St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-22
MR.. PARNELL'S POWER
In English Politics to be Vividly Demon
strated in the Coming Gen
eral Elections.
he Forms an Alliance With the Tories
and Thus Iusures Defeat
for Gladstone.
The Question of Disestablishment the
Rock on Which the Liberals
VIII split.
European Sympathy With Prince
Alexander, in Whose Favor
the Tide Has Turned.
The Coming English Elections.

The Coming English Elections.
Special TO the Globe.
LONDON. Nov. 21.- The actual dissolu-
ton of parliament last Wednesday has
brought England face to face with the
greatest electoral contest in her history.
The first elections will be on Monday next.
The borough elections will be completed by
Saturday. The elections in the counties
will drag to Dec. 10. No attempt has been
made to modify the clumsy methods Of
earlier times. The country is but i'll pre-
pared to divide on the issues before it..
Neither the Liberals nor the Tories have
distinctly defined their policy. The Liber al
party is notoriOusly split aSunder on two. il
cot three, vital questions. Mr.. Gladstone
naS done his best at Midlothian to plaster
over these yawning cracks, but his efforts this
year succeed imperfectly. The sudden hos
tility between Radicals and moderate Lib
erals remains unappeased. The fued
smolders, ready to break out afreSh when
the elections are over, as the voters clearly
preceive that Mr.. Chamberlains policy OF
plunder while reDuked by Mr.. Gladstone,
has never been diSavowed by its author.
The diseStablishment of the English church
Is disavowed strenuOusly as an immediate
measure, but disavowal fails to quiet the
alarms of Liberal churchmen. The plat
form attacks of former Radical ministers or
their former colleagues are hushed as the
election draws near, but 1t Is
AN OPEN SECRET
that Mr. Chamberlain's friends are still
seeking to compass the defeat of Mr.. Goshen
at Edinburg Mr.. Gladstone's attempt tU
eliminate from Scotch politics the question
of disestablishment of the Scottish church
has failed. The Free church ministers on
Thursday, by a majority of four to one, re-
jected Mr. Gladstone's appeal for harmony
and resolved to support only disestablish-
ment candidates. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Liberal disenters will follow
Mr.. Gladstone or clerical leadership. Mr..
Gladstones speech on Tuesday at West
Calder abounded in expressions of coapli-
ment and cOnciliatiOn, but supplied little
fresh material to aid the Judgment OF the
country. He failed to follow up the Irish
question, which he began last week by
presenting as Of paramount Importance.
He declined loosely Mr.. ParnePs invita-
ton to form a new constitution for Ireland,
but weakened. rather than deepened. the
impression of his previeL. speeches. What
seems wanting in Mr.. Gladstone's present
definite purpose or any other purpose than
the restoration of the Liberals to power.
The Tories in the meantime push two ques-
tionS to the front,
FAIR TRADE AND DIsEsTABLIsHMENT.
The former assumes unexpected promi-
nence. Good judges say its influence on
the election is likely to be considerable.
as classes suffering from the depression Of
business are ready to catch at any
plausible remedy. The church cry
still offers the Tories their best
chance. The Liberals console themselves
by saying that it was started too soon. The
pendulum this week has been swinging back,
and know of many otherwise safe Liberal
seats that are now in peril from church hos
tiIity and also of many boroughs where
every pulpit is turned into Tory stump.
Ireland is naturally ignored by most of the
Tory orators. Lord Randolph Churchill,
whose courage is equal to almost any emer-
gency, found courage yesterday at Birming-
ham to declare he was satisfied with the
present experiment of allowing Mr.. Parnell
to govern the country. Lord Randolph
Churchill however, who alone among the
Tories still holds the ear of the country,
turns his batteries chiefly against Mr..
Chamberlain as the real leader of the Lib
erals with Il revolutionary policy in the back
ground. The Liberals, who counted fort
night since on a clear majority OF forty, now
claim twenty. The Tories are daily more
confident of their chances of keeping in
Office by a coalition with Mr.. Parnell. What
all concede is that the elections will be pro-
life in surprises.
The declaration of war by Servia week
age against Bulgaria took Europe com
Ill hIrcr NAJfhar thp fnrainD of
flee nor the foreign embassies in London
had a hint of what was coming. The
PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION
throughout Europe, Vienna excepted, have
condemned as an outrage on public law the
act OF King Milan in beginning war on pre-
texts purely frivolous; but, as everybody
saw that Austria was behind Servia, nobody
perceived public way of escape for Bull
garia from bitter defeat by the Servian
forces, numerically twice greater. and far
superior in discipline, munitions and expe-
rience. The early successes of
Servia, accepted as inevitable, con-
ciliated no good will. The sudden
check of the Servian advance and the de-
cisive repulSe at Slivnltza on Tuesday were
received in England with equal surprise
and pleasure When Prince Alexander
took the offensive on Wednesday and de-
feated the center of the Servian army,
crushed Servia's center attack and appar-
! emily broke up the plan of the offensive
campaign, England and Europe expressed
delight in no measured terms, and the Ser
vians admit defeat. King Milan. who was
to spend Sunday at Sophia, returned to
Prot in his own territory. and is reported
already to have summoned his prime min
lister to arrange terms of peace. an act OF
humiliation of which he is believed capable
IN spite OF the contempt that he will justly
earn. Prince Alexander proved himself
CAPABLE DIPLOMAT
as well as brilliant soldier by coming to
terms with Turkey. 1t seems likely to-day
that this change in the situation will enable
1.-THE conference TO agree upon basis of set
tlement and give some practical effect to the
.sympathies OF Europe on behalf of Bull
garia-
Lieut.. Greeley was cordially received
Thursday at Edinburg by the Scottish
Geographical society. Lord Roseberry, the
president, welcomed Lieut.. Greeley as one
OF the great world pioneers who take geog-
raphy out of the limits of science and bring
ii in broader sympathies of humanity itself.
1--WE find" said Lord RoSeberry, in the
exploits of Lieut.. Greeley a new communion
of pride between the two nations and there
fore new bond of peace between the two
countries"
Parnell Overmatches Gladstone.
LONDON, Nov. 21.-The Irish question is
again uppermost in British politics. Par
nell has been cleverer that Gladstone, and
has got home rule to the trent. to the appar-
ent disadvantage of the Liberals. The ex-
premier, when he found that his Radical al.