New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS,
LONDON.
scovrENr THE FEATURE OF SOUTH
AFRICAN SITUATION.
oos- OF IRISH sETTLEMENT-MANf sr11>'
SOCIAL, UNREST IN GERMANY
AMERICAN DOMINATION IN
FINANCIAL FIELD.

FINANCIAL FIELD.
<s-,s, 20 The New-york Tribune by ffe'0h N
,c,-v.rr-: 1907 By The Tribune A.fooian0h'
5o, Sept 2o.-Dfscontent is the chaia
=, .sature Of the situation IN south Aiii'o
- lovelists and the Dutch IN cape Soion'
,.ra dissatisfied and bent upon empha-
are ,evances The repatriation OF
ss ~ the two Boer colonies is ha1npereo
=, -, ~ money and is encon1passed with JIM
- .,d there are complaints from every
,,.-,ar of delay. confusion ana lack oi oie
.a.,o, johannesburg. with mining pop
80, whose patience has oeen eAid
,,.,,z for the revival Of prosperity ~ as
,e.-hine with disccntent and protesting ae
Is miners methods of administrator D
-, is restless and impatient. and not reae-
- ,,,, rewards for loyalty in the form Oh t"o
--ovinoes snatched from the boers anu w
ing zululand northward TO Delagoa Bay
lord Miner is overworked. and apparehHs
,,,,a IN controI the expenditures Of the re-
-.+-,a+;on committees and the mass OF oe'ali
q. +oo coronlex to be directed by single hiiiu-
The restoration of the fighting ourshefs anu
r-isoners to their farms and homes VIII re4oi
q large loan in addition TO the free grant oi
81 600 600 to which the imperial soVeriiiiei
yss committed by the terms OF peace anu .heio
,,1I ba q feeling among the johannesburg
and that the loyalists neglected and uhfe-
,zs-5a5 All this discomfort may leave the TWO
,ocas less ,ealous and resentful, and more ois-
,,osed TO cooperate with each other IN oDtail-
ing self-sovernment and representative lhsu-
t,tious at the earliest possible date 1his is'
however a frankly optimistic view
NJ Chamberlain is less exposed to criticism
than Lord Miner during this transiuoh pefioo'
pe has chosen deliberately to remain In the
refrs n interference
she strife of factions and feuds of races he
a--esen.s .he crown and has no entanglfng al
liences with groups Of leaders or parties his
authority as arbiter in all controversies Is
strengthened by this attitude of reserve anu
Cancellation
This oldtime Birmingham Radical has be-
-. IN some respects more cautious than his
Conservative colleagues and is taking strong
or stand in South African affairs than the
barassed Prime Minister on the eouoauon
,pestion or the flexible Secretary for Ireland on
land questions. Since Ireland is apparently on
-he verge of another land war. there is nope
ful feeling that the settlement OF the asraFlah
oues-ion can be effected by peace conference
similar 10 the consultations between Loro
Kitchener and the Boer generals captain
ua-TavI,r has proposed conference, ana
rsors MAYO ana other landowners are favor
ing it.
Estimates Of the selling value Of estates. made
nv landlords and tenants associations dis
close a difference amounting to a seven years
purchase at least and twelve at the most IL
COMPROMISE cannot be effected the settlement
of the land question will require a free gift
from the British Government ranging from
f5oeooooo TO flO0 100000. The terms Of peace
in ireland would have staggered even the
thrifty Boer generals at Pretoria
Sir Charles wyndhanl is not likely to afront
the British taxpayers with proposals SO appah-
ing He will play with the question instead OF
making a serious effort to work out settle
ment Meanwhile agitation is the unfaiiins
Irish resource.
from the prolonged pressure OF commercial de-
pression. shows many signs of social unrest,
with the capitalist class exposed to attack lfo"
every quarter. The Agrarian League persists
IN the attempt to levy q tariff which viii in1ure
the Industrial and commercial interests and IN
crease the cost of living in hard times, but the
passage Of the measure is impossible with the
central organization of manufacturers strongly
srraigned in hostility, and with the government
ready 70 abandon II prematurely in consequence
Of the popular agitation against the high prices
OF meat
German bankers have been warned by the
anti-capitalist movement that they must profit
by the experience Of the manufacturers ana
unite in defensive measures The Bankers
Congress at Frankfort-on-M Main has been the
most representative assenblage Of German cap
:talsts and the chambers of commerce which
has ever met and the proceedings have dis
closed determination the part of the bank
ing interest 70 take a more active part in poll
tics and 10 secure representation in the Reichs-
tag, that crude Boerse laws cannot De
passed without destructive criticism.
The German socialist congress meanwhile
has been discussing a complete programme or
municipal and commercial reform on the lines
Of collectvism. and incidentally committing the
great body of voters to systematic opposition
10 any increase of existing tariffs and any fresh
OUTLAWS for milltarism. The debates In the
socialist congress throw strong side hsht
upon the silent progress Of municipal soc1ahsn1
in Great Britain, where IT passes without obser-
walton as a characteristic development or ma
;ional conservatism. A considerable portion OF
the German socialist programme has been car
ried out already in progressive Scotch and Eng
lish municipalities
Financial and commercial interests both here
and al Berlin are dominated SO completely by
what is going on in New-York and Chicago that
American political and diplomatic anairs 90
nor attract attention The Presidents personal
triumph in internal politics calls out genersiza-
items from the leader writer's and Secretary
Hays appeal to the powers TO force Rumania
70 observe the religious exemptions excites su-
peracisl comment upon the novelty OF the meth
od Of the State Departments intervention in
European affairs.
Money rates in the centres OF American specu-
lat.on are watched closely here and at Berlin as
q symptom of the sound the unsound condi-
ton OF the entire market After the excitement