New-York tribune., 1886-02-28
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
IRISH QUESTIONS IN SUSPENSE
yHE ULSTER ToUR-PolICE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
dixie CASE.
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Mr Gladstone has postponed tie announcement ol
his policy till April Repeated efforts III oo'N
.1o:,so. % d,aw various Ministers produce niue
result Lord Spencer has explained away "'
Morley's declaration against using the military "
enforce civil rights Mr.. Morley has 1urther eA-
planed himself but the belief has gone abroad ana
to Ireland that the landlords will not be allowed 10
ovict non-paying tenants. Mr.. DavlIts vigorous
vro+est AGAINST abomnable outrages, which tend to
de Ireland before the world, reported in full
in the English papers, which consider that it leaves
nothing to be desired at present. but only regret
that Mr. Parnel has not taken the same line earlier
Lord Randoph's Ulster campaign accomplished
his object by drawing English attention to the lact
that tbere are TWO Irelands of which one is utterly
opnosed to Home Rule The Parnellitcs accuse MN
in Parliament and elsewhere of melting to civil
war He certainly told the Ulster men the necessity
of sef-deence against political and religious perSe
cuton, if Home Rule as he granted was an ulterlor
possibility Mr.. SeXtou's proposal to censure MN
in the House of Commons is tactically blunder'
Lord Randolph Churchill would like nothing better
than debate on such an issue
The report of Mr. Childers's Committee published
On Wednesday gave a fresh start to talk about the
riots The report supplies Official sanction TO the
condemnation already pronounced by the pubic on
the police authorities and embodies lucid ana
comnlete narrative of the events of Monday the
dav of the riot. Colonel Hendersons resignation
necessarily followed, the censure on him being
absolutely without qualification. Daily alluslons
to the subject in the House during the week were
followed by a general debate yesterday. weak
attack on Mr.. Cbilders elected a weak defence
The Tories. who hoped to damage the Ministry,
seemed onite unaware of the real points against
the Home Secretary. The new Chief OF Police VIII
be appointed next week. new committee VIII
reoreanize the force bill is promised to pay the
losses from the riots.
The Socialist prosecution drags The police
magistrate announced on Wednesday that he would
commit Hyndman and the rest for trial. They IN
sist on calling more witnesses for sensational pur-
poses.
Three other important matters have been touched
IN the House Mr.. Gladstone announces that the
Government will refer the whole question OF pro
that Lord Harrington will be chairman with lead
ing Irishmen among his colleagues. The Spectator
blun,ly SAYS that if the Irish are to go home lew
other reforms will be needed.
The debate Oh Wednesday the Irish bill COM
pelnp landlords to compensate house-tenants ior
improvements showed a startling development OF
the tendency of the present House to invoke state
al tT.fa
Mr. Morley vainly objected, remarking that though
political economy might be out of date, common
sense was not. The Irish members turned on HIM
sbarrly. seeing which Mr.. Gladstone calmly threw
over his lieutenant aud though not asserting to the
principle of the bill promised a committee OF in
ouiry. including England Scotland and Ireland.
Lastly Nj Trevelyan introduced a new bill to
remedy the grievances of the CrOfters a measure
considerably stronger than last years and intended
to secure far rents and xity of tenure with power
TO obtain compulsory leases Mr. Trevelyan justi-
fed this as wholly exceptional, making so strong
protest against applying the same doctrine else
where as to give rise to the rumOr that he meant to
resign before the Irish land bill could be intro
duced The rumor is premature
Needless attention has been drawn to the fact
that the Queen was hissed at dinner of Labor
representatives in Parliament on Wednesday. The
Attorney General, when questioned in the House
last night reduced the incident to slight proper
tions Neither he nor the chairman heard the hiss
ing. The Queen Ieappearcd in public yesterday,
coming from Windsor to attend performance OF
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were considerable crowds; her demcancr was
cordial; there was much cheering and a singularly
brilliant audience The Standard improves the
occasion to address remOnstrance to the Queen
against her continued secusion. The Queen never
theleos returned to Windsor
Discussion of the bike case continues, but the
only new fact is Sir Charles Dilkes suggestion to
the Queens proctor to intervene. Lawyers say this
was sale offer as there is legal ground existing
for disturbing the decision Of the court Mr.. Stead
hammers away daily at the case reproducing all the
gossip of the provincial press, attacking Mr..
Chamberlain, whom it holds responsible for Sir
Charles Dkes refusal to enter the witness box and
dealing with the whole subject in its usual sensa-
tonal way, mixed with morbid morality. The re-
suit is some reaction in favor of Sir Charles Dixie
against whom but for this persecution public
opinion would be immOvable.
Lieutenant Greelys Three Years of Arctic Ser
vice." published in London this week, is reviewed
by the leading journals which vie with each other
in eulogy of his achievements and the interest of
the narrative No such exciting record and just
description of Arctic adventure has ever been given
to the world, say the critics The Times extols the
beauty of the printing and engraving, possibly