New-York tribune., 1903-03-22
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS
AFFAIRS IN LONDON'
Broad Policies of GOrernme"t-L'0'
erals Must Make Choice.

s,x tent nor ,h,rst,,e after leadership. pr
Chamberlain has remained silent on an ~. -
tions except South Africa, but MS lh ~
general politics can be only teTnpoI". 49,
has returned with mind preoccupieu Y" I-
single subject on which his attention rs
concentrated many months. and he cahlD' -
verted from il in the first fortnight ui'S
equipped as he is with Information al nc
he will not find anybody on the opPoSi,'
benches to ergr,e the case with him and when
birmingham has added a tribute OF aiiee
10 the unique homage paid By the CilS "
London he will be compelled oroP 80.
Africa and revert to the politica issues oA 'N0
day.
The rumor rnongers have pot yet receA
assistance from Mr.. Chamberlain IN "recA1e t
the Land bill or overthrowinf the goVerllliN1IN
The strongest argument against their c c1e
that he is secretly opposing Mr.. "ynu+
measure is his interest in carrying o. ~
South African settlement, which would VIC 0P
set by a premature downfall OF the s'Se
Inent. Other ministers mey be stale, fpu' H0 "
entirely At and has the strongest yeasons ior
keeping the government in office urNil INC
Of reconciliation in South Africa is cohpleteu'
The Liberal factions moreover, are Quarret'iiis
instead OF making peace. Sir Senry CampOeii-
13a,,errnan instead Of procAiming a truce
inter The astonishing victory at Rye, unsheatheo
Mr. GIadstone's Home Rule sword. Loro Rose
bcry's followers took instant oHence' anu Ni0
chief hench.r?an. r. W. Perks, has sounoeo d
warning on the eve of the election IN Chertsey
,b., +be Liberal party must make a choice
between the Nonconformist Alliance ana the
Y-isb Alliance. His letter this morning is
1a,.tsho,, :, +be Liberal camp where the flags
a a1,np and bands playing. He makes a
-,-,,,i5a f,le demonstration against Sir Henry
C,annnhe1I- Bannerman's leadership and enforces
Iord Rosebery's moral that Home Rule must
re aha doned. He contends that the Irish mem
hers have been working steadily against the
interests Of Nonconformity IN Great Britain
and are demanding the endowment OF Roman
Catholic University in Dublin, and that the
Irish vote will be cast for the Cnionists at the
.,.re1 election He warns the Liberals that
they must not ALLEVIATE the free churches by
etteu1pts TO secure the Irish vote by vague
,,ror1ises Of GIadstonian Home Rule. He also
insists that the Liberal candidate in Chertsey
must pledge himself to complete reversal OF
the Education act by repeal or amendment
This is a challenge which will be resented by
the conservative churchmen who have been
greatly relieved by having the financial burdens
of the voluntary schools saddled upon the local
taxpayers.
The political sttuatt0u has suddenly become
intensely Interesting. The recent by-elections
have shown that the country is in a revolt
however in immediate danger. since the Nation
alist members can protect them against deser-
tors on their side II they are satisfied
with Mr.. Wyndham's Land bill. The cost OF
that measure TO the British taxpayers is an
unknown quantity. That is the pivot upon
which the Irish policy turns. The British tax
payers. already appalled, by the expense Of Mr..
Brodrick's reorganized army are not in
hurnor for buying out the Irish landlords at
EaIIxy JIno her n
guarantee that the Nationalist party will
abandon Home Rule agitation. II Mr.. Wynd-
ham has succeeded in driving reasonable bar
gain and Mr.. Redmond makes a conciliatory
response the government will probably finish
the session without upset
The budget is another unknown quantity, but
The financial experts now agree that Mr..
Ritchie will have estimated the surplus at
fSS00OO0 for the next fiscal year and will be
ena bIed to knock of three pence from the
income tax. The ground could then be cleared
for fresh session with Redistribution bill
and housing measures for the benefit of work
ing people. and a final appeal to the general
electorate. with Mr.. Chamberlain in reserve to
sound the high imperial note.
The weakest point Of the administration is
the costly military rganization scheme. 1t
may become necessary for Mr.. Balfour to kick
M Rrodr!ck upstairs by sending him as Viceroy
q
experts in Parliament that Mr. Brodrick has
been duped by the military martinets. who
have no faith in the voluntary system and are
bent upon proving that there is no alternative
fer conscriptfon. There is a slow drift toward
truly imperial system of defence. with the
army recruited from the British dominions gen.
eraIlv with the colonies encouraged to organize
naval continsents OF their own, and with all
the great self-governing dependencies of the
Crown represented at Westminster. MI Cham
ber,ain stands for these broad policies. and can
ha.i.y fail to lift the next Unionist canvass
80 nigh level Of imperial policy Mean
vshI. taxpayers, investors, publicans and free
cnurChnen have grievances. and there Is cross
Yong between parties at the by-elections on
an unprecedented scale
xos-tisn affairs have fallen into the back
Grind and are barely mentioned by the leader
writer's President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
g.. CONGRATULATED upon the passage Of the
>r-xAlrrla Canal treaty. and the United states
wsnoa having an opportunity OF doing a great
WORK for the welfare Of the world. Count Won
BuIow receives recognition for his diaiectic
skill in maintaining Germany as the most eligible
ally in Christendom, but the argument Is con-
demned as unconvincing
The British controversy with Turkey over the
Red Sea hfnterIand has been settled, put the
Macedonian question remains source OF grave
uneasfness All the governments are STRIVING
TO sIIpprass information from the Balkans and
shut out incusitive correspondents There is
the strongest Diplomatic and military pressure
for repressing the agitation, but there is little
confidence that the Albanian brigands can be
held I'D or the Buigarians kept under Wnen
men Of their own blood and religion IN NIECE