New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

Copyright; 1902: BY The Tribune Association)
tBY CABLE TRIBUSE.l
London. Jan. 1.-THE last echoes of holiday
revelry heard from the country houses
which will be speedily emptied for the royal
pageant of the opening OF Parliament in full
state It has been, in spite Of the national de-
preston, merrier season than for two years
The country house parties have been large and
holiday theatricals have been revived. The
King has entertained guests at Sandringham in
this way, and Will do so again tonight, Martin
Harvey having been commanded to produce
"a Cigarettemaker's Romance" The theat-
ncaIs at Chatworth have been on an oldtime
scale, with comedy by Weldon, Grossmith and
witty piece by Leo Trevar, entitled "A Dream
Of the New Year" by amateur actors, including
Princess Henry of Pless, Muriel Wilson and
Mrs. Menzies. Lady Newton has a prominent
figure in the theatricals at her own house.
Lyme, and Miss Aimee Lowther the lead
ing actress at Lord Cliffords, at Ugbrook.
The talk of the smart sets turns upon the
Londonderry and Abercorn weddings, and upon
the regulations for court functions and
ton ceremony attendance. The first levee at
St Jamess. late in January, will be limited TO
she Diplomatic Corps and the highest dig
nitarfes. and some system restricting attendance
at the drawing rooms of Buckingham Palace
viii be adopted. The smart sets agitated
and the survival of the httest. Dressmakers.
moreover, still puzzled the orders
about ermine sand other details Of coronation
clothes The King has to the relief OF
tradesmen by deciding TO remain in London
from the middle of January, and this is a signal
for the protracted season, about which loyal
tradesmen used TO whisper during the closing
years Of Queen Victoria.
The coronation holds the field this year, what
ever may be going on in South Africa and wher-
ever may be the sources of revenue re-
quired for carrying on the warfare with a few
thousand obstinate guerilIas. Nothing must be
done interfere with the success of that splen-
did function. Lord Salisbury must remain IN
harness the ministers must be content with
Job lot of minor measures, the Duke of Devon
shire must substitute safe little education bill
for the big controversial one, Sir Michael Hicks
Beach must get the money he needs with the
least possible disturbance, Mr. Chamberlain
must avoid the gentle art of making enemies
abroad, Mr.. Brodrick must keep talking gen.
erals under muzze, and Parliament must jog
along a quietly possible. This is the spirit
OF the classes by which England is now ruled.
and the masses of London, if not of the prov
.nces. are in sympathy with it. The brilliant
social season, brimming over with gayety and
animation, and eliminating in the stately spec
tacle which three or four thousand privileged
people may attend, and which can be reproduced
on the screens of the music halls the next night
for the masses, is the substance Of things
hoped for by the Radicals, and the Nationalists
must indeed be wicked fellows If they persist in
talking politics and asking questions about
centration camps when the coronation is COM
ing on and there is chance Of the sudden de-
velopment Of color photography by which plates
can be taken in the Abbey and the scene be
reproduced in the music halls in colors. with
the Queen and the duchesses in all their glory
But the Nationalists will be unmanageable
as ever, taking mischievous delight in making
themselves disagreeable during the carnival
of loyalty.
The Liberals can hardly help talking politics
when Lord Rosebery for seems thoroughly
in earnest and bent upon ralIying the clans.
His influence increases daily Mr.. Balfour and
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach have strengthened
him by making weak speeches and falling to
reply adequately TO his indictment Of the stale
and inefficient government. Mr.. Bryce has also
aided him by welcoming his leadership in a
closely reasoned speech with much hard logic
In IT, which has irritated the government sup
porters. The strongest replies to both Mr..
Bryce and Lord Rosebery have been made at
johannesburg and Berlin. Lord Miner has
demonstrated that the premature peace nego-
ttations involve the betrayal of the Dutch who
have accepted the situation and the encoura ge-
Inent Of the guerilias who remain in the field in
the desperate hope of wearing out the endurance
of the British taxpayers The German Chan
cellor and Liebermann Sonnenberg between
them have overshot the mark and paralyzed the
English criticism of MT. Chamberlain. From
that source the German abuse of the British
army mob OF miscreants and Mr.. Cham
berla.n as an accursed scoundrel reacts in favor
of the government here John Bull hardens his
heart and. while too prudent to stir up bad
blood IN wartime has intention of deserting
the powerful minister when he is under the
fire of foreigners.
The anti-English outbreak in Germany. COM
bined with the return Of the Empress Regent to
Peking.. where nothing has been changed since
the attack upon the embassies. has conduced
70 deep reflection in England upon the worth
lessness of any Continental alliance. Germany,
having been admitted to partnership with Eng
land in Middle China, lost interest in Man
churia and played into the hands Of Russia,
with the result that the Empress Regent has
returned In triumph, and at the expense OF an
Indemnity has restored the prestige of dis
credited dynasty; and when the political ext
gencies arise at home the German Chancellor
does not shrink from appeasing the Agrarians
and Catholic Centre by deliberately afronting
the strongest member of the Salisbury govern
nent A series OF royal visits will have to be
exchanged between London and Berlin before
any approach to a German alliance will again
be tolerated. British boycott upon German
imports is not practicable, but discriminating
duties against bounty fed sugars are not un-
likely IL the Brussels Conference proves a fall
ure and, in any event, American good feeling
henceforth will be regarded more trust
worthy than German cooperation in foreign
affairs Seif-dependence and organization of