New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-09
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
,rrRrsr IN MR. PARNELLs LAND BILL
-..r,vr on LIBERAL UxIoNIsrs-DIsAPPoINrkp
py,xcr AIrxANpwR-ruE YACHT RACE
TRADES UNION CONGRESS.

ox San. s-Parliament is hard at work
n,onsv. getting rapidly through the esti-
,.,es but what people really want 10 kno" 70 'n0
s,r,u in which Mr.. Parnelrs new Land Dill wiz y1
introduced and what course the Goveriin,on' W.
..Le The inter view with Mr.. "arneli IN Mon"a'
Ta,BuSE. republished here, was eagerly s'uuieu'
hat Il wi depend on the terms In whlcn 'no n'e"
pre ,s framed whether or not the bill mas cn,no0
ofbeipe accepted by the Government LORD nan.
Soob Churchill no doubt explicitly stated that .no
oovernn,ent. while granting hearing, haa no' '"e
Last Intention of accepting this or any other pio
posal for Irish legislation at the present se'sio"'
but Lord Randolph Is man who "S
70 assert negative as inc ""''T
a subsequent concession lie mas s. a"o"
been told by a leading Tory journal that he nus @
rive one part and that the essential par,' VI ~
Parnelps scheme his favorable considera'ou. in,
il the proposal to suspend processes Oh eJeo'"en'
where the tenant pays three-1oure"s y, ~ go
practically that is proposal to reduce lrish Ien''
ali round 25 per cent Nobody supposes that 'ne
op.rter remltted will ever be recovered lhls may
.oem n GREAT concession for the Governmehe "
r,ate tits: but Mr. Parne will be expecteo Oh
his side TO offer some sort OF guarantee that, .no
landlords forego this fourth. the other three-lo
.hal actually be paid. If the landlords and Lana
Ieaeue couId come to terms, Lord Churchill wouid
be oniy too happy to act as intermediary
There is still stronger inducements A. "'
gain can be struck, there will be hope Oh qu,oS
winter. This l beeve the Government reaiy
desire. Those who think they want an excuse 1or
ooorc;o, misapnrebend their present policy. Moth
ING would put greater strain on the relations oe-
,,voan the Tories and Liberal Unlonists thah
coercion. but whether Lord Harrington ana MI
chamberlain will support Mr.. Parneiis measure
soosro, demand as Mr. Parnell seems to THINK
uho,lv on the merits of his proposal. Mr.. Chamber
lain,s declaration holds good. They Will not
help to turn out this Ministry on any
side issue whatever. They nave no
scruples about beiug put IN false POSITION. MI
Parnel must come to terms with Lord hanuoipn
Churchill if he expects Unionist votes. and the
moro reasonable his bill the more likely Lord Har-
t;noton and Mr.. Chamberlain are to allow LORD
pondo,nb to compromise. If Mr.. Parnel gets any
measure whatever passed this session, his triumph
will be a great one. There Is rumor that MT.
Gladstone will return to take part1n the dlscussioh
The Parnellies thus far are keeping their side OF
tbe bargain with Lord Randolph Churchill There
has been a debate on the estimates with no OBJ
struction. Last nights debate was Important
The ordnance question came up, and the heIorui
marty carried two points. Mr.. w. ID. Smith, oecre-
tary for War, agreed to appoint commission OF
committee to overhaul the existing system u
find out why the army gets bad guns. bayo-
the navy should benceforth supply its own guns
instead of being dependent as now, on the army.
The official admissions as to the extent OF present
desciencies are most remarkable. Colonel Hopes
charges against individuals appear to have 1alleo
hocanse tbey we're not sufficiently specific, but the
system is already shaken.
The abdcation of Prince Alexander has produced
shock of genane disappointment in England, ana
perhaps Austria Nobody doubts any longer that
Russia has had Bismarok's support throughout.
Austria acquiesces not too willingly Russia Is not
10 occupy Bulgaria, nor assume an ostenslpie pro-
tec,orate over that unhappy country, but Rus-
sian civil commissioner goes to Sophla DIS soo"
as the Prince leaves that city. Russian
oa;cor takes oh roe of the Bulgarian army Russia
will have what she likes power without respons'-
billty Probably Alexander, in the face OF RUSSIA
and Germany, without the support OF sineo
European power with Bulgarian opinion DIVIDED
thanks TO Russian agencies, had no choice but 10
retire With him goes the last hope OF bulgarian
independence. Bulgaria becomes practlcaily
Russian province. The experiment when England
attempted of ofestablishng independent nauonalllies
in the East as a barrier to Russian aggression,
breaks down. Russia apparently every poiht
In the present game and has free hand lor inc
future. The wishes of the Bulgarian population
count for nothing in European diplomacy. prlncely
throne is indeed overturned, but Alexanders abdi-
cation is none the less defeat OF democratic
principle, the triumph of which his return was
thought TO have secured
SIR Edward Thornton's retirement from Con-
stantnople is final. Able dipOmatist as he is, the
appointment gave little satisfaction to large sec
tion OF the English people, who believe that the
chief mission of English Ambassador at the
Turkish capital is TO detect and defeat Russian ln-
trigues Sir Edward Thornton is not sufficiently
Al. VIII 10
who succeeds Sir Edward Thornton, is a master of
the Eastern question perhaps better qualified than
any other English diplomatist to meet Russians
and Turks on their own ground.
The nineteenth Trades Union Congress met
in Hull on Monday. The proceedings were
rather remarkable. These congresses, always
important seem taking new hne or
several new lines Trades unions have abandoned
OF modified the old theory of keeping out of poll
tics Their Parliamentary Committee. formed for
promoting legislation in the interest OF labor, eX-
tends It's supervision TO the election OF labor can
didates The unions. moreover, are stretching out
their hands side TO the Church and on the
other to the Socialists. They invited the sympa-
thy of the pious by Sunday meeting to demon
strate the connection between trade -uniOnlsm and
Christianity. The addresses delivered at the two
first sittings marked by many extreme and
strongly Socialistic views. Mr.. Maudesey,
the temporary chairman described the Knights
OF Labor strike in America as failure,
but splendid failure step in
the right direction. This and his
recent visit TO Paris had convinced him Of the
feasibility of concerted action among workIngmen
the world over. Mr. Madison, the newly elected
president, delivered address which was one
long outcry against poverty, and against capital
as the source of poverty. Intercourse with Con-
tnental Socialists seems to have affected his views,
as well as those of Maudesley and many otherunon-
lists. He is, moreover disciple to some extent of
Henry George, and repeats some of Georges nom