New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
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Copyright: 1874: BY The Tribune Asso1a,ionJ
London. Aug lS.-French diplomacy, which
probably means NJ. Hanotaux, the new broom at
the Foreign Office, has achieved two rather nota-
BILE exploits, the treaty with Liberia and the
treaty with the Congo Free State. Both treaties
are long steps In that long French march In
Africa upon which she entered when she seized
Algers. Her appetite grows by what 1t feeds on,
and her present ambition, II you believe the jour.
nails OF London and Paris which for once agree.
is nothing less than vast African empire. from
the Mediterranean TO the Congo
The treaty with Liberia Is demitation treaty
and something more. France cedes little terri.
tory OF no value to her. obtaining in exchange
territory which is OF Importance TO her. both po-
litcally and commercially She isolates Sierra
Leone. or nearly She gets the Cavalry River.
which she coveted because French geographers
have theory that this river somewhere meets
or joins the upper Niger. and SO will give them
river route for that trade from the interior which
they always believe they establish and almost
never do Lastly, they think they have annoyed
England, which is the ultimate political object
Of much French diplomacy and of NJ Hanotaux's
most Of all.
This meritorious object is attained much more
fully by the treaty with the Congo Free State.
Whether England knew Of the negotiations before
they were completed seems uncertain. She
knows OF them now, and knows that her too IA
nous Anglo-Congolese convention lies in ruins
One part she ceded rather obsequiously to the
German Emperor. The only other remaining
part for which she greatly cared Is wrenched from
her by France She wanted buffer State be-
tween the left bank OF the Upper Nile and the
French Soudan, and had obtained IT, as she
thought, the Congo Free State agreeing to serve
that humble but useful office. French pressure
at Brussels and elsewhere has brought about
change of mind. The Free State retres, ana
binds herself not to take over nor to occupy the
territory assigned to her. 1t looks as II France
preferred her African empire to march with thar
Of England, and the possibility OF future col.
llsons between French and English troops, acci-
dental or otherwise. Is considerably increased
Be that as It may, fresh diplomatic humiliation
is imposed upon England, and the DUAL d'Orsay
has proved itself more than a match for Down
ing Street
Anarchism had sort Of success In the acquit-
tai of two leading Anarchists. NM. Grave and
Faure In Paris. and OF near thirty others who
were not leading but following these two. 1t 10
agreed that the prosecution was mismanaged.
The French Attorney General thought TO score
point by Jumping theorists and practitioners. He
lost by it, His indictments were badly drawn,
his evidence deficient, his whole case imperfectly
prepared In short he gave Partisan jury,
ever eager 10 escape responsibility fair excuse
for the verdict Not guilty. NJ Grave belongs to
most dangerous class OF Anarchists. He Is
thinker a missionary. writer, In whose book
outragemongers and assassins find justification
for their most abomnable crimes. NJ. Faure II
guilty in less degree. but is. like NJ Grave one
OF those educated men who are most culpable
morally.
II their acquttal inspirlted the Anarchists. the
behavior of Caserio on the scaffold Is blow to
them He died without courage. and there is one
saint the less in the Anarchist calendar. Their
newer efforts have accomplished little. The ex-
plosion In the New Cross postoffice Is hardly
more than a malicious Joke worthy of the wretch.
ed creatures In whose memory 1t was perpetrated.
There seems no doubt that the Franco-Spanish
plot against NJ. Dupuy was perfectly serious. II
was betrayed. and NJ Dupuy. who lies Ill in the
country, is we'll looked after
II the Anarchists have a coherent idea II seems
to be an idea of making terror universal by
making every post OF public duty dangerous. But
It has not yet been found difficult, In France or
elsewhere to induce politicians or statesmen 70
accept this risk.
The Ministers have had two defeats and .
dinner. They were beaten in the House
OF Commons by five majority on the Eight Hours
Miners bill True. that was not strictly Minis
terial measure. But Sir William Harcourt made
a place for ii al the end OF crowded session,
and a majority for the second reading was conf
IDENTIFY expected II the Government were neu-
trail IL was a benevolent neutrality. They gave
the bill every chance they could, considering that
a majority OF the Cabinet were against II, ana
that Mr.. John Morley would have resigned had
he been called on TO support the bill.
1t was one more attempt to promote that ALL
ance between the Liberal and Labor parties for
which Liberals are so anxious and Labor men 50
ukewarm The defeat Of the bill broadens the In.
teryal between them. The true author OF the de-
feat is first, Mr.. d. A. Thomas. to whom Mr..
wrote his two-sded letter last week:
and second Mr.. Chamberlain. whose speech
broke up the supporters OF the measure. Dur
ham helped. That great mining country win
have nothing to say TO eight hours. nor viii
Northumberland Between them and the MinerS
Federation there is open war, and Durham mas
Won.
The bill was In truth an attempt to put the
whole coal-mining and coal-owning industry OF
his country into the hands Of the Miners FEEDER.
.tion That body. OF which Mr.. Pickard Is the
lead and Mr. Woods the spokesman In the House
If Commons wants like Mr. Debs. TO be IN
position to order general strike. Its avowed
.im is to reduce the output OF coal. TO increase
he wages Of miners. to shorten their hours OF la
,or to coerce the owners, and to put new bur.
len on the consumer. That is the conspiracy to
which this Ministry lent itself. 1t has come "a
,rief.
The House Of Lords did what was expected Of
t. and by a majority OF 2ls on Tuesday rejected
he Evlcted Tenants bill In its remodelled and re-
hrstened form OF Tenants Arbitration bill. But
hirty Liberal Peers voted. and the question u
sked. especially in Ireland. Where were the other
wenty? The other twenty are thought luke
warm. The debate was fine one with plenty OF
rilllant speaking on both sides; but the brilliant
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