New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
LONDON POLITICAL MORALIsTs BUSY
WITH HOME AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

ENGLAND's ATTITUDE ON THE CUBAN
QUEsTIoN-coMMENTs ON THE
NEw-YoRK ELEcTIoN-LoN-
DON IMPROVEMENTS
ART AND
[nY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE
Londor Nov 6-Thc political morallsts have
beel busy this week: for. after making com.
pete inventory of the virtues AMI vices of the
American people. with a large balance In favor
Of ev. they have been enabled to comment
upon an election of their in Lancashire.
Three Ministers were simultaneously engaged
in defending the Government the night
when the dlleton poll announced. SO
that the Unonist disaster apparently not
an unexpected blow. The moralists explain II
in accordance with their individual bias. Lib
eral writer's contendlng that the Middleton
election is a sign OF widespread popular re-
volt against the Government, and Tory
optimists describing the division as chameleon
constituency which has never voted the same
way twice in succession. and Furthermore COM
forting themselves with the reflection that by
elections never mean anything, and that the
party in power has lost only i've seats since
the general election.
The Times having been warned in ad-
vance by Mr. Maxse, the bmetallist Editor OF
The National Review" that Middleton would
go against the Government, blurts out the truth
that Lancashire has flung itself wildly into the
for bimetallism. and that the defeat of
the impudent proposals OF the American sI-
vertes' has contributed to the Liberal major
ity A disaster under these conditions, II con-
tends is not discreditable to the Government.
and even at the risk OF losing other constit-
uencies under the same adverse influences. no
encouragement should he given to dangerous
currency craze The Times" is getting on; 1t
resisted with difficulty. as it explained paren-
! theticay, the temptation to use the word I'M
pertinent" when the Wocott proposals were
nublished and contented itself with amusing"
! as a decorous substitute It's irritation over the
| Lancashire election now prompts 1t to describe
! outright as 'impudent' the response made py
the United States and France to the resolution
passed in favor Of bmetallism two successive
wears i'm Parliament. American impudence eV1'
dentIv has had great run: for France the
most noli,e nation of Europe. has fully sup
norted IT, and pr0ud-sDirited Cnionst Gov
! arrn,ent has gone to the length OF considering
IL seriously for several months. and even when
! il has been rebuked by the united voice OK
London bankers Lancashire is so infatuated az
70 svmpathize with it, Elections in Liverpool
/ and Deptford are impending. IL the Liperas
carry one or both, the result cannot be attrio'
| rted m buoetallist resentment, but rather ="
| ,ar.rai causes OF dissatisfaction with the fos-
| ,sr and domestic policy Of the Government
Thn prolonged labor war In the ensineer'ns
.roaa Lae created feeling Of discomfort a"ohs
,be working classes. and. although MI. ''cn'e
has nersisted in repeating his offers OIL "'eu"
tion 10 which employers refuse 10 is'e"' w.
Government inevitably suffers from the soe'~
unrest whenever & by-election comes on i''".'
! ar, already bad. with the engineering "'
half paralyzed by the strike, with the "eA
/ -, hrirLaea OF the cotton industry, Win
! o,ber cut in the wages OF tinplate worKers
and other disturbing causes. anu tue oPP''
ton is gaining ground. even II its leaders a'''
! a. Mr. Chamberlain says, pand oi Wa"ue''s
| ,,instrels searching FOR party cry lhey "e''
| ,aunted when in office with having too big
| nrogramme and ought not to be TOO narsh'y cen
! sured if. in opposition. they have none AZ a."
The Ministry, with a large majority Is ii "o
danger. especially the next session VII. oe
| davotod to Irish measures. which Nationahsts
,d 7 ibaral. MAJ seek 10 improve, but against
which they will not vote
The dafencas Of the Unonist Ministers A'e
interesting from their bearing on the leaoeis"'p'
Mr. Balfour's speech at Norwich contained a"
intudicious threat that Chuchmen might os
con,pelled to abandon the support OF thelr o""
schools and dpture the Board schoos OUT
right for their creed and catechism lhis ""'
an i1timed menace since the London schYo!
BOARD elections are impending, and the victory
Of the progressive party over MT Diggie a'0
the moderates and Mr.. Riley and me ."
tremsts Is wellnigh certain MI bai'"
thrashed over old straw. and then incsu'
tously threw a burning brand into the heio-
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was safer leader d.
Sher1eId with his commonplaces about the bur
that the army would be increased but Mr..
Chamberlain, fresh from his academic triumpns
in Glasgow. has made the only fighting speeches
on the Tory side. assuming with commanding
air that all he Unionist pledges have been
redeemed and that Lord Salisbury has tri-
umphad gloriously in diplomacy, and then hit
ling ont in his sashing style at Mr.. John
Morley and all Little Enganders, and condemn
ing with fine irony all Liberal criticism as stray
shots fired by political snipers. Sir william
Vernon Harcourt is the only match for him on
the Liberal side, and he will soon be heard at
Dundee.
The old Tory matrons are still rubbing their
ewes and shaking with ague over TIE Morning
Posts sudden onslaught upon the Government
for its timldity in maintaining the interests OK
a great empire ana for its rashncss In inviting
calamity by It's so-called invertebrate policy
on the Nile. This outbreak mas Deen causeu "
the true but stale report that the suspension OK
military operations has been ordered when Ber-
! her shall have beeh occupied and the road to
| Khartoum shall be open with friendly tribes
| lining It, The faithful Tory organ is Mortified by
| Government vacillaton. The story is an old
one. but Tory reproaches are new The discon-
tinuance Of the campaign is due to lack OF
money The Egyptian Casse will not advance
IL. and Lord Salisbury Is unwilling TO supply 1t
from the British Treasury without the sanction
( of Parliament He is undoubtedly right In re-
specting the unwritten Constitution which arms
the Commons with absolute authority over
money grants. II Beaconsned bought the Khe-