Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-08
FOREIGN.


| The Church On Pslittes-
Roxr. Nov. 6-The K0Hi.e@r Dc Roma
TO-DAY publishes an article inspired by
the Vatican attacking the conduct Of
the Catholic leaders 70 the recsns French
elections. II says that before the cleo
tioes tie Pore recsivine . delegate from
the French Catholic party, indlcsted .
desire not TO ooufound the Royalist With
toe Catholic party. The Pope leans
toward Catholic republieanism hr the
constitutional party, and instructed the
Suncio az Pans TO advise French Gath
ole journals tn subordinate politics TO
maintaining relations between the State
and Church through the Concordst.
An Embs u'er.
CoPExHlaKS, Nov. Excitement
and oi-m " vas caused en- she bou-se
TODAY by the annoonce q ent that Ind
sig Harsh. head farmer OF the. old
established banking firm of II. =. Han
sen, Jr., had surrendered to the polio
stating that he had unlavfully disposed
of moneys entrusted 10 hi- keeping, the
deficit reaching 100000 TO 5000
kromers.
Foreign Topics.
LONDON, Nov. The Irish question
has for the moment given way to the
religious question in British politics.
Parnell is permitted to go on arranging
bis campaigns and nominating his can
didates IN Ireland pretty much as he
sieases. while the voters in England
and Scotland are set by the ears over
the question OF disestablishipa the
church. The controversy has become
exceedingly bitter, and has been de-
scribed as a combat-the established
church fighting for life against the dis
ssnters struggling to destroy the state
monopoly of religion. Everybody in
Great Britain has become deeply inter-
ested, and it 10 new thought that the
result Of the elections will hinge entire
ly on church questions alone.
The enRrosing importance In this
campaign Of the disestablishment 10
doe TO the preponderating influence Of
the Liberal party. At the opening Of
the contest the leaders on both sides
acted a. if they thoaght the oampaign
would be fought on the question Of
foreign policy. Ii Was fsuad, how
ever, that the Conservatives, having
nothing better to offer on this issue
than their predecessors in office, would
soon have gone 10 pieces in Q political
struggle based on that question, and the
campaign was shifted to Irish matters.
On these the Tories got the better Of
the Liberals and secured Q coalition
With the Home Rulers.
While the Liberals had q chance Of
affiliatina with the Parnellites, they
comparatively ignored the Radicals.
The latter, therefore, opened q cam.
paiQn on their own account. and they
| made q premise to work for diseetab-
lishment as the most important pledge
/ in their platform. When Gladstone
and his Liberal colleagues we're aroused
by the detection of the Parnellites to
| the necessity Of securing closer union
with the Radicals, the latter had raised
the issue of the disestablishmeat Ia
suoh prominence that IL could
not b. removed from the oon-
tfoversy. Mr.. Gladstone was com.
| PEELED, therefore, in securing an alliance
| with the Radical. to leave such Radical
and Libt raj candidates a. we're already
in nomination free to remain steadfast
to the,- pledges. So many of these
candidates had pledged themselves to
disestablishment that the Conservatives
forced the question TO the front and
| arrayed themselves unitedly in favor OF
the Established Church. They derived
immense assistance from the Catholic
clergy Of Great Britain, headed by Car
dinal Newman. The more prominent
British Catholic prelstes joined the Con
servstives in defending the Church
taking the ground that any religion vas
better than no religion, that the Estab-
lished Church was one Of Eng-
lands greatest bulvarks against
immortality, and that to save 1t from
'estraction was a moral duty. This
served bot 10 cement the union between
the Catholic Home Rulers aud the Con.
ssrvstives aud to make the whole ques-
ton OF prime importance.
The Conservative leaders were in
| pred to renewed activity, aud they
b we succeeded in 80 forcing the fight
that the people Of Great Britain are to
night thoroughly aroused on an excited
reiiei US principle. and every clergy
| man has become fer the time bitter
osrtissu politician on one Of two sides te
the controversy. Conservative Liber
ais are now doing their utmost to
eet the question removed from
the canvass. The Liberal ASSOCIATE q.
| are everywhere attempting to discard il
from the program Of their party. Il ID
| more tn n probable, however, that the
practical recognition of their mistake
mas come too late. This statement IL
not meant to convey the idea that the
Tories and the Parnellites combined
gill beat the Liberals and Radio ais
Ia the number Of candidates they
| will elect to the next Psrliamest
As matters stand the Liberals will
probably elect a greater nunser. but
the Tory party has declared its inten,
ton to remain In power unless they are
defeated by 20 large q majority a. to
indicate an overwhelming public ex-
preston IN favor Of their retirement
| Unless Gladstone can succeed in dinin.
ishing the advantage which the Tories
be difncolt, II not impossible, for him e
| secure . majority large enough in
the next parliament to permit Of his
which lie in his way may be seen in the
following facts: Or q thousand or more
Liberal candidates now in the field in
Great Britain 4s9 are pledged TO favor
disestablishment. The constituencies
contested by these candidates will in
sist on their fidelity to the pledge.
In Scotland, the embafrassments In
| the ex- Premiere vay, are particularly
great. One thousand four hundred and
| seventy dissenting Scotch slerRymen
have signed An address 10 him declaring
that they leok 10 him 70 overthroW
state and Church. In this remarkable
Political address, these Scotch ministers
declare the time has nov come to sever
the relations between Church and State.
Dissenting Christians have RETAINED
too long from making this contest, and
~ nov insist on the coming Pafliamsnt
terminating the unjust and injurious
connecsien. OhAmbefiAin and Dixie,
Liberal leaders. have privately urged
Gladstone 20 plaoass the scotch voters
70 have their establishment secured
for them, II u be their will, leav-
ing the question in Ensland
10 b settled by future events.
There IL great deal of anxiety 10
kssv What attitude Gladstone vili A.
same On this questios. He viii SPEAK
10 Scotland next week. The Charsh
Defence Lssgne Of Edinburgh have ar
ranged 10 make q great public demon