis In Mr. Gladstones health serious as
this. and therefore the expressions Of good will
are more numerous and cordial than usual
There is every reason TO expect sey the oculsts,
that the sight Of the right eye will be restored
Mr. Mundella has said few words in the
House Of Commons touching his resignation
They are not precisely an explanation but they
had dignity, and their very reserve made good
impression. His statement that he had put his
resignation in Lord Roseberys hands at the be-
ginning Of the legal proceedings caused sur
prise, but is capable Of Interpretation credit
able to both. Undoubtedly his colleagues and
chief part from him with regret. and the synpa-
thy OF the House marked. 1t is evident |
that Mr.. Mundella has confidence In his own in |
tegrity. and perhaps considers himself hardly |
used. The press. think, with THE Times" at
their head forced him to resign. or forced Lord
Rosebery to accept his resignation Mr. Bryce |
succeeds Mr.. Mundella In a post for which he |
has the needed general ability. but no special |
fitness
The very sudden and almost tragic death Of |
Mr.. Edmund Yates has given a kindly turn to |
the notices Of his life and the estimates Of his |
life work. He was personally liked by many. !
but the public knew him mainly as a society
journalist, and the attitude Of the British public
70 society journalism, to any journalism is
critical. Mr.. Yates, doubt, had much in1u-
the development OF recent editing and on
its very modern drift toward personal and social
topics. He caught the spirit OF his time or one
spirit. and his quckness of perception gave him
the first considerable success Of his life in the
foundation Of The World" That paper has
maintained It's position. and IT is as editor Of it
that Mr.. Yates will be remembered. G.. w. S.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN VENEZUELA.
THE CITY OF MERIDA IN RUINS AND EIGH-