The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-23
GLADSTONE.

GLADSTONE.
During Queen Viotocis's brief So
iourn on the continent g great politi.
cal revolution took place At home.
In the parliamentary elec;io 6 the
Liberals chose on overwhelming ma
jority IN the House o. Commons, the
resull bsing surprising to ell parties.
The monarch left q conservative GOV
eminent in power, and returned to
receive The designations Of her mic-
listers and advisers o! the pas. ak
years. Beaconsfeld and HE assoc
ciates in Office reiiTs, turning ever tle
management Of the affairs of tins
kingdom to their political opponents,
which means an entire change in the
policy and conduct OF government.
The Queen, on her return. promptly
summoned this Marquis OF Harrington,
the great Liberal leader, presumably
for the purpose ofadgising with hin
as to the selection OF new ministry.
Oar cablegrams this morning init
mate that Harrington will decline the
task of forming a ministry, rightly
recognizing as the Liberal leader,
and therefore as the proper person to
stand at the head of the new govern
ment, TIE Right Hon. ". E. Glad
stone. The latter made the fight
against Beaconsfield, and to his
efforts is chiefly due the overthrow OF
the Conservatives and the success OF
the Liberals. In all probability he
will be required TO change places
with his great political enemy, not.
withdrawing his declaration when he
resigned the leadership of the party
never to resume it. Though az
yet he Is merely membsr-elect \
to Parliament for Midlothian, Mr..
Gladstone is, not only, as the late
Doorkeeper Fitzhugh of our House of
Representatives would say, "a bigger
man thar old Disraeli," but the biggest
man in Europe. Whether or rot he
be made prime minister-of which,
however, there can be little doubt
he will have all to do with shaping
and controlling the foreign policy Of |
Great Britain. And as he is known to |
entertain views directly opposite to |
those of the late minister, of course a |
reverse of the nations policy will be
at once inaugurated. In She east will
this change first be made manifest.
He believes in the supremacy of
Britain, but not in her aggrand-
izement at the exDgAse of war.
It was Beaconsfeld's ambition
to extend the Queens Empire
IN Asia and Africa at whsteger
cost, and without regard to the right.
lie was aggressive and grasping;
Gladstone is passive but firm. The
one hated Russia, and lost 10 oppor-
tunIty 30 check her ambition; the
other IS friendly to Russia and will
put nothing IN the way of her ad-
vancement SO long as no danger to
the British Empire is threatened.
The first protected Turkey because
by so doing he hurt Russia; the
second has nc extra sympathy for the
Turk, and will take no special pains
TO maintain him in his position
among the nations. BeaconsfeId
rather encouraged the Sultan in de-
laying the carrying out of /.
The reforms promised by the
treaty OF Berlin; Gladstone being a
rue Christian and a warm sym
1athizer with the Christian world. | I
Till DO bis part towards compelling t
he Porte to fulfill its engagements. 7
In fact, the protectorate of England :
over Turkey will be Withdrawn.
Farther east also, will the change b
If policy be distinctly marked. The q
enlargement OF the Indian empire !,
Till stop short, unless it can be done j,
y mutual agreement between in
erestsd parties. There will be- no n
more sggrandizement by conquest. :
nd no more warning based upon the 4
'resense that British India must L
its supremacy over the eur
ounolng territory in order to keep u
Russia IN the background. Among
ne early movements may be expected
be withdrawal of the british frnn,
fghanistan as soon ss they can do is
honorably. A less aggressive
olicy will also be pursued in Africa. a,
While the relations between the OF
nited States and Great Britain are bi
zcellent they will be improved rather u
ian suffer from the accession of Glad {,
one to the premiership. It is true that re
lrIng the war Of rebellion Gladstone il
as southern sympathizer, but he N
.ser"ards became the warm friend Po
the Union. The negotiation of the nT
esty OF Washington respecting the
labama claims was under his ad- gr,
Inlstration, and he has since been pr
e ardent admirer of America and W.
e American government. He be. int
ives, and has recently asserted in thu
writings, that the United States
destined to soon become the greatest -
Elon on the globe. With him at q I