New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-15


draw from diplomatic service. he mas acco",'
plished his great work. the Franco RUSSIAN az
lance. and will bear away win MN lrUn'
France, his second country the s''ce'e '""""'
Of q grateful people.
Whom Tho Indiana was finished British au-
thorities declared her to be probably the pest
warship of her class in the world Ana no" the
Iowa seems to be better still. 1t takes ia""e'
to beat the best.
MANY of the preachers took deep lhteieS' ~
the election Of Mckinley, and rendered. ""po
tant service in bringing about the resu'. .""' ~"
caused co much satisfaction: but probably IN no
o,hor church has the outcome Of the good work
done on November caused greater satisfaction
than in the one over on Long Island that Is 10
have n new building as a result Of the defeat OF
tho ponuIistic candidate. Had Bryan been erect
ed. the plan OF putting UP new edince "ou'u
have boen nostponed indefinitely. whereas no"
tho nrosnects OF It's early erection are altogether
pleasing.
No ono can accuse the bicycle Of being USED TOT
MARKHAM purposes because man out III Ne"-
Jersey rode twenty-five miles on one to cast
vote for Mckinley and Hobart.
BESIDES being chairman OF the Ne"-'eiSeS N
ruh,,can State Committee Franklin Murphy Is
a manufacturer in close touch WIN 'he
mon ~ his State. He probably voices their hopes
o,,a ovnoctot,ons in saving that the increase In
tariff duties necessary to provide revenue enough
% nov tho Governments expenses will give all
~. nrotection needed Jcrseymen are hopeiui
,hot Tho tariff changes will be made IN con-
servative manner without causing any u"'e'
tanty or unrest
T, u,I,, now he "nip and tuck" between Weyler
in Cuba and Polavieja In the Philippines 70 see
which can be the more harsh and cruel and
which can the more sIgnally fail to suppress IN
surrectIon.
Or. Parkhurst is right when he says that the
o,ht AGAINST Tammany must be kept up. The
way in which the Tammany vote was heio To-
gotber this YEAR I'm spite Of the desertion or the
leading men heretofore identified with the or
eanization. shows that 1t must be a vigorous
fight too.
yoItaire's departing message to Holland was
"Adieu Canaux Canards Canaille. saiuta-
ton q, farewell which the Netherlanders have
M, annarentIv forgiven as the gift Of his bust
in marble TO a public art collection IN Rotter-
dam has Just been declined without thanks. IL
Is possible to be too witty for ones comfort
either with ones contemporaries or posterity
Heines wasted fires survived so lambentiy IN
his ashes that his native town would not al
nit his monument, rejecting 1t as contumeh-
ously as the Rotterdam Glyptothek did the
image Of his sardonic and hooking prototype
The lesson to contemporary wits who desire
IONS iC a
they must not be too smart. and as sins in
that direction are not so numerous and Migrant
as they once were. 1t seems not thrown away
upon them
THE London Chronicle" has already settled
the Venezuelan question so many times and In
so many different ways during the last year that
It Is highly gratifying now to have 1t give out
as startling news the details OF settlement which
all other papers Of consequence reported three
or four days ago.
Following the example Of Bismarck. Signor
CrIspi has also his little revelations to make.
The Roma" which. after the demise OF the
"Rforma" (Crispis personal organ). has been
carrying on a passive fight for Italy's ex-
Premier with occasional bursts OF bravado. an
nounces that. contrary to the stories published
In certain German newspapers. confirmed by
the Government press OF Italy, the visit Of
Chancellor Won Caprivi to Milan In 1890 was
not for the purpose of discussing the con-
tingences which had arisen over Germany's
break with Russia. but In order 10 render the
Triple League more effective for Italy. Crispi.
according to the Roma" had bitterly COM
plalned OF the lack OF benefit 20 Italy OF the
League especially after the retirement Of Bis
marck. and the purpose Of Won Caprivrs visit
was not only to reassure him but 70 formulate
new plans for Italy's benefit. But three months
after the date OF the interview In Milan. and
before any OF the plans could be carried out, the
Crlspi Government went out Of office. In 1870
Crispi was again In power and again he COM
planned that Austria and Germany were not
living up to their agreement toward his
own country. Germany was then so fearful
that Italy might withdraw from the Triple
League that the Kaiser himself fastened to
Italy to have an understanding with the
Premier but before he could arrive General
the Marquis di Rudn was once more at the
head OF the Government. The revelations pub
lished In the Roma" would show that Italy
under Crispi. instead OF being subservient to the
Indifference OF Austria and Germany. was really
In n position to dictate the terms by which she
would remain member Of the Dreibund.
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