New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-15
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
,,,,rcr Of MR. GLADsToNEs SPEECHES
POWERFUL APPEAL FOR LIBERAL UNI ni"N
curpcu SAFE, But THE EMPIRE IN pAN'"
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, Nov ALL eyes this week have been
..nod toward Midlothian Mr.. Gladstone e''
rororden early Monday morning mauo So''n
..oohss NV the way, reached, Edinburgh at
-,.,oo, in the afternoon and was welcomed Win
tbe old enthusiasm. He drove at once 10 1>.D','
pou smoke for an hour, and then dro'o W D'''
,,onv = distance of seven miles, arriving III s0'N
.5;.ior Ietters from Edinburgh describe MN do
s;,,r,v in marvellous health and perfectly ea""i W
,ror,, no chooses to undertake. His speeches.
.,rs for show no diminution of courage energy Vi
intellectual power
1EApEIsHp FIRMLY ASSUMED.
,..o;o,,, orno1cntlv that the chief harm had
been done by his long delay at Hawarueh h' "n
nounced at starting that his mission was " ''".N
and TO preach unity of the Liberal party lha' Ho
said il the one thing Liberals want lie aSSoi'''
b;s own leadership declared it to be his duty W iii
h;s own convictions on his followers, TO ascer
. the average convictions of the party 10 uci'n0
tbsm 70 enforce them aud to resist every onor' "
claim authority for the opinions OF mere sec'ion
r,i. - understood by everybody to mean that the
Radicals must for the present take the back seat
Having TINS tried to restore order i'll the ranks Oh
ihoral marty Mr. Gladstone turned to the country
with powerful appeal TO elect great Lioeiai MA
;oritv in Parliament as the sole means OIL deaiins
safely. honorably and independently with the ono
most pressing question of the hour, Ireland he
declared the demand OF Ireland for large powers oi
Golf foovsrnment to he vital danger to the Empire
..,,o.0 ,ho ,,iortv in Parliament could be totally
iudependcnt of Irish votes He professed nii'eAi "
be ready to mako large concessions, but never 10
listen for one single moment to any propoS'''o"
tending to impair the unity of the Empire lhiS ho
,o,terated Is subject of such commanding import
once rs to Sweep into the shade every other.
THE REAL ANSWER TO DisEsTADLlSHNENI'
Thus declaration. which most Englishmen regard
osrerfcctlv true in itself, is MIR. Gladstones real
ooswor 70 the cry for disestablshment The Eng
lsb Cbnrcb. he insisted Is not in danger; the Elm
n,re is. lie Justly charged upon the Tories VINO
nose as friends of the Church, that they were rSN
ing her existence for electioneerng purposes i0
de6ned his views on disestablishment at length Oh
"Wednesday. refused categvricay to lead or to sup
wort th. movement against the Scotch Church. and
denied all possibility of raising the question Will
reference to the English Church In the coming
Parliament.
ELECTION PROSPECTS UNCERrAIN.
II must be admitted that it is still doubtful 10
what extent Mr.. Gladstone has quelled the KadlcaI
revolt or quetsd the tcrrOrs of Liberal churchen'
If what he has said this week had been said month
ooo all would have been well. Now the zeal OF the
Eree Cburch in Scotland has grown riotOus. The
leaders of that party respond to Mr. Gladstoncs re-
fnsal to lead them with declarations that they must
lead themselves In England there is no sign that
the Liberal peers who signed last weeks manifesto
intend to withdraw it or TO support any Liberal
candidate not pledged against disestablshmeht.
No1erote Liberals everywhere threaten to abstain
from voting. or to vote with the Tories The pros
meet Of the election seems in fact hardlymOre clear
than before Mr. Gladstone Quilted Hawardcn.
TIE IRISH QUESTION.
, The Irish question. however, bas been put once
for all in the front and will remain there till it is
settled. Mr. Parnell replied to Mr.. Gladstone ln-
stantly recognizing the extreme Importance OF The
Liberal leaders declaration but complaining OF his
vagueness of statement and inviting him forthwith
10 frame constitution for leland embodying the
limitations he regarded s.entia, to submit this
to the country before the elections and to let the
constituencies express their opinion Mr. P"rnell
knows this to be impossible. His proposal is only
ALI adroit eectionecring move.
THE TORIES RErICENT.
The Tories continue mostly dunno on the Irish
ouestion. Lord Saisbury's brief reference on Mon
day pledged him to nothing. Lord Randolph
Churchill last night at Birmingham thought it
snIicient to describe Mr.. Gladstone speech tre-
mendous bid for the Irish vote, which certainly is
not true.
LORD RosEBERY CoMPLIMENTED.
Mr. Gladstone present and spoke last night
Mt the banquet given by the Scottish Liberal Club
TO Lord Rosebery 1t was a magnificent demon.
straton of gratitude for Lord Rosebery's services
to Scottish Liberalism. Lord Rosebery's speech,
which Mr. Gladstone described as powerful and adj
mirablo was one more eloquent appeal for Liberal
unity.
TIE EASTERN QUESTION.
There is no change in the situation in the East.
The Conference makes no headwaY and probably
intends to take no decision before the result of the
English elections is known. What Lord salisbury
said at the Lord Mayors dinner Monday sho wed
n settled purpose to hold aoof from all schemes for
redividIng Bulgaria. Tho speech made q deep inl-
preston abroad he handled foreign questions
with gravity and discretion.
War with Burlnah is inevitable. The Chinese, as
Lord Salisbury intmated, have been concihatcd.
The ENGLISH forces are moving