New-York tribune., 1884-01-13
NOTES FROM LONDON
Observation-Disclosures.

.,, ,,r nrGULIH CuRRESroSOENr OF THE IoI Ihuo -
lfeo" III" IONDOS, December IL
,ord Randolph ChurchilPs third speech nj Eu'h-
,.rrh was devoted to Ireland. He stu manages
a. rcfrain from comment on hls quohuan anu
eorh,ns future ally for tactical purposes IN the
Psf Co,nmons Mr. Parnen. But he has what
n,osc must bo called policy in Irish matters
49, imagine an Irishman summingit up IN TWO
ID hnlly and brbe. The last word describes
oorrcctjy enough one part OF LoId hahooiPn
r,uosais Advance, he says, public money Oh
.ho easiest terms for railways tramways, cahaiS,
IDS Iaborers' dwellings fisheries and oOJec's OIL
.hot kind We-owe tho Irish great deaf Tor our
nod government ofthem in the past; ana IL We
80, stipUv there are few injuries, however deep,
rbirh money will not cure The lrlsh may not
thi,k This a fattering account OF them, but thcy
,re themselves to thank if it should he accepted rs
,rre An Englishman would say that the basis
otur Parnells success III Ire and, where II mas
a., hocn violence has been plundcr; that ne nas
succeeded nth the farmers even with the farmers
of I-lstcr nv direct appeals TO nnscTnpu"us cCplu
a.. aud that IL is Only when they begin to douht
wbetl er he has any more 10 offer that their ale
u,ncr 10 HIM shows signs of falng on
The otbet half Of Lord Randolphs programme
,s no, without merit from the Tory point OF vlew'
The Liberals he says in effect, are always wanting
CONCESSIONS The Irish believe that anything may
he,,ot from MI Gladstone and MT. Chamberlain II
oplv they make fuss enOugh They believe that even
Home Rulc may be granted if they persevcre. Ihey
will never he 0uiCt till they are dlsahnSed Vi lhlS
notion. and the only way. in Lord RandophS Vle"'
t dissbusc them Is to pat the Tory party III power
81 beI,evc - bc SAYS that the Tory party Is not
prcparcd ~ give way an inch tC the irish parry "
This matter Let the lrish Know iha' 'iiouen
they cry day and night, though they VeX yon Win
much wickedness and harass you with much disor-
l.
from, vour own affairs though they cause yon all
apDor of trial and trouble that there is one thhg
, will detect at once IN whatever form OF
,ise il may he presented TO you there Is one thng
Won will never listen 10 there is one thing you Will
never Weld TO- and that is their demand i'r III
Irish Parliament and that TO their yells for the
repeal of the Union You answer with an unchahs
mo All uuchangeable unanimous No.
The weak point in Lord Randolphs appeal Is the
oss-nntinn that the Tories aud they only, can be
trpsted to utter this Interchangeable aud unanimous
M lie has himself been coqucttins with the Iar-
,aliites m the House of Commons. Last session
and the session before no sight was more common
than the consultations between tins hope o. the
Torres and such Irish chiefs rs ar. Paruell and Mr.
Bcrar Nor do | believe that there is any real
danger tbat the Liberals will in the end give way
70 IRISH clamor No doubt the Liberals have
made concessions; some of them of very dan
perous and ndefcnsiblc kind. Mr.. Chanberialls
rcatous with the ParncllitcS open 10 suspl-
ciou as Lord Randolph ChurchllIs Each oi those
Keen politicians is only too ready to score point at
the expense OF his enemy by the help of men who
orc in fact enemies 10 them and 10 all Engllshmen,
and 10 the Empire. But neither OF them dares 20
too far Both of them know that the people OF
England have made up their minds on the quies-
tion of irish secession. The; are not to be fright
encA or coaxed or cajoled, or kicked into acquies-
tuli.v involving break OF the
Kingdom.
It is idle therefore. for Lord Randolph TO appeal
10 Englishcn to put the Tories in power IN order to
make sure of Ireland. Engiishmen know well that
they hold in their own hands the ultimate decision
Of that and every other imperial question. They
would turn ont of Office any party that faltered
on that issue If Mr. Chamberlain becomes too
euterprising they viii tnrn him ont. They would
turn Mr. Gladstone himself oat, and both Nir.
Chamberlain md Mr.. Gladstone know it. l am fur
from meaning to hint that either of them would in
any conceivable emergency, propose OF acquesce
I'm secession. am only putting al extreme case.
think Mr. Chamberlain quite ready 10 go, as Lord
Randolph saws. dangerous lengths. But that is
because he knows he not only can but must stop
before he becomes identified with the cry for Irish
indcpcndcnce The Liberals Will go ont of office
sume day but ii will not be because they are Home
Rulers They are no more Home Rulers than the
Tories. No Tory Viceroy governed Ireland
more firmly than Lord Spencer Mr. James LOwther
himself was not more resou;e than MI L Trevelyan.
Mr. Forster made retOrt in his singularly
forcible and sagacous speech at Bradford which
NAV rank with the best of its kind. The IRISH
went to st. George. Hall to howl down the man
who had charged Mr. Parnell with completely with
arrarian crime They interrupted NT. Forster,
after their manner. with ferocious yells. He bore
il till the interruptions threatened 10 put an end
TO his speech. Then he turned u the gallery where
the Irish we're massed and said " AS you did not
succeed in numbering me IN Ireland, you viii have
to hear me in England" The roar of cheers whica
followed showed the Paruetcs that they had
choice hut 10 be silent; and for the rest of the
evening silent they werc
A well known Liberal, Sir Joseph Peasc, has pub
iShcd protest against the attempt Of The Pail
.NoU Ga-oite 10 extract from the Liberal Members
Of Parliament IN advance Of the session. their opin
ions on the programme Of the session. He declines
10 answer the catcchsm pnt to him, and invites the
author of the circular to consider the probable con-
sequences of publishing the returns he may receive.
II they show wide difference of views among Lib
clals the revelation would only add 10 the
strength Of the party With this single objection
Sir Joseph c0ntcn 2 himself. The many other Obvi-
GUS ones Of equal force he politely omits TO
mention and his reward for this discreet cOurtesyi is
10 be told by The faU Nal that his letter is feeble
and timid, and that lie has vlews and that he
is no better than party hack who will do what
ever the Whips tell Elm.
Nor is this all. Tie Pail Hau, in a leading
article lngnlarly presumng in tone. defends It's
circular, and says ii is 10 he supplemented by
another. The first duty Of journalist, we are
tcld, is TO ascertain what public opinion is. From
this UnobJectiOnable proposition it deduceS another
VzAAt the way to ascertain opinion is TO put ques-
hons to public men on public policy. Hitherto
such nquiTles have cen Limited hr On ahsnrd nd