New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
AFFAIRS IN LONDON.
PaSsiOe ResisterS To Be Disfrar'
cIiSed-N0rth Sea Negotiations.


Copyright: 1900: Bv Tribune Association)
London Nov. 19.-The English judges make
ten strikes when they enter the bowling alleys
Of politics By the decisions Of the courts trade
uutonisn has been disarmed since its financial
reserves are rendered liable to suits for dam
ages from employers when piclzets are posted
and intimidation practised.
The disestablishment movement In Scotland
has received q setback from the decision of the
law lords handing over the assets of the United
Free Church TO a score Of Highland pastors
TOO obstinate TO accept the will OF the major
,tv OF the independent Presbyterians. Now
comes a fresh decision DISTINGUISHING passive
vesisters on the ground that the education rate
&c q mart Of the poor rate, and that delinquents
who refuse TO pay It cannot legally vote in Par
lisn7entarv elections The Lord Chief Justice
sn8 Justices Kennedy and Ridley decide the
matter by a hard. dry construction OF statutes
from Queen Elizabeth's time, as though there
we're nothing like current politics in it, but when
they have to file opinions the revising barristers
are authorized to strike from the registry the
names Of thousands Of passive resisters' who
for conscience sake have refused to pay school
taxes because they objected to having the cate
cbisrn taught by priest a parson. Dr. Cliff
ford. who has led the Nonoonformist revolt
against the law. defiantly announces that i'm
,,-isorr1en+ and Acknowledgement alike well
coma when his followers are resisting taxation
for the propagation Of Romanism and ritualism,
bI,t every practical politician knows that the
Liberals VIII lose thousands OF votes when the
law lords sustain the Lord Chief Justice on ap-
peal. as they are likely TO do. The decision that
the "a ssive resisters as lawbreakers cannot ex-
ercfse the rights OF citizenship will disarm them
and render the revision Of the education acis
by the Liberal government an inevitable success.
The Japanese lean in England and America
involves the floating OF the German loan at
Berlin as a counterstroke. The Foreign Once
there is more interested in It than investors
and the negotiations hang fire The war; hay
ing come to a temporary impasse, excites less
interest than financial interests in America, such
es the establishment Of trading in pig iron war
rants on the Produce Exchange. the rise Of
international Mercantile Marine stock and
notably the prospect of revision Of the Dngley
tariff and the negotiation Of a fresh series Of
reciprocity treaties These subjects attract
much attention IN the financial journals, which
are impressed with the revival of buoyancy in
the American markets since President Roose-
velt's election The opinion is expressed by
Hnanciers that the President could not make
wiser use Of his victory than by recommending
e reduction Of unnecessary duties and reviving
3lr. BIaines reciprocity policy.
The laurels Of a second Trafalgar which might
have been easily won do not suffer the jngoes
10 sleep. The naval nartinets cannot conceal
their regret that the channel squadron was not
ordered 10 turn back and sink the Baltic feet
and their syInpathizers in the press and the
clubs magnify and distort the bitches in the
negotiations with Russia as evidences Of bad
faith. The anti-German zealots also quick
20 taks advantage Of q chance Of proving that
the German Emperor is mischievous marplot
bent upon convincing the Car that France is a
faithess ally and England's accomplice; but the
runors Of renewal Of diplomatic complications
have not caused even the smallest furry in the
Stock Exchange and have been discredited in
official circles. The Russian Admiralty and the
Foreign Office are working together more har-
moniously than usual, owing to the Cars strong
initiative. and the signing Of the Anglo-Russian
convention TOT carrying out the agreement
reached between the two powers is merely a
matter Of detail Time is required for working
up the Russian case. that the admiral JUS
tilted IN believing that there were japanese
torpedo boats in the North Sea, and every effort
Is making TO save Russia's face and no harm
is done The opumists among the diplomatic
hody declare that the powers are acting Loyalty
Is good Europeans. that the influence of France
Is most pacific. and that the German Emperor,
instead Of being a crowned intriguer, is the
N'OSl conservative statesman in the Continent.
my assert that Europe has become a highly
moral tournament, where the powers, great or
small carry off arbitration treaties as prizes
q good conduct, and where neither sovereign
Hor Prime Minister ventures to put himself in a
"roas attitude toward President Roosevelt's
Peace Congress. Certainly the German Empe-
ror has adopted new fashion for arbitration,
ana lA@ most notable result of the visit Of the
Alhs ana Queen Of Portugal at Windsor is the
Aes'ia.lon of q fresh treaty Of this kind This
mas given a special FLIP to the royal toasts at
WINDSOR and the Gudhall and the revelation
q secret diplomacy in East Africa has been
POSTPONED without date
domestic politics remains a game OF hide and
fe-h on The government side. George Wyndham.
VINO is p loyal BaIfourian. protests against
drumming anybody out OF the UnionIst party
eha DonaT Law. who is a Chamberlain parti-
san. advocates protection outright. Lord George
Hamilton affects &c believe that Mr. Balfour
has Tepudlated the Chamberlain policy, but falls
10 account Tor the presence of the Chancellor of
the EXcheQuer in the Cabinet, and admits that
a tariff reform candidate has been substituted
for himself ia Ealing The truth is that more
than half The free food trimmers in the House
q Commons have already been converted to
KARIN reform. and those still in revolt likely
- lose the support Of local associations. Even
50 res9ute Tory as Lord Hugh Cecil will be
olS-lAHeQ for remaining a free trader. Lord
1'"Se'eIy continues the most prominent candi-
cate FOR LIBERAL Prime Minister. because he has
PIesIse and charm Of personality. The Duke
% DeFonshire Is reported by friends reluc-
taat 70 head coalition Cabinet even though
II IS wei known that the duchess ardently
desires him 10 do so. Sir Henry Campbel-Ban-
herman. as a canny, pawky Scotsman remains
LORD Rosebery's main competitor, and is a