New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-10
THE NEWS OF LONDON.


country falls fiat. Nevertheless. England IL a
country where moral force lies behind public
opinion and cannot be justified unless 1t
is generally felt TO be righteous and necessary.
There still remain searchings OF heart on this
question OF morals, and the moderating nfu-
ence Of the Queen and Lord Salisbury over Mr..
Chamberlain is timely The door is still left
wide open for peace.
George Wyndham and other officials OF the
War Office have gone out Of town. satisfied
with the splendid evidence Of organization
shown in the arrangements for concentrating a
, strong army In South Africa without delay. and
with the smoothness with which all the ma
chinery Of the Department is working. No new
Developments are expected in the Transvaal
situation for fortnight unless the Beers take
the initiative and invade Natal
News Of the condemnation Of Dreyfus was re-
ceived at the clubs late this afternoon. and
everywhere with feelings Of disgust and indig-
nation crime against civilization and rea-
son. The Transvaal situation forgotten in
the depressing consciousness Of the monstrous
! injustice done by a nation once famous for It's
! lucdty. intelligence love Of justice and chiv-
| alrous generosity.
| The closing scenes in the Dreyfus have
/ been watched with intense interest in England,
! where faith in the prisoners innocence is uni
versal Mr. G. W. Stevens has not been favor
ably impressed with Dreyfus's bearing and man
ner IN court. and Mr.. Labouchere. or possibly
Mr. Horace Voules who represents him in the
management Of Truth" has not been ready to
assume that the prisoner was gurtless and the
/ victim OF a mOnstrous conspiracy. But these
are conspicuous exceptions which serve to prove
! the rule so far as the judgment Of the English
press goes.
The American lecture agent has been In Lon
don ready to make extraordinary offers for a
tour across the Atlantic in case Of an acquittal.
/ There have also been mysterious negotiations
among publishers for placing a book OF memoirs,
to be written by Dreyfus. Mr.. Vizetelly is men
toned as the agent interested In this scheme,
and NJ. Zola IS thought TO be behind It. The
price suggested for this book has been floOoO
| Nothing has come Of these negotiations since
the publishers here are convinced that Drey-
fuss story is too we'll known already to leave
any marketable margin for book Of memoirs
The English public, moreover. has been sur
feited with the Dreyfus case, and has been eager
to have it ended not by a catastrophe Of bigot-
ry and injustice. but by righteous judgment
! The extraordinary course of the German Gov
eminent the Of the verdict in acquitting
| Dreyfus in its own way, by publishing an OFF,
! cal explicit denial that its embassies have ever
| had any relations directly indirectly, with
| him, furnished convincing proof of Dreyfus's
| innocence for which the German Emperor Is
! personally responsible The denial is also terri
! bic in its arragnment Of the French Republic.
! for it is coupled with the declaration that the
! President and the Ministers were twice told the
truth plainly four five years ago. Yet Drey-
/ fus remained in a loatsome tropical prison
| and has been tortured with the menace OF sec
/ ond conviction without any other evidence than
! Nv evil
While neither Lord CLrzon nor Mr.. Clinton
! Dawkins explains the means by which the goId
! standard will be made effective in India, their
| speeches In introducing the Currency Oil al
| Simla leave no doubt respecting the end "hlch
/ they have in view The Indian Government Will
begin by giving rupees for gold at the fixed rate
| OF Is pence for rupee, and they nope 'nAt
with gold as legal tender they Will succeed in
averting currency stringency in the future.
The system will be tentative until they are pre-
| pared TO give gold for rupees, well as rupees
for gold This they cannot do until they can
accumulate a large stock Of gold, which London
cannot now provide
While they profess no hostility 20 silver they
have carried India irrevocably into the ranks OF
gold standard countries. Organism, II trium-
phant next year may help them to carry their
policy 10 its full effect by sending gold out from
| America and enabling London to ship II 10
| India without any disturbance OF the monetary
interests here.
The Trades Union Congress at Plymouth has
been the usual target for Conservative sarcasm
which has been embittered this season by MT
Mawdsley's defeat at Oldham, where he was the
running mate for Lady Randolph ChurchiFs
SON The changes rung upon crude Continental
! Socialism in that body Of labor delegates have
/ a. hollow sound when old age pensions and other
| projects Of State Socialism have been advocated
! by Mr. Balfour and Mr.. Chamberlain, and when
| the local government Of England and Scotland
! is honeycombed with municipal Socialism The
! Congress has debated many subjects with So
briefly. judgment. keenness and Intelligence ana
| offered new proof Of the familiar truth that
| trades unionism has raised the standard or
| thought and life among the toiling millions in
! England The presiding officer w J. Yer
| non a compJstor by trade, has exerted great
! influence from the chair, and led movement IN
favor OF increased labor representation In Par
lament and an alliance between the forces Of
trades unionism and cooperative societies
The breach between the Amalgamated Society
| OF Engineers and the Trades Union Congress
| has not been repaired, but some compromise
| will probably be effected by which this I'm
| portant body will again be represented another
| wear Barnes and other leaders OF the en-
/ gneers bitterly resent the word 'blackeg'
/ which has been freely used against their or
ganization. but they Will make peace with the
| Parliamentary Committee or the Trades mon
/ Congress in due time.
The American delegates. James O'Connell and
| Thomas Tracey received hearty welcome at
Plymouth. and spoke exceptionally well.
There are no negotiations in progress at the
American Embassy over the Alaska frontier or
snv other question. The reported provisional
agreement over the Alaskan boundary is not
due to any diplomatic conferences here.