New-York tribune., 1896-05-31
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ENGLAND AND THE SOUDAN.
THE RESERVE FUND MUST NOT BE USED
FOR THE EXPEDITION. ~
DECISION OF THE COURT FoREsHApowED-sM
PHILIP cURRIs's RECALL-AN EXPLANATION
OF THE JAMESON RAID-vIEwS OF AMER !
IcAN PorITIcs-A COMPLIMENT TO .
GENERAL COLLINS.
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IcAN PoIITICs-A COMPLIMENT TO
GENERAL COLLINS.
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London May 30--The decision Of the court ct
Cairo is not yet rendered but the purport OF It
has leaked out. The Judgment is In favor OF
France and against the majority OF the Caisse OF
the public debt. This means that the reserve
fund cannot be touched without the consent Of
each representative Of the six European Powers.
and that the Egyptian Government must restore
the money appropriated for the soudan expedi-
ton. An appeal can oe taken, but 1t will carry
the case before a court In which France has two
representatives. Apparently the Egyptian Gov
ernment can be impeached before the mixed tri-
bunas, and restrained from making war on the
Khalifa without the consent OF the six Powers.
The compile aton Is an awkward one for England.
which may be forced to pay the expenses OF IN
expedition the utility Of which has not yet been
demonstrated.
Sir Philip Currie's visit to London is regarded
in diplomatic circles as a preliminary step TO his
retirement from the embassy at Constantnopie.
1t is already rumored that when he returns he
will present hic letters of recall to the Sultan.
and that his successor will be Sir Henry Drum
mond Wolff who Is now in Madrid but who was
sent to Constantinople eleven years ago on spe-
cial mission 70 the Sultan. 1t is even whispered
that Sir Philip Currie may not be allowed to sue
ceed Lord Duffern in Paris but this seems un-
reasonable II he failed In the Armenian negotia-
TONS his responsibility not greater than that
Of Lord Salisbury.
premature lapse into the silly season has been
prevented this week by the Cars coronation ana
the timely appearance OF the June reviews, with
one remarkable article The coronation cere-
monies have been described In minute detail in
the daily press but the most striking comment Is
Sir John Tenniels cartoon in Punch repre-
senting winged Peace clasping hands with the
Car and exclaiming Il was your fathers friend;
let NE be yours"
Mr. Seymour Forts article in The Nineteenth
Century" assumes to explain the real motive OF
Jameecn's raid and Is interesting but not au-
thoritatlve statement of the case. The writer IL
an intimate friend of Cecil Rhodes and DR..
Jameson and was formerly secretary 10 Lbrd
Loeb. He was IN Johannesburg during December
and January. ard in communication with the re-
form leaders He asserts that Rhodes had posi-
tive knowledge Of the existence OF an anti-Eng-
lish alliance between Pretoria and Berlin, ana
that the chief object Of Jameeon's raid was the
defence of the empire through the seizure OF doc
uments that would establish the fact that the
English supremacy was imperilled. A hypothesis
OF this kind Is not worth much without proofs
and these are not supplied. Mr. Forts article V
a belated attempt to defend Rhodes and jameson
by a revival OF jngoism. but is not likely to help
their cause President Krtger charged the raid
ers with conducting a stock-1obbing opera1ions
and had evidence In reserve FOR proving M
case. Mr.. Forts theory OF Boer-German IN
trigue may be reasonable, but he cannot sup
port 1t with documentary proof. Moreover. ~
does not explain why Rhodes neglected to warn
the Colonial Office OF the existence OF the Ger
man bogey, and to suggest some more practicai
method Of thwarting the conspiracy than an
armed raid
THE Times" has had laborious leader on
"McKinleyism," which is colored by Engnsh
prejudice against the American protection cause.
The financial journals have much to say ABOUT
McKiney's reticence the currency question:
and assume that would not be as ready as
Cleveland has been to prevent the suspension OF
gold payments by having recourse to borrowing
in an emergency. These journals do not pause TO
cons der that the conversion Of treasury dencit
into a surplus and the restoration or the Old
time condition Of American prosperity might en-
able a Republican Administration to dispense
with borrowing altogether. and even TO pay up
the Democratic debts Mckinley a champion
being sound on any public question or for having
political bosses against him. Protection can
hardly be considered lost In England
when THE Statict' prints prize essays on an
Imperial Customs Union and when Mr.. Chamber
lain is brooding over some compromise OF that
kind as basis for imperial federation.
Lord Masham a sturdy octogenarian. furnishes
evidence in q letter to The Tines that he has
renewed his youth. He challenges the Golden
Club to rcfute two propositions: First that pro-
lection will give more employment and better
wages than free imports. and secondly. that for
the last fifty years free imports have always been
Injurious to England He also sounds warning
| that there will soon be another Mckinley tariff.
and that England's foreign trade Is steadily de-
cl.ning.
The approaching Congress Of Chambers OF Com
merce in which Canada will take q leading part.
will discuss several schemes for establishing be-
tween the various portions OF the Empire
Zoverein based upon mutual interests ana
| necessities The number Of delegates will be
large and Mr. Chamberlain will deliver an I'M
portant address. The Canadian delegates will
attempt tc prove that the British Empire can
supply the home market with the products OF
! every cline at the lowest possible cost, ana thas
| with Free Trade inside there might be customs
| barrier outside. Mr.. Chamberlain may be medi-
tating another onslaught upon academic Free
! Trade in this jubilee year Of the Golden Club.
The Madrid Government is reported to nave
received offers from several syndicates Tor
new loan One syndicate insists upon the ex-
| tension Of the quicksilver monopoly which Is
valuable asset Of Spain: another, recruited from
French and Barcelona bankers. has secured large
concessions for Spanish railways as A condition
for undertaking to float the loans required to
cradle the Government to carry on the war with
Cr,ba. This second syndicate is apparently the
last resource of the Madrid Government. whose
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