Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-14
eLADsToNEs WAR.
Likely to Grow Into Greater DimeH-
sions than Expected.
Pinching the Middle classes-Th Premier
Reported Anxious to Resign-now the
Trade Situation viii be Affected
English Crops Failure.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS.

these days, but unquestionably there is
/ very general feeling in all directions tha
Mr. Gladstones war will grow into mucl
greater dimensions than he or any of hi
friends seem at first to- have anticipated
There never before was so remarkable an in
stance of nation being dragged into wa
unawares. The apostles Of Peace, Re
trenehment and Reform all banded to
gether have supplied very pretty prsetica
commentary on their principles. Youl
readers will easily understand that every
enemy England has in Europe isehucklinl
nightly over the situation in which Slit
now finds herself She has to, rake every
body's ehestnuts out of the FIRE in Egypt
andin the end will probably be called to
account for her interference. The expense
must, of course,
Ne Enormous,
and Mr. Gladstone appears to have made up
mind that it shall fall exclusively upos the
smallest class, numerically, iii the com.
munity--the income tax payers. The first
instalment is to be levied upon them dur.
ing this very half year, it being part of Mr..
Gladstone's system to pay as you 60. There
may be iustice in this, but there is,no JUS
tice in muloting one section of the people
only for the consequences Of Mr.. Gladstone s
own blunders. He has the credit Of being
most gifted tinaReier, but it will be found
upon an examination of his career that his
wonderful fertility of invention" has gen
orally been confined 70 daring use Of the
income tax. A few years ago, when he was
fnr 20 tha Ia
he held oat the tempting bait of the
otapAbolitien OF this Tax.
His offer was not accepted and since then
he has shown on more than one occasion
how formidable weapon this rough and
ready device for raising money can b.
made in his hands. The struggling doctor,
artist and literary man, whose incomes
depend entirely Gn their powers to work
from day to day-the shopkeeper who al
ready finds it hard to make both ends meet
at the close Of the year-the clerk in re-
Ceipt of anything over 500 year, with a
wife and children to keep upon it-all
these persons are now to be called upon to
pay II special fine for Mr.. Gladstones obsti-
macy and laundering. They have no time
to 60 about the streets with torChlight pro-
cessions and no inclination to go in mob
to the Houses Of Parliament and hoot or
threaten the members as they pass in and
out. Therefore, Mr., Gladstone does not
care much for their opinion, and he will
continue 10 subject them to the thumb
screw so long as there is anything to be
wrung from them.
The Premier Ready TO Resign.
OF course there is the rumor that Mr..
Gladstone is very anxious to resign, and
one can readily believe that if could, under
any decent pretext whatever, run away
from the gigantic difficulties he has brought
upon the country at home and abroad, he
would gladly do 50. BUTT is difficult tosee
how such q dcSertion of his post could be
reconciled with even rudimentary sense
of honor. Mr.. Bright was fully justified in
Withdrawing from the Ministry-the only
question Of the moral law in his case be-
the belief which was entertained by Arab
and the European powers generally, that
all the clustering OF the government would
end in nothing. 1t was rot wrong TO
threaten to strike but it was wrong 10
strike There may be and there has been
a good deal of criticism of Mr.. Brights
course. but there are not two opinions con-
ccrning the obligation which rests upon
Mr.. Gladstone to pilot the nation through
the extremity into which he has brought 1t
If he can. At any rate he ought not TO
Take TO Flight Now.
That he will be equal to the task which
he has imposed upon himself no man who
knows his history or his character can be-
lieve. He has never displayed any fore-
sight or good Judgment. and such qualities
do not evidently come 10 man from the
heavens at the age of seventy-four. Had
he been able too look forward even week
at a time he would not now had war upon
his hands. But it appears that England IS
~. lad. trin
that clear last Wednesday evening to Sir
Wilfred Lawson. Soldiers are in the field,
no doubt, and a city has been destroyed,
but there is no war. These are the SAD.
tleties in which Mr.. Gladstone delights and
in which he is really great. 1t is only TO
be regretted that they cannot he made 10
10 duty for statesmanship.
-. How IL will Affect Trade. -
What effect will all this have upon trade?
IA question of not much less Importance
to your readers than to people here. The
first result, according to the kilograms, has
been to advance the rates of freight on your
side and 10 give rise TO an active demand
in the produce markets. Affairs must con-
tipue TO move in this same direction. for
eyea If the resistance OF Arab sudoenly
collapsed and peace was were re-estabiisheo,
the supply OF cotton and grain which usu.
ally come from Egypt could not be looked
for this year. A large portion OF the crops
has in all probability been destroyed al
ready, and the chaos which prevails in the
country will eiTectually prevent any az.
tempt to secure labor. Arabi has laid hold
of every man within reach of his arm, and
the fellaheen are either in hiding or in his
service. Consequently this source OF sup
ply must be practically regarded as cut on
for the present year, aud the country which
will be called upon to make it up
Must BE the United STATES.
II the cotton and grain crops there are
good this year, there need be no fear as 10
commanding profitable market for them.
The rise i'm freights will, OF course, cause a
rise in the price OF American grain IN the
London markets, which English farmers
will look upon as anything but mistor'
tune. They cannot compete with Ameri'
can growers when the lowest rates are rui.
ing. There are too many conditions agains,
them even in good years but since 20. !.
they have not had summer in when IL
was possible for them To make sure OF
good crop. The mouth OF July has been
one of the yettest on record, and where the
soils are heavy il would require long
smell OF fine weather 70 get the water out o'
| the esrth. In the south OF England there
are not many complaints OF actual damage
SO the grain crops, but no one can tsii a
f-present what harm has really been done
| The almost incessant wet and cold producs
| diseases which do not show themselves al
| at once. In many districts the potatoe
| looked healthy enoRgh few weeks ago
bnt NOW disease has appeared, and Their
seems To be few Reigboorhoods that az
likely 20 escape il altogether. In Kent 20!
surrey and Sussex it is very preyalent
| vbilsiD Ireland a. you will have hEaId
the e.op has been almost destroyed.
Egypt
Co.sr.s<zsosLE, August l2.--Tse. PORT
to-day promised Lord Duferin thai tn IN
turkish Troops will not land in Ekypt nl
l iii after the arrival Of the Turkish Coramii
I sion charged with che duty OF making pu'