New-York tribune., 1905-11-19
WORLD AFFAIRS AS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
REVOLUTION STILL CON
FINED TO RUSSIA.
Especial by French Gable The Nev-Tork Tribune.


Copyright 1905 by Tribune Associationl
London. Nov Is-The most hopeful sign
In Russia Is the fact that the worst has
not yet happened. The military dictator
shin which pessmsts have considered in
evitable has not yet been proclaimed, and
r,sy NOT come about if the labor crisis at st.
Petersburg can be averted. Poland is quieter
than it was Finland is self-possessed and Count
u1tte. may yet succeed in controlling the revo-
iutiousry party If the reactionares do not dis
arm him and the moderate men offer him ade-
innate support. Even the ablest and most
patriotic statesman in Russia is helpless when
he STANDS alone without a competent star TO
carry out mis- orders. Count Witte may go
DOWN any day and a military dictatorship De
Established under the Grand Duke Nicholas with
General Trepof as chief of staff as the oniy
safeguard against terrorism and panic Inc
revolutionary frenzy has not yet run across the
s,ontters and become a European movement as
IN fs4s but the necessity for caution ana tlmeiy
oornnronise is perceived at Vienna, and the
German battalions have been strengthened IN
Eastern Prussia
NORWAY AND HER NEW KING.
-rhs cause of constitutional monarchy having
.,,,r7nhed in Norway, the new king, with
ouaen of English birth will be welcomed at
Christiania by the crown prince OF sweden as
- +nat the Scandinavian conflict has been
b,ought to an end with neighborly good feehns.
There is no proof that the German Emperor mas
a-o-ed resistance TO the election of the Danish
--frce He expects to bring Denmark withln
che German Empire some day and naturally
a.. NOT stand between the Danish royal house
- any foreign throne. Prince Charles has al
NAYS hAen popular in England, as all the Danish
r-,noes are The cordiality with which the
King of the Hellenes has been greeted IN Lonoon
ts not due so much TO the traditional sympathy
for Greek independence from the time of Can
ming and Lord Byron as TO the popularity OF
his sister. Queen Alexandra
The ruIrors that King Alfonso Will marry a
German princess are not fully credited in dip
lomstic circles here. There persistent re-
norts especially in Catholic circles, that an
English princess will be queen of Spain.
RELIEF OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
The rapidity with which the Queens fund
for the relief of the distress Of the unemployed
has been carried above 100000 is a convincing
nroof of the force of her example 1t Is not
improbable that the public charity will be more
muuihcent than before in calamitous times.
The socialists organizing a great parade
Of unemployed through the West End next week
for the sake of stimulating public oenevolence
Politicians on the tariff reform side are dis
nosed 20 exaSRerate the woes of the unemployed
In order to point a moral against free trade.
They consider the unparalleled distress in Lon
don from the lack of employment convincing
evidence that the country is not prosperous and
that the work which might be done at home is
done abroad under q system of unrestricted
Imports Pamphlets and leaflets are already
going out for the conversion Of working people
to the new tariff policy.
DISSOLUTION THOUGHT IMPENDING.
There has been a renewal Of the energy OF the
workers on the government side since the party
conference at Newcastle. They have returned 10
London with the conviction that Mr. Bahour
VIII dissolve Parliament in January or Febru-
ary. They may not know what is in the Prime
Minister'S mind, but they understand the trend
Of opinion among party workers against the pro
longation of the present period Of indecision and
apathy, since there is no longer prospect Of the
enactment OF a redistribution bill. Mr. Balfour
is warned that he is playing a losing game in
delaying the general elections and thereby in
creasing the Liberal majority in the next Par
lament The tariff refor1ners hot for dis
solution, but although Mr. Chamberlain has not
named the date for a probable appeal to the
country il is clear that he does not intend to
force the issue upon MIR. Balfour. The Prime
Minister hesitates and is not prepared to break
away decisvely from the free trade unionists
probable. but it cannot be brought about with
out & definite policy the tariff question and
colonial preference. 1t will be easier TO draw
up another Kings speech than to formulate a
programme on which the distracted party can
appeal 10 the country and Mr.. Balfour may
carry out his original intention of resigning
Office about March 1 and compelling the Liberals
to dissolve Parliament The end of the present
transition period IN British politics is clearly in
!, sight, whether in January or March.
HOLIDAY AUCTION SALES.
The holiday sales at Christie's have opened
with series OF country house clearances. ]. T.
Gabriefs collection of early English engravings
and miscellaneous assortments of Oriental por-
ceiain and early English furniture belonging to
the heirs of Edward Cruise and Jonathan Rash
leigh, in the West of England, have been rat
tied off al fair prices, and to-day George
Brooke's pictures and drawings from Yorkshire
are under the hammer
Next week there will be heavier bidding for
various collections of the Earl of Cork and
orrery. including BOOKS autograph letters, fur
niture. porcelain and pictures from Marston
bgott There illuminated manuscripts Of
Inc fifteenth century and remarkable group of
rope letters. but the chief relic is the prayer
BOOK of Charles T. which he presumably carried