New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

~ orr,o,s production Of the United States
90 h,s comnar,sons between the low cost OF
railway transportation there ana tne MS" TO-
way and shipping charges In England are pr
vokins self-examination in iron manufacturers
centres
The English press has not broken silence owe,
rho canadian negotiations in Washington ana
tho repor.s that a new international Conini''
80, u,,u he formed to take up all disputed
oues,,ons This reticence is judicious. 1or "ha'
a,,.r NAV he the results OF the recent conierehee
ar y, anv fresh negotiations the supremacy Q,
Canada in British diplomacy is an a"A""i
question for English writers to DISCUSS
The State Department is learning by eNpe''
oros tba. Il must settle questions with o''a""
rather than with the Foreign once 10 Pe ~
sno,Ied child OF imperial diplomacy may ~
,ess exhilarating recreation than tah-."'ne
bu. Il promises to be more useful employ '''
,,.u,,,, rson,e are preoccupied and har-
-. NTH tho nerp,exities of Imperial poios'
o..,o.i,a conference has brought the
..u,,on =, tho defence of the West indies again
g. nrominence by supporting the coiohai ue
.,.,d Cor countervailing sugar duties II 10
49, or,,, nractical relief measure but the Coii-
.or,.,t,ves are convinced that the Government
~, .don,,ng II. will bring the Cnionist part! "
r,un nv undermining Free TRADE III '"'' u'
o,,s,on as in the bimetallist negota'ioi'' vi.
,.rct,tv Of English theories must DE pre'e,'eu
,ry,o,ate though the heavens fall On ruiheu
co,on,sts or impoverished native races
,us ceushurv's speech has thrown no hgnt
.,,,oor nroblems. but General Lockhart
si.,a.ohas reveal substantial progress IN 'he
..,,eoa,,o, Of the frontier tribesmen, no'Wl'h-
1..,,ro several reverses Of the British arms IN
,,,,,,;rhos among the hills. Splendid is 'he
,o,.r, ~ the British soldiers, but II Is as
r,ovad N little practical purpose, since 'he "o'-
arrroent will not dare to advance the iror'ets
nm IN Afrhanistan. and the costly campaign "'''
ba reneated whenever fanaticism IS again do'"No
among the highland tribes.
1,;s camnaign renders necessary immeoia'e
measures for an increase OF the oVer"oiheu
British Army Lord Wolseley has deciareu 'i'"'
this can be done without conscrip'lon p5 Wv
ing men eniistng for six or Twelve years
surance of employment for the rest oi 'ne"
IT, rraer the Government in the Postofflce
49, o.,oru,se This would involve the displace-
x,e,+ Of q large body OF public servants VINO
have not had military experience Aho'iiei
r,onosal made on sem-offcial author'! Is u"
organize auxiliary forces in the Coiohies u'iuei
British officers. more cynicai susses"' "
made by writer's commenting on the e'i'u.'
q, the birmingham traders who are reported 10
have supplied the Queens enemies Win arms
and ammunition. This is that such traitors
sho,,a he decorated with tar and feathers Evil
IDENTIFY Mr.. Chamberlain should repeat his ora
,,on an "patr,otism' in his own town. and pos
s,bly lay less stress upon sef-interest as an es-
genital element In love OF country
The success Of Goluchowski. or. rather the
Emperor of Austria, in forcing the sultan 10
come to terms In the Mersina af1afr is an IL
Eliminating incident OF European diplomacy II
r.rsa,s the only practical method Of dealing
with the Sultan and the real secret OF 'he IAN
ure Of Lord salisbury's recent Eastern d.
-,or.cr I-nembarrassed by European ALL
ances he was at liberty to allow British meets
With guns trained on Turkish towns to enforce
the demands OF civilization in Armenia and
Crete: but ne preferred TO beat the air in the
d,.cordant Concert OF the Powers. Goluchow-
sk, was not deferred by the internal disorders
An politics from taking risks OF a European war
by a bold stroke. How serious these risks really
were Dope Ids upon the secret arrangements or
the sovereigns of Russia and Austria Hungary
for the future of European Turkey, and there
can he no deeper mystery Of diplomacy.
In contrast with this decisive coup de main
at Mersina is the failure OF the Powers 10 ar
range the preliminaries Of Cretan autonomy.
The Sultan has virtually vetoed the appoint
ment of Colonel Schaeffer as Governor-General
and the Concert Of Europe has again broken
down through lack Of unaninnity.
Germany has Mersina affair Of her own on
the Chinese coast. A hundred thousand Chris
tians were butchered In Asiatic Turkey and no
European Power interviewed. Two missionaries
are murdered in shan-Tung and the German
feet demands reparation. Is 1t because a
higher valuation Of human life is necessary
for China than for Armenia, or does Germany
want a naval station at Kiao-Chau?
France has something more harassing than
a foreign naval adventure. This is the Dreyfus
affair with Count Esterhazy either the victim
of a base conspiracy or a guilty official. for
whose offences others are punished vicariousy
The former view is the more reasonable, but
CAPTAIN Dreyfus seems to have been convicted
hastily as we'll as secretly for the sake OF re-
storing confidence In the military system. When
the air Of Paris Is electric with suspicion the
public belief that the Government Is trying tC
hide some important compromising secret Is
natural
The resources Of the London journals for local
reportine are inadequate for describing the
largest and most destructive fire known in the
rnetropolis in many generations. THE Daily
Chronicle" is the only journal which rises to the
occasion. THE Times has barely column
and a half Of confused description, with his
torical leader on the same page on all the grea
fires in London In this instance wideawaKt
reporter with a keen pair OF eyes, would have
been more useful than a historian The frt
broke out at noon In the warehouse sector
back OF the GuldhaH and. surrounding the ole
church OF ST. CHESS at Crippiegate. baffied thu
energies Of the entire Fire Department OF Lon
don until midnight The streets were narrow
and the water supply was scant, and the hre
men lacked room and facilities for doing ef
fective work, although miles OF hose were II
use under high pressure. The beautiful church
where Cromwell was married and Milton buried
was saved after a prolonged struggle. the fire
men flghting for 1t from bastion OF the ole
In he The large rail