The sun., 1884-02-10
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
IMPOTENCE or PARLIAMENT IN FACE
or THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS

OF England s.-U N-prndent G.ra.n
Pashn-Canosns r'"v"Lina Revolution In
kpain-.A srquri 10 the Mrrnk,.g OI ar
the Garm,ylc- Fartrscue Nuica- Sc ri,n's
S.cini srnson Rrokcn Cp-Frr-s S"a.ip-
LONDON, Fob. 9.--1'ho English Ministry is
in thu last s,ngc ~ imbccity irrcsolution. nnd
division. MIR. Gladstone f.obe In body f,ebl.r
IN brain. cannot be got to make IN his mind on
anything. refuses 10 talk politics. leaves his
coilengnsa utterly ut s.n TIL tho last moment.
and In the House sits palr. mourntul. and nb-
strnctod.
Young and energetic men like Chamberlain
and Dixie. In vain demanding strong measures
and u straightforward policy. raen impotcntly.
while Harrington. who ants tho old man nway
and does not care much what happens. snlks
silently. Harcourt. baked and disrreditcd.
looks a-woary Of the world. and tho Liberals
generally ait in dumb bowildermnnt.
Tho collapse Of the Ei.yptinn debate on tho
0rst night Of tho session. tho miserable per-
sonal recrimnntlons and the obstructive mo-
uons for adjournment which followed. tho en-
tire arrangement OF business and tho lose OF
head By everybody. exhibit the English Pnrlia-
ment In impotence and disorder at the moment
when the agony Of a national crisis demands
salmnass. union. and resolution.
The chorus OF disnpprovai against the Egyp-
HAn policy Of Gladstone ia unbroken. savo bv
the tiny voice Of hack partisan journals while
tho stanchy radical Pal Nall Gazette the
humanitarian Spectator and the intensely
0lAdStonite provincial press swell the denun-
ciations OF the Conaervativo organs.
General anger Is felt that tho whole prestige
Of England and Of tho Ministry should be left
dependent on Gordon Pasha. single fanatIcal
soldier. attended by one Rids-de-cnmu and q
drunken young Sultan. and armed with n
blackthorn stick. II he be killed. MS seems
likely. there will be a tempest Of national fury.
II he he captured an army must be sent to
rescue him; and in the midst Of all this cata-
olysmic gloom. Gladstone still metaphys!rally
bubbles. declares Gordon ono day an English
General and the next an Egyptian Governor.
and while he distinctly makes war by sending
war ships and landing blue Jackets at Suakim.
he will not despatch them to Slnknt. thirty
miles OF. whore the garrison ia eating leaves.
and thousands Of women and children hourly
expect massacre.
The Conservatives are not In much better
case. Fiercely hated by the Irish for their en-
eouragement Of Oraneeism. they will be re-
duced to their normal and miserable minority,
especially as tho Ministerial supporters. how
sver they loathe Glndstone's foreign policy.
will vote straight. In the hope of recovering
themselves by the Franchise bill. and in the
fear that they must hang all together or hang
separately.
The attitude OF the Parnellites. except when
they have their own grievances to set forth. is
that OF sardOnic reticencs and national exulta-
tion that every new disaster tightens their grip
on the Ministerial throat.
An incidental result OF the whole controversy
- to encourage tho peace party. which always
hated the attack on Arab. People are now
asking whether tho victory OF Tel-el- Kebir was
notthe massacre OF wretched hares or creatures
as timid as sheep. and the Foreign Under Sec-
rotary here In London Is obliged to confess
that three Of Arabi's Ministers are Ministers
IN the present Cabinet In Cairo. which is prac-
ideally English.
On the Continent the Nihiistic upgrowth in
Vienna is the most Interesting topic. The
Parliamentary inquiry committee holds its
meetings with closed doors under pledge Of
secrecy. and Is attended by the chief police
efioials.
The Hungarian Premier has got resolution
passed. which means the practical abandon
nent of the attempt TO lega!ize Judao. Chris
tian marriages.
In Spain. Canovas dol Castillo ia doing his
best to provoke revolution. He has snubhed
tho Catalonian protectionistR. has prohibited
republican dinners. which have been allowed
for the last Ave years and has sanctioned tho
Imprisonment for eight years OF eiItors Of
mildly critical articles.
In Berlin they have little politics and no
amussmant. The dcath Of the Saxon Princess
has broken M the social season at the last and
furious period before the beginning Of Lent.
and court officials secretly rejoice at the excuse
for sparlng the Emperor fatigue. The little
politica is found in the venomous discussion
IN the Bismarckian journals OF tho vote Of the
American Congress on Herr Lasker. which has
set all parliamentary parties by the ears.
I Y..I.
ting an inquiry committee on the social ques-
ton means nothing and the radical leader is
himself so unprepared with o romedy that no
oomos to England 10 begin the study OF the
subject under the auspices OF English working
men leaders.
Trouble Is in preparation for England in In
ela- Tho now ruler OF Hyderabad. n practically
Independent but always friendly State Is not
yet 16. and Is an impassive voluptuary: tho
new Premier is not 2O and naughty and lndls-
sreet while the always turbulent mobiles have
already begun TO fight among themselves.
Tho break up OF tho Garmoyle- -Fortsscue
match promises ugly complications. All the
papers are fierce against Garmoyle for his os-
tentatious exhibition OF his betrothed after tho
manner Of the fatuous masher. and against
bis father. Lord Cairns for his mixture OF cant
Ing piety ard attorney cunning. his proiessed
aNquiesconce and secret hostility The old
mans Iotters are Miss Fortescue's most valua-
bic possession. tho anxiety to obtain them her
chief advantage. Her journalistic advisers en-
courage q demand for 100000. and Mr.. Gilbert.
who acts as her friend is told TO make as hard
bargains for her rs he always does for himself.
She contemplates returning to tho stuge.
Society here is deeply interested In q festival
In Abort Hall for hospital in which our mos,
fashionable ladies will figure In the peasant