Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-13
Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR.


LONDON, June 13.-That was a dramatic
movement in the house of commons last night
when Mr.. Gladstone rose i'm the most crowded
house of the season and announced that the
ministry he had formed i'm such triumph, and
conducted SO faithfully through good and evil
report, was no more, for whatever may be the
result of the crisis, the present cabinet can
never come together again. Mr.. Gladstone
iaoored under great excitement. He spoke with
dignity and selfcontrol, but there was a pathos
In his voice which won the sympathy of all par.
ties. He made two remarkable slips of the
Tongue. First, he said the queen had accepted
Lord Salisbury's resignation, and, later, spoke
OF his communication 10 the queen as OF
the ninth OF February. The house laughed, and
good humoredly corrected him.
GLADSToNE'S RESIGNATION PERENPToRY.
In as much as he announced his resignation
before the queens written reply could reach
hlm 1t Is evident that his telegram to her after
sending "a dutiful communication was one OF
great Importance. L understand IL was n dec
laration that under no circumstances could he
continue in Office. Hence the promptness OF
the queens acceptance.
GLADSTONE TO ENTER THE CAMPAIGN.
In regard to my late dispatch of yesterday
about Gladstone's intentions to take part in the
campaign, II i fully confirmed. i know il is
an accurate statement of Giadstone's views at
The present moment An inspired editorial i'm
the NeCs this morning confirms it, though the
details give you are not known here. OF
course many things may occur. Gladstone's
health may change, but can state positively
through the election into the next parliament.
THE SITUATION AS 1T STANDS.
Inc political situation may be thus summed
up under its present aspects. First it is certain
the conservatives are in a tight place, finding
victory worse than their previous defeats. Their
position is perfectly described i'm the words of
and the deep sea-" ANY budget they may in
troduce must be less popular than that Of Mr..
Childers. In the Russian negotiations they will
be compelled TO follow \ Xactfy the policy which
lnfhinp ,ipnnunea m
Egypt, it will be impossible for rthem to find any
happy issue from the imbroslio. Turkish alli-
ance would give great otfense throughout the
country and on the continent Indeed, Austria
is already beginning TO show signs of alarm at
the prospect. Finally, as regards Ireland, if
they propose the slightest form of coercion, the
Parnellites will upset everything else the con-
seryatives attempt in the commons. They will
then have an enormous majority against them
instantly. But If they drop coercion they Will
simply stultify all their previous action and
convict themselves of having no interests be-
yond party ascendency.
THE PLIGHT OF THE CONSERVATIVES.
Their plight is pitiabe. One desperate expe-
dient alone remains. namely, soon after COM
ing into office to dissolve parliament as is in
the power OF the leader of the house to do. and
force an election on the old franchise. This
would set the country on fire, but it would not
be surprising if they should do so, rather than
suffer this humiliation of holding office and
playing their enemies game. The growing per-
ception of the fact that they are I'm cleft stick
is evoking great bitterness from the tory organs
The Saturday Rerie,U this morning says: 1.-The
administration ofthe country, even Tor four or
five months, by hands clean from the blood
and white from the foulness which smirch the
hands of Gladstone and his colleagues, would
he a positive good, the magnitude Of which Is
unQueStiOnable."
GLADSToNE's CRUSHING ANSWER TO TORY
CRITICISM.
All this Is testimony TO the master stroke
with which Gladstone SUDDENLY Saddled the
tories with the consequences of their own crim-
inal folly, but Ii would be wrong TO overlook the
fact that there is serious feeling i'm many lib
eral quarters against the methods by which this
aspect of the situation.
THE LIBERALS DEFEAT.
In spite of Lord Richard Grosvenor's letters
to the papers yesterday, describing his whips
vote it is impossible to ignore the fact that the
ministry, to say the very least, made no special
effort to win. The facts OF my previous dis
patches on this subject are undeniable. Three
questions settle the matter: First. Why
not the whip used for urgent occasions sent out;
namely, the whip underlined with five lines?
Second. Why were not members told the divi-
sion would be critical? Third. Why was not
fectly easy. This feeling is forcibly expressed
by a letter to the Times this morning, signed
An Old Radical, whom l know TO be a man
whose record entities him to great respect. He
says "Pub,ic opinion will see that such resig-
nation really means either suicide from sheer
cOwardice or a calculated political transaction
of character hitherto simply unheard OF in
English political life" This is too strong, but
am compelled to show that there are two sides
to the question.
The speeches of Chamberlain and Dixie at the
Golden club annual banquet at Greenwich to-
night are awaited with the greatest possible in
terest, because it is known they are to be pol
itical manifeStoes.
Senator Edmunds witnessed the scene in the
Bryce. Heexpects to give evidence before the
lords this afternoon.