New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
London, November 20.

lns the noblest of all Then II
perha "a after a glorious life, after
was ,sns and victories which gave
esmY;s nermanent place as the great
HIM sn..S,inU Englishman of his time;
est averv honor had been awarded
siter .verv distinction, and the graft.
fim, a nation. then, AZ the heign'
;uae fame and popularity, he put II
o. ~ hazard to warn his countrymer
al o. asnger in which they did not be-
Of "a Of safeguard they were
lew ,;iling to accept. Twelve years
not told them that war with Ger
Sgo ~ VAS inevitable; and that 20 pre-
many tor il was duty of PATRIOTISM
pSN soldier of unriValled eNperehs
As -enown he besought them 10 pro.
ShS Cor the coming per'l by a sysVe"
Nu sstional service or training;
q H. h was that you saw the kadl'
press and politicians at their pest
Ss turned and rent him. Ihey de-
lhssoeS him and his proposals q
iks:-;ster of the Crown was no,
Nl,n,n'r,eS 70 use the word wicked aoo1'
esn .S man as Lord Roberts. Radical
sue ~ that time, inspired by sueh men
i Cir Henry Campbell bannerman
as FOR its leading idea IN foreign
nay friendship with Germany. u
Sye idea in home poiiey was 70
lsS~ the army and navy ana pour
Srev into the lap Of the people'
T n.y. sought 10 pRuperlze NR.ioh'
,s.ssjnst what they called conserlPtloh'
snvthing that might lead 70 con
oo.r;ntion. they inveighed' Against '"e
So who urged il they ragged.
me- Iors Roberts. who IN India had lae Sc .
.r,;es more savage than theE' olu
.. shrink. He bore obloQuy IN silence.
~ ~ S5 not retort. He devoted every
~. 49, he had TO the high duty OF per
eo57rg his countrymen 10 reallze the
s.- peril and to provide Tor u
he platform. in the House OF LoIus'
:" ~ press. by private remonstrahce
IN isHv .~cstv bv appeals to Ministers
S "a the King. as well as 10 the 1 co
az enforced this lesson. Needless
ps' was in vain. Mr.. Asquith S
=. sneech at Cardiff lifted enough
reesls ri 10 show that Germany IN
o. ~ t,5 made suggestions which were
III, ,c+ice Of what was 10 come.
S1. he then contented himself with
,..i,,;ng proposals which, like the pro
CO. inst before the war, to sacrihee
20 and betray France, he mlght
pc. iii 80 called infamous. Mr.. Asqulth
o+ onlv First Minister OF the
go. he Is a party leader and very
80 ~. nertv leader. To the party all
s 49, of compulsion, in any shape
~ sorm for military defence were
ss;,,s and he bent, as IN those Gays
- often bent, TO the Will OF his iol-
lowers. --.-,-.- .,,,,yor4 ord
.pober.s Individuals supported MN
~ erd then; the Unionist party as
- never He stood alone. HIS was
re- yoice of one crying in the wilder
ssss. UNDECIDED. unavailiug, almost IN
800 But he never faltered. during
III those veass he persevered. Ihey
wopid not listen to me- ne sald. II
res his only complaint. One OF the
,h;,es Won now hear oftenest is;
aYsvs~ since the war began has ROD
arts said. I told you SOL ~,
I, il very English tribute. Ihey
,.vs laid him in St. PauPs Cathedral,
rbsro Nelson lies, where Wellington
Tss There is n Trinity Of heroes. A
yi9g foilowed him 10 his grave. A ma
ion mourn him. An Empire IS tn :
roorer for his death. The world Will
m look again on that "war-wise face,
nor hear again that weighed ana
p NC voice" But he passes into an
immortality of fame.
:. The panic" in London.
rs,sng German newspapers, with
q, i-vsrfiveness of mind which seems
;rsybsustible. tell their readers and
tEs world in general that there Is a
manic in London. and has been LOT
some time past. The cause OF TINS
manic il the imminent danger OF an
invasion. whether by Zeppellns or by
mat quarter Of a million Of lnvlnclDlee
Germans who are to come by sea. l
have been in London for the last three
months. but l have seen no panic, nor
signs of panic. Quite the contrary Is
true. | have explained before now
that the real difficulty with the Eng
Gsb is their inability TO become aware
that thew are at war. This 1t is, among
other causes. which makes recruiting
for the moment slack. The war, 70
great multitudes of Englishmen, is
something that is going on IN Belgium
and France. They follow the proceed
ings In those countries with interest,"
but the interest is not vital.
II you could persuade Londoners thai
The danger from Zeppelins was real ana
imminent YOU would do them and the
country service. Their newspapers
from time TO time break out into long
seeounts of Zeppelin building and oil
German plans of one kind or another
for the destruction of their city. Ihen
ior weeks they are silent. Colonel
Rspngton reminds US now and again OF
vhat is possibly in store for London
ard for an England. The eXtingushed
and blackened or blinded lamps remind
US each evening. That is practical
testimony which produces not panic, but
inconvenience. and your Londoner, used
to being pampered in all ways, resents
being put 10 any sort of inconvenience
really think they are much more dis
iurbed BIZ that than by any sense OF
coming danger.
Few Of them can be got to believe IN
the danger. All Of them feel the an
uoyance. II was believed that the dark
ness had increased the number OF street
accidents but the Chief Commissioner
Of Police denies that. The Home Sec
Tstary, who evades every responsibility
tod the House Of Commons tins weef
that the Admiralty, and not the Home
Office, was responsible for the darkness
and that he would turn on the lights
when Mr. Churchill allowed HIM 10
Ar Churchill, who can be voluble wher
he chooses, has not condescended to eX
plain TO the public why they are com
PEELED to grope about in darkness made
visible after 5 or 6 o'clock every after
no9n
An Invisible London.
It seems. nevertheless, that there as
good military reason for these pre-
esutions I o,dcr has become invisible