Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-10
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.



LONDON, April when the applause
had sabsided after the delivery Of Mr..
GladstOne's great speech in the
house Of commons Thursday night
Mr. George otto Trevelyan, who recently
resigned the position Of secretary for
Scotland, arose After eulogizing Mr..
Gladstonc's grafton, Mr. Treyelyan pro
ceeded 10 say that he iuterposed thus
early 10 the debate iu order to explain
the reason OF his resignation. He resigned
with extreme C0mpunctiUn and regret, al
though the step when finally declded upon
was taken with neither doubt as TO it's
pTOpriety, nor with the least hesitation.
He had 10 ned the cabinet because, as he
considered at the time, to have re-
NAMED outside would have been tants-
mount TO confession that the
Liberal party was homc.rule party
THIS was a confession which he never
should be willing 10 make. He could
never consent TO such q scheme as Mr.
Gladstone had proposed. lie had done
bis best To prevent the Liberals from
Identifying themselves with what he re-
garded as neither for the welfare nor for
the benefit Of the country Not longer
ago than last June the whole cabinet was
Of the same opinion as himself. What
was II, he would like 10 know, that had
happened since to change them? The
only security, he urged, that parliament
would have, according to Mr.. Gladstoneis
plan, for the money they would be called
upon TO vote for the purchase of the Irish
landlord estates, would be the willingness
OF the Irish farmers TO keep up their pay
ments. How much dependence could be
placed upon
The speaker at this point interrupted
Mr.. Tfevelyan and reminded him that no
landlord scheme had yet been submitted
10 parliament
Mr. Treyelydn acknowledged the cor
rectlon aud proceeded with his speech by
asking how long 1t would be If the meas
urc that had been submitted should be-
come law before the Irish contribution
! to the Imperial cXchequer would be de-
nounced by the Irish and reprobated
as an English tributeg For
my part, have no hesitation
In saying that | think complete separa.
ton of Ireland from Great Britain would
be preferable to the plan OF government
that has just been proposed. We should
then know the worst at once AS an
alternative scheme Mr. Trevelyan said he
would propose that the execution OF law
and the maintenance OF order should be
retained In the hands OF the central gov
ernment Then he would propose the
creation Of certain local bodies, which
should be composed Of members
freely elected These bodies should
be lntrusted with and held
responsible for many of the subordinate
functions OF government, such as proyid-
log for education, experimenting the
details OF local government, providing for
the relief OF the poor and so forth.
az the conclusion Of Mr., Trevelyan,s
speech Mr. Panell arose, aud was re.
oelved with cheers by the Irish memDers
lie congratulated Mir. Trcyelyan on hay.
ing, like the Ffench general who had I'M
successfully defended Paris, his own
plan-a plan, however, which did not
seem 70 awaken much enthusiasm IN the
house. Mr.. Treyelyan, he said, had stated
why he had left the government, but NOT
why he had resigned his post as
chief secretary. Cheers from the Irish
benchesl Mr.. Painell then went on To
Justify his past utteHnces and the action
which had been lmpugned by Mr.. Trey
elyan. Speaking OF America and the as.
sassinatlon literature which came from
America, Mr.. Parnell said that most OF
the literature was neither American nor
irish literature. II Mr.. Trevelyan. he
continued, we've TO study the lit
elature OF America at this moment
ne would find that sympathy for
the Just settlement OF the grievances
OF Ireland by the concession Of a domes.
Tic legislature is shown by all classes.
whether Irish or natlve-born Americans.
and more especially that the natiye.born
Americans are welcoming the efforts az
MT, Gladstone in the belief that thew viii
bring peace between England and Ireland
and more especially between Irish Amer,
lcans aud English, II Is remarkable
TACT that the great meetings now beinS
heia IN favor Of an Irish legislature are