The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-17 00:00:00

THE HOME RUE PROBLEM.

European people would consent to occupy the subordi-
nate situation Mr. Gladstone would assign to Ireland.
In the Bonapartist Pays M. Robert Mitchell comes to
the conclusion that "if Mr. Gladstone should gain his
end it will soon be all over with the British Constitu-
tion, and our neighbours may prepare for the most
terrible of
.revolutions." The OpportuniA Paris holds
that the apprehensions entertained in England as to
the creatic,n of a hostile State a few miles from her
shores, which would be the natural ally of all enemies
of the Empire, are certainly justified.
In Berlin much interest is displayed in the Irish
problem. The Vossische Zeitung, always devoted to
Mr. Gladstone, stands alone in praising the scheme,
which it says is "of surpassing magnanimity and
audacity of conception.' The Norddeutsche Zeitung
asserts that instead of clearing the situation, the an-
nouncement of Mr. Gladstone's pograname appears
to have contributed to render it still more complicated.
The outlook into the parliamentary future is indeed
very gloomy._ _ _

In --Vienna Mr. Gladstone's proposals are generally
condemned. The .Neue Frew Press says :—" This
Home Rule Bill justifies the worst previ ions of
pessimists. It will be a source of endless conflirlts and
troubles in the future." The Tagb sercastically
remarks that, before citing the example of Austria-
Hungary, Mr. Gladstone should have paid a visit to
this country to see how dualism works. The Deutsche
Zeitung says :—" Whether Mr. Gladstone's bill pass
or be rejected, it is deplorable that such a measure
should ever have been introduced by a Ministry. The
mischief done is irreparable. Coming from an irre-
sponsible faction, a bill for the dismemberment of
the empire would have been bad enough; but
emanating from a Prime Minister it will make the task
of all future Ministries in dealing with the Irish
question one of almost insuperable difficulty.' The
Pesth correspondent of the Standard says : in politi-
cal circles here the scheme has caused not only the
utmost sensation, but also irritation, the Hungarians
being seriously annoyed at his comparison of Irish
with Hungarian autonomy. One of the most eminent
members of the Liberal party here said to-day, in the
lobby of the Lower House, "A Magyar who would
propose Home Rule for Transylvania on the model of
Mr. Gladstone's plan, and would expose the Magyar
landowners and officials there to the brutalities of the
Wallachians, would be tern to pieces, but happily such
a want of patriotism has been and will be unknown
among our nation." The Neues Pestlor Journal says
of the scheme: "Better the total separation of Ire-
land, which might become an independent republic
or kingdom, than such a mixture of union and separa-
tion, which will lead to constant political, national,
and religious discord, and frequent civil wars. There
will exist no guarantee that autonomic Ireland will
fulfil her engagements except by the force of the
British army and constabulary."
At the Dublin Stock Exchange on Friday afternoon
the Home Rule Bill was freely discussed. The
markets were generally flat, and funds were doll.
Bank of Ireland Stock went down 11l per share, stud
Irish Railways were weaker.