New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-11
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
XF'FAIRS IN LONDON'
The Tibet ConUentiQnvChamber-
Io;u's HeaEth4.No Ncl0 Var Loan.

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,vnanses Of the commission, reparation for the
sf.o,,e n British subjects and arrangements
o.. trade between India and Tibet Colonel
voy,qbusbands column will return TO the from
- ,,itbout delay and with the restoration OF
,,h,r.ss influence Russian intrigue will be sup
.-..sad Lord Curzon's ambition TO rival the
fsroe If The greatest OF viceroys by the extern
xson ~ the British Empire has not been graft
6ad nut the expedition has beeh conducted win
axcen,ionai courage and prudence, and respect
for the rights Of the Indian tributary states mas
+ssn enforced in Darkest Asia. One OF the most
,ic+prasoue incidents in recent history closes
ui,bout disaster, and the world now has accu-
,,,a tnou-iedge Of the forbidden land and the
..cred city. with its palace and monastery.
~. -,,nors Of MI Chamberlafn's failing
health are sharply contradcted by his frlenos'
ubo assert that he is snguarly free from govt
snd that his heart action is normal They eH-
Main his lack OF energy in conducting his hscai
camnaign as a sign that he expects general
election next July and is saving his strength for
the decisive moment. The free trace jealous are
arranging meetings in every section OF the coul-
fry for the last three months OF the year, ana
are boasting that the great imperiallsI MIN al
ready broken health. VIII be driven from me
field The times remain so good that the re-
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brought about abruptly. The dock hands are
ont OF work at the CHIEF ports. and at least
seventv-fve thousand ablebodied men, mainly
unskilled laborers, are unemployed in London.
and there is little doubt that bread and meat
Mill 10 high during the winter. There is, how
.ve- q marked Improvement in the Lancashire
cotton trade and coal iron and steel industries
arc lookinr I'D Mr.. Chamberlain's lieutenants
admit that II is hardly expedient to talk about
the taxation of food for the benefit of the colo
MES when the cost of living is already rising
steadily.
The huancers Of the city do not expect Rus
sian war loan this year Immense the ex-
penditures must be. they assert that the last
Joan raised in France must he repaid OF funded
before the Russian Treasury can approach the
money lenders Of the Continent, and they as
sumo that the Berlin bankers will not be pre-
pared to find money for big war loan before
next spring. The German Emperor. while pre-
occupied with the betrotha and early marriage
OF the Crown Prince is following the war with
intense interest, and drawing morals from il
for promoting the welfare of the Fatherland.
The tendency OF Berlin is toward increased
naval outlay and the reduction of military
penses With the Dual Alliance impaired and
barely hanging together, and with the resources
Of the Russian military system already strained
10 the uttermost. Germany does not need more
soldiers but her future influence world
power depends upon the Development of her
navy and. her merchant feet
General kuropatkin now receives credit from
che military writers for offering q stubborn re-
Sstance to the japanese advance and conduct
ing a mastery retreat with Fabian sagacity.
The detailed accounts of the weeks operations
around Liao-Yang show that the Russian guns
were skilfully handled, the japanese assaults re-
pestedly repealed by inferior forces and that
General Kuropatkin's tactics were extremely
clever. The truth is now known that the car
mage on the Japanese side has been terrible and
that victory has been won at high cost Won
oerfu as the gallantry Of the japanese divisions
has been at every stage Of the recent advance
toward Moukden, it is evident that the magni-
tude OF their successes has been oyerrated and
mat the Russians. far from being routed have
never lost morale and logged fighting power.
comic relief is needed when the loss % life
makes the war in Manchuria so grim and traRi-
cal ana IL is found I'm the exchange Of naval
amenities when the British cruisers deliver Rus
san cipher dispatches at ST. Petersburg and
Aomirai smolensk is directing them 10 suspend
their raids upon neutral commerce II &c No,
known whether Lord Kitchener's Have = ,.h,.
key and soda?" was repeated wbe,, ,bo ,,a,.a,
officers met. but the guards Of honor sa,,,.o.
10 the flags and other delicate attentions are NO,
neglected.
The Trades Union Congress at Leeds bas
oeen chiefly remarkable for a tribu,e of ,,.,,,o
cratic admiration for the King as the he's, ana
most useful British statesman That hos e..
ceased 10 be tainted with socialism ana 10.
reverted TO its origina! functions as a raru.-
inent working for the world Decisions in ~.
h'ghest courts have paralyzed aggressive ,sho-
campaigns and virtually abolished strikes ~, ~.
alteration Of laws relating 20 picketing and in
summation and the establishment of safepuorJs
e1enpting unicn funds from EMPLOYERS. s,,,ts
for damages. suns
me newspapers have short reports o. the
DEBATES Of the Labor Congress but devo,s
columns to the Beck case. They hay. succ.ndad
~ FORCING the Home Secretary 10 AMMAN, =
commission OF inquiry respecting the two con-
Nictons OF an innocent men for crimes cam
"ii"eu oy another. The law officers Of thu
'OP''1 nave wanted an inquiry from the outset
'ney are confident that il will emphasize
- iaol mat ten women positively identified
seek as the guilty man, and that he wac the
....i', OF circumstantlsl evidence rather than
ofnolal Incompetence and police STUPIDITY. -
me Dest feature Of the three choirs' festival
al Gloucester has been an unusually fine re-,
romance OF Sir Edward Elgars APOSTLES -
three local cathedral organists had festival
compositions. but Sir Hubert Parry's xacred
- ss'iiphohy' Love That Casteth QUA Fear"
Illustrating the contrast between bun5n GU.
ana divine mercy. is the only new music that
mas deeply impressed the critics.
MISS Eleanor Robson has had genuine triumnb