Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-07
THE CABINETS POLICY.
THE PLATFORM FOR THE COM
ING ENGLISH ELECTIONS.

Chamberlain and Sir Dixie Refuse AS
sent to the Irish Grimes Act--Ths Gov
ernment ON the Verge of Disruption
The Increased Tax ON Liquors De-
nounced-Threatening to Resign.
LONDON, June 6.-No progress has
been made during the past week IN ally
ing the dissenslons in the British Cabinet.
The government remains on the verge of
disruption. Mr.. Chamberlain is ambitious
to become an English Premier, and Sir
Dixie, innately radical, still stubbornly
refuses to assent to Mr.. Gladstone's an
nounced policy of renewing the Irish
crimes act. 1t is true that the ''grand
old man" yesterday retreated from his
original position tar enough to admit that
the government mean now only to renew
the bill modified, but the rebels in the
Cabinet insist that there exists in Ireland
to-day no reason and no prospect for a
renewal in any form.
While neither Mr.. Chamberlain nor Sir
Dixie have personally stated in public
that they will resign from the Cabinet if
the Premier persists in his renewal policy,
1t is generally understood that both have
actually threatened to do so, and 1t is not
believed that the modified policy an
L
has in any way altered the threat.
The quarrel in the Cabinet has, in fact,
extended to other matters. The Radical
ministers are just as much opposed to the
plan of the electoral campaign fOrmu-
lated for the coming election by the Wing
members as they are to a renewal of the
Irish crimes act. The number of Minis
terlal rebels on this point is larger
even than that aTrayed against
81 I.o,- -1,gs NI,ns. &
the Board of Trade; Sir Charles Dixie,
President of the Local Government Board;
&. o. Treyelyan, John Bright's successor
in the Chancellorship OF the Duchy of
Lancaster, and &. Il. Shaw-LeFevre, sue
cessor to the great Fawcett, Postmaster
General, all insist on a radical platform.
These gentlemen agree that the principal
planks in the Liberal platform should be
!. Reform in the constitution of the House
of Lords by reducing the number of heredi-
tary peers and increasing the number Of life
titles.
2. Reform OF the law of entail, which will
work towards division rather than the con-
centratlOn Of land titles.
3. General reform in the land laws of Great
Britain to the end that the number of hold
ings in fee may be increased and Titles to land
be easily obtained.
4. For ireland the widest possible measure
OF self government consistent with the unity
of the British empire.
8. Public denominatiOnal education on the
principles accepted by the Irish party.
The Whig faction in the Cabinet refuse
steadfastly to accept any of these five
principles in the platform Of the Liberal
party for the coming campaign, hence the
party will enter the canvass weak from a
lack Of cohesion. On this account it is
more than probable that Mr.. Gladstone
will be induced to remain in politics and
power for the purpose of personally con-
Quoting the campaign for his party. The
Liberals have no other man competent for
the task.
Lord Randolph Churchill, speaking at
Cambridge to-day, denounced the in
crease of the duties on liquor. The tax
on beer, he said, is virtually to tax bar
lev. The PRESENTS not the proper mo-
ment to impose fresh burdens upon agri-
culture. The whole tariff system should
form the subject Of a searching inquiry.