New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-30
THE EDUCATION BILL.
IT CONTINUES A SOURCE OF POLITICAL
DISTURBANCE IN ENGLAND
,.z,r LETTERS IN LONDON REGRET THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF zoLA-IHh
NysTERY OF GREIG.
MEN OF LETT

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ron,,rfrb-; 1902: By The Tribune Association
1ondon Sept 30 l a. m.-The Education Dill
remains source OF political disturbance WIN
q searching Of hearts in every faction Inc
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS alone are thoroughly in earnest
I'm opposing the measure. but they differ among
themselves respecting the wisdom OF their Iedo-
ers in advocating general refusal TO pay rates
10 tbe government persists in enacting it The
Irish Nationalist. who have been supporting
the bill are now threatening to oppose II ne
cause Secretary Wyndham is not regarding the
Coercion act as dead letter. The Liberals are
eager 10 discredit the government and facilitate
their return TO power, but astute politicians
among them co not desire either the defeat or
abandonment of the education scheme, for they
would be committed in that event 10 the SCI
Element Of this most troublesome question on
Noneonformist lines. and be exposed TO the FISK
Of alternating the support Of the Churchnleh-
The government supporters, while seriously EN-
harrssse by the agitation against the measure
are hoping that compromise can ne eHecteu
through the good Offices Of the Opposition Ieao-
ers and the clergy Of the English Church MOD
crate Churchmen are suggesting that the chlel
difficulty can be removed by restricting re-
ligious instruction 10 the Bible and the au-
-horized catechfsm. and by excluding r1tualstc
manuals and other extreme works They con-
tend that the question Of authority couIo DC
easily settled If the scope of religious lnstruc-
ton were strictly limited for every religious
body
The October reviews are bristlng with articles
on this burning question Sir John Gorst' IN
etead Of condemnng the bill with faint praise
in The Twentieth Century blesses it alto
gether
Premier Laurier and Mr.. Fielding, the Cana
dian Minister of Finance. are expected 10 return
TO London from Paris by the end Of the week
They are making final effort 10 complete nego-
.tarions for the improvement Of trade relations
between Canada and France. 4 previous con-
ference while friendly and promising. did not
lead 10 practical results, Explanations have
been exchanged. and Sir wilfrid Laurier, with
Mr. Fielding behind him. hopes TO reach an un-
Outstanding with the French Government before
sailing for Canada. in the second week OF Oc-
tober
Emile lola was lonized by q small coterie Of
admirers when he visited London nine years ago
but his offences against taste not fully con-
doned until his splendid act of courage and self
sacrifice in the Dreyfus case commanded public
respect. ] heard yesterday among men of let
tiers the heartiest expressions Of regret over the
tragic end Of the French writer
The Archbishop or Canterbury yesterday IN
yelled in the parish church at Cranbrook, Kent.
q mural IA blet and three stained glass windows
erected in memory Of the Rev. W. Eddy. vicar of
the parish from 1859 TO 1915. by Robert Henry
Eddy, of Boston
In his address TO his constituents yesterday
ct Bristol Sir Michael Hicks-Beach used the
opportunity which his freedom from office gives
him TO deliver a vigorous attack upon the
]. B. Duke denies that the tobacco monopoly
will mean a rise in prices He says there is
only one mistake about tobacco in England,
the duty is too high. Consumption per head
here is less than pounds per annunn, as
against over six pounds in the United States.
If the Chancellor lowered the tax one-half he
would reap three times as much money.
The American coal strike has already made
Impression the British coal market. and
If it continues for another six months house
holders in London will probably have to pay
"a ton for fuel Such. at any rate. is the i'm
preston an Express representative brought
away from an interview yesterday with
prominent coal merchant.
The situation in Macedonia has a somewhat
serious look. II is reported that the Austrian
and Russian Cabinets have advised the Porte
TO act with all energy
The Mansion House Police Court was crowded
yesterday, when Laurence C-reig was again
charged with forging checks on the London Joint
Stock Bank in the name Of Colonel Hunsiker
London representative of the Carnegie Steel
Trust The greatest possible interest was taken
in the case. owing 10 the serious nature of the
defalcations and the mystery with regard TO
the prisoners identity. Counsel for the prose-
cution stated that owing to the extreme in
genuty Of the accused man there appeared 10
be some difficulty in ascertaining what his real
was. a. c. Bonner. who had investigated
the books Of the London office of the Carnegie
company, said he had discovered sufficient to
show that the defalca tions amounted to 10000
Greig committed for trial l. NE
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