New-York tribune., 1907-07-21
HAGUE CONGRESS- AND
EMPEROR OF COREA.
Especial by French Gable to The Tribune.l
TCopyright, 1907, by The Tribune Association. J


T,-1peror Of Corea There are conflicting
counts Of the relations of the court party
Seoul with the Toxic government but It IS plain
that the trouble began with the appearance Of
the Corean delegates at the Dutcn capital, when
the management Of the foreign affairs Of the
reninsuar kingdom had been left exclusively TO
Japan under the protectorate convention. The
arniabIe monarch has paid the penalty for a
Diplomatic adventure for which he may not
have been directly responsible. Those dele
gates were mysterious puppets. It is not clear
who was pulling the wires. There are minor
mysteries in this little puppet play, but the
main motive is apparent. Japan will not toll
crate any nonsense in the management Of her
subject state.
SOME AMATEUR DIPLOMACY
erly supported in working up a war scare be-
tween America and Japan. They have been
chattering about a secret understanding between
Berlin and Washington by which the American
navy can be concentrated the Pacific. The
idea Of Uncle Sam making backstairs agree
pent with any European power on any subject
was as preposterous as the assumption that he
would ask permission at any capital before
sending a feet into the Pacific. These ran
taStfc bubbles have been pricked The broad
fact is that the American and the japanese
governments understand each other and are
amateur diplomatists are not more unfortunate
in their speculations than the professionals at
The Hague where there are prolonged discus
sions which only serve TO accentuate the differ
ences OF opinion on naval policy, neutral rights
and controversial questions OF international law.
Agreements will probably be reached on minor
points but not until the delegates have talked
themselves out and felt qualms Of homesickness,
SUCCESS OF i SOCIALIST.
The election Of Mr. Grayson as Keir Hardies
understudy for Colne Valley is more significant
than anything that has happened at sultry
Westminster, where the ministers are thor
oughly jaded. The capture by the young social
list of what was considered a safe Liberal seat is
q warning that the number Of independent
candidates Will be doubled trebed at the
next general election and the government eX-
posed 20 disastrous enf1lading fire. Mr.. Grayson
was not elected as trades unionist but as an
extremist advocating the abolition of the House
Of Lords and the financing of social reforms
through Matchmaking the means of production.
The TWO main parties instead of uniting against
socialism are playing with ii. Both of Mr..
Grayson's opponents favored old age pensions
but neither counted the cost OF the scheme nor
STIMULATED that contributions should be required
from workers insured against disability after
sixtv-five years old. The trades unionists are
already clarnoring for pensions as a gratuity
from the state. and are serious in the demand
for universal pensioning system an in
human
nor the Tories viii be thanked for introducing
e modified form of the German system. by
which workers are forced to contribute 10 an
insurance fund against old age and disability
The only great Englishman who knows how 10
deal with the workingmen is the King. He
welcomes John Burns as cordially at court
Mr.. Balfour, stands ready to confer knight
hood upon q stone mason. makes no discrimina-
ton between parties, and may convert an elo-
quent socialist like Mr.. Grayson into safe
70 &fH
BIG LIBEL VERDICT.
The lawyers are still discussing the remark
able verdict obtained by Mr.. Lever against The
Daily Mail"
Nobody seems to understand why Rufus
Isaacs recommended the abandonment of the
defence and the payment of $4,000 as damages
when apparently no jury would have been likely
10 impose SO heavy a penalty. "The Daily
Mail" after winning much prestige by smash
ing what IS denounced as the Soap Trust" now
loses IL through its confession that the evil
dence for the charges rejecting upon the honor
Of AIr. Lever was untrustworthy. II suffers
from having employed methods of eXaggeratiOn
and sensationalism in fighting powerful COM
bination. a successful journal which has
cited the enmity of its rivals is not spared in
adversely and newspaper readers seldom
grateful for public services by which circulation
is enlarged. The best moral Of the amazing
verdict is that trusts and combinations must be
regulated not by newspaper agitation. but by
law. resolutely enforced, in America, by
President Roosevelt
COURT BALL ENDS SEASON.
\ season remarkable for the number of royal
functions, the brilIiancy Of American entertain
ing and the activity Of Liberal hostesses has
virtually ended with the court ball. The Queen
vas suprernely handsome in primrose satin.
The royal professions were unusually brilliant
and there was a tremendous crush OF nearly
three thousand guests. Black and white were
the favorite colors for the ladies' The King
and Queen have started to-day for "A k-cnd
visit at BowOod, Lord Lansdowne's Italian resi-
dence. Mr Balfour is of the guests. Among
the social affairs Of the week have been the
German Ambassadors concert, Lady Plymouth s
dance Lady Bessborough's and Lord Tweed
mouths receptions Mrs. Mackays concert and
Mrs Anthony DreXels dance. There will be a
ball at Lady IYeaghs and a Of small
dances next week, but Goodwood and Cowes are
already in sight. There are the usual lamenta-
tons over the shprtness of the six weeks sea-
son. yet expenditures have been a lavish
scale and royalties have been constantly on ex-
Mblt!on at the great houses. The American
Ambassador emerges from the exhausting sea-
son in excellent health He was at the court
oaI last night with Miss Reid after completing
small circuit Of Harvard and Yale functions
Shd IS dining tonight with the Duchess of Rox-
ourghe 10 meet the Prince and the Princess of
wales. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have gone
10 Carlsbad and Mrs. Frank Mackey 10 Ostend
Miss PadelfOrds enga cement TO the son Of Rob
ert- GrosVenor. Lord Ebury's heir offers the
promise Of another American peeress Robert
J. Collins the efficient manager of The Asso-
clated Press, and Thomas L. Field have been
elected American members Of the Pilgrims ex-
ecutve committee. along with Lord Alverstone