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FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY, 80, 1916
ARRIVAL OF THE IIBERNIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE mBERNIA.
TwENrY-oNE DAYS LATER From EunopE.
The steam packet llibernia, Captain Ry-
rie, was tclegraplcd about z o'clock, Friday
last, and she arrived at East Boston u, p
minutes past 8, having left Liverpool on the
4,h. She has made her passage in very
severe weather, in a little owe l8 1.2 days,
the last arAofiLiXE atmosphere at 10
below z,ro. The ship was much encum.
bcrcd with ice, and she was described as re.
scmhIing an iceberg.
To the great surprise Of all on both sides
Of the water, Sir Robert Peel is Minister
once more. The unexpected refusal Of
Lord Grry-lhe leader of the old Wings
to act with any ministry IN which Lord Pal
mers,on directed ,hc Foreign Relations,
compelled Lord John Russell to rrlinquisI',
at the very moment he grasrcd il. All
speculaIions based upon the report Of his
accession must therefore he abandoned.
The rock on which The Peel Ministry split
vas The Corn Laws. Sir Robert is not a
man of principle. We do not mean by this
that he is not honest, but that he does not
gcncraliza, tina, he governs by experiment
finding n particular solution for every
question !l@-&A.-ra,her illan by such
general principles as apply TO al. For this
reason no.hody knows where to find him,
and let linn be where lr will to-day, there
is no security that he will no, be in an ex-
aclly opposite situation Tomorrow. OF
course he cares nothing II, all for consistcn.
rv-le never sought for such n reputation.
Ills only care WAS to keep the nation quiet.
llis only thought IS live aud govern in peace.
For this object, he resisted Catholic Eman-
c,pa'ion, when he thought that the English
would he displrased il be granted il. Fol
this he granted Catholic Emancipation II.
soon as he saw the Irish would rebel if IL
up tho Corn laws. Now, for fear of til.
people, he is the first TO break them to pie
ccs.
Tho fact that he is likely 10 do so, causes
the Prrsidryaf N.Aage to be received will
IA mndrra,iM' Sinking contrast with it
offensive tone.
Another and mnch stronger reason is, tia
the president is the advocate of free trade
n circumstance that, with tho English GOV
-- .-I:.l c -. H. c- Al.
/ Times says "On this poin. the Mrssag
exhibits u sympathy with our own minis,r
%cious." Another paper, the Economist
lis " sure that when the AFRICANS know tia
i, is the und0ubted intention Of The minisir
to open the ports, there will be no furiIt
D difficulty on the Oregon question:" TIL
: anli.tarhf part Of the message nndonhIcdl
leads TO these conclusions. Nothing cnul
be more CRAFTY ing TO the English than Ill
= privilege of introducing ilrir manufacture
h free Of duty, and we verify believe, tn
they wonlJ give up all the territory tn
ever was MMer~r~h etwcen us, for the ~
pornni,y Of n%onIing nur markets ard breaI
ing down our domestic manufactures
of How the opening Of their ports will her
eft tho English is PLAN enough. l, "
make bread cheap and secure them again
the danger of famine. But what good "
il do ns1 We may DO called upon for son
Of our surplus produce occasionally, hut Il
: bulk Of the wheat consumed in Englar
I. will come no, from Michigan or Illinois, b
n frnm the B ,llic, and The Black Sea, and I
n, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. it can be raised
he cheap rs in the West, and whence il "
''I cost less to transport It.
= Nor do we see how it is possible TO co
nj nee, the Oregon QUESTION with the rrp'
II" Of the Corn Laws. or the red uc,ion Of I
tariff. Our loco friends have left llcmsrl,
only ono course. - l'ursn", and we mean
hold them 10 il. They must treat Greg
as an independent question. Wha,e,
may he done with the tariff or tho e,
laws, they must 90 for "Oregon up To 5
TO' "M ~ up tC wy W
Talked 6,rcrly about war. At first, I,
Wings were inclined to stop them, think
that they were in earnest. Then they
upon the Wings. British party" pea
party, ""H TIford Convention men," "ai
war men," were the worst names bestov
upon the wings, by a party whose cap
consists of epilhe,, and catch. words. TT
had the wings in a Ease posi,ion. and me
> l." keep them there. They meant to
hibit themselves rs eager for fight. but for
10 yield reluctantly to opposition Of
=" British Wlig.." whn were, of course
Pec,ed 10 fight Gercsly against tho war 81
il. Anarv- peul'.ps they would il Hey
no, perceived the Imposition in time.
now the TABLES are turned. Aware thai r
was u hunbug from tho beginning-au
that he never meant to bring on n wa
they ceased a useless and dangerous
lis, position, and conEoundcd him by acqu
%cence! Like a drunken Frenchman
Ca. is derisively clcercd on to a fight ~ III
; !" whose patience and strength have been
hansted in holding him bark-bewild e