New-York tribune., 1900-04-29
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON.
IMPROVEMENT IN TACTICS AND MORALE
OF BRITISH TROOPS.
THE GERMAN EMPERORs FRIENDSHIP
PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL Fedora
TIoN-MR. CARTONS NEW PLAY.

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rBY CABLE TO THE rRIBUNE.l
London April 2S-There has been no second
Paardeberg. but there have been many signs Of
better things in reserve for the Empire. The
morale of the British army has been restored
and the rank and file now well led by officers
who study and adapt themselves to the tactics
Of the enemy. Aldershot uppermost when
the campaign opened. and it unequal to the
emergency. Lord Roberts has reorganized the
army and brought to the front generals who
follow the traditions of the Indian service
rather than the formulas of the staff College
and the training maneuvres Of sham battles
He has increased the mobility of every arm OF
the service. that divisions march with great
rapidity. and when fortified positions ap-
preached there no frontal attacks with
less butcher bills but the enemy is turned out
by hanking movement without heavy loss to
the assaants. The contrast between this weeks
operations and either Methuens campaign or
Buffers battle at Colenso shows how effective
has been the training of officers and men under
the leadership of q great commander.
Another reassuring sign is the warmth of
the German Emperor's friendship for England.
He has never faltered since the outbreak of the
war, but he had domestic policies of his to
work out. and for political reasons could not
express his goodwill too openly. If he has now
thrown off restraint and allowed the world to
know where he stands in his relations with
England, 1t Is because he is convinced that the
German people are with him. He is a German
sovereign first and foremost and has a renarka-
BILE power of forecasting the forces of opinion in
the Fatherland. He has virtually proclaimed
that in future Germany and England will stand
together on common lines of industrial progress
and commercial freedom.
The Queens return from Ireland has enabled
both London and Dublin to obtain clear per-
spective of the results of her mission of peace
and reconciliation She has not been political
agent Of the Unionist party; her work has been
a labor OF love and goodwill and she has found
the way 10 Irish hearts. Already there is a
marked change in the tone of the Nationalist
press, and English journals making close
approaches In their leaders to Gadstones Home
Rule manfestoes. One reads in the strongest
Tory columns declarations that trust. sympathy
and cooperation will conquer when repression
has lost its power and finds confessions in large
type that Irish affairs be best dealt with by
the Irish themselves That was Mr.. Gladstone's 8
idea and the Tories in appropriating 1t seem
TO think that they have made fresh discovery.
In any event the English people have learned
during the last six months that Ireland, instead
OF being source of weakness in time OF war, Is
a strong rock Of defence.
Australian federation. instead of being a
stumbling block for the Ministry. is likely to
prove a stepping stone TO some comprehensive
scheme of Imperial federation which will be the
natural goal of British statesmanship after a
costly war in defence Of the empire. The ques-
tion has taken a turn, involving a contest
between the principles of Imperialism and colo
nial autonomy but il is evident that there will
be a compromise by which the controversy will
be settled. The Australian commonwealth will
be altered. not a concession to the mother
country but a safeguard for the Empire,
since the confederation In the South Seas must
be kept in touch with the confederation in Can
ada and the confederation in South Africa which
will be brought about in the future The
retention OF the power OF appeal will be effected
under cover Of constitutional change which will
satisfy Australia. The judicial Committee OF
the Prvy Council win he disarmed and a new
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