The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-07
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE
IRELAND AND SOUTHLAND AROUSED BY
Mr., GLADSTONE'S POLICY.

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LONDON, Sept. 6.-The first and greatest
fact in the orations OF Mr.. Gladstone is that
there Ia not going to DO a dissolution In the
autumn. That Ia the meaning OF his vehement
declaration that he will not allow the House Of
Lords to decide the date OF an appeal to the
people Tho prospect then 10 OF Gladstone
meeting Parliament In February 1885. and 60
ing through session as II nothing In the world
had occurred. although their lordships had In
the mean time thrown out the Franchise bill In
the autumn session. The present Parliament
could legally continue until Marsh. 1885. and.
even according to precedent It could 60 on I'LL
tho middle OF 1886. and It will therefore be seen
that tho Grand Old Man has still plenty OF time
before him In case he means to stick to Office
no matter what the Lords may do. 1t Is inn
possible to say. Of course. what would be the
action Of the Lords in this new contingency.
Few people doubt that Lord Salisbury will
summon up courage enough to reject the bill
in tho autumn. but 1t may well be doubted
whether he will get his shivering followers to
enter on o third campaign.
Meantime the Premier has managed to set
Ireland and Scotland In mild flame. The
speech which has created most attention In
Ireland and Ia destined to be quoted probably
TO the end Of time is that In which he confessed
that he was 80 busy In watching the action OF
Lord Beaconsfeld In every other quarter Of the
globe that he had not had time to make HIM
self acquainted with the real state OF affairs in
Ireland. A Ireland at the time was on the
very verge Of famine. and the great Land
League agitation had already passed it's vigor-
GUS infancy the obvious inference has been
drawn alike BY Irish National and such fair
English Radical journals as the Pail Mall Ga
7ette. that when man 80 eminent. omniscent.
and we'll intentioned as Gladstone is hopelessly
at sea, the invincible ignorance Of England in
Irish affairs has received startling conflrma-
ton. Mr.. Healy seized upon the point with his
usual promptitude and astuteness. and mado
It tho text OF speech denouncing the refusal
OF England to grant to constitutional agitation
what she afterward yields to crime and vio-
lence. The English Tory journals describe the
speech az melting to violence. while Radical
prints declare II. with sad shake Of tho head.
to be at least partly true.
In Scotland. on the other hand. few kind
words az to the crofters have stirred up o fierce
demand for the extension 70 Scotch tenants OF
the Irish Land act. The proofs OF universal
popularity with which Gladstone has been re-
ceived have tempted the journals into full
ness Of petty and personal detail that are a
little novel in English journalism. Here are
specimens: During one speech he burst his
collar but took no notice OF the accident. He
sighed as an axe was presented to him. and
said that 1t was too weightv for him and would
have to be left to one Of his sons. and he has
shaken hands with multitude Of mill girls
Mrs. Gladstone always figures largely on these
occasions. William being partly popular be-
cause he Is so SYSTEMATICALLY q family man. and
she excited great applause at ono meeting
by mixing in public the mysterious
compound Of egg and alcohol with which
the great orator vets bis whistle.
Two periervd Scotchmen have got In
to the police court for coming to blows over
his merits. ono skeptic describing tho erea
orator. to the immense delight Of Tory journal
ism. AZ "Cassln' aud mon." while the other
emphatically declared that he was q gentle
man. A correspondent OF the monomaniacal
NJ. Ja,aess Ga.ete declares that tho most re-
markaOie feature about Irving's Louis YI. 10
his weird likeness to Mr.. Gladstone when he Is
tortured by the contemplation Of tho lives he
has sacrificed to his ambition. and. finally. the
statistical fend brings up the rear with a cal
culation that whereas in his former Midlothian
campaign he poke at the rate Of ninety words
aminute. In the present he has gone UP to 118.
The issue Of Manteufrel's rescript as to the
young Alsatians at the very moment OF the
supposed rapprOchement between Germany and
France has produced as pleasant q feeling in
Paris az the rush OF the shower after the torrld
Nanguor OF the Turkish bath. and though the
journals make very guarded comments. the
language In private Ia very bitter. The irrita.
ton OF the French ia increased by certain
feeling OF being exploited by the willy Chancel'
lor In his advances toward q common move
ment against England. Italy has redeemed
France from the reputation OF being the mos
cowardly country In the world when disease
comes along by her even wilder pranks o.
terror and ignorance. Trains. and even
ironclads have over and over again had
to be protected from volleys by excited mobs
anxious to prevent any stranger coming into
the towns. The superstition that the cholera Is
produced by the doctors is SO general that the
Archbishop OF Naples after gaining the praise
Of all men for his hsrosm in going among the
sick in tho poorest and Althlest slums. is now
roundly accused by the Yabble OF being In
league with the DOCTORS and all medicines are
still obstinately thrown away. Every intelli
gent Italian Is ashamed Of his country. The
newspapers rave that. because some Thousands
= Of tho population OF thirty millions have beer
attacked. the masses are seized with delirun
Of fright. while ono journal oonfesses that the
present spectacle In Italy Is almost negatior
OF her demand to be enrolled among the grea
nations OF the world. The visit Of the Ministers
to Naples is intended to put some spirit int
the people. and II the plague goes on. the King
who has all the courage Of his father. intend
to visit the plague-stricken city. Meantime
the local authorities insist on their own madl.
absurd regulations In some towns the visito
haste show certificate OF twenty days resi-
dence In an uninfected locality. In others h
has to undergo fifteen days quarantine. Will
the gates OF far larger number are absolute
closed to all foreigners. and the portals ar
kept BY armed vigilance committees selecte
from the citizens.
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