The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-10-19
VOL. Iii. NO. 40.
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
xN0LJSH Politics MUCH MIXED AND
TRADE GREATLY DEPRESSED.

Moth England and France Ag't~'ed over the
Question Of Prosectiou-Ths Suspected
Combination Against Hrit'ss Colonial, s"-
premney-K aroline BHurr's Revelations
Make . sensnsion and Offend 0neen
vietoria-Other Literary Sensmtions-The
Latest ssossip ut the European Capitals
LONDON Oct ls-The result OF tho coming |
etrugg,c In Parliament Is hidden In mystery rs |
3mpcnetrablo as the result OF your own Prcsi-
dental contest. Tho leaders on both sides |
continue to alternate between vehement OK |
prcssion OF a desire for compromise and as |
vehement donunciati0ns OF all compromise |
proposed by tho other side. The small riot at
Birmingham has not produced as much effect
rs was ut first anticipated. 1t has been dis
counted rs local. trivial. and arranged and tho
temper of the country is still rathcr tranquil.
On the whole. tho chances Mt present seem to
be against q compromise, II il understood
that in case the Lords repeat thcir action MIR.
Gladstone will ask tho House OF Commons to
pass Il resolution condcmnatory OF tho powers
claimed by the House Of Lords and will 90 to
the country on that issue. All this depends.
however on what the autumn session will turn
GU, to be and nobody can tell anything about
that Ono thing only Ia certain. that 1t Will not
10 confined within the narrow limits OF tho
Franchise bill ns Mr.. Gladstone and his col
leagues will attempt to coninc 1t. The irish
members are convinced that they have good
case Ill tnc hanging Oh hyles JoScc' anu H"'o
scored 80 heavily against Spencer and Ire
yelyan I'm other things and have made them 80
papably and ostentatiousy tired OF their posts.
that they will press forward In tho hope OF
exchanging their vote in favor Of tho Franchise
bill for the dismissal OF these hated officials.
such triumph would effoctually destroy all
chance OF a renewal Of the Crimes act. and to
prevent the renewal OF that act Is one OF the
main objects OF the Parneite policy. Tho
wi tpil ina AZ q
tho affairs OF Egypt and Africa. conscious that
while on the franchise struggle they are weak
on the foreign policy OF the Government they
may still score
Meantime the country s being deluged moro
than ever with talk. Lord Randolph Churchill
has managed with his usual adroitness. to get
himself more talked about than anybody else.
and Sir William Iarcourt. with equally char
acteristic maadroitness. has become the chief
butt OF universal rdcule. The bumptous Home
Secretary has a weakness for boasting of ancient
and aristocratc descent. When the Marquis OF
Iorne was about to marry the Princess Louise
Sir William expressed his delight. mainly on
the grou nd that the Marquis was q relative OF
his own. and few days ago he took advantage
OF great demonstration near the Duke OF
Devonshire's palatial seat In Derbyshirc to
speak OF himself as n scion OF an ancient
house. He thus gave himself ompletely into
the hands Of SO smart an opponent as Churchill.
who excited universal applause when he de-
scribed the speech as containing the language
OF a brave animated by the spirit OF tlunkey.
Churchill also made an excellent hit by the
declaration that no financial firm In existence
could sustain the ruinous loss which would be
involved in buying Harcourt at his own valua-
ton and selling him at the valuation which the
public put upon him. Finally Lord Randolph
happily described Sir Charles Dixie as a rene
Gade Democrat and Mr.. Chamberlain as o
pinchbeck Robespiorre.
Meantime the terrible and universal depres
zion Of trade threatens to drive every other
question into the background. Things have
gone so far that the newspapers have now sent
special correspondents to the distressed towns
in the north Of England and they fill their
journals with tales of dreadful restitution
caused by the almost complete standstill OF
the shipbuilding trade. The other trades
OF the country are making the same COM
plants. no mine is worked at full time.
wheat growers declare that the crop does
not pay for wages. TO say nothing OF rent. the
tea merchants assert that each pound sold
wholesale brings q penny less than given
at the Chinese port. and SO on. Under these
circumstances the cry for a return to protec-
ton was inevitable and the Tory leaders are
seriously flirting with the question. Churchill
has. Of course. como further than anybody else.
and has provoked tho decorous Spectator to the
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Tan Comm.ndment. INT tho mu,,iniication
tah,e
nnnn,eaeant sensat,on hoe ham couoad bv
%he nnhlicotion a, tha correanondonco IN ,ba
conforonto which pism,rct boe caIlod toootbor
m Tho Congo ouostion Tho tono -, tho Iattoro
hetwaen the Froncb and Ccrman din,omota the
oatantatio,s addrass;no ~ Prince piamarct nv
do lf,u n.;n do 10;
the suspicion that there ia n combination ia
attack the colonial supremacy of England.
Tho Ministerial organs are doing their best
TO nut a good face upon the thing. but
the summoning OF the conference certainly
marks another date in the termination OF the
epoch when England enjoyed the monopoly OF
the colonization OF the uninhabited parts OF the
world Both Mr. Gladstone and Sir Charles
Dixie have made bold attempts to heal the