The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-30
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Rsveiw ofths Situation IN ,hs M.
siiah Political Fisld.
The tfish qassiiss rashiaH egsfTthiaH
niss Aside tsfa ssil.bsfy ilksif 10
Resign and aisasisns ~ he
AFsin ~ ths ftstm

LOsDos, Jan gl.-Lord salisbury Il
Tired n his attempt ~ govern the nht
lsh Empire with the Tory PARTY. and
wishes N resign Il can he said on most
20 the highest authority that the Premier
expects 10 relInqulsh ONCE within The
nest three weeks Your correspondents
informant says Salisbury would like 10
settle the Irish question on broad lih-
cral basis, but he can not do n with such
a party as hc has. Ills colleagues wish
him 30 cns . We Irish. lie can't bring
himself 10 do anything Of the kind, and
for this reason he win bring about
the defeat Of the Government In order 10
obtain a justification for retiring from
power"
The minister, who gave this startling
piece Of intelligence, was asked II he
knew what were the prime minister's
personal views on the irish situation,
and he said Lord Salisbury entertans
none Of the fears professed by the Con.
servatlyes, that, II Ireland had home rule,
he Irish would become practically q hos.
tile people, lie admitted 10 me re-.
Gently that he believed that the
only hostility ever entertained by
the people Of Ireland toward
England could be entirely accounted for
by the coerclve nature Of the relations be.
tween the two countries. lie went fur.
ther, aud said he was Of the opinion that
II Ireland were made free she would
voluntarily seek even closer relation.
ship with England than the one now
maintained by force, and would become
q most valuable and powerful ally In
stead OF being, az now, o dissatisfied,
troublesome, rebellious and continuous
ly expensive province. Lord Salisbury
maintains that the very situation Of
Ireland would make her freedom Inuro
eventually to Englands advantage. This
situation he points out differs from that
Of Belgium and Switzerland In thlsi That
whereas Belgium and Switzerland are
surrounded by powers all equally coyet-
ous Of their territory, and therefore
equally interested In maintaining their In.
dependence, Ireland's contlguity Is con.
fined 10 great Britain, and the interna-
tIonaI interests M Tho two Countries
would bc Identical n thew were neIghhors
and moi landlord and tenant y
1put. - went on Tho minister ,gt must
be admitted that nrIiIsh narties aa 70.
eected in Parliament. represent The conn.
mercial and land interests rather than
those of the peasantry. although The on.
larped franchise will nndoubtedlv change
this eventnallv Tho land Interest m
England thorouqhly sympa,hIzes will
that of ireland. nsrtiv from aalnIty and
also because The majority of the irish
landlords aro Rngjishmen. resident IN
Great Britain. But the land interest ol
Great Britain. the greatest after Its com
mercIal Interest has nothIng lIke n cor.
rect idea of how insignl0cnnt n mInoritv
the landowners Of Ireland are of ~
whole ponnlatIon. nor of The reaIlv Tor,
eIpn natnrc Of their pronrietary Thev
have become convinced that Nationalist
In ireland is identical with what com.
munlsm would be in England. and al
| course thew arc easily aroused 10 aght 4,
down.
"The Irish TorIos understand bov IN
keen this English hostility alive. and thev
MANAGE 10 mako nearly All The ordlnars
Violations of Inc law in ireland annear to
EnrlIshmen as crimes against pronerty
As il happens that, while The number Of
arrests In ireland, where the pollce arc
numerous and alert averages mnoh great.
or than in England. where The ofIlcers n,
the law are moi so nlentiiul nor so cnter.
prisIne. II appears 10 tho FnolIshmau
that the Irish people spend most Of their
time attacking the vested rights. and he
ia thus kent nerpetuallv dIsnosed 10 rnIc
them with an Iron hand -
when asked II there were no statesmen
I'm tho Conseryatlye marty who knew bet.
Ter the minister renlIed, dyes Lorl
salisbury rs inst as well informed on thls
whole business AZ Mfr. Gladstone ia. and
in nv opinion. lust as well disposed.n
1Weli, then, why don't he settle itpp
aBecanse he can't. Ills marty com.
orises the bulk Of the british land inter.
est In This case that means the bnlk Of
the ignoranee and nreindIco which stand
against a faIr settlement of The onestlon
ana as Tho Ignorant and nraindiced con.
stitute the majority ot The EngIIsh aria.
tocracy. the most enllehtened and liberal
arIstocracy in the world. and The potent
element II tho Conservatory Marty lord
gaIisbnrv. IN an attemnt to mass n liberal
measure wonld sImnly no left without a
narty
.sHr Gladstone. boweyer. does mt
,er,cse,t ,he arIs,oeyacv I'm. the bnsI.
ness men and peasantry oi The nation. n
he wishes M attemnt = settlement N IN
Iriah ouestIon. In INV onInIon he can do
a. and will atiemnt IL when the govern !.
ment abandons the work.
Fyerv nhase n Inc situstion bears nm,
the nrosnec, sngoested by the above in.
iormant lord Salisbury wrote The
onsen's anesch n dld No, onnose homo
rule. but onposed separatIon. The Irlsh
havs mo, AZ yet aaked for The latter or
aver in,Inated tbs, thev ever vonld asL
Tor /, of rourse. The maioritv of ths
Toy,.s b.iieve i'm, homo mia and senara.
Hon .,o ,dsn,lcal hence ,ha, nsrngranh
wss sImnIv a noIitical nlav unon theIr
n,e,adIre. Mr Gladstone,s address
dn,,rg ,bs ever,ny N the pncen,.
snsses was sindiadlv yague an
,nos, ,hing. I'm, /, was ye,v
a,,.., I'm ,cnly n The o,sen,s nIca Tor ,hs
msintenaner ~ ths ls,cvri,v II the Pm.
n,ra .nd ,his in,.g,,,y Raj hesn ins, a.
rr,a., r dn,,ng ,hs n, hn,dsad ves,. wh,e,'
s,.rsdsd ,he IssislstIve un,on ss 1, bss
bs.n ,hs sIyh,v.ays ye.ys which have
slsn.ed slnce The psrnsll,,es auIeLlv
- ,he snbtle nssning n he ssnisnrc
Thsv ACCENTED n a. 4 nro,yer an tbe mari