National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-04-06

by the Mikado's-that Is, Iwakura's-orders.
Hence IT is difficult to tell how the two parties
stand at present. OF course some few facts are
bound to leak out, and from these, which I
shall string together into somewhat connected
chain, you will see that the rebellion is by no
means to be looked upon as slight thing. The
Mikado maybe probably will-suprress the
uprising, perhaps before this letter reaches its
destination, for the Government is still strong,
and Iwakurs is man Of genius. In that case,
I trust my few notes will be valuable as fur
nishing some idea of the historic causes which
led to the rebellion, and which, If this Is
quelled, are sure to end in another and more
violent rising which may shake the throne OF
Japan to its foundation Correspondence Of the
World.
HOME RULE IN THE BRITISH PARLIA-
... MENT.
The Home Rulers in Parliament made their
first demonstration on the Goth alt. Mr.. Isaac
Butt, who seems to be the recognized leader Of
the fifty Home Rule members, moved to insert
IN the reply of the House to the Queens speech
the following paragraph:
"We also beg leave humbly to represent to
your Majesty that dissatisfaction prevails very
extensively In ireland with the existing system
of government In the country, and complaints
are made that under that system the Irish peo-
pie do not enjoy the full benefit of the consti-
tuition and the free principles of the law; and
we humbly assure your Majesty that we shall,
with due regard to the duty of Parliament,
consider the origin Of this dissatisfaction and of
these causes of complaint" -.
Mr.. Butt said that for the first time since the
union majority Of the Irish members had
haaV fN 40 mt 70
to Irishmen the management of the internal
affairs of their own country. They asked for
Ireland the management Of all exclusively
Irish affairs, leaving to the Imperial Parliament
control over everything that affected the in
tegrity and stability of the empire. Ireland
should have her own parliament as well as
Canada or Australia. In making this demand
there was no intention or wish to interfere with
the integrity of the United Kingdom, or to
sever in the remotest degree the connection
between the two countries. ...
Mr.. Brooks, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr..
Mccarthy, lord Robert Montague, Mr.. Nolan
Mr.. Mitchell Henry, Mr.. Sullivan, and Sir
George Bowger all spoke in support of Mr..
Butts motion They said that dissatisfaction
in ireland was widespread, but that disloyalty
was rare; that the people would never be salts
fed while the higher education of the youth of
the country was under Protestant control; that
what they claimed was simple justice and the
restoration Of the system which existed before
1900; and that if giving to distant colonies,
like Australia and Canada, their own Legisla-
lures had not disrupted the empire, what fear
was there that disruption would take place in
ireland were she granted the privilege of man.
aging her own affairsl What they wanted for
Ireland was Just what every State in the Ameri-
can Union had Legislature to manage its
own local affairs.
Mr.. Disraeh took no part in the debate, but
Mr.. Gladstone did. He made long speech,
condemning the amendment unhesitatingly and
dwelling chiefly upon the anomalous position
which, In his opinion, Irish members of Parlia-
ment would occupy if Ireland had legislature
of her own. It would be intolerable, he
thought, if ireland were allowed TO govern
herself and at the same time to send men to
London 10 aid in governing England and Scot
and. Speeches against the amendment were
also made by Mr.. Chaplin, Mr.. Newdegste,
(who, of course, saw in the demand for home
rule another Popish plot,) Mr., johnson, Gan
Irish Orsngeman,) the O'Donoghue and Sir
Mitchell Beach, the new Irish Secretary. He
was glad to hear that the Irish people no longer
wished for separation from England, but he
said that it was desirable that some authentic
definition of home rule should be given. To
the Catholic priests it seemed to mean denomi-
national education, to the farmers an exagger-
ated tenant-right, to others the purchase of the
Irish railways by the Government. Well, If
the Irish members would bring forward bills
for the redress of any grievance the Govern
ment would do their best to meet their views.
The vote on the proposed amendment was
then taken, and it showed the full strength
of the home rulers. 1t is Just fifty. The vote
was so to 314.