The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-19
HIBERNIA'S TRIUMPH.
GLADSTONE AND THE QUEEN SUR.
RENDER TO PARNELL.
The Liberal Leader Makes a Short State
ment of His yiews-A GroyI from the
London Times-Secession Rather
Than Concession.

LONDON, Dec. 19-The following Telegram
was received from Mr. Gladstone at lat
hour Thursday night:
my reply in regard to The Standard
statements applies also to those of The Pal
Mall Gazette and Daily News. Although
those statements were Unauthorized, pro
posals may conveniently be canvassed
"Only an Irish parliament will meet the
case Local councils, etc, would be useless
The right to veto the acts of an Irish min
isty would be an illusion. propose instead
the exercise of sovereign power on the part
OF minister responsible to the imperial
parliament. The suggestion of an Irish
privy council is unworthy of attention The
| prlNy council survives only as a relic The
substitute is a cabinet. The questions of
commerce and police are difficult ones, but
| with limitation | believe that home rule
| may safely be granted and that it would
tend to raise the character of the Irish mem
! bars -
The Press Association says that Mr. Glad
| stone, foreseoing the increase in strength of
the farnell party, drafted scheme four
| months ago for the self-government of Ire
/ land, according TO which the power of veto
| by the crown could by exercised only on
the advice of n privy council convened
especially to discuss the subject in question.
The other points in the scheme were the
same as already published Tho project
was submitted to a few political friends OF
Mr Gladstone. Since the elections there
have been no formal consultation on the
subject, and r is not known whether or not
the details of the scheme have since been
modified
The Times says: 1.-The real danger is that.
amid endless protestatons against Separa-
hon and illusionary safeguards of imperial
unity, the control of the commons will be
gone, and will never be recovered except by
civil war We trust Englishmen will per
ceive this before it is too late 1t would be
better TO cut off connection absolutely and
to prepare for dealing with Ireland as an
open foe than to arm traitors by the farce
OF pretending to maintain unity without the
power to enforce a single law disapproved at
Dublin
The Dublin Daily Express, consistent
upholder of the Loyalists, devote5 leading
article Friday morning topicturing the CON
sequences which would result from home
rule in Ireland If the demands of the Par
nellites are granted and any such scheme of
home rule is attempted as Mr.. Gladstone has |
been credited with contemplating, The Ex- |
press declares that civil war would not be
unlikely to follow. There would be such a |
clashing Of class interests; such rivalry be-
tween the friends of the old regime and the
partlsans OF the new order Of things that
civil strife would hardly be avoided And |
i'll case such extremities We're prevented it is
perfectly certain that there would still be
endless friction between tho imyerial gov
ernrnent and that of Ireland
The Dublin Freeman's Journal IN an
article inspired by Parnell. declares that
Gladstone's demand for guarantees for the
protection of the landlords legitimate in
terests is reasonable, and suggests that the
parliament purchase the land, pay
the money toEngland to apportion to the land
owners, and ireland to deal with the ten
ants. The article wishes Gladstone God
speed, and asks Irishmen to remember the
difficulties of the question and not to de
mand more than can be given them
1t is reported that the queen has approved
Of some measure by which Ireland may be
given parliament under suitable guaran
tees as to the integrity of the empire, and
the talk is, of course, of Parnell for Irish
premier