New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11
THE OUTLOOK IS FOR WAR.
EUROPE SEES DANGER IN THE GREEK
FRONTIER sKIRMTsH
THE TORIES HOLDING THEIR OwN-THE EpU-
CATION BrLI~-srR JOHN wILLoUGHBY
BACKS powN-THE HOUSTON CASE
AND THE KAFFIR CIRCUS
ARBITRATION AND TARIFF

BACKS DOWS-THE HOUSTON CASE
AND THE KAFFIR CIRCUS
ARBITRATION AND TARIFF.
[pY CABLE THE rRrBUYE.1
London April 10.-The news from Greece q
midnight Is more serious than appeared this
morning The force Of irregulars engaged In
the frontier raid much larger than was at
first represented. and its advance has lighted up
the excitement in Athens and 1t may 10
most difficult to prevent an outbreak Of HOSTILE
ties 1t is not unlikely that the raid has been
connived at or secretly encouraged by the regu.
lar troops, and that military campaign may
be fought after all the diplomacy and vacia-
ton.
Mr. Balfour has succeeded IN placing Sir Will
lam Harcourt on the defensive and in forcing
him to decline TO raise debate on the motion
of censure The Liberals were not united, ana
Sir William Harcourt was too wary 10 risk
division on any question Of foreign policy
motion may be made on Monday 10 adjourn the
House In order to force discussion or the
Greek question prematurely but probably tne
members will leave London tor the Easter hoh-
days without any final struggle in the party
warfare. Mr. Balfours prestige has been in
creased by the shrewdness ard ability Win
which he kept the House in hand during the
session. As tactican he has shown hinse"
Sir William Harcourt's equal. as disciplinarian
for an unmanageabe majority, he has been
alike firm and flexible.
The Home Secretary has not yet introduced the
main measure OF the session, but the draft OF the
Employers Liability bill is understood 10 Do
completed. 1t will be a comprehensive measure.
embodying the principle of universal compensa'
ton for accidents. 1t will embody the theory
long held by Mr. Chamberlain that liability to
accidents ought to be included as an element in
the cost of production. One feature OF the Dill
will be a Limitation Of costs in actions at law
based on employers liability. This measure Will
probably fill up the remainder of the session,
but it will hardly involve any serious party con-
lict In the House Of Commons. The Liberals may
criticise minor details of the BILL but fully
committed to the general principle OF the
measure
Unionist prospects are Frightening all along
the line, and the Government now seem In fair
way to end the session with Increased prestige
and tolerable record for legislative Industry.
mainly in the interest Of labor The real menace
to the Governments security lay in their foreign
policy which was unpopular; but the way has
apparently been opened for extricat.ng not only
England but all the Powers from an ntolerabls
position.
The furry Of excitement caused by Sir John
Wioughby's refusal to explain the grounds for
his honest bona fide belief that the preparations
for Jameson's raid were made with the knowl-
edge and consent Of the imperial authorities has
quickly ended. Sir John Woughby is a dull
man. who is easily dazed when there Is nobody
at his elbow to coach him and tell him what to
say His silence when pressed to name the i'm
peria authorities whose connivance with the
raid was rashy assumed was highly compromis-
ing to the Colonial Office, but with DR.. Jameson's
help and coaching by the Chartered Company's
counsel he has finally wrigged out and frankly
confessed that he did not know what he was
talking about: that he ought not to have written
the strangely phrased letter to the War Office.
and that he had no ground for his opinion that
the authorities at home were in sympathy with
the invasion of the Transvaal The cable dis
patches between Harris and the Cape officials
have not yet been published, but no incrIminat-
ing disclosures are now expected. While Or.
Jameson talked vaguely about having imperial
authorities behind him, and Sir John Willoughby
was foolish enough to guarantee officers COM
missions. 1t is now clear that they both took
gamblers chances in reckless game and ex-
pected Cecil Rhodes TO help them out. The real
objective OF the raid, as shown by yester-
days testimony, was Pretoria, not johannesburg.
and DR.. Jameson was playing for high stakes al
q revolutionist with a blind faith in his OWN
luck and Rhodes's willingness ard ability to
back him up Dr. Jameson's references to the
High Commissioner were misleading, and he
abused the confidence of his officers. Sir John
Willoughby's own incautious act in signing tho
letter I, the War Office and in neglecting TO find
out what was implied by It was In accord with
the spirit Of duplicity and recklessness with
hox,
been conducted
The wild rumor that the Portuguese Govern.
ment had leased Delagoa Bay to Great Britain
has been denied ar.horitatively. A full budget
Of the recent correspondence with the Transvaal
is promised after Easter and it will tten be pos
sible to form an intelligent opinion Of the rea-
tions between the Beers and the Colonial Office,
which have caused much uneasiness In England.
The indignation caused here by the ref crts that
the Transvaal Government had been expending
large sums in fortlfying Pretoria is hardly Jus.
titled. The Boer capital was defenceless at the
time Of Jamesons raid. and he expected to
capture 1t without a blow. Naturally the Beers
have determined to fortify II and to anticipate
the risks of another millionares' raid
The effect of the public disquietude respecting
South Africa is to depress the Rand gold mining
shares, even when the money market has been
eased by the reduction OF the Bank rate and
when other classes Of securities have risen under
the influence OF the hopeful outlook in the East.
THE Economist" prints table to-day showing
a decline during eighteen months OF S10.220.00O
in the aggregate valuation Of forty-one Rand
companies The Kaffir Circus is frequented only
hy brokers having stocks to sell. There Is no de-
mand for mining stocks from any quarter. enor-
nous losses having been entailed upon investors
by this unparalleled depreciation Of mining Sc
curities.
The libel suit by which Mr.. Houston. mem.
ber Of Parliament for Liverpool district mas
been compelled to surrender to firm OF brokers
$4,000 OF $4,000 which he is reputed to have
In Iolv Ham ntop M