New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
AFFAIRS IN LONDON.
The Change Of GOUcrnment-Har
Probable iR Balkans.
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French
lCaryrieit 1893 Rv Tho Tribune Assoca,iono
London sept. 19.-The general elections have
not been ordered. but cannot long be deferred
The Unionist party. like the government. is rent
with factions and divisions and utterly demoral-
lied ny confused leadership and the evidence Of
official ncpttUdc. The bye-elections now offer
irnuistakable proof that the country requires a
change 7f government, whether or not there are
Authoritative leaders and definite principles on
tbe Liberal side, and The Unionist politicians are
eager TO have general elections come on since
they are convinced that the alternative govern
mslt cannot last long and that their own party
Viii speedily return to power reorganized and
reuvig0rated. The ministers themselves are
thoroughly jaded ana harassed. and while loath
70 give up lucrative salaries when the expenses
q living are constantly increasing in London,
are anxious TO obtain release from Office.
Mr Chamberlain's own unexpected action in
resigrirg Office when the Prime Minister agreed
vf,u hfm in every important point and followed
his advice ln substituting retaliation for prefer
entail tariffs is paradox which can be
planned hy weariuess OF body and mind. lie has
been thnarted and cXasperated by the incptituje
of bis colleagues for eight years. Sir Michael
Hicks Beach offered strenuous resistance to is-
cal changes in African and Colonial policies, and
N-. Erlhie was no sooner at the Treasury be-
sIr Chamberlain has been worn out by the con-
u1uous struggle 70 coax or drag his laundering
colleagues tuto comprehensive. progressive i'm
pe-iaI policies. Liberty 10 fight outside the
t-east1crAs Of the Cabinet for the principles
which he considers Of supreme importance 10
she empire must Ice precious after the pro
t-ac-ed discipline in whipping thistles in the
roye-ral.Ht garden.
B7th he and EIr. Bsfour come out well in the
sueula-Iv Crank correspondence. Mr.. Chamber
laius devotion 70 the cause Of imperial fedora
uor is disclosed in the crisis when the Prime
Minister has adopted q policy which compels
i-rgc0n5lable free traders like Mr.. Richie and
Lor1 George Hamilton 20 retire from the Cabi-
net Dc leaves his son in the Cabinet as hos
tacs and. while rledsiug loyal support TO Mr..
Half7r- takes the open field. where he can ex-
rI1in and defend imperialist policies TO the best
advantage.
ar Barou- himself has displayed frmness
and resolution worthy Of a Prime Minister. His
treatise on fiscal reform proves that he has not
shlrsel The resronsib.l:ties OF leadership at any
lime and THAI be has definite. positive views on
.lc m1usatous questions raised BY Mr. Cham
lerilin. Eis acceptance OF the resignation OF his
raae rtg- associate Is the act OF a strong and
leu.fe5 statesman. Air. Balfour. while now
,0mm.tted 90 warfare upon Cobdenisnl. occupies
1ie1 the Conservative cabinet was reorganized
end the Corn Laws were abolished. Mr.. Cham
berlaln on The other hand. while Undertaking
1aHc aeitation against free trade, has become
Tree lance. Ike Golden. with independent
ground Of has own. He employs Cobden's tao
lies IN order TO undo Cobden's work
De protection movement ia England excludes
from public attention the tragic events enacted
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against the iuaction Of the British Government.
and preachers SO Tar apart as Canon MacCon
ans DR. Campbell have united ia denouncing
-he eXtiruation IF the Christian population in
tat section Of Southeastern Europe which
Lore Bsacousfeld ana Count Bismarck restored
% tHa Sultan after il had been delivered from
horrible bondage.
The episcopal letters and the pulpit homiiies
on The Macedonian nsssacres are not considered
practical politics az this time when the Prime
Minister les nrandishing a retaliatory revolver
and threatening 70 hit Germany for dumping
cheap manufsctures in England and the United
States for cheapeuing wheat and meat, when
hale t1e income II the British workingmen is
expended on food Lord Lansdowne has not
broken his silence. and Er. Bryce Is the only
Opposition leader who remembers Mr.. Glad
stores services in stimulating the English con-
se-ae Ed two periods OF outrage I'm Bulgaria
ana Armenia. and is attempting to organize pub
AoIHlon.
Meanwhile, the daily press bears record -
The mea-fes and fortunes ~ Christians. Mr..
Ny0n rs.a .le the chief witness. and the recitais
exceed u horror anything told by J. A. Mac
1shal quarter of century ago. Old men
and helpless women are massacred with every
Circumstance OF horror and atrocity, and chill
d-en are thrown into baking ovens and burned
olive. Incidents Of Unspeakabe harharity, for
which trustworthy correspondents personally
rouoh are read with apathy and insensibiIity,
IS though they were columns OF mortality sta
nstics lr ccnsls reports. Christian England,
ireoccur.ed with SIR Augustus Bateman's Blue
Book respecting imperial trade and food sup
plies has not leisure for serious considers ton
~ The suferirrs % the NacedOnisns, for which
British diplomacy % Lord Beaconsheld's time
ras primarily responsible. Yet. incredible as
Prs apathy is. and criminal as is the inaction
~ European powers. 81 now seems probable
.rat way win not be averted by the surrender az
Macedonia 80 devastation and massacre. The
frrcraIifv 81 Bulgaria has called out reserves.
trd Russia Is modifying an army I'm the south
- provinces. The concentration Of Turkish
troops lt Adrauople points TO the contingency
= sudden descent upon Bulgaria The theatre
7' var if either Bulgaria or Russia he drawn
p, wG nor be- Macedonia. but the coast OF the
Rack Sea between Constantinople and Nsrna.
Ire conference room OF The Foreign once mas
been occupied four days by the Alaskan Com
Mission and TIE two groups of Canadian and
American lawyers. Sir Robert Finlay's speech
o- the British side has been miracle OF dull
'ess and urirteresting detail. only once has he
Shown anything like animation. This as when
no had The bad taste 70 describe the American
boundary as drawn IN Osteutatious violation OF