New-York tribune., 1900-10-23
PRAISE FOR SALISBURY.
LONDON PAPERS APPROVE OF THE
ANGLO-GERNIAN PACT.
THE TIMES" ALONE ASSERTS THAT GER
MANY HAS SCORED HEAVILY ROSE
BERY'S NEW BOOK.
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BERYs NEW BOOK.
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London, Oct. %. 6 a. m-The English nress
with the exception of THE Times" which is re-
markably cool, continues to praise Salisbury
for his astuteness in drawing Germany into a
dual alliance That Journals contention that
Germany has gained a great advantage from the
/ agreement without Offering a quid pro quo to
England is supported by the Berlin and Co
logne press. which assumes that the German
Emperor has scored heavily The st. James's
Gazette and other journals reply that Eng
land has granted nothing to her new partner
/ that she was not willing to share with the
whole world in the Yangtse region and else
where in the Far East. If this agreement leads
10 the abandonment Of the insidious doctrine of
spheres of influence" and the substitution for
it of the open door principle the results Of
Salisbury's craftsmanship will not be meas
ured by the rule of thumb notions Of COM
pensatior- The French explanations that
Hohen!ohe retired because he unwilling to
take the responsibility for the agreement are
not accepted in diplomatic circles here Bis
marck has had no successor whose authority
was personal and unique The German En-
peror's will is paramount. and the diplomacy of
the Fatherland is his handiwork. The fact that
the agreement was published first in London is
explained by diplomatists the natural conse-
ouence Of Salsbury's personal revision of the
text II the agreement had been negotiated IN
Berlin it would have been published by the
Foreign Office there. Some alarmists with the
fatal facility for discovering condolences, con
meet the abrupt action Of Salisbury in divulging
the agreement with the reported determination
Of the Marseilles municipality to receive Kru-
ger with official honors as President Of the
Transvaal and also with the preparations for
bringing the second Channel squadron into com
mission. The Marselles programme has either
been modified dlsavowed, and there is no
evidence that the British Government is taking
up arms against the right of asylum OF political
refugees and ordering out squadron in order
TO enforce the moral that Continental nations
must differentate sharply between President
KRUGER and plain Mr.. KRUGER. Salisbury's
tves in taking the world into his confidence in
stead Of quietly submitting the agreement to the
consideration Of the Powers are obscure. Nor
has he even announced his conversion to the
methods Of the new diplomacy; but the most
reasonable inference is that he wished to
celerate the negotiations at Peking and the ac-
ton Of the European Powers by a direct and
straightforward appeal to fundamental prInci-
pies.
Lord Salisbury left London last night for Bal
moral. his first visit to the Queen since the
dissolution Of Parliament Naturally, the clubs
are discussing the reorganization Of the Cabi-
net, but UP to the present there is only one
change at all certain. Goschen is leaving the
Admiralty. and First Lord will have 70
be appointed. The Ministry must not neces-
sarily be remodeled because there has been a
general election.
Rosebery's new book on Napoleon which will
come out this week, has been a well kept literary
secret.
1t deals mainly with the final period of exile
has iv,,ro
amount Of reading. which with him is a labor Of
love.
Spenser Wilkinson's new book on the war and
its policy contains dozen chapters of special
interest to Americans. 1t has a comprehensive
review Of the military history of the American
Civil War, and draws a series of remarkable
parallels between that campaign and the
which is still dragging in South Africa after
public interest in it has ceased. Mr.. Wilkinson
has not only been identified with the volunteer
service but he has also been a close student Of
the science Of war and has been associated with
Dixie in the solution of the problem of imperial
defence.
The recent outbreaks of ''Hooligan!sm" in Lon
don have revived the agitation in favor Of the
restoration of the whipping post as a remedy
for ruf1anism and lawlessness. The police mag
istrates striving to repress these murderous
revels in the streets by stern rebukes and rigor-
Gus sentences for the leaders of the criminal
gangs in Chelsea and South London. The spirit
Of disorder is evidently spreading to other and
more reputable classes, for the medical students
have been striving tc break up the public meet
ing at st. Martins Town Hall and to mob the
constables who arrested the ringleaders.
The German papers seem to be somewhat ner-
vous as 10 the action Of Russia, and they almost
go out OF their way to declare that the agree
ment in no way binds Germany to oppose Russia
in Manchuria.
The departure OF the manager Of the Cunard
company for New-York revives the hope in ship
ping circles that some effort will after all be
made to regain the championship of the Atlantic
| for England.
The Glasgow revelations respecting construc-
| ton OF the second Shamrock with steel bronze
! and a little aluminium, may be received with
| great reserve IN p
PETTY TAhMANY PERSECUTION.
| EFFORTS TO INTIMIDATB ITALIAN SHOP
KEEPERS IN THE WITH ASSEM-
BLY, DISTRICT
More complaints are daily coming in of the