Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06

districts tho Irish vote N very power
crfnl. II Is IN the north, in Liver
pool, Manchester, Birmingham, Stafford.
shire, Newcastle, Durham, Derbyshlre.
Here and there Il IL predominant. Now
the mandate has gone forth from Parnell
and his caucus that the Irish are 20 vote
for the Conservatives. 4 few weeks ago
the Liberals dcned the Irish voters. The
Liberal orators everywhere scoffcd at the
Conservatives for making compact with
Irish rebels. They dared the Conserya-
lives to fight under the Irish standard.
They called upon the Conservatives 20
deny the unholy alliance. The Conserya-
tlycs In some cases did deny IT, for they
had no understanding with Paruell; but
coming into power, they had refused 70
/ renew the coercion act, They had granted
an inquiry into certain criminal trials
which the Irish asked for, and they had
generally shown a practical sympathy
with some Of the Irish claims. Il WAS
natural that the Irish should 90 with the
| Conservatives. Their vote in The com
mons had turned the government out. 1t
was not that they particularly liked the
4 Tories, but they hated the Libor-
ais During tho past few weeks the prog
poets Of tho Tories have improved all over
the county, 80 much so that non-olilcial
but nevertheless worry direct Oycrtnrcs
have been made TO parnell by the Liberal
Whips and wire pulers. This Is no mere
gossip, no hcarsay, but the simple truth
"Withdraw your mandate TO the Irish
electors In England and Issue one IN our
favor: give us your influence In the En-
gllsh constitucncie. aud in return we viii
promise you home rule and undertake TO
use all our influence on Mr. Gladstone to
bring In n bill comforting upon Ireland
legislative Independence This IS, IN
brief, the proposal which Parnell is un-
derstood to be considering. He knows
none bcttcr--how much the Liberals can
promise when out Of office; he knows how
much more the Conservatives do In Office
than they promise out Of 10. Whichever
his decision may be II will not be nGu-
cnccd by considerations for either party.
IN plague on both your houscs,n hc
would say with Shakspenro's stricken
hero; aud his guiding star viii be Ireland.
Tho Parncllites may well "chortlc in their
JOYS" they have never been so powerful
AZ they are at this moment.
-.
"rHE sURLY DRUMS nEAr TERRIBLY
AFFAIR"
While the boodless light of free peo-
pic olccting It's political chiefs and
statesmen RACES harmlcssly over the
land, there has broken out Il war IN the
Balkans that may spread TO many coun-
tries. To-day the press Of Europe Is
"lIorrlbly stun'd with oplthcts Of war"
The air Is full Of II. For the moment
the politicians stop to- breathe and ask
what IL the news from Bulgaria. The
London papers, having for years snccred
at the sensational headlines Of the
American press, are now crowded with
feeble limitations OF the displays they
have dcrldcd. For Instance, here Is az
example from the Daily News;
THE WAR IN TnE EAST.
CAPTURE or REDoUDrs rs THE sERvIiNs.
GREAT BATTLE NEAR TIiE DRAGOAIAN
PASS
OBSTINATE RESISTANCE or THE nULGA-
RiASs.
rRfNcE ALEXANDER AND THE RUSSIAN
ARMY.
TuE poLIrICAi. SITUATION.
The Evening Standard came out at
night with nearly quarter OF co umn
Of headlines, displayed in the most Mt
tractiye style, announcing "rhc Invasion
OF Bulgaria Crushing Defeat Of the But
parlans--Surrcnder of Three Battalinns-
Capture of Guns and Prisoners Buipa-
rlan Motto TO the Powcrg,n and 40 on.
Some OF my American readers will be
surprised that should draw attention TO
these things. But we In England
have been mentioning this kind of
newspaper heading as peculiar
TO America fors years past. Yesterday
the Daily News preceded its sensational
and graphic headings with an interview
with tbn kprNriuY tnlutular W,
curious and eccentric people. Just ~
you are reducing your head lines and
thinking less Of "lntoryicws" we are be-
ginning to adopt both; and now that you
are raising "A cry for free trade we are
crying out for protection. There Is moth
ing new under the sun, We are all re-
yivallsts. Everything has been done. It
IN done over again at long intervals and
called new. 1t will he rather hard on
England II the Eastern question has 20 be
fought out again with her assistance.
should the recent trouble spread
II VIII be as difficult for n
Tory rs for a Liberal government TO
keep out of IL. Queen Victorln is
m astntc sovereign. I have informed you
more than once OF the intense Interest she
took in the lioOm-Eleeun rising; how she
tried TO help Prince Alexander; how she
wrote TO the Emperor William m his IN.
! tcrcst, and how the ear first grew cal-
Gus at this, and the other day, through
the Indirect influence of the queen, tho
| car withdrew his demand for the abdlca.
ton of the prince. Contradictions of this
personal private action of the queen ap-
| pcared in the London papers, inspired by
a court official; but the queen would not
have contradicted them, and she snubbcd
the illustrlous Ponsonby recently for con.
| tradicting reports about her investments.
| Nobody living understands the Eastern
question and Che possibilities OF the pres.
ent war better thun the queen. Her diary
and the published letters show an init.
mate knowledge OF the subject aud deep
| personal Interest IN it, From the first the
/ queen has not believed In pacific set.
| tlcmcnt OF the Room-Eloean royolt she has
had every incident OF the movement tele.
graphed 70 her; she has had every action
OF her ministers communicated TO her
| md ghp consider tho nutInnt Z, 10 -