New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-07
WORLD AFFAIRS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS ABROAD
EXEMPTION OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY IN VAR TINE.
Especial by French Gable 70 The TriSuns'I


rCopyright 1906 by The Tribune AssociatlonI
London Oct 6-The American principe OF ms
exemption Of private property from naval capt
,rs :, .iroa os var Is gaining ground in Eng
land The Lord Chancellor and the Secretary
OF the Admiralty are known 10 favor II out
right and the Prime Minister IS reported 10 DC
considering the wisdom OF instructing the BIN
tsh delegates TO the next Hague congress I"
support It Justice Kennedy, one OF the eA-
perts IN admiralty practice. has adVocaued Il
at the International Law Conference in Berlin
and THE Manchester Guardian" whioh mas
been almost alone among English Journals ~
supporting IT, IS greatly encouraged py 'iio
changes wrought in official opinion. II lays
stress upon the fact that the necessity Ior PIo-
seoting commerce is excuse for naVsl aii,
raents and concludes that the adoption OF 'i1e
American doctrine by the Hague cohs'e'S
will facilitate disarmament
This argument viii appeal strongly 10 inc
Liberal government. which is making strenuous
efforts 10 reduce the cost Of the army ana navy
There have been numerous conferences among
the officials Of various departments respecting
the questions likely to arise at the Hague con-
eress and the British delegates VIII nave d
definite policy. which has been carefully con-
sidered in detail The American and BRUSH
delegations, by effective cooperation may re-
strict beIlgerent operations TO fighting SHIPS
and protect commerce under any nag against
Seizure. loss or disturbance
FASTEST BATTLESHIP AFLOAT.
Meanwhile war becomes costlier. The Dread
rought's trials have been conducted with secre-
cy. but the results are proclaimed this morn
ing with a flourish Of trumpets The maximum
speed for a half hour was over twenty-one
knots. The battIeship was also operated salts
> faotorily al low and cruising speeds. and there
IL ..lnnv q
turbines were run up to full power. The steam
trials VIII be completed next week by thirty
hours run. and probably the Dreadnought will
establish a record as the fastest battleshfp
efoat Apparently the problem has been solved
Of adjusting turbines 20 high and low speeds
and maneuvring power has been secured IN
both conditions. This implies economy FOR
ordinary cruising. with maximum speed for an
emergency The Dreadnought will revolution
sge the worlds navies. The coetly RECONSTRUCT
tion Of fleets becomes compulsory, whether ma
-tions can cannot afford 10 pay the bIls-
HR. CHAMBERLAIy BETTER
I have authentic information from Birning-
ham that Mr.. Chamberlain is decidedly better
He IS walking IN the garden every day. sleeping
well and mending rapidly. The family are not
anxious about him. Austen Chamberlain states
that all the aIar1nist reports have been exagger-
ations There IS tonic IN the political atmos-
phere for faded statesman. Not only are the
Lords. as Lord Lansdowne asserted last night.
determined 10 revise the deliberately crude meas
.1res sent 70 them. but the Liberals have braced
up and warned the Socialists that they must
keep within the bounds OF reason. Mr.. Haldanes
speech at PEBBLES reads Ike a challenge TO
Keir Hardle The Scottish Liberals are equally
defiant in Offering strenuous opposition to labor
candidates who are not prepared TO dissociate
themselves from deliberate attempts to wreck
the party IN power The Master Of Elibank
and the Junior Lord Of the Treasury have been
outspoken in drawing a distinction between
advanced radicalsu and trade union socialism
LABOR LEADERS AT ODDS.
Keir Rardie has taken the celd against the
old band Of Trade Unionists who are not So
cialists. He wants them to receive orders from
the labor representation committee and dispense
with Liberal sympathy and support Richard
Bell has refused 70 submit 10 coercion from the
Amalgamated Society Of Railway Servants, and
has appealed TO Derby. where he was elected to
Parliament by Liberal and labor votes. John
Wilson. elected without contest from Md-Dur-
ham, has also been attacked, and a strenuous
attempt has been made 70 drag the miners fed
GRAFTON into the Independent labor party. James
Holmes, who was responsible for the strike lead
ing to the Tah-VaIe decision. has been recon-
rnended as q labor candidate against the Lib
erals in Mid-Glamorganshire. The militant
group lei by Mr.. Hardie numbers thirty labor
members. They talk as glibIy as Mr.. Bryan
about the naturalization Of the railways Of the
kingdom. which have capital Of S5.O0OOO0OO
and assume that the dividends paid to the share
holders win be available for increased pay for
the wage earners After the railways vii. come
the mines, shipyards and factories and all other
sources Of capitalized wealth. as common stock
for the masses. Twenty Of the Hardle group Of
labor members are oldtime trade unionists who
have never chased socialist rainbOws. Mr.. Hardie
IS striving to create independent party on
Nationalist lines without the sympathy Of either
Liberals or Tories. Momentarily he is dividing
the labor group into two factions, setting the
trade unionists by the ears and estranging the
Radicals. Meanwhile. the boiler makers strike is
IN progress at Glasgow over the question of in
creased wages, without a prospect of settlement
and there are indications Of numerous labor re-
volts in Wales, the Midlands and Yorkshire as
soon as the new Combination bill becomes q Ia,c
CHURCH CONGRESS SESSION.
The session Of the Church Congress has been
unusually weighty. the best feature being the
inaugural address Of Bishop Carlisle with the
leading motive that the Anglican Church must
be both primitive and progressive, not renounc-
ing tradition but preferTing truth. W TEMPLE
son Of the late Archbishop. read a sensible paper
in favor OF undenomnatIonal education In stats
schools. Lord Halifax's assertion that the prin
ciples OF the Reformation were things to he
repented Of with tears and in ashes startled
even the highest churchmen It brought ont
from the aggressive evangelical Prehapda ~,