New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10

prosperity Of possessions like the BRUSH "es'
Indies cannot be promoted by phrases ABOUT I'M
periaI federation. Markets for British d"ian"
sugar which is shut out Of Europe by the Ger
man product, cannot be Found by planting Maxim
guns on the frontier and training the" asS'"''
Venezuelan outposts. Mr. Chamberlain IL NM" "
TO favor judlc.ous Investment OF Imperial e'""'s
in behalf Of railway and other improvement
.chemes hut he has no; yet furnished the de-
tails Of his policy. for which the Co'ones "''
eagerly waiting.
The Westminster vestry has taken the init'a-
,,vA IN the movement for enlarging the functions
~ tho local councils which will relieve the Lon
don County Council OF great mass OF ADMINS
trative detail 1t has sent circular TO the other
London parishes asking them to unite IN me-
mortal TO Parliament for changing the TUE Va
the vestries and Transforming them into purei'
municipal bodies The Moderates In the Coui's
Council favor this course. but are opposeu W
the Progressists who are seeking TO rehuer 'ne
centralized government more efncfen'' u anna
gamate the city with the metropolitan aiea' o"'
-, the water companies and make Greater Lon
don A political reality instead OF geograPnica'
EXPRESSION. The unfcation OF LONDON WIN"
may be described as a nation rather tnsn oi'''
Is not likely to be brought about by the oaiso",'
Government. Moderate men are now H'o''ne -
the opposite direction, assuming tha' ~ '
a city cannot be properly governed D! oe"''',
council. that there must be a redistribution OF
powers. and that the administration mus. "
,oo.u,sd IN reorganized vestries. The problem
=, Crootar London ia far more difficult TO work
ont than the analogous ore Of Greater New
York.
Mr. "Rarney" Barnato who has taken pains
10 DENY the current reports that ne went o
TO South Africa a circus performer anu VIM
has asserted that he began his remarkable caieei
there as a diamond merchant. has returned '''1'
week from Paris. where he has been steao'ins
81. mining market. He has received from the
retiring Lord Mayor the exceptional honor VI
the of,cial hospitality of the Mansion House
n,,. h.noust was attended by large company,
and he was commended as publ.c-spirited ci'i-
,.r who had ayerted a financial crisis Natural
Il. h. in,proyed the occasion for glorifylns oou'h
A,r,c-. nc the richest and most wonderful coun-
g.. In the world and casually mentioned some
=, the hest properties with which he Is identiied'
..r,. London Times" rebukes the Lord Mayor
Cor avins so unusual tribute to daring MIN
,r1 operator and declines TO admit that MI
Rarnatos action in buying large lines Oh securi-
ties thrown upon the market by weak ho'ue'S
was public service calling for ofhciai reeoe-
-, .-id strictures Of this kind do not SUI
g.. q. ,r..r the force of the Lord Mayors COM
nrent Whatever was the beginning Vi N''
Barnato's career In South AFRICA ne mas sa'eu
the Kaffir circus from ruin during the last
month. and the song Of the grateful sainpiers III
mining stocks. whenever they hear his name Is
Cheer Boys, Cheer
This symbolic representation Of the worship OF
the golden calf was followel to-day by the traoi-
,,,ra, Lord MAYORS show with hammered deiega-
,,ons from the city guilds watermen in scarlet
,rocL. Aremen In old time uniform. troops OF
hu.sars platoons Of marines. triumphal cars rep
r.ssn.,ng scenes more or less historical. sherlHs
and aldermen attended BY coachmen and root
man IN gorgeous liveries ard all the other hohua!
attractions which draw the annual crowd Inc
yord Mavor himself Sir Walter Wilkin. was the
centra, figure, IN his scarlet cloak ana goiu COZ
dar. and he attended by swordoearei'
a chaplain and man with mace VIZ"
bands playing. streamers Tying anu Joh'N
re,gning the fantastic procession made It's rounus
through the crowded streets from and 10 the
Guildhah and London enjoyed under duil SKY
usfavorite holiday. dispOrtng Itself with practca'
Jokes and horseplay. Then came the Famous pan
ouet scene in the historic hail. with Queens MIN
letters Ambassadors Of foreign Powers and five
hundred
the usua, oratory. compliments and formaties
The attendance was larger at the banquet and
interest in the proceedings keener than in recent
year. IT was the first public appearance Of
Ministry which is popular in Conservative Lon
dom and while no secrets we're revealed there
was d,snifed and patriotic talk without end.
The Bourgeois Ministry. by presenting clear
and coherent Radical programme and virtuaHy
appealing over the heads Of the Deputies 10 the
electors has greatly strengthened its position or
the first time in many years Ministry mas DELL
mite lines OF policy knows what 1t wants. and Is
not afraid 10 offer the French people an electoral
programme. 1t has not disclosed It's purposes re-
specting Madagascar. but the treaty Will probaoiy
be recast The Radicals have begun to put their
men into minor offices. and altogether are acting
as though they NEAR TO remain power for good.
While MI Bayards Edinburgh address on In
dividual Freedom was written before the results
Of the American elections were known. II ne mad
accurately forecasted the sweeping Republican
natorities he would hardly have emphasized so
strongly as ne did his free trade views HIS de-
nunciation of protection as an Unsuitable CROWN
OF State Socialism and as a system which divorces
ethics from politics and eds trusts and mer-
cenary combinations was ill-timed in view Of the
immense maJorltles recOrueu III HIS o"" NO"i''''
IN favor OF the party which had fought the battle
Of home Industries for generation 1t was
good English speech made by an American Am
baseador and II pleased his Scotch audience but
II WAS IN affront 10 the electors Of his own coun>
try, whose Judgment had been expressed two
days before with tremendous emphasis Eng
lish as Mr.. Bayard has become. 1t never seems to
occur to him that he might follow with propriety
the example which British Ambassadors have set
OF avoiding controversial questions. Sir Julian
Pauncefote does not read essays on free trade or
protection in America. and Sir Edward Malet has
never Iectured to the German people on economics.
II any English diplomatist were to go out Of his
way TO attack the economic and financial system
OF hts own country while he represented it abroad.
he would be speedily silenced and recalled.
English comment upon the American elections
n mainly confined TO the triumph of Tammany.