New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-30
NOTES FROM LONDON.
o,1p on THE MILIIONARES-SIR
IN" IAN HARCOURT-THE AMERICAN
,uNoRIAL TO KEATS-THE CHRIS
ur~ING OF a PRINCE AND
THE NEWEST TRIBUTE
TO AMERICA.
London. July u.


London, July u. I
,,,,. have at length got our grip on the million
ard the great town landlords says the
ar, If socalistic Radicalism in London II !
0rs'" ,r,onaires and the great town landlords y
"e anarchists or mad dogs YOU could hardy /
yer. :, their seizure in other terms; YOU could
Ee .,, the Socastc Radical would probably /
DOL much less ferocious JOY than he does
" Nc grin on the miliOnaires. For TO him /
w,n,onaire seems to be the enemy Of man
tn have made money or TO have inheri'cd
% ,o,s - \ crime 10 be expiated. Property
nav n ransom. cried Mr.. Chamberlain long
D :, mis- unregenerate days. He cries 1t no
81 INT others have taken up that burden, ana
,.,,,sn formula has become a motto for men
..h more violent than ever he was.
nv Of course. Sir William IIarcourts Budget
Itch elicits these wells of triumph from Inc
.aus, The Budget is "a great period IN the
,.,ooplnent Of democratic finance Inc III
,ox we are now told. was another and an
s-,,sr period Of financial democracy. The same
-, has got possession Of the French Soclahs'S'
rs.v TOO are making a desperate struggle 10 esq
..brsh The principle Of an income taN' ana h"'
,sIv an income tax, but a Srauuatcu d"u
-.,,,rsssive income tax. They have been beaten
=. the moment. but 1t seems 10 be thouBn' !"
Ms that VI Dupuy. who is perhaps devoid
- s,rong convictions may ultimately ieei hi"'Sei
w. .,.r.a - give way 20 Radica! pressure on this
.,ss,ion. Otherwise his majority might go 20
- and with Il the Dupuy Ministry. In Paris
. in London and also IN washington 'he
IS, ,,,,iaf,s # finance are 10 he solved, not
=. .crordance with settled principles but al the
M.,a,,on II those who can convert majoriues
,,,o n,inorites The income tax bids fair 10 De
,.,.,,,,e n,erhod OF spoliation. They who levy
!, exempt themselves. They who nave 10 pay IL
nov.r,.ss minority. To the Socialists. and
sven to the Radical with his passion Tor numbers
deciding forces in public life. this Is an ideal
condition Of things. And the income TAX u ~
S,, an ideal AK for the very reason which 10
men OF reason and justice makes II injurious
rho ,srk about Sir William Haroourts retire
,ort from, public Nfe is dying away but before IL
!. aead will quote the comment OF one OF MS
colleagues who was asked whether there was any
.u,hority for the rumor. There IS authority
.,swered this eminent Minister but no f'u""a-
,,,r The whole story rests on Harcourt : s'd'e-
mont" That be might not seem 10 Hi'p"'o III
ocrracv 10 the Chancellor of the ENchoaue''
10 added that Sir Williams hint at resis"a''""'
sronne1 amid company OF politicians was JUST
ono ~ those expressions If WEAKNESS WhiCh d
Minister is apt To let faN when things are not
,,,,rs - his mind And at the time the pros
nac,s Of the Budget We're black
Tho American gift Of Memorial TO Keats mas
,.o,s.S Tho wrath Of an Overpatrotic Br'ton
w,o has started out on the warpath In ORDER
~ ba savs ..;o prevent recurrence OF ghts 50
hu,nuiating 10 our national appreciation. lie
r-,gsh ~ this sentence Is not first rate. but the
y,,,sr seems 10 mean that the failure Of keatss
owr country % appreciate him IS Illuminating
and thf A gift from America, implying mat
A,oar,ca docs appreciate him is also humiliatlnS
payhans II is though II seems a little nara 10
saddle me sins Of Hampstead upon the whole
Kingdom, For Il Is Hampstead which Is not ap-
preciative Hampstead will not name street
for him nor even put j tablet on the mousse
where he lived.
III need no; be thought that this grumbler ex-
presses the feelings OF Engiishmen In general.
They would be more likely TO agree with the
more temperate Brton who says frankly tha' II
is reproach 10 Englishmen that the hrs'
memorial 10 Keats should have been initiated
and completed by Americans. | need not dwei
on the history Of this enterprise In America Ina
Is familiar TO you. Nor can say much oi wha'
occurred in Hampstead. nor anything at ali eN
cew from hcarsay. II fell out, unluckily' ma
the unwilling Of this Keats bust In the Hamp
stead Parish Church was appointed for the ai'er
noon Of the oxford Yale Athletics at the queen )
Club in West Kensington: some five miles away
from Hampstead The claims OF Yale al Yves
Kensington were paramount.
Mr. Bret Harte Il was announced, was 10 pre-
sent the bust in the name II his country Du
Mr. Bret Harte was "unavoidably absent ANY
body who knows Mr. Bret Harte and knows hl'
invpcible dislike 10 ceremonies ana speech
making especially IL ne himself have 10 MAKE
the speech. would have easily fOretcld HE
unavoidable absence. MIR Holland Day secre
hry Of the American Committee. replaced Mr.
Bret Harte and Mr.. Edmund Gosse replied IN
sufficient and careful literary essay
What is really interesting in all THIS apar
fom the Just honor paid 10 Keats by Amer
ans is the reception Of the tribute IN EhBlahu
Il Is evident that the right spirit prevails LORI
Houghton. his fathers son, was present ah'
spoke His father. as all levers Of Keats know
was one OF the friends and admirers OF the poe'
and his editor and bographer. Mr. Wlllian
Norris In his poetic and not In his SOCIALISM,
capacity. was present. Other representatives, 0
English literature we're Mr. Walter Besant MN
self dweer III Hampstead: Mr.. Francis Iuf
I@ ragrave, % whom ecltctic rsauef7 VI r-'b''"
petty owe a debt, now Professor OF Poetry
me University Of oxford; Mr.. Lecky, the Ms
'oran DR.. Garnet. OF the British Museum; MI
coventry Patmore, who OF late years mas rathe
sahk below the horizon. leaving above ~ d deh
caie not too dazzling effulgcnce; Mrs Lous
enander Moulton. though suppose she s'and
''r American rather than English literature
~rs bodgson Burnett. who may be taken 10 rel
'e'ent both. not completely. Of course Du
ssreeably Mr. George Moore. OF Esthe
waters fame; MIR. "a d. Trail whose fame zoe
Ho' depend any one book. and many NOR
finally, though not present Mr.. Swinourne ser
etter which U.s. Of itself a sufficient answer
~ questions TO the feeling which prevails
t1sand. He writes:
need not. surely. say how gladly ana no
.seiuly | have heard Of the American trloul