New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-30


HoNoRED-MUsIcAL AND
DRAMATIC NOTES.
fBY CABLE TO THE rRIBuNEl
rupyvteht 1895. BY The Tribune AssociattoM
London, June 2s-American interest In tho
overthrow OF the Rosebery Government and the
approaching dissolution OF Parliament centres In
the growing agitation in favor OF bimetallism
The new Government Is markedly more friendly
to International action for regulating the free
coinage Of gold and silver at a fixed ratio thans
the old Government was. Sir William Harcourt
would not consider the question even deoataoe
one but rejected all proposals for effectins new
international agreement as mpracticable The
new Government will include several conspicu-
Gus and outspoken bimetallists. Mr.. Balfour u
one. having committed himself in several speeches,
to the policy. besides being member OF the BE-
metallic League. Mr.. Chaplin is also one. Sir
Henry James IL another, and many leading Con-,
servatives are pronounced bimetall!sts IN the
sense Of favoring a policy OF International action.
Lord Salisbury is not student OF finance. ana
has not committed himself on the question. but
he Is not thought to be unfriendly to revival OF
the attempt to hold an international conference
for discussing the subject Sir Michael Hicks
Beach has not interested himself in the question
consider that he has open mind. free from re-
straints. prejudice and preconception. Mr.. Cham
berlain has not taken any part in the discussion
OF this question.
What the Bimetallic League proposes to DO ID TO
make this issue as prominent as possible In the
general election While II Is not political body,
Il can exert a considerable influence by question:
Ing candidates for Parliament and publishing their
answers. 1t has facilities for cross-examinin8
candidates In $50 agricultural constituencies. ana
In eighty or 100 manufacturing districts In Lam
cashire and elsewhere in which textile industries
are important. The officers Of the League state
that they will take active part In the elections
in this way, through branch committees and cor
respondents They will force as many candidates
as possible to declare their intentions and opin-
ions respecting bimetallsm. and believe that tho
answers when published will influence thousands
OF voters
The Bimetallic League has a very influential
membership including many members OF the
present Parliament. The memorial which II has
addressed to the Chancellor Of the ExcheQuer
this week was accompanied by the names OF sixty
members OF the House Of Commons, sixty bankers.
seventy-eight merchants and manufacturers. for
ty-two landowners. and fifteen labor organiza-
tons The League has opened new Offices In
literature in favor Of bimetallism. Its activity
has warned its opponents that they must employ
similar agencies. and Monometast Union has
been formed. recruited chiefly from bankers and
members OF the Stock Exchanges. The officers OF
the Bimetallic League may exaggerate the I'M
portance Of their political opera tions In the ap
preaching canvass but they right In assuming
that with the new Government they have
much better chance Of securing some action
than with the old Government. and that Ger
many and France would follow England IN
making new International agreement. English
bmetallists assert emphatcally that their most
dangerous enemies are the American fanatics who
are now clamoring for free silver, and who arc
monometallists without apparently being aware
OF IT,
The processes Of Cabinet-making have been Ia
borious and slow. The appointments. so far -
announced. indicate a strong working Govern
ment which will take up constructive measures
Of social reform. The fusion OF the two Unionist
parties is complete. Writs for the election Of
Messrs Chamberlain. Balfour and Goschen and
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach were moved by one whip
instead Of two. This pointed unerringy to SIN
gle muster-roll for the united battalions. The
election addresses Of the four candidates also re-
vealed a preconcerted plan OF campaign. The
Cabinet Is described properly by all alike as .
dissolution Cabinet. and no Government policy u
outlined.
Dissolution Is a good enough cry for the pre-
lminary Ministerial reflections but It will hardly
answer for the general elections In July. Mr..
Chamberlain can be depended upon TO furnish q
flexible programme for political use. Lord SalisS
bury too Is master Of the art OF phrase-making.
and Mr. Balfour Is too good a politician to ap-
peal to the country on a policy OF negations. II
Is not yet known how much time will be required
for the vote on account but every effort Is max
ing to expedite the elections. The Grand Conn.,
mittee on Trade is also striving to save Mr.. As
quith's factory BILL which both parties profess to
favor. The struggle to rescue II from the wreck
age OF the session looks like an electioneerins
manoeuvre. although 1t Is a benehcent and
practical measure. which ought to be passed.
The Cabinet places which have caused delay,
and uncertainty have been the Home ONCE and
the post OF Secretary for Ireland. What Is known
as the old gang Of officehoders has made de>
termined fight to retain it's influence. Mr.. Mat
thew's had not been a successful Home Secretary
In the last Conservative Government, but his
friends were bent upon having him return to his
former office Lord Salisbury has been inhexible,
and the office has gone to Sir Matthew White
Ridley. apparently Independently OF his canvass
for the Speakership OF the next Parliament The
Secretary OF Ireland Is not known this morning.
but he will not be in the Cabinet. whoever he may
be- Lords Cadogan and Ashbourne will be ~
sponsible for Irish administration and legislation,
but the secretaryship will be degraded by the
loss OF Cabinet rank. and the Irish members wiz
be irrtated by having only one Minister to worry
In the Commons.
There Is not much new blood In the Cabinet.
men who had served an apprenticeship as under.
secretaries have been promoted Lord George
Hamilton for the India Office and the Marquis
Of Landsdowne for the War Office are strong ap-
pontments. There are eight peers In the Cah.
net, md ninth will be added by the elevation Of
Sir Henry James to the peerage. The Unionists
are standing by the House Of Lords