New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
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tcopyr,oat: 1884,: BY The Tribune AuOeiatie~.'

tcopyrtoat: 1884,: BY Tie Tribune AnOciatio~.'
London Nov 3-The Cars end comes amid Q
chorus Of euloges, measured and rational IN sons
cases In others unmeasured and unconsldereo.
Sympathy has been pretty general in England;
in France hysterical; in Germany and Austria
considerably tempered by political considerations
and the memory Of political hostties Two
English papers appeared on Friday morning In
black The late Gar nevertheless, was the ene-
my Of this country. That is forgotten. What
people remember is that his wife is sister to tho
Princess OF Wales They remember also tnat no
has kept the peace Of Europe. French papers.
whose language on great occasions is seldom
balanced write as II France were entitled to
monopoly OF mourning for the ruler wnom sne
chooses to regard as her friend and ally. 1t 10
doubtful whether nc was either. Such steps
as he took to meet her advances were taken re-
Iuctantly He never meant they should lead him
into
His eulogy. his permanent eulogy when much
else is forgotten. will De that which LORD Rose
berry pronounced Oh him at Shefheid last week.
He was the friend and the efficient friend OF
peace. He more than once saved Europe from
war He had, in fact two deep-seated passions
love OF peace and hatred Of the Jews. This last
will no more be forgotten than the first. He mas
earned the curses of the Hebrew race. He really
set himself to extirpate Judaism from Russia ana
really believed that he could expel three or four
millions Of Jews during his own life and reign
Their crime was their cleverness. their superior
capacty their knowledge Of business. In the
race for wealth they beat the Russians. The
Cars policy cruel in itself, was cruelty carried
out. so far as he and his chief adviser In that
business NJ Pobodonostseff could carry IT out.
He inflicted acute sufferings on women and chii'
dren They were the victims Of this Autocrat OF
all the Russlas
Nor was he in any sense that We can under.
stand a liberal ruler He has gone far toward re-
storing 20 their serfdom the serfs whom his father
emancpated Such reforms as he has carried out
have been bureaucratic and administrative re-
forms designed to make despotism more encien~
never to enlarge the liberties of his people. he
dismissed the most liberal minister Russia nao
known His father had signed decree Tor some
sort OF representative legislative body TO De
chosen by election. The son pigeOnholed It, M.
Stambulor described him as Moujik with the
faults and virtues OF the Moujk. II was a true
portrait He was slow, stubborn. loyal. narrow
minded, with great power of patient work, with
a courageous endurance and wish TO do good
in his way, tenacious Of traditions ana OF
sunerstitions Statesman he not. Soldier he
was not Nobody Will ever reckon him among
great rulers even among the great rulers OK
Russia He left his country rather more BAR
barous than he found II. He pursued, moreover
in .oite OF his fondness for peace based IN part
on his view Of the horrors OF actual war IN lsf-
7s q nolicv which must have ended in war ana
will still end in war-a war OF aggression. Such
was the Car who lies dead at Livada. His was
melancholy life With the fear of ASSASSINATION
ever before him. he bore it stocally though no
lived in a prison. walled in. guarded, secluded.
Those were the circumstances in which ne toiieo
at the business of governing Russia
Not much can be made out Of the manifesto OF
Nicholas H. More is perhaps made Of it in one
sense than il will bear. though the translations
differ 1t is not clear whether the new Emperor
saws he will make the peaceful development OF
Russia his sole aim or whether peaceful develop
ment plus the might and glory Of Russia are
| his two objects II does not much matter Events
| Will decide There is for the rest staggering
note which promises Ill.
Lord Roseberys speech al Bradford marks.
| think not the beginning Of the tremendous revo-
| luton which he believes imminent. but OF an at
tempt at revolution which will probably be unsuc-
cessful In either case il is very serious mat
fer A proposal by a Prime mister u overthrow
q branch OF the Legislature cannot be put aside
as previous proposals by more or less authorized
individuals or bodies of individuals have been.
| Il is however. in which Prime Minister
has yielded TO party pressure against as oc'
| Ieve his better Judgment. The reasons ne aieses
for abolition all reasons Of party For rea-
so,s NJ state Won will search the Bradford speech
| in vain They may all be summed up in the states
| ment that the House of Lords will not pass eer-
tain bills present and prospective which. the
| Radicals want passed.
! Never. T should think has the destruction Of q
legislative body been proposed on more frivolous
Grounds The whole Of Lord Rosebery's indict-
| ment may be admitted without raising so mucn
"a a presumption in favor of the course he recon-
| uords Th, Lords have rejected Home Rule,
amended the Employers Liability bill. and VIII
reject Welsh DisestabIshment and the coming
items of the Newcastle programme. Granted
rh, answer to this complaint is, either from the
American point Of view or from Lord RoseoeryS
! complete In no case is their rejection maj. In
no case had the wish Of the people peeh clearly
declared In every case the LORDS are prepareo
10 give way to the will Of the people wheh ascer-
| tanned and decisively made known "hat Loro
Rosebery calls the veto of the Lords Is suspen'
sorv veto The sole effect of their actions Is 70
refer the question in each case to the whoie peo-
pie for their final determination
There is not peer who denies the rlgnt OF tne
neopls 70 decide these issues Lord Salisbury.
whom Lord Rosebery treats as the House OK
Lords -expressly admits it. Moreover, the House
of Ia1rrds is the only body In the Kingdom whicn
can insure to the people the full and free exer-
ci,. of their undoubted rights. Destroy the House
Of Lords and the rights Of the people are at tne
mercy Of an imperious Minister supported by
] majority. no matter how small, of House OF
| Commons. elected perhaps on different ISSUE
voting in defiance of the known Will OF the peo-
pie or at best In uncertainty as to the VIII OF
the people. If there be no second chamoer' 'nefs
Is no machinery by which any constitutional ~
form or innovation once passed by the House %