New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-29
MIR GLADSTONE'S TACTICS.
. CHANGE IN THE ENGLISH POLITICAL
SITUATION.

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,osrnoxru VT or THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS THROUGH
THE PRI, = MINISTER'S AsTUTENEss-A POWER
FIJI ATTACK ON THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
LAY CABLE THE TRIBUSEl
Toxnov June 2S.-A complete change has come
.ver the politica sky since Monday. The Ministry
which last week was believed to be IN imminent
danger, and in hesitation whether to dissolve OF 10
resign. emerges triumphant for the moment from
amid the most pressing perils' Inc Egyp'ian
crisis. though not over, is postponed. MIR.
Gladstone's genius for Parliamentary sfa'-
egy has made his wcrst mistakes
abroad serve him at home. His agreement WIN
France, as described by himself, proves TO empcdy
nearly every concession to French susceptlbllites
and every defiance of English opinion which had
been foretold He deliberately renounces the most
important advantages England has won IN Egypt
He PLEDGE, himself to retire from Egypt beginning
with 1883, and establishes in the meantime
Multiple Control which, NJ. Ferry defines and MI
Gladstone admits will have all the powers of the
old Dual Control except the right of attending
Egyptian Cabinet councils English occupation
once ended, Egypt the Suez Canal excepted) is 10
be nextraized France in return abandons its
claim to revive the Dual Control, which everybody
knows is dead and agrees that England bhaii
have the casting vote In the boaru
of Control (which will be useless, unless with for
eign help. France also promises not to occupy the
country when England leaves it.
A VICTORY FOR FRANCE.
The concessions are mainly illusory. The finance
question on which all future arrangements reaiiy
hinge. is left untouched. 1t is his astuteness In
senaratnc the two halves of his policy which gives
the Prime Minister his present triumph. Mr. Glad
stone referred to finance as a question exclusively
for the Conference, He announced that the Con-
ference would meet to-day, and refused absolutely
when pressed by questions to give any account
whatever of his own proposals or of the French
acreements though it is known from other sources
that France will enter the Conference unpledged
70 anything, and certainly intends to op-
pose cutting the coupon, and probably VIII
resist the whole English scheme M.
Ferry's easy victory in the French
Chamber is a much better indication of French
the bondholders' interests. Politically speaking
the victory rests with France. Mr. Gladstones
concessions amount to surrender OF English inter-
ests. The bondholders oppose because they hope
that England will ultimately be forced into pro-
tectorate or annexation, immensely increasing the
value of Egyptian securities.
THE TORY DILEMMA.
Mr. Gladstone therefore left the Tories in thsdilem
ma they must either acquesoe for the time in the
half-dscosed policy of the Government, or attempt
10 induce the House to censure proposals OF which
If had no official knowledge. Mr.. Goschen and Mr.
Forster instantly announced that they could not
nnder these circumstances, support resolution OF
censure. Lord Randolph Churchill nevertheless
in speech exceptionally reckless even for
him forced the hand of the leaders,
Sir Stafford Northcote yielding after two days and
giving notice of vote of censure, which Mr. Glad
stone oyfuly accepted, fixing Monday for the de-
bate. and declaring privately that "the Lord had
delivered his enemies into his hand"
There is but one opinion in regard to the incred-
ible folly of the Tories every independent journal
heretofore opposing the Ministerial policy In Egypt
declaring that the present action of the Opposition
7, sucidal and The Standard itself giving but half
hearted support The result is that the Ministers
next week will be contending with France in the
Conference while they are attacked by the Tories
in the House, notwithstanding Mr. Gladstone's as
surance that the whole agreement as thus lar re-
yealed becomes nugatory if the Conference fails to
accept his financial proposals.
MR.. GLADSTONE WARNS THE LORDS.
Not content with this, Mr. Gladstone provides
O fresh diversion for the public lie starts
fresh crisis by appealing to the country against
tbe Lords in defence of the Franchise Bill, which
Lord Salisbury has finally resolved to reject. Mr..
Gladstone's appearance in the House of Commons
on Thursday was wholly unexpected, nobody an
ticipating that the Government would do more than
move the third reading formally. The Speaker had
arranged with Mr. Goschen to call on him. Imme-
diatelv after the motion was made, as the members
on both sides were leaving the House, Mr.. Glad
stone began with quiet tones but the laundering
cheers from the remaining Liberals which greeted
his opening sentences called everybody back. Ihe
scene thenceforward was one of intense excite
ment. Every word of warning, challenge and men
nee to the Lords was emphasized by tremen-
dous applause from below the gangway'
Every phrase was kept strictly within par
liamentary limits but the House of Lords
was distinctly notified that the rejection OF
the Franchise Bill would give rise to a conflict
which Mr.. Gladstone, though protesting to regard
as a calamity grievous to the country and one he
was desirous to avoid warned them would imperil
the legislative existence of the Lords. lie declared
that the crisis would be the most serious one since
The Corn Laws entailinp infinite mischief and dill