New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON.
PERSONAL CHARACTER OF INTEREST
IN THE CORONATION.
MISGIvINGS ABOUT THE KINGS HEALTH
TO LESSEN FATIGUETHE RUSSIAN
ECONOMIC POLICY-THE NORTH
LEEDS ELECTION
LEEDS ELECTION.

Copyright: 1902: BY The Tribune Associatfon-y
Especial TO The New-York Tribune by French Caole)
London. Aug. 2-The personal element in the
coronation outweighs the religious signih-
canoe of the Old World ritual and the stateIness
and brilliancy of the Iuxuriously staged func-
tions VIII the King. who made desperate
struggle over the first postponement and who
resolved upon another sacrifice of personal COM
fort by ordering a second date prematurely
for the convenience of the Abbey clergy. the
court officials and the titled and smart sets. De
able to go through the ceremony when ne IS
barely convalescent and physically unfit for
enduring the strain of the fatigue and excite
ment?
That is question uppernost in cverybody's
mind, and it transforms the spirit Of what was
originally popular fete and imperial revel OF
spIendor of environment and ceremonial. so
that it will remain in the Abbey and the peer
esses will be arrayed in their gorgeous robes
AID sparkling Jewels but the interest In tns
pageant has lapsed and the spectators them
| sci. es have lost heart. For the coronation has
become intensely human proceeding The
King. by virtue of his sufferings and brave
struggle to avert a second national calam-
ity commands sympathy rather than homage.
There is intense anxiety lest the physicians
may have niscaIculated the Kings recuper-
ative powers and set for him a task too heavy
for an invalid. The national pride IN tne
unique function has ceased. popular entnasi-
asm for the street pageantry has lapsed. the
ceremonial has become a somewhat pafnruLl
test of physical endurance with premonit1ons
of possible reaction when the last trumpet
5lare has sounded to the accompaniment OF
drums.
The ARRANGEMENTS for the coronation day. wfth
| the notable exceptions of the shortening OF tne
service and the absence of foreign princes and.
/ Writ 1yr
The military force for lining the route and thsI
escort from palace Abbey will be aboutI
2G $50 officers men and musicians. and will
include about . 100 Indian and colonial troopslF
| The three professions originally planned wilss
be carried out unless changes are ordered az
| the last moment. The first will be eight srates
| carriages with the princes and prfncesses corss
| nected by ties of blood with the royal housee
| the second Will be the Prince OF Wales's car~
riage under escort; the third will be either ths9
| state coach or the new royal landau, with this
| King and Queen and court attendants anda
! military escort At least three physicians WIN
| be among the attendants, and they VIII not oe
| far from the throne during the Abbey service
| This will not occupy more than an hour and q
| half and the King viii be seated, except az tna
short intervals required for the change OF Fess~'
| ulsnts and kneeling for communion
| Many devices have been suggested by tne
Abbey clergy and court officials for diufnish>
| ing the Kings fatigue. but Sir Frederick
Treyes is virtually the master of ceremonies, and
| decides details of this kind There is absolute
| confidence among medical men in Sir FREDERICK
Treves's Judgment. Men connected with him
in hospital work are emphatic in declaring on
his authority that the King is able to go
through the ceremony. and that his health will
improve when he ceases to be preoccupied with
II and is free to think of other things The
court officials scoff the idea Of a second
postponement The Abbey clergy, having had
one severe shock. are less confident. and the
most apprehensive commentators are fashions
able people in touch with the court There has
been, without doubt. intense anxiety among
the members of the royal family. and the un-
guarded expressions used by them and repeated
in letters and conversation have caused wide-
spread distrust and alarm in Mayfair
During the week foreign affairs have had the
usual aspect of midsummer quietude. The Gers
man Emperor has demonstrated afresh. by
significant speech the interest taken by him IN
sea power The Russian Minister of Finance.
rather than the Gar. is now the avowed author
of the antitrust policy which centres IN th7
proposals for securing home market to do-
mestic producers by differential duties levie6
St, as to correspond TO the differences between
the prices OF American goods in the Jnitea
States and the same goods when exported for
practicable by the British officials. and ths
German Foreign Office distrusts the economic
schemes Of NJ de Witte. That powerful Minis
lister is probably the only foreign statesnau
who Is feared in Germany natural enemy
There is a good deal of suspicion in Cor=
tinenta1 capitals respecting the genuineness %
the reform measures secured by Engiand
through the abolition of transit duties in the
interior of China. But this is an unconscious
tribute to the increased prestige of the British
Government in the Far East acquired through
the treaty of alliance with Japan. Cardinal
Gotti's succession to the headshp of the
Propaganda is generally regarded by the Cone
tinentaI press as an indication that the Vatt>
can policy has been stifened since the Amer-
can conference over the Philippines and thaa
the Pope is not disposed 10 make concessions -
any quarter.
Mr.. Balfour has not been frightened By
the North Leeds election into conctllaIory
mood over the Education bill. He has made no
concessions to the opposition. and persisted in
holding his ground with frmness worthy OF
a great Prime Minister His consistency Is
more remarkable, since he is not pllotirg hls OWE
measure through Parliament, but wateriogged
compromise which Lord Salisburys associates
overloaded with unnecessary ballast Mr.. Bal
four's best advisers assert that the Dill musf
be carried. even with the obvious defect OF a
lack of public control over the church or sec
tartan schools which are helped out and sup
norted bv the local taxpayers, but that the
Cabinet from which unsettling measure
has been inherited must be reconstructed from
the bottom. This would be effective way o.
heading the storm signal from Yorkshire
practical Interpretation to the remarkable elec
tion is that the country which would not havt