Savannah morning news., 1885-11-29
T0RY-LIBERAL ALLIANCE.
GLADsTONEs PLAN TO DISRUPT
THE PARNELLITES.

Signs that Lord Salisbury is not Averse
to Entering Into the Seheme-Irish
DictatiOn Almost Sure TO Rule if Some e
thing of the Kind is not Done.
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The political situa-
tion tonight indicates that the Conserva-
tives will remain in power, Itnow seems
impossible for Mr.. Gladstone's party to
secure that majority of the members in
the next Parliament which Lord Sails
bury has declared necessary to prove that
the British people desire a change in the
government, hence both Conservatives
and Liberals now accept Tory reten-
tion Of office as certainty, and both par
ties have already begun shaping their
affairs to conform to that prospect. In
fact, the greater OF the Liberal leaders are
at present specializing upon Lord Sails
bury's probable policy.
THE CABINET TO BE REARRANGED.
1t is thought the Tory premier will re-
arrange his Cabinet before the opening of
Parliament, whether his party holds
power by the virtue of a small majority
of its own, or by virtue of the strength
derived from an alliance with the Par
nellltes. 1t is everywhere conceded that
tion the subject of his first important
measure OF legislation, as the home rulers
Will certainly have the balance of power.
ANY Legislation proposed by the Conser-
vatives for the benefit OF Ireland will have
to contain very generous and radical con-
cessions in order to be acceptable to the
league members.
GLADsToNE's vINDICTIvENEss.
Their demands in this respect may be
regarded by the new government as eX-
torti0nate, and may on this account be re-
fused. The Parnellites at present
threaten to use their balance of power to
block ali legislation until their demands
| are satisfied. They will, however, in all
probability be baffled in theii attempts to
carry out such determination. Mr..
Gladstone can be very indicative. The
Parnell vote threw the Liberals from
power, and the same vote prevented their
return. Mr.. Gladstone knows that the
Tories do not love the Irish and would be
glad to be Independent of them.
ATORY-LIBERAL ALLIANCE.
Now, if the Conservatives could be
made independent of the Home Rulers the
Parnellite balance of power would disap-
pear and the Irish party would 60 to
pieces to stay dismembered) J, because OF
the loss of the cohesive powers of accom-
plishment. MIR. Gladstone is English
above all things. He has 1t in his power
to deprive MIR. Parnell Of all the expected
benefits he counts on in the control of a
solid Irish party. He need only ally him.
self with the Conservatives on all the
Irish measures to do this.
THIS COURSE NOT UNPRECEDENTED.
Such an alliance would be in accord with
| the past history of the Liberal party, and
would be exceedingly grateful to the To-
ries. 1t would leave the Parnellites and
Radicals out in the cold, for combined,
they would bean insignificant minority in
comparison to their allied opponents.
The practical and political justice of this
form of retaliation is apparent, and there
are already indications that the ''grand
old man" has made up his mind to adopt
it.
IRISH DICTATION UNBEATABLE.
A story is current in the clubs tonight
that MIR. Gladstone has intimated to Lord
Salisbury his Willingness, in the event of
Conservative success at the polls, to give
the whole Liberal strength to the support
of the government on sail reasonable
measures in order to prevent the neces-
sity Of yielding to the ruinOus course of
placing England under irish dictatiOn.''
The very phraseOlogy OF the expressive
overture is captivating to the Tories. No
doubt is entertained that the Liberal
leaders, proposal, if it really has been Of
fered, has been accepted.
THE TORY CHANGE OF FRONT.
This would clearly explain the inward
meaning OF the sudden change of front
adopted but yesterday by the Conserva-
tives. After the Parnellite manifesto issued
last Saturday forbidding the casting of
the home rule vote for the Liberal candi-
Iafn had aaanrod fho loo for ho
Conservatives, the Tory leaders suddenly
lost much Of the ardOr they had displayed
while courting the alliance. The Glad
stone-Salisbury compact makes all this
plain. II also suggests many other seri-
Gus reflections.
RUIN OF THE NATIONALIsTs.
UppermOst among these is the thought
that this latest GladstOnian intrigue may
aim at the ultimate disruption of the
whole Irish party as separate parlia-
mentary organization. II, after all their
steady efforts, many sacrifices and long
continued good management, the Irish
party should find that their complete
unity, instead of being Of any avail, 4,
should result in nothing but solid COM
binatiOn Of the great English parties
against them, nothing would be more
natural than for them 10 become die
cOuraged, and to aver the inutility and
even danger Of their organization, and to
fail tolpieces.
A CARDINALS ESTIMATE.
Their case would exactly resemble that
TO which a celebrated Cardinal has
likened 1t, and which he advises the
Catholics OF the United States to avoid.
$50 long" said he, 'as you remain in one
political party the other can afford to as
sail you, and when the uniriendly party
is in power your loss will be great. II the
party you are allied to should obtain
power. 10 would not dare 10 make your
cause It's own. III you remain party by
yourselves you must barter your in
fluepce without obtaining any certainty
OF obtaining your price, and you cannot
act alone without arraylng the balance
Of the country against you.
THE ONLY COURSE.
"The only way is 10 divide yourselves
between the parties as other churches do,
and then you will be equally assailable."
The Spectator declares that IL has au-
thority for stating that the LIBERAL
Conservative understanding on the lines
above described has been arrived at.
A a.. IfNoratf Tfnaral nIuha orraaf