New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19

MINT AND HIS MEETING WITH
THE KAISER TOMORROW.
-. Fmneror Williams visit to Windsor is no
=. family affair dictated solely by an affec-
- loreinc TO embrace once more his aged
-s,,otber Queen Victoria, as some OF the
So newspapers would have the world be-
= demonstrated by the fact that Count
- - Minister Of Foreign Affairs. accompanies
u,elan5 and Is TO pass many hours dur
A-' y, few DAYS in close and intimate con-
10 ms, with Lord salisbury. The Kaisers trip
- tho utmost political and international i'm
-. and cannot fail 10 exercise upon the
'-. curse Of events far reaching influence.
-, NJ which il is beyond the power Of
- 80, oven 10 calculate. excepting. Of course.
=. .,ro soyereiens and the two Ministers who
"'N ,...,.,od ,rith the conduct Of their interna-
uonsl affairs. -.
more striking manner than usual. TO
49, ,.o-y small share which at the close Of the
..ro.esr,b century the people are allowed to en-
-. IN the ranagem,l, Of their interests abroad
49,. ~, Statute can .e enacted or repealed, no
,ou measure pu; into force. so far as domestic
.e,.-s are concerned save with the knowledge
I'D the sanction oc ,he duly elected representa-
.vas Of the people assembled IN Parliament
Tho national legislature. in fact, limits at every
,,i,t the authority u the executive compelling
{. 70 defer 10 popular will But no such restric-
inns can be said O. exist with regard to the for
=, o,ai-s - the nations concerned. which are
,,,dycted with q disregard for public opinion
and degree Of absolutism and autocracy that
s..,o altogether out Of keeping with the demo-
cra,c spirit Of the age
z Is perfectly true that Lord Salisbury vaxed
s,-uep, the other day in the House Of Lords in
..,sp,e % what he was good enough TO describe
ss modern diplomacy. An English Minister"
10 declared is not the organ Of a despouc
pauar who has merely to give the word Of COM
nard and the policy which he selects viii be
prfnchingy carried out He has. on the con-
,-.-v. to look at every moment for the amount
nat he can command Of that popular support
which is the breath Of life TO all political move
-rarts Of the age lie cannot afford by
se--4cv 10 neglect Che feelings Of those to whom
be has 10 look for support He is bound to place
before them a full exposition Of the case, and to
give them such inf rwation as will enable them
10 form a thorough judgment Of the issue az
stake" and then ne went on TO add that the
Ministers responsible for conducting great inter-
national negotiations cannot without danger
keep The British political parties in ignorance OF
the matter under consideration" And again.
You must lay before them the real facts Of the
case"
But Lord Salisbury is celebrated as a humor-
Is. Of the most cynical order, and when one
rads these remarks in cold print It is impossi-
3D. 4l,r ftr ion hat he a.
-7e-sd them. So 10 speak, with his tongue in his
laek and that he was POking solemn fun at
Is fellow legislators in the House Of Lords. in
.,or5ance with BIS amiable and frequent Gus
n For Il there has been one British Minister
-ore than any other who has declined TO take
Re public into his confidence pending negoua-
rs Who has accorded no consideration what
1sr 10 popular opinion, or even 20 the views OF
-s own party il connection with foreign affairs
Is certainly Lord Salisbury. Whenever he
Is been In Office he has invariably conducted
re foreign affairs q the Empire without the
sh,est regard f.r The sentiments Of the peo-
IT, and sa.l u takes even his Ministerial col
lgves into has confidence. except where their
garments aye Immediately concerned. As his
-s.r.ous ancestor. the great Cecil, Lord Of
a.-e.gh Secretary Il state 70 Queen Elizabeth,
'slared that d. was responsible TO no one but
Is sovereign and that he was himself an in
--.e.y more capable judge than the people II
ma, was o. advantage u the kingdom, 50 does
toras Naughty Cecil" as he is sometimes
I'D al Court dlsdain public opinion consult
2; only the wishes q his Queen, firmly con-
ned that De and she together with their eX-
.1sre experience and soundness Of judgment