New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-01

The LIBERAL oRGANS-A GAY JUNE
f-opr-ga-: 1862: By The Tribune Association
,e-..ial 70 TIE New-York Tribune by French Cahle)
london. May 31-There will be general de-
-assion OF Monday # Mr. Balfour be unable
:, announce successful issue of the peace ne
t-r-iatfons While Englishmen have learned by
ni-ter experience that South Africa is at once
: grave Of regulations and maze Of uncer-
-sinries and transformations, they are counting
with confidence upon having the coronation come
on under a clear sky. and viii be grievously dis
amounted # the Beers offec an unexpected and
se-err1ined resistance at the last moment The
cs.4es from Cape Town are not working well.
ars there IS no authentic information respecting
me result Of the Boer deliberations; but the
ministers by their cheerfuness and prudence
in holding back decisive financial statements.
have encouraged the nation TO believe that peace
&c q certainty. They will be held accounta bic
FOR me most exasperating n1iscalculation #
there be q failure next week 10 proclaim a per
rra-enr cessation Of hostilities.
Even the optiuists are constrained to admit
that reconstruction will not be easy. even If
peace be declared The release OF the Beer pris-
ore-s under safeguards which will preclude the
resumption Of fighting, and amnesty for the
Cape rebels under conditions which Will not
tend 70 condone treason 70 the empire, are prob
lens o. exceptional difficulty. A larger meas
IRE OF good faith than the Boer warriors. brave
and resourceful as they are. have justified is
requisite before the shattered commanders and
rowing bands OF guerillas can be allowed 10 dis
perse with arms in their hands, even if the
horses are taken away from them. Cape Colony
with constitutional government is impossible,
and. with 4 Dutch population still enbtrered
and darnoralized. offers difficulties even more
serious than those presented by the Two Boer
colonies under a military administration The
South Africans are frank enough 10 admit that
the Beers have always ouJcIassed the English
IN as-uteness. cleverness and persistency, and
that The only man capable of meeting them on
their own ground is in his grave among the
Matoppo Hills. They assert that the conclu-
sion % peace will be followed by q revival Of
Dutch ambition for the control Of the con-
federation which is destined be formed in
South Africa. and that there are only TWO men
Of sufficient force 10 protect British interests.
Mr.. Chamberlain and Lord Miner.
Rejecting men find however. IN the new field
Of Dutch political activity q guarantee Of per
n1anent pacifcation, since the warriors viii be
more likely 10 settle down IN conrentment If
they are convinced that their day is not ended
and that confederation implies Safeguarding
colonies. with equality Of race rights and op-
porrunities. Moreover South Africa is rich in
mineral resources, ard the thrifty Beers have a
reasona bic hope Of sharing the prosperity Of the
British settlers
The temporarily anomalous condition Of poll
tics in Cape Colony Is a source Of vea kness and
dissension The resignation Of Dr.. Smart from
the ministry. owing TO differences Of opinion
with the Premier Sir Gordon Spring. leads
The Times and other Influential journals TO
advocate handing over the executive admin
istratten 10 Lord Miner. with full powers, and
responsible Only e the Crown This will be
heroic measure. well adapted TO the require
nnents Of the transition period; but the Liberal
opposition here viii raise strenuous objections
Lord Rosebery continues 10 offer proof that
he che-lsbes the hope Of leading the reunited
Liberal party His speech at Leeds last night
was ore which every Liberal could follow with
out dissent The Daily Chronicle with Mr..
Fisher as editor and E 7 Cook as the cher
leader writer is making great effort 20 mag
nity the Importance Of Lord Rosebery's active
cooperation in the Liberal platforms; but The
Manchester Guardian and The Daily News
are cold and critical The dissensions in the
Liberal party are not healed BY Lord Rosebery's
JaccfuI pIeasanlries and deliberate attempt 20
hunt about for & safe ground on which 70 aP-
peal TO men % al factions.
Close observers among the Urionists contend
that Lord Rosebery, instead Of Strengthening, is
weakening The hands Of the Liberal imperial
=
take refuge with Sir Henry Campbell
mans followers and lead them on their OWN
terms or else retire permanently from public
life This is the view Of M Chamberain's
friends, who give Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man credit for consistency. II nothing else and
insist that LORD Rosebery in the end must
either fall n with the rearguard Of the Radical
opponents Of the war or else fall out Of politics
zlrogether
The best hope Of the Liberal revival lies in
the Cndonist rerodelling Of the entire fiscal
system Of the kingdom. The negotiations for
peace VIII remove the necessity FOR taxing food
supplies for war purposes II the registration
dUry - retained il V-tu be decisive demon
stration OF UnionIsJ hostility 70 free trade and
Z viii De ever more significant If the penny on
incomes D. reTrirted. or Il some compromise be
Effected in relieving the ratepayers' expenses for
elementary education
The decision OF the government or this ques-
uon IS awaited with anxiety BY the supporters
~ Parliament. who are themselves divided in
opinion. one section clanoring. with The Spec
tator for the immediate abandonment OF the
corn-d duty, and another and stronger body in
slstlng that il must stand as a basis for a sys-
ten OF privileged trade within the empire. No
forecast can be made with confidence. but since
TIE reraodeIling OF the Budget is more difficult
tha1 ne making Of il. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
is Akeiy 10 take recourse in the argument that
&c balance the direct by indirect taxation re-
eulres TIE taxation CT food. and that the Treas
ary must &c well supplied when the uncertain
aes Of the so.1h African settlement are what
they are
This IS q quiet Saturday. with three minor
royal functions by the King. the Prince Of Wales
and Princess Christian, and few incidents OF
general interest. the unwilling Of the monument