New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-28
ENGLAND PREPARED FOR
TONG LIBERAL RULE.

,,e+ed the country is settling down 70
- nariod Of Liberal rule. The Prime Minis
- majority which has exceeded the expecta-
...rs If everybody except Lightning Calculator
s,oas. offers security even against the unlikely
oo-,binatioa Of Unionists. Nationalist and the
Tsbor group. It has been obtained by a coalition
:. cree traders, trade unionists and working
,ssas in town and country being massed
.roi,st the last government. It is a guarantee
~. an effective series of radical measures will
- a5opted beginning with the revision OF the
,soa made law combination and education act
- continuing with the taxation Of land values
and the abolition Of plural voting While so
large q majority is rather unmanageable, II IS
,,,a1y from its magnitude TO disarm the Lords.
:. * already understood that the Conservative
neers Will stay away and allow the small group
n Liberal peers TO assume full responsibility for
accepting or amending measures enacted by
+be Commons There are two sections Of the
-ev, Parliament more or less disconnected with
rhe sweeping victory they themselves have
helped to bring about One is the group Of a
hundred Liberal capitalists. mine owners and
manufacturers. whose interests will suffer from
an alteration in the law OF combination and the
revival OF strikes It is disconnected by the
election Of over fifty Labor members and by
the forecasts Of the most OutspOken leaders that
the trade unionists viii have at least q hundred
walking delegates at Westminster after an
other general election
40 HONE RULE IN SIGHT.
The other disappointed group is composed OF
Nationalist. who cannot hope 10 force Home Rule
upon the Liberals, but must wait until they have
the balance Of power. If the Unionists had been
Justified in attempting to make Home Rule
vital issue before the electorate the Prime Minis
ter would now have what Mr.. Gladstone lacked,
q majority big enough to carry the establishment
Of the Dublin Parliament with the consent Of
ENGLAND IS predominant partner. The Ma
tonalists frankly admit that they cannot ex-
pect Home Rule from the present government,
and that they are not much better OF than they
have been in the last ten years. and must Guilt
vate the best possible relations with the Labor
party for their future campaign. There is a
searching Of heart among the Unlonists, but
not much wrangling The complete reorganiza-
ton OF the party is probable, but this is minor
detail The Tory democracy, which has been
the main resource Of the Unionists in the large
towns. has bolted and gone radical, except IN
Birmingham How 10 win back the votes Of the
vrorking-nen is the vital question. The assump-
ton that AIr Chamberlain would lead the oppo-
sltion as q compact tariff reform group has not
been well founded. His health IS not equal 10
the strain Of leadership and late hours in Par
lament Il was Nj Chamberlain who appealed
70 Mr.. Gibbs 10 resign his seat for the City in
order 10 make room for M Balfour as the
leader who could not be spared from the OppO-
sitOn front bench. The rumor that Mr. Talbot
viii resign his seat for the University of OK
ford II favor Of Lord Hugh Cecn is not credited
by The tariff reformers. It would not ut in with
the rejection Of another Unionist free trader. Sir
John Gorst. by Cambridge University
ELECTION SOCIAL CHANGES.
The social changes effected by the election
VIII be evident when the King opens Parliament
AL the typical Tory sQuires, except Sir John
Kennaway. have lost their seats. and two hun
dred former Unionist members are now among
the unemployed Many Of them viii go abroad
for the season, and those who remain in London
will be restless figures al their clubs and in
society. on the other hand, the courts and
levees viii be crowded with the new Liberal
members and their wives and daughters. Vanity
Fair viii not break up even if the old Tories
are convinced that the country is going 70 the
everlasting 0owwows. Hunting has already
been resumed in many shires. and bridge play
goes on ls though votes were never trumps;
nor viii fashionable marriages be discontinued
TIE most interesting new engagement is that
Of The only brother Of the Marquis of Butte with
Lord Commissions only daughter. One was the
best man and the other the bridesmaid at the
narqulss recent wedding. One daughter Of the
landscape painter Alfred East has started this
week for Persia as the bride Of George Church
H. Of the Official embassy, and her sister will
follow her course IN a few weeks as the wife
Of the brdegroom's brother, q banker in Te-
heran There is moreover a royal romance in
progress at Biarritz. Of which Jenkins records
every minor detail Princess Ena cannot give
King Alfonso TWO beautiful roses 10 pin over his
hear without being Photographed in the act.
PBODUCTIOE OF NERO"
Winston Churchill sought distraction from
"oo-ng The TOO responsive democracy by attend
ing The 1rst performance Of Nero" At His
A4Jesty's. where Deeresses and smart society
rallied II force stephen PhiIips's play exhibited
ne vaga-ies OF q degenerate dIettante who
TAXED --1ueriaLly about his own greatness as an
artist and play actor Nero" did not equal
Herod' III construction or dramatic effect, and
contained some good and much Indifferent blank
verse o-t as o spectacle II was q splendid en-
teT-alnneHr produced with unrivaIled resources
O. stage art The costuming was marvellous,
s1c the final scene Of the burning Of Rome was
Lgay realistic Mr. Tree has never been more
subtle in the de1oternent Of Unconscious dab
lery
Tie old gang or pIaywrights has not been
shuhed OUT Henry Arthur Jones, in Heroic
Sl1bbs,' II Tgrry's, has attempted 10 amuse the
--4ei-ce ty making q sentimental PlccadllIy
Oo'lh---er the protector Of a woman OF fashion
VIC h4s been drawn into a silly eopement- 1t is
poor play. with good acting by James Welsh
NJ Pnero Is expected 70 redeem his recent repu-
1--on by fine work next week at the st. James.