New-York tribune., 1897-07-11

clear. The native races have been drawing upon
their only savings account by selling their Or
naments. and have discovered that there has
been a,etremendous shrinkage Of the value OF
silver That can hardly have tended to make
them more cheerful or law-abiding.
The Sultan has been we'll scolded this week
by the English press. and the Liberal Opposition
has arranged a debate on the Eastern question
but SO long as Lord Salisbury simply laments
she disappearance Of Bismarck and the absence
OF the Russian army under marching orders
against Turkey protests and politics are futile
He could transform the situation by sending a
British fleet to Smyrna or Salonca. II the Sui
tan, after rejecting the proposals for peace. re-
solves to send an army to Athens 1t Is by no
means certain that he will be held back THE
Spectators" description Of the European Powers
as "a chain gang running after swift robber''
is picturesque and accurate The Sultan, with
his army OF 100000 men, is master Of the situa-
tion. England has enjoyed its imperial festival;
France is awaiting the promised bit Of melo-
drama at ST. Petersburg when President Faure
falls into the Cars embrace; and the German
Emperor, having changed his Ministers with the
same facility with which he can replace his
grooms and Wallets. has started on summer
cruise. The Sultan takes no vacation and cele-
anybody else out of European diplomacy.
Neither prosperity Free Trade releases
England from the menace OF industrial war;
The engineering trades Of the United Kingdom
have received this week lockout notices which
may throw 10000 workers out of employment
The Amalgamated Society of Engineers called
out on strike its members employed by Thorny-
croft and three other firms who had refused to
concede the eight-hour day already granted by
the majority Of London employers. The FEEDER
ated Engineering Employers have resolved TO
lock out all the men in their employ throughout
the country who connected with the unions
concerned in this local strike for eight hours. 1t
is a systematic attempt the part Of the large
employers of London, Manchester. Leeds, Bel
fast and elsewhere to disable the trades unions
while the local strike is on. The federated mas
.ers have taken strong action, but the effect OF
It may be to bring pitched battle with
trades-unions and to impart tremendous I'M
pulse to the eighthour movement
A: the same time there is much practical evil
dence that England under Free Trade Is not
emancipated from the dominion or syndlcates
and capitalists Mr.. Hooley, with the p'osuee
created by his successive triumphs in stock-pro-
noting and company reorganization, is now peht
upon amalgamating the meat-prodaclis ana
food-exporting interests Of the Australian colo
MES He has proposed combination Inong the
producers. shippers and importers by which
penny may be added to the price of every Iound
Of imported frozen mutton, if company be Or
sanized With capital OF S25,OoOOOO, Mr..
Hooleys profits out Of the deal could hardly ce
less than S3.5OOO0O He has large circle Of
arfsfocratic investors behind him, but II Fe-
mains 10 be proved whether the English pub
o,,da ario
corner the market for mutton The cycle mar
ket which has been controlled by a comona-
ton Of manufacturers is now breaking under
pressure Of the cut in prices in America, and
wheelmen at last have a prospect of RELIEF
from the inflated syndicate prices charged for
the benefit of company promoters. American
Populists who fancy that trusts are Impossible
under Free Trade are hopelessly misinformed
The Lambeth Conference has been debating
many questions during the week. and during
the next ten days will be divided into dozen
sub-committees for the preparation or reports
10 he submitted to the general body during the
closing week of the session. The real work or
the conference is done in these subcommittee
and will be summed up in the Archbishop or
Canterbury's encycical letter early in August.
Each successive meeting Of the conference
STRENGTHENS the feeling in favor Of the federation
Of the Anglican churches. with the possioie
creation Of something like patrarchate. which
can be differentiated from the Papacy.
The London season is now at Its height, with
dowagers and debutantes alike 1aded with ex-
cessiye gayety. and with men eager to have the
lights nut out and the August shooting, hshing
and yaching begin. Every one speaks of 1t as the
most brilliant season of recent times, but the
usual outcries are raised by the society jour
nails against the invasion Of the inner circles by
the parvenu millionaire and the ambitious Dour-
eeois The state ball In buckingham Palace
was dull affair, and there has been little IN
terest in any great function since the Duchess
of Devoashire's fancy dress ball London pho-
tographers have been busy this week in taxing
costume pictures of hundreds Of guests whose
clothes were only half seen, owing TO the cro"o
Of dancers, and there has been some idle talk OF
reneating the ball for charitable purpose
Passengers by the American liner Paris nave
much to say about the wonderfully effective
sneech made at sea on Independence Day by
Mr. William Winter IN proposing the toast. 1he
Queen" Those who came by the disabled Spree
are expected in London to-day, after pro-
longed voyage in which much good temper was
disn,aved under conditions fraught with anxiety
and danger. ~ -
NOT TO WE'D THE DUKE or MANCHESTER.