New-York tribune., 1903-07-26
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
AFFAIRS IN LONDON.
Installation RumorS- Radicals Pre-
oqying for an Early Cam paign.

---.sbt. 1903: By The Tribune AssociatIon)
80, Tu1,, 25-Dissolution runors are in
~ and the political spectators are at
-, r,apping out the course Of the coming
-, and predicting the moment Of catas-
f'o--- -rr Balfour has in the last few months
ose5 IN holding together in one Cabinet
NO are obviously divided in opinion
mn serious question that be submit
the country Il is clear from the tone
= mike OF De-onshire's speech in the
- If Lords on Thursday night that this
s.erult situation cannot endure much longer
- he Radical headquarters preparations are
bs,,e made for an appeal to the country IN
,covernber. but March next seems the more
7.l,erv dste. Mr. Chamberlain has promised TO
address q London meeting on the hscal ques-
.,r IN January, and summarize the speeches
,bicb he VIII have made in provincial cities IN
,ha autumn. and Ct is rot likely that he would
80 any great desire 10 wind up an oratorical
-,-,,t,-, after The election is o-er. The Co
-,-is4 sao~a-ar,'s statement that he does not
,,-onose 10 tax raw material has attracted con-
Siderable attention. II is clear that II raw
..i.1 g not 70 be taxed England will not
ba able n give the Australian or South Al
rf~s1 colonies so valuable preference as can
-. Australia and Tasmania provide England
with E50G0O00 worth OF food' out supply "ool
worth more than f100000Oo- New-Zealand
ton and wool worth an equal sum Cape Col
ans. sands - 100000 worth Of wool, but only
--ooo worth Of food Mr.. Carnegie, in a long
letter 10 The Times" says: 1T viii be found
impossible for Great Britain TO discriminate
in favor Of Canadian products against those
Il he Republic without inauguratlng war or
tariffs in which she VIII suffer defeat. as she
did before when she tried 10 enforce this pol
10y" IN the North of England the cotton in
NJ - han oba--
rafn,s scheme. and the fear is expressed that
,ba United States might retaliate by putting
an exuort duty on raw cotton, which would
srau ruin FOR Lancashire. Three candidates
went 10 The polls Barnard Castle, the first
constituency called upon TO eject a member OF
Parliament since Mr.. Chamberlain started his
food tax propaganda. Unfortunately, the split
ting Of the Radical vole obscured the issue and
The result cannot, consequently, be considered
q clear indication OF the views Of the electors.
on the great question Of the day dispatches
from the Far East do not bear out the allega-
tion that Russia intends to withdraw from
Nanchuria in September. The Cars forces
are being largely augmented AT Port Arthur,
probably as an outcome Of the remarkable con-
ference OF admirals. generals and dplomatists
recently presided over there by NJ Lessar and
the situation is viewed with the utmost com
pIacency by the military authorities al St
Petersburg. They Of the opinion that ia
pan. unless she obtains powerful support from
England and America in the shape of large
numbers Of troops. is not in a position fight
with any prospect of success, as Russia
never so we'll prepared or thoroughly equipped
for war as to-day.
learn from confidential source that the
recent change in the immigration laws Of the
United States. doing away with the consular
certihcation and fee. was made inadvertently.
Nobody IN the consular steamship service
n Europe can understand the motive for the
following section in the law enacted last March:
Section 34.-"That no intoxicating liquors shall
be sold within the limits Of the Capitol Building
Of the United States" This section comes be-
tween one defining the words United States
and one prescribing from what ports certain
prohibited aliens are 10 be deported. It has no
relation whatever TO the subject matter OF the
bill Il would seem a consequence OF the mis-
placing Of paragraph OF type by the printer
IN making up the forms. but I am told that it
was pat in joke by waggish Senator and
slipped through the committee and House with
out being noticed. I am informed also, that
neither the Senate nor the House knew OF the
change by which consular certhcation of i'm
migration manifest sheets and fees were done
away with
The visit 10 England Of nearly hundred SEN
event in the political annals Of the TWO coun-
tries It has been largely brought about by
Baron 'Esrournelles de Constant. the head Of
the arbitration group OF the French Chamber
who has for years firmly believed that per-
manent arbitration treaty between England and
France is practical necessity. Opinions are
divided as 10 the probable result of this inter
estlng reunion. bst the fact that IL has taken
pace so soon after the visits exchanged by the
Hiis ana president may he significant Of much.
one thing IS certain-the visit Of the Frenchmen
has' nave some influence on the future reIa-
d'Orsay
-\e'hlhs has occurred TO mar the success Of
the ToHai tour through Ireland Even the death
o. me POPE has not in any wav damned the en-
'huslasm or the Irish people The King has
eaiiieu III popularity by his tactful reference TO
me passing 'I ne aged Pontiff and has COM
Its-eis won the affections OF the Roman Cath
Ole hierarchy. The most suggestive Incident
~ the leEee in Dublin Castle v-7e the ,-aser,a
Of the Roman Catholic Arcbbisbor n welsh
This was the first time that the f.rco,,s ,oIa+ .
has ever been seen at 4 court f,,ro.,o - IT,
and, and he was ushered with sor,a.b,,,v ,,o~.
than ordinary impressiveness into ~. ro,,aI
presence Since his election as Arcbb;sbor o1
Dublin in 1885. DR.. Walsh has been = oorsis,er+
supporter Of the Irish Nationals, marty srd he
cid great deal 10 bring about tba. ,,,,,.,, :,
he ranks which was esta ablishad un5e- Ior,
Redmonds leadership.
The feeling pervades Liverpool shinning e-r,s
in the Boston trade that the period of the 70
striction OF cattle shipments from Bos+on -
nearing an end and that at an early date an
announcement may be expected from the Board