The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 21, 1895, Page 1

mome oA PRICE FIVE CENTS. ASOUITH THEIR AN The Liberals May Find a Moses in This Leader. PLANS OF THE TORIES. England May Soon Overlook Her Own Struggles in the Gathering Clouds. THAT AFFAIR IN BULGARIA. Once More There Appears & Good Prospect for War in the East, ~Ex-Secretary 1 its way h he as electoral battle- eat at or granted that im were offered ational Liberal Club er at the no- e silly enough the amazement ably a per- se odds, is owed by the excited conclu- sent mortal who Is out of the wilder- talk as if he would be mation at once as the over e. No voice will be > forlorn remnants of the her in opposition to Har- as the House of Com- rdoubtedly events have along way to the or as heir apparent to the point is that his ad- yys practically every ar- of the party remaining the reputation of the v experiment. If it be e Liberals need a young chief- n, there is no longer the necessity of e Lords for one. Asquith is ill than R and will have ns not only prestige of his splendid electoral suc- but the aut based on the best nistrative work da ny depart- of the Liberal Government. His n steeliness of mind, apt to chill human con Liberals no longer attach the e they formerly did to a g funny after-d that th ebery is. to the cause of this sm has long adopt the ted candidates are them there explanation did the in support cent conversion 1t brew into limited 1ed thousands of mid- into small shareholders stock, to protect r friends unhesi- general de; ste: and his own s own devices, fancy the increase of | ore to do with the crash tried nobly | iealthier and , but it could not be done and the small taxpayers re There was, more- tricts of London c corruption, d to hear, be nately | grossest publ me of which will, one re an election petition can be heard, | and if Harry Marks, whose victory even Tories blush at, is allowed to retain his s Public indignation in his district ran so high the night of the election that the bal- lots had to be carried into another divis to be counted, for fear that otherwise he would have been killed by the mob. The question of what the Tory Govern- ment is to do now that they have this ex- traordinary majority behind them, is easily answered. To the best of their ability they will do mothing. Chamber- lain’s congenital restiessness may produce a mock semblance of legislative activity, but the dead weight of Torytsm is heavy enough to prevent his accomplishing much in the way of change. It is thought pos- sible that Sir Michael Hicks Beach, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is the special representative of the squir- artially undo Harcourt’s . But these taxes once rarely remitted. The school sys- suffer most by being pushed fur- ther back into the slough of clerical mas- tery from which it has just begun to emerge, and abrupt end will be put to London’s aspirations or unification and municipalization of its water and gas sup- 1 streetcars, etc. There is much about distributing the seats on asis of one vote for one value. They full of the idea. This would enable 200 seats from Ireland, but nvolve either arepealor the ation of the act of union, and then it is doubtful if they would not more by the destruction of their own rotten boroughs in England and Scot- d than the thing come to. From all appearances they are going to try the policy of taify in Ireland. So long as the country is quiet, there will be no attempt to return to coercion, and I hear much of an intention to proposeabolish- ing Dublin Castle and the Grand Jury " em, ziving the Irish County councils instead of the latter, and sending the Duke of York to hold the royal residence in place of the Viceroy. They may also pass @ land bill not greatly differing from John > with a notably | | | party T vt g 7 “ PLEASE WAIT A MINUTE, PAPA, DEAR; WE CAN'T COME TILL MAMMA GETS THROUGH READING “*THE CALL.” [8ketched from life by a ““Call”’ artist, illustrating the fact that this journal is popular with the ladics, and therefore is a valuable advertising medium.) Morley’s lapsed measure. U'hese things will | all over Europe, and here as well, to be- | Bulgaria and. by whom they intend to re- be sharply resisted by the Irish landlord and a certain section of their British fri But just now,at any rate, their disposition is to tell these gentry to take a back seat. This conciliatory policy, if patiently pur- sued, might keep Ireland relatively quiet, even though it changed no votes anywhere in the island. But the chances of ‘hitches and exasperations are tou multitudinous for this possibility to be of much value. With a narrow majority the Torieswould have been prepared to go a considerable way toward home rule under some other name. Now there is no strategic reason for thinking of such a thing. It is hard to see any ground upon which it would pay them to try to make a bargain with any section of the Irish Nationalists. They are much more likely to find them- selves by next spring under the circum- stances to club them all impartially and govern the Catbolic parts of the ‘island once more by force. This prospect will do much to draw the Irish together again. The victories in Derry and North Tyrone were both gained by special arrangement of all three Nationalist factions to sus- pend animosities and rivalries within the districts involved. It is not impossible to do this elsewhere if stern necessity arises. If Edward Blank would return home and take Dillon with him on a prolonged visit it could be done easily enough, but such continued stupidity as that of presenting the Liberal party with North Tyrone when it is known perfectly well that it could be won by the Nationalists, or the even more painful folly by which David Sheehy, the secretary of the federation, through sheer, bumptious ignorance, sacrificed Kil- kenny to the Parnellites, is difficult to bear in silence. Ireland is beginning to under- stand this and if its exiled sons will only leave it alone it will put things right of its own accord. It will only be so long as its advertising egotists and sharpers are pro- vided with outside money to maintain bands of heelers and run the counfry in their own way that Irish affairs will re- main in the present unhappy muddle. But all these political calculations and forecasts, it should not be forgotten, are subject here to contingencies which no man can foresee. The three kingdoms have been as en- grossingly self-centered the past fortnight as if, like the United States, they almost occupied a planet by themselves, and already, however, it is becoming borne in on them that they bave got neighbors. Before the last of these foolishly straggling constituencies declare their belated results next week England will be thinking much more about her affairs beyond her coast lines than of anythingat home. Appar- ently great events are in the air. Stambouloff’s revolting murder is taken token the breaking up of the state of things in the East which has existed since | the treaty of Berlin. The circumstances of the crime itself are relatively of little { importance by comparison with the fact | that the 'young Czar, Wednesday, even | while Bulgaria’s great man, lay in the | death agony, received at Peterhof a Bul- garian deputation, headed by Stambouloff’s ancient enemy, Metropolitan Clement, and promised that he would not withhold | his protection from the Bulgarian people | in the fature. TItisnot necessary to sug- gest that Russia has put Stambouloff to death, or even that she knew what his assassins, who had been maintained by her money for years, were going to do. It may pass as a coincidence that she finally was ready to reassume the old dominion over Bulgaria at the very moment when the one man able to resist her is hacked to pieces on the streets by bravos in her pay. It is the fact that she is on the point of putting ker hand on Bulgaria which counts. 3 Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales have not sent to the widow of the low-born Bulgarian attorney in a distant and ob- scure town which has only known Chris- tian rale cighteen years repeated messages of condolence longer than they sent to Mrs. Garfield and Mme. Carnot, for noth- ing. Lord Salisbury was not Foreign Secre- tary in April, 1878, when 8300 Sepoy troops were brought to Malta, for nothing. From that day to this England has held itseif to have interests paramount to those of all other nations in preserving the status quo in the Balkans and the Black Sea. No doubt under Gladstone this position would not be insisted upon, and even in part waived, but the events of the last few years have made the Liberals quite as'anti- Raussian in feeling as the Disraelian jingos were. They abominate the Turk of course, but they all come around to the point at least of hating official Russia. Salisbury, returning to power with a great party majority at his back, may securely act as if he had the mandate of the whole nation to oppose the expansion of Russian influence in Europe. I discovered long ago that a prophet never gives dates. In this case it is plain enough that the way has been hewn open for troubies that may involve all Europe, but it is quite another matter to say how long shifting diplomacy or the mere inertia of human nature may delay the climax. If Prince Ferdinand, who is being cursed by unanimous consent as the meanest and most craver speak and scoundrel produced by royalty since ancient times, does not return to Sofia, the discovery of who has the upper hand in first move in the game will turn upon the |- place him. Upon this, or alongside of it, will come the development of the form which the Czar’s protection is going to take. It will probably not be until then that England will be able to make sure what support she | can command for the counter-demonstra- tion. It is noticeable that while the Pir- isian press, eager as ever to pay court to Russian taste, abuses the dead Stam- bouloff, the united journalistic voice of Berlin, Vienna, Pesth and Rome is raised in violent wrath against his murderers direet and indirect and in denunciation of Russia as above all others responsible for the crime. This newspaper - clamor, while it com- mits nobody, shows clearly enough how the wind of public opinion is blowing. - 1f the Triple Altiance decides that this affords a proper pretext for overtaction it is obvi- ous that the people of Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary will approve with senti- mental enthusigsm. Events may, therefore, move slewly or swiftly, but it seems beyond doubt that the storm cloud of the Eastern question so long hanging ds a menace over Europe is at last on the point of breaking. It is always pdssible that the big powers will shelter themselves under combinations and bargains in other people’s goods and that the burst ¢f the tempest will fall only on the States and helpless folk generally, But for ten years back there has been no time when the season of complications that menace an ending in war seemed so close: at band as now. By a fortuitous accident it has been dis- covered that the spire of Salisbury Cathe- dral, which for six centuries has been the most unique in height and perfection in the world, is in imminent danger of fall- ing. Upto thetimeof the Stuarts this vast pile used to settle periodically until finally a deflection of two feet was reached. Since then there has been no change and it became 2n article of faith that the thing was as secure as a mountain, but now sud- denly a dangerous state of affairs has been revealed and the Dean issued an urgent appeal to-day for §25,000 for immediate re- pairs which he promises shall not beat all in the nature of a so-called restoration. Renan’s posthumous memoir of his sister, Henrietta, who died in Palestine in 1861, has not yet found an English trans- lator, but it is enjoying exceptional sales in Paris, where critics agree in finding in thedlittle volume not only the choicest ex- amples of his matchless style, but also a revelation of tenderness, sweetness and exalted and innate piety in the man him- self transceriding “anything shown in the wrest of his works. § Sir Henry Irving’s cup overflows this week. Thursday, at Windsor, though numerous other new Knights were gath- ered with him to receive the formal acco- lade from the sovereign, he was the only one to whom the Queen volunteered the personal addition of the words, “I have very great pleasure.” Yesterday at the Lyceum he was the central figure of a gathering which certainly has no parallel in human records. There were 4000 men and women who passed the doors on the presentation of their visiting cards as actors and actresses, which gives one new ideas as to the size of the profession. ‘What was even more remarkable is that it is probably safe to say that there was not one of this huge throng who was not stirred by real admiration and affection for Irving, though to many of them he was merely a name. It is really an extraordi- mary achievement in a craft historically prone to jealousies and uneasy egotisms to have climbed as he has by force of his own character into an atmosphere wholly free from this taint. It is now understood that *“Trilby” at the Haymarket will differ considerably from the American version, but the changes are likely to be amicably agreed upon be- tween Du Maurier and Paul Potter, which at one time seemed unlikely to be the case. The play will be tried first in the prov- inces, and will not reach London until the end of October. Murray is to publish in the an‘umn a work of monumental proportions in the shape of Gibbons’ hitherto unprinted lit- erary remains, long in the possession of the Earls of Sheffield. These include his journal of 1762-64, a very large correspond- ence with his family and intimates, and the full text of all seven of the quite differ- ent autobiographies he at various times composed. What is known as his auto- biography is, of course, a loose compilation of extracts from all of these, and the pub- lication in extenso of the originals will be extremely interesting. Marie Engle, whose success has been one of the features of the late operatic season here, signed yesterday with Abbey, Schof- fel & Grau for the Metropolitan Opera- house. L] HaroLp FrEDERIC, 'CHAMBERLAIN'S REVIEW, This Correspondent Also Sees Dark, ' Threatening War Clouds Hang- 4 ing Over the East. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York Sun.] LONDON, Exe., July 20.—The assassina- ‘tion of Stambouvloff, which shocked all ‘Europe except France, is only one of sev- eral recent events which have aroused the gravest uneasiness over Balkan affairs and it will not be surprising if Europe’s annual summer war scare be uased upon the situation in the troublesome penin- sula. The Macedonian situation was be- coming a little easier. when this bloody deed was done. The belief strengthens that Russia will recognize Prince Ferdi- nand. The opinion also grows that other important events are penaing, but nobody | assumes sufficient wisdom to forecast their nature. ‘The general reopening of the Balkan question by the powers would be regarded on all sides as disastrous at the present moment. S8till signs multiply tbat the Armenian situation soon will become acute again, which, in combination with the crisis known to exist in Constantinople, may compel the powers to adopt drastic measures toward Turkey. Active inter- ference once begun will be almost sure to lead to a radical readjustment of all Turk- ish relations. The chorus of eulogy in which the press of all ‘countries except France joins over the dead statesman is only less significant than the flood of indignation and contempt poured upon Prince Ferdinand. Rarely have English newspapers indulged in such intemperate vituperation as they heap upon this unhappy princeling. The press of France, which is equally extreme and unnatural in apologizing for the assassins and hardly veils its satisfac- tion at the fall of Bulgaria’s man of iron, has the decency to print Stambuloff’s recent’ words in defense of his harsh measures while he was Premier. The dead statesman said to a French inter- viewer a few days before his death: “I have killed only the enemies of my country’’; and, mentioning the name of a French general, he added: ‘“‘He shot 30,000 insurgents in behalf of la patrie and he 1s honored. ' I have had half a dozen exe- cuted for the same reason and I am called a murderer. You see, sir, one must not be a small nation or a little fish.” According to current reports Queen Vic- toria once more has demonstrated that she is the most tactful sovereign in Europe. The Shahzada gave a grand demonstra- tion at Dorchester House this week, at which the Prince of Wales and all the aristocracy remaining in London were present. The affair was such a success that the young mcen proposed to repeat. This resolve opened tp such a prospect of a prolonged stay that the court decided something must be done, and the Queen rose to the occasion. She sent word to Nasrulla that she soon would be proceed- ing, by her doctor’s advice, for her custom- ary summer stay at her marine residence on the Isle of Wight, and possibly his Highness might like to take bis farewell of her at Windsor to-day, thereby avoiding the fatigue and ort of a sea discomfe assage. The Shahzada rose to the bait autifully and duly received his farewell audience, presents and decorations this Continued on Second Page. RIVALRY OF METALS, Horr and Harvey Take Up Their Eight-Day Debate. SOME APT COMPARISONS, Carlisle’s Utterances of the Past Read With Telling Effect. AS TO THAT BIG CONSPIRACY. The New York Editor Denled It and the Chicago Author Went in to Prove It. CHICAGO, Ivrr., July 20.—After a day’s rest for the participants the Horr-Harvey debate was resumed at 1 o’clock this after- noon. While paying his respects to his opponent of the day’s debate, Mr. Horr said: “Since the opening of this discussion he has done little but read essays prepared and written out, filled up with a lot of in- correct and, as I think, untrue verbiage. Itisimpossible for me to rememberand cail attention to all his carefully written and misleading statements. I deny the bulk of the stuff that you have heretofore printed or that you have prepared and are reading from day to day.” Resuming the discussion of the law of 1873, the New York champion quoted from ‘W. A. Shaw’s “History of Currency” in reference to the first international mone- tary conference, held in Paris in 1867, to show that the subject was being agitated by the civilized nations of the world. All the nations except Holland declared in favor of the gold standard after eight daily sessions. It was afer this action, in which the United States particivated, that the American experts commenced to examine the question and see what legis- lation should be enacted. The bill of 1873 simply carried out a resolution of those civilized nations of the world. The silver men from the start had at~ tempted to smirch that bill by claiming that the officials and members of Con- gress were all false to their duties. There was not a word of truth in the yarn told by the.silver people and published in a thousand papers all over the United States that a man named Ernest Seyd had visited the United States and brought with him $500,000 in gold, and that he paid that gold to secure the passage of that bill. The al- legation had been disproved by the letter which was recently found among the pa- pers of the late Congressman Hooper, written by Seyd in reply ‘to Mr. Hooper, who had sent him the identical bill and asked his opinion upon it. The letter showed that he opposed the measure which his traducers said he had spent so much money to get passed. “The report,” said Harvey, “‘of the mone- tary conference at Paris in 1867, will con- tradict the history that Mr. Horr has read from. As to Ernest Seyd and a letter found among Mr. Hooper’s effects since he and Seyd died, it reminds me of this. Suppose, in the years to come, some one would: say that John G. Carlisle was a bi- metallist and in proof of. it read from Mr. Carlisle’s speech: ‘The demonetization of silver is the greatest crime of the age and its consequences for evil are greater than all the floods and fires and pestilence of toe past.” Would that prove that Mr. Car- lisle was a bimetallist at a particular time when something might be charged against him when he acted as Secretary of the Treasury under Mr. Cleveland? If that Seyd letter, disentombed by the zealous friends and family of Mr. Hooper, was to prove anything it would prove Mr. Hooper falsified when he said that he had sub- mitted that bill to distinguished experts and they had all agreed it was the proper thing to do.” He continued reading from the Con- gressional Record to show thac Mr.Hooper had worked for the passage of the substi- tute bill within the hour of its presenta- tion withoat having been read and without the majority of the members knowing that a fundamental question was involved in the bill. Mr. Hooper reiterated in answer to questions put by members that the bill made no change in the coinage or currency laws. In reviewing the history of the bill in the Senate, where it was called up by Mr. Sherman, he said: “It is evident it was the intention of Senator ‘Sherman to con- vince the Senate that careful consideration of the bill was necessary, and in this he succeeded, as appears from something that Senator Casserly said during the discus- sion provoked by him about abrasion. It is this: ‘L will not contest it with him (Sherman), because it is evident very few Senators are paying attention to this sub- ject.’ ‘A provision had been introduced in the House,” szid Horr, “and was a part of the e LEVI STRAUSS OVERALLS sm;me BOTTON EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED. FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.