The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-07
BRITISH REVIEW.
The Serious Split on the Irish
Crimes Act.
PROPOSED LIBERAL REFORMS
Lumsden-Bi-Metal = Int RI ock's
Murder-POpular Princess
The Ameer-Etc.
The Weekly Review.

LONDON, June 6.-No progress has
been made during the week in allaylng
the discussions in the British Cabinet;
Government remains on the verge OF
disruption. Chamberlain, ambitious
to become an English Premier, and
Dixie, innately radical. still stubbornly
refuse to assent to Gladstone's ammo IA.
ced policy of renewing the Irish criales
act 1t is true that the grand ola
man." yesterday, retreated from his
o4iginal position on this question far
enough to admit that the government
now mean TO renew the bill, modified
but the rebels in the Cabinet insist that
there exists in Ireland. to-day, no rea-
son, and no prospect of any reason. for
renewal in any form. While neither
Chamberlain nor Dixie have PERSONAL
stated, in public, that he will resign
from the Cabinet if the Premier per-
slsts in his renewal policy, it is gener-
ally understood that both have actually
threatened to do so, and it is not be-
lieved that the modified policy announ-
ced by the prime minister has in any
wise 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 formulated
for the comiito. election by the Wing
members as ts1ey are to the renewal of
the crimes act. The number of min
isterial rebels on this point is larger
even than are arrayed against the re-
newal. Chamberlain, chairman of the
board of trade; Dixie, president of the
local government board; Trevelyan,
John Bright's successor in the chancel-
lorshlp of the Duchy of Lancaster, and
Shaw Lefevre, successor to the great
Fawcett as Postmaster-General, all in
sist on a radical platform. These
gentlemen agree that the principal
planks in the Liberal platform should
! be: first, reform in the constitution oftht
House of Lords, by reducing the mum
Der of hereditary peers and increasing
the number of life titles; second
reform of the law of entail
\ which will work towards 4
| division rather than concentration
of land titles; third, general reform II
| the land laws of Great Britain, to the
end that the number of holdings in fee
NAV be increased and the titles to the
land be more easily obtained; fourth
for Ireland, the widest possible measure
of self-government consistent with the
unity of the British Empire; fifth, pub
&c denominational education, on the
rinciples accepted by the Irish party
The Wing faction in the Cabinet re
fuse, steadfastly, to adopt any OF these
five principles in the platform of thu
Liberal party for the coming campaign
and hence, the party will enter the can
vass weak from lack of cohesion. Or
this account, it is more than probable
that Gladstone will be induced to re
fmain in politics, for the purpose of per
sonally conducting the campaign TO
his party. The Liberals have no other
man competent for the task.
General Wolseley is engaged in tn
preparation of an official report on tn
charges preferred against Genera
IGraham, commander of the Suakim
Berber expedition, and General Mcneil
commander a. the advance force of tn
expedition, = T neglect of duty and IN
competence 10 conducting their cam
paign. If the report be unfavorable
both generals will be subjected to
special inquiry by military council.
The outspoken denunciations of tn
conduct of the government toward tn
British Afghan boundary commission
reported made by Sir Peter Lumsdel
I on his way home, since his recal
have induced the British war ofilc
to ask him whether the newspape
interviews published are accurate re
}. norts of what he said The answer +
this interrogatory is awaited with ln II.
} est. The authorities in the war offic
undoubtedly sympathize with LumsdeI
4 but the Cabinet is exasperated over hl
singing criticisms of the government
management of the Afghan dispute
and thew demand that he repudiat
them or be punished by some signs
mark of the displeasure of government
Lumsden's friends say he meant ever
: word attributed to him in these lntel
views, and that he will not repudiate
word. He believes, his friends argue
that government outraged the countr
J and disgraced the Afghan Boundar
Commission and he will abandon the o
fee rather than retract one OF his crl
icisms.
| Prince Bismarck, in reply
} an address sent him by the peasar
congress now in session at Koestrit
asking him to use his influence in s.
curing the adoption among the nation
of bi-metallism, said that he at preseI
could give no personal opinion upon II
: subject, as the entire question OF b
I metallism had been submitted 10 tn
examination of competent authority. :.
!, The Berlinese and Germans general
: are still greatly puzzled over the myst
: rious death of Herr Interbock, the EN-
4 nent. journalist Although at first r
e garded as somewhat singular it ws
< deemed nataral Interbock was foun
insensible on the pavement in front {
his residence, at late hot
in the night. He was carried into II
house and placed under the care OF
physician, who found him unconsciou
!. from hemorrhage of the lungs, an
when he bled to death, the doctors ce
' tilted that he died from hemorrhage
: diseased lungs. The corpse was dul
+ composed and the funeral was a
: ranged. After the hearse had reache
: the grave, and when the coffin W,
? about TO be lowered into the groun'
, some policemen gathered up, stoppe
!. the burial proceedings and claimed II
-. Far ouf0DSv on the charge thu