New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-30


and Mr. Gresham if not America. have some
right TO think a humiliation. Neither of those
rentlcmen seems to have graspcd the elementary
fact that there are but two influences which
can be brought to bear on the mind OF the TURK;
his own interest is one. force is the other Mr.
Cleveland had nothing to offer MIN, and the
sultan knew perfectly we'll that he would not
use force.
As | do not think we have any business
on an International Committee Of Observation
in Armenia. | do not regret that we are ort
of it, hut we might have stayed out from ire
beginning or we might have avoided IL rebuff
had the negotiations been in practised hands
The alternative does not seem TO have pre-
sented itself to Mr.. Cleveland or Mr. Gresham
neither of whom can be called practised hand.
prentice hand would come nearer the melan
choly truth.
We have moreover. fresh reports of Mr.
Cieveland's activity in the still more distant
East China has sought his help as against
Japan and Mr.. Foster. cX-Secretary OF state
is 10 start forthwith for Toxic In what ca
pactyr Ask persons with a taste for precision.
..The Pail Mall" seldom very amiable to Aineri-
ca remarks eniSmatically: If this be SO, we
had better turn round three times ana eaten
whom we may and we give the same advice TO
orr Russian friends for nothing" If this means
tcrests Chnaward / can only say that the
writer has a truer notion of the practical slde
Of American diplomacy in the past than of Mr.
ClaveIand's expertncss in the diplomatic enter
prises-IIawaii for cxample-upon which he
has ventured since ne came President. 1t
,s ALLEGED | know that Mr.. Foster goes IN
a purely private capacity tniuckllY. the next
sentence tells us that he had an interview yes
,erday with Mr. Gresham respecting his mis-
sion The North American Indian used to cover
his tracks.
The censurc and expulsion of Nj. J~ures, the
chief Socialist frebrand in the French Charlner,
cape NOT a moment too soon to redeem the rep
utation OF NJ Bsson. The new President was
much compromised by his previous hesitation
or as his opponents say, either paruaitY OF
culpable weakness. NJ. Jaures had carelu"H
prearranged the scene in which he insu'teo
Ministers and accused them of exploring the
sentiment of patriotism. The fact that most
French Ministers. and also French Deputies ana
French papers 90 the same thing constantly
does not excuse NJ. Jaures Even Soc.alSt
may have good manners and even where there
is turbulent Socialist minority some kind oil
dacencv must be kept in a legislative chamber
NJ Jaures can pursue his medltauohs out
side the Palais Bourbon. The duel between MIN
and NJ Barthou the Minister who foolishly
gave him the lie left both of course, with
whole skins.
All this hubbub arose indirectly out OF the
Dreyfus case. The Ministers seem to regret that
they could not shoot Captain DreytuS' ana
brought in a bill enabling them to execute 'he
next officer convicted Of treason But captain
Dreyfus who was tried in secret. is probably
victim of the spy mania and Jew hatred Which
make so many Frenchren insensible TO justice
and Incapable of fair play. Outside Of France
his guilt is thought very doubtful
It may interest Mr.. John Burns 10 hear that
his honored colleague Mr.. Ben Tilett is in his
absence dispara ging his work. Mr.. Burns chiel
title m nooriety rests on the beneicent brutanty
of his dock strike. The brutality. if you oeheVe
Mr. Tilett was to no lasting purpose. Inc
laborers in the London docks ARE losing all 'he
slight advantages they Won during the dock as
mute" Mr. Tfllett gives particulars when wouId
harrow Mr. Burns's soul. His letter does III iact'
tend to show that the directors are gradually
recovering the right 10 manage their own ous'-
ness and that non-union labor has at least as
good a chance Of employment as union labor d
wholesome end to a scandalOus piece OF trade
union tyranny.
In the dearh Of topics at Christmas, perhaps
tho most barren Christmas ever known the
death Of the cx-King Francis II Of the TWO
Sicilies is discussed at length. 1t is the more
timely because it connects itself with MI Giau-
stone and with the letters in which Mt Clad
STONE denounced TO ChristendOm the tyranny and
cruelty of this mans father. King Ferdinand the
Romba of evil memory. Francis was not better
than Ferdinand. Lord John Russell. taking up
the role Of Mr.. Gladstone, branded him as
tvrant without parallel in Europe Garibaldi
overthrow him, as all men remember; but every
body may not remember that with Gariba.di and
the immortal Thousand who landed at Marsha
was signor Crspi, the present Prime Minister OF
Italy
Francis will be remembered for his ignomin-
ions flight from Naples: for the gallantry Of
his Queens defence OF Gaeta and as the hero,
II such a word may be used Of him. Of Daudets
"Rois en- Exil" If the throne he was hate
full. in exile he was contemplate; and there IL
nothing In his life. nor yet in his death to STIR
any human sympathies.
''rhe Times" has at last found space to review
at length the not brief biography of Lincoln by
Messrs Nicolay and Hay. The review is, from
more than point Of View. very remark
able paper AS much justice could be ex-
pected Is done to the biography itself, which
any one but an American may naturally think
demands more time TO master than the average
European can afford To this reviewer 1t seems
less a biography than an exhaustive record Of
contemporary American history an elaborate
and discursive narrative. But the fairness of
the spirit in which Messrs. Nicolay and Hay
write is recognized and so is their ability.
"They write WELL" says The Times and IT
would be difficult for civilians to give more lucid
descriptions of the campaigns which decided
the supremacy Of the Union" An equally en-
phatic tribute was due TO the mastery por-
traiture of Lincoln, and to the picturesque ac-
count OF his earlier years and the scenes or
pioneer life amid which he spent them