New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-08

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onrNF MINISTER ND THE CHAMBER
,opp sAusBURYs MEN .BILL-THE AT
-nc,IrFE ELECT>N-sIR WILLIAM
,,pco1,RT-RADI0L HATRED OF
AMERICA-YACTING-LAD
icy cAnLE TO HE TRIBUNE
.c.,,,,elt: 1891: BY 7e Tribune AssociatiouJ
-, Juy The most novel and striking
b0p ~ IN. Fourth July in London was the
i. .". =, the Prime Mnjter to the American AM
VS. Che Londn papers. whether from
pass ~ knowledge the real truth. or from
"'" ',o,nsciais jealouy. speak of this as per-
~, visit rom Lore Rosebery to Mr.. Bayard.
nothig Of the kind. 1t was exactly what
10 called IT, a visit by the Prime Minister OF
no" p-,ai 10 tn, Ambassador of the United
49,. True Lord Rosebery and Mr.. Bayard
nsrsonal friends. But Lord Rosebery could
n IN Mr.. Bayarl any day. He went on the
eth If Jly, a. Prime Minister. because he
-. Prime Inist.r. and because he wished by
-, act 10 ieni6 to he people Of the United
co.'s his god WILL and that Of his Government,
-, that OF te Nation he governs to the Amer-
IAN Ambassador and TO the American Govern
-art and I, the American Nation.
7 A not kow how much impression such an
,.,,aert ma mike in America. Probably not
- ,,rch asin europe. where a higher dplo-
...,,c value ,ttsdes to personal incidents which
h.vs anv rstin whatever to international af-
,,rs Evey European diplOmatist who read
che naragran announcing Lord Rosebery's visit
you'd feel that denoted something more than
.nnears on he urface. He would feel it much
more srongk ifhe knew. as know, that this
ar, was intndd by the Prime Minister as a
nubjc testinonyof friendliness to America.
lord Roseherys the first Prime Minister who
aver expressed is feeling for America IN this
way He is probbly the first who could or would
have paid such visit on such day, because he
isl say 1t delilrately-the first English Prime
Minister who rs been in any sense that we
could apprecateor understand friend TO the
United States. OF one other, recent or ancient
can be named; II one other for generations who
has not by somect or public utterance disclosed
his antagonism America. l 10 not refer to
questions al issu between the two Governments
when an Englsl1an would take the English side
Just as an Amecan would take the American
side mean SUI acts as those Of Lord Palm
erston. when he INT the Guards to Canada after
he knew that Mson and slidel were to be sur
rendered. I mea such public utterances as that
Of Lord John hssell when he declared that
the Republican bible had burst or Of Mr.. Glad
stone. when he alounced at Newcastle that JEFF
ferson Davis ha made nation. Those deeds
and words. and hers like them. revealed set
tied luminosity tdhe United States Lord Rose
bery's civility onhe Fourth reveals a settled al
fiction which This private capacity has long
been known to est and often been avowed. On
Wednesday he td the first opportunity since he
has had right speak for the English Govern
men, to prove tn Lord Rosebery and the Prime
Minister are of le mind. l dwell on Il because
IT. may very We be that II marks a new de-
parture in the retions Of the two countries. and
a better feeling both.
Mr.. Bayards reption attracted great numbers
Of resident and ansent Americans; many la
dies once Amerin. who have married English
husbands. some their husbands. and some
other Englishme Of distinction. II is a bold
thing for an ADassador or anybody else 10
open his house London 70 all corners. but
there was an orient detective force and no
trouble Everything was well and handsomely
done.
The American (nsul-General gave dinner in
the evening at Il Savoy Hotel 10 the Ambas-
sador a large nnber Of consuls and others,
about sixty in all This is. 50 far as know. a
new form Of recoizng the Fourth in London.
and proved a yer agreeable one General Col
Inns welcomed higuests In a pointed and racy
speech. to whichdr. Bayard replied with his
wonted dignity. citation Of Tone hearty Ameri-
canism and real ehuence. Altogether the Fourth
In London was We honorably celebrated.
The homage WIN France paid to the memory
OF her murdered hsident last Sunday ade-
quate, and more eed hardly be said. "A day
the like OF whch'rance has never seen" says
~ Blowitz. who ID himself seen the funerals OF
THEIRS, Hugo. Ganetta. Louis Blanc, MacMahon.
and all the otherrea ceremonies Of the Third
Republic He say justly and fOrcibly, in course
Of the fine descriIon he sends 10 THE Times
that now. for IN first time in the history Of
france. 1t is the lole people who mourn True,
Erne Of the Reds und fault because the Church
took part in g. a. because there was a service
at Notre Dame fore the burial in the Pan
heon. That IS a complaint which Chrsten-
dom will echo; nos religion yet spent force in
France, or asewhe. What the world expected,
and what the wor saw. was a complete national
tribute. II a fewanatics and few assassins
held aoof. they 1t emphasized the general ac-
cord and the horable though inevitable testi-
mony TO the charter Of the dead and the char
acter Of the livii over whom he reigned. To
nave withheld it,r TO have offered 1t otherwise
man unanmouswould have been a stain upon
The honor Of Frae
The share WIFI the rest Of Europe took in
'ns solemnity. Il universal expressions OF sym
patny with the dowed wife and the widowed
republic. the unersal execration of the crime.
''nowed by urersa delight in the easy
ana Immediate tnsmlssion Of executive power
"s'e justified al more than justified all last
"eeks anticipatns OF closer union OF feel
,as between Frge and her comrades among the
'a"ons That ishe crown OF President Carnots
eseoi career anhonorable life. Nothing marked
'"e cnange 80 early as the German EmperorS
p"'oon OF the 'rench officers condemned and
imprisoned as les. The grate&l kindness OF
'nA' act touche the French heart.