New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12

Every statesman or the Continent will watcn
these negotiations with solicitude. The sehu-
mentalists may think 1t a slight matter; prac-
ticai men know that an attempt 10 re"e'e
Armenia may precipitate crisis
Tho tension Of the political mind is sufficiently
shown BY the agitation arising out OF Loro Rose
navy. r,or,entarv illness ut the National Liberal
C,ub on wednesday Innumerable conjectures
were heard: elaborate explanations have since
been nut forth quite needlessiy. The simple truth
"a that in the middle OF a speech made at nigh
nressare IN A very hot and crowded room the
Prime Minister forgot what he was going 70
saw He stopped; there was an awkward pause
one: of his colleagues gave him the cue, ana ne
went on. There was nothing else IN his speech
10 indicate that he was overworked or eA-
hausted 1t was a very condensed, lucid vigor-
ous statement, we'll calculated to inspirit his
party. He set his foot upon all rumors OF resigna-
ton or of immediate or imminent dissolution.
Never for one moment, said the Prime Minister,
has, the Government thought Of striking Its nag.
So vanished last weeks misty. yet wioey De-
uevea. stories of Lord Rosebery's retirement.
Whether he meant 1t or not. Sir william Har-
court set them afioat 1t is now seen that his
suggestion that he might never again be In
nosition to enforce IL meant TO more than ex-
plained then Sir William Harcourt, like every
body else who studies the course OF politics,
thinks there will be an election before next
spring, and that the Unionists will come IN.
Lord Rosebery. moreover still believes In mis-
House of Lords agitation. II he does not De-
lieve II likely to carry the country, he none the
ess>-feels bound to persevere with 1t. he Is
pledged to 1t: he must fight on that issue whetner
he likes II or not; he knows that to ask the ma
ton for a mandate to abolish the Lords ana DO
refused will strengthen the Lords as ieg1s-
lative body. That risk he Is bound to take IL
the effect shall be to end the agitation Tor ADO
ntion and substitute for 1t much-needed enort
for the reform Of the second Chamber, Lord
Rosebery might not deeply regret that result
Careful readers OF his speeches might not De
much surprised II 1t were presently seen that to
this his policy really tends. 1t has to be added
that Lord Rosebery's health has been less good
this week. The insomnia returns occasionally.
and there is again some question Of sea voy-
age
The House Of Commons on Wednesday voted
TO repeal the Irish Crimes act. commonly
nicknamed the Coercion act. by rather a mar
row majority of fourteen. Last years ma
tority In favor Of repeal was sixty; the reduc-
ton ia due to Radical abstentions. The old
argument was urged In the old way by some OF
the old Irishmen and by sundry English Home
Rulers "You will not give Ireland and Eng
land equal laws" cried Sir Theodore Fry, an
amiable enthusiast. who sits for Darlington.
The answer 10 that the Irish would rebel IL Irish
laws were made equal. and only equal. TO Eng
nsh The Legislature Of Great Britain has been
engaged for twenty years in passing. In ooedi-
ence to Irish demands. exceptional laws TOT
Ireland relating to land, education and otner
vital matters. 1t has abolished, in the vain
hone Of satisfying the. Irish. the laws of politi-
cal economy, the sanctity Of contracts. the ethi-
cal basis Of society in Its relation to property.
and not a few Of the Protestant safeguards
against the political ascendency Of Rome II
the laws Of England and Ireland are to be made
equal II can only be by repeating these statutes.
or by enactfng others extending them to Eng
land. Neither Is possible, nor would either
country tolerate such a change. II there are
exceptional laws relating to crimes 1t Is be-
cause crime In Ireland has been exceptional;
because political and agrarian crime. which ex-
lists there and does not exist In England. re-
quires 10 be dealt with by special laws; finally,
because England 10 4 law-abiding and loyal ma
tion Irelandahas not been, and has been gov
erned accordingly. not from choice but from
necessity. e.. : 80
Under the patronage Of the police labor
demonstration in favor Of the eisht-hour Gay
was held last Sunday in Hyde Park The pro-
cession was small. out In the Park itself some
10000 people, loafers included, were assembled
The proceedings were not remarkable, except
that our amiable admrer. Mr., John Burns. came
near being mobbed. Mr.. Burns has Of late been
so moderate that the violent wing, to whom Mr.
Kerr Hardie Is an idol, begins to denounce
him as a traitor. He was called traitor" and
many other hard names at this meeting and
told 10 20 home. To This he responded by rolling
I'D HE sleeves. retorting that his critics were
cranks and fools, who ought to be at night
school learning manners or in lunatic asylum.
Thus is the agitation for the new socialism
now conducted.
The news from East ,urne is again so much
better as to revive hopes which last week were
almost extinsuished. Professor Huxley has sud-
denly begun to gam strength: the worst symp-
toms, II not gone, are mitigated. 1t was hoped
that he would be moved from his bed to the
sofa yesterday. and next week. should the i'm
proyement continue, there is talk Of bringing him
downstairs
England loses in Lord Selborne a great law
yer, great Churchman. a great moderating
force and an advocate. perhaps greater than
all. He had passed out Of politics; he never
was q great political leader but he was ever
an influence for good and for truth and sober