New-York tribune., 1896-11-22

volts. and the plague will have to take its course
with the probability that only a small fraction Of
the cattle in South Africa can he saved The
rumor that the rinderpest microbe has been dis
covered may facilitate DR.. Kochs work when he
arrives. but 1t is apparently too late to prevent
the destruction of the chief Of the agri-
cultural wealth of that vast region
'The Daily Chronicle" has discovered that
trusts. combinations and monopolies exist in
Free Trade England 1t says:
Eve have heard talk of the great coal trust
There is already almost a monopoly of bicycle
tires. A powerful company controls all the
motor-car patents it could get hold of. and
now the London respondent of an Aberdeen
journal announces that powerful syndicate is
about to acquire and work considerable num-
ber Of the butcher shops in London. Already.
he says. shops of the Value of 100000 have
been offered. The same capitalists are at work
in Liverpool. and there businesses to the vaiue
Of 100000 have been offered to them One
discovery may lead to another. Hooley ana all
his works may some time be brought into view
and plutocracy may be recognized as great
menace to England just as it has been de-
scribed by English moralists as the chief social
danger Of the American Republic
Lord Dunraven has apparently been convinced
that London under the rule of the County
Council may be hotbed Of corruption as BAD
"a New-York In Tammanv's worst days de
and Lord Denbigh have denounced the Progress
sive party in general and the works or the
committee in particular. as convicted ny IT.
regularities in bookkeeping and have called
theatrically. for the appointment Of Royal
Commission to hold public inquest Lord
Dunraven has not been equally perturbed in
chf rQr
Is bent upon knowing how so foul a conspiracy
could flourish in London so long without de-
lection. and whether the bogus transfers have
not been inspired by desire to bolster up the
Public Works Department in the interests OF a
political party. The fact that the whole af-
fair is a tempest in a teapot does not appear
70 impress seriously this contentious and not
always amiabe yachting peer.
Mr. Balfour has been blowing hot and cold on
both Fair Trade and Free Trade. After remind
Ing the Cobdenites at Sheffield that only two
countries in the world. Great Britain and Tur-
KEY had adopted their ideas he administered
several side thrusts to Colonel Howard vincent
and other Fair Traders who had carried Protec-
ZIONIST resolutions at the meeting Of the Ma
tional Union at Rochdale Having boxed the eco
nomio compass without enabling his audience 10
discover the direction in which his own opinion
pointed, he fell back upon German competition
and technical education. which now form the
common stock OF English political oratory.
A much better speech was made by Mr. Balfour
at dnburgh the same day on the subject or attn
letics In school and college in which he asserted
that training of this kind. when scientifically
conducted was as good an education as could be
obtained in lecture and cassrooms
Sir Henry Irving is greatly pleased with the
letter Of thanks which he has received from
Major Mckinley in response to his congratu-
latory dispatch 1t is brief and courteous and
expresses the hope that Major Mckinley will
have the pleasure of seeing Sir Henry at the
White House. Sir Henrys London business is
now so good that nothing is said about another
American tour.
Mr.. r. c. Cartons new play at the Comedy
Theatre is a farce. pure and simple. but we'll
written and neither vulgar nor dull. The da-
logue Is enlivened with genuine wit. and the
piece, while conventional in incident and not re-
narkable for inventive power in construction,
has literary finish. and, without being racy, has
q good flavor II is entitled "a White Ele-
phant." and reveals the embarrassments caused
by a series of simultaneous eopements. Lady
Gwendoline. wife Of stupid tea broker inter
ests herself in the romence of two young people,
and in order to facilitate II departs at midnight
with her male cousin for her London house to
play the part OF chaperone for the eloping bride
This puts her in the position Of eloping herself;
and In order to increase the complications. two
other people make a runaway match the same
night AS the three couples turn up In rapid
succession at the London house. to the dismay
of the bewildered housekeeper. there Is much
that is mirth- provoking, and In the end the
three couples disentangle themselves, establish
their identity, ard morality Is vindicated 1t Is
an amusing play we'll adapted to London taste
and ought TO have long run. Mr. Charles |
Hawtrey takes the part Of Lady Gwendones
cousin, and acts admirably. Miss Compton 10
charming as an amiable and obliging matron |
who cannot say no. and is not carried away by !
her sympathy with young love Mrs. Calvert. as
the London housekeeper makes the main hit OF
this comedy Of errors. Miss Lotte Venne ap- |
pears As an American widow at the close OF the |
last act and imparts a fresh interest to the plot
at an unexpected moment.
'srhe Prisoner Of Zenda will be replaced at /
the St. James's Theatre by a revival OF "As You |
Like IT, In a fortnight. with Mr.. George Alex
ander. Mies Julia Nelson. Miss Fay Davis and
Mr.. H. " Esmond in the leading parts. 1bsen's |