New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
VIEWS NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

THE IMAGINARY INTERNATIONAL sTRIKE--VlC-
ToRiA sCoLDs HER GRANDsoN-KRUEGERs
PROPOSED VISIT TO ENGLAND REVIVED.
1o,don Sent 1e-The great international strike ar
ranged nv Tom" Mann Ben" Tillet and other
labor agitators is according TO Mann to begin about
October l. Gable correspondence mentioned TINS no
ton when It in It's ntatory phase ana p'edc'eo
then that # would not take place. Since then the
leaders of the movement have continued 10 get h'-
di,ional notoriety, but scant money
Tho International Federation Of Dock, snip ana
River Workers. which they declare 10 have been
formed and ready TO engage IN He-a'u-"ea''
struggle with employers Is name ana ho'ii"s MOI
When TON" Mann speaks of a million ana nan Oh
men orga nized in Hamburg Antwerp. Rotterdam ana
Bremen and in sympathetic union Win '"e uo'" 40
borers OF America. he romances
This international federation may be spiehdid
idea but 1t fails to give the masters OF the bri'S"
Shipping Federation the minutesi thrill Iney nave
activ how things are. The Thames Dockers II mon.
nigh dead few months ago has been "a. NE ny
dockers do not subscribe nor does the pubic exhip
scintiaton of feeling toward the moveneh't me
dackers are worse off than ever they were. Dut Inc
nuhIIc refuses 10 be reused during the great
strike when Cardinal Manning. the Archbishop OF
Canterbury and other dignitaries interviewed 10 get
the lockers their delusive sixpence NOW the puDlc
has learned that the fight in lSSs ior ms aosHeis
trade out OF the Thames. divertng II 10 Hamburg;
Antwerp and other ports The DOCK compaiies anu
But let the agatng leaders say what they may II
will not occur
The Queen accordng TO accepted report in court
circles has asked the German Kaiser 10 explain
how her communication 10 the late Emperor Will
lam protesting against Bismarcks projects for the
conquest and partition OF France came TO be pub
lshed The Kaiser can only say that the ext nance
lor has authorized and assisted In the diyulging OF
state documents. concerning which while out or
Office he had nothing TO DO
The latest advices from Madagascar TO the Lon
don Missionary Society describe the island within
the French protect orate as In horrible condition
Of anarchy over 200 OF the society's mission sta
lions been destroyed by the rebels against the
French regime. The roads from the seacoast 10
the interior practically blocked even between
Tamatave and the capital AntananariVo, ana All
business f. of course, suspended. one good fea-
Is that the missionaries have no loss OF life TO
report.
President KrUger. says a Pretoria letter to the
Europe next spring. private business. He has
recently become ve-y deaf especially In the right
ear and il s said that he desires consult English
or other experts There Is no reason to suppose
that his deafness is diplomatic excuse. His fami-
ly and his medical attendant have marked the fall
ing for some time His doctor advises a cessation
Of smoking to which the old man Will not agree.
Wilson Barrett's new play. THE Daughter of
BABYLON" has It's scenes In the Jewish captivity
period Its theme, Ply Babes streams We sat and
vept," will appeal 10 the public which has 50
amply supported his Sign Of the Cross"
The Queen has agreeably astonisEed Robert Burns
enthusiasts BY disclosing herself AS a collector IL