The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-13

1t is learned that Lord Randolph Church
ills scheme for Irish home rule does not
include Parliament for Ireland. but pro-
poses to abolish the Vice Royalty and the /
whole system of castle government, sub |
stituting therefor complete set OF admin /
istrative officers, to be elected by the peO |
pie and to hold office during fixed term I
1t also proposes a loan of 100000 on the /
easiest possible terms as to interest and re-
payment to defray the cost of certain
needed public works in Ireland. This and
other schemes of the modified Home
Rulers viii be discussed at special Cabi
net council.
More trouble is threatened by Philip Cal
Ian, ex-member of Parliament for Louth,
who was repudiated by Parneil in the last
campaign, and was defeated by Colonel
Nolan, the Nationalist candidate. Mr..
Callan telegraphs that he is determined to
expose the tactics of Parnell, Dillon and
Harrington, by which they defeated him
in his birthplace, where his friends and
neighbors were prepared to vote for him.
He will ask that Nolan be unseated.
Michael Davitt took his seat for the first
time as member of the Dublin Town
with the understanding that he was to rep
resent the artisan and laboring classes. He
has minated that he does not intend to
don the usual robe and other customary
trappings of office He makes no ecret of
his intention to unearth abuses, and there
is plenty OF scope for his energies despite
the fact that the Mayor and majority of
the Council OF the outgoing administration
are Parnellites 1t is believed that his
chief object is to compel the corporation to
demolish the roOkeries which form the
slums of Dublin, and to replace them with
plain but wholesome tenements, thus fur
nishing decent homes for the industrious
poor and giving work to thousands of UNI
employed workmen.
The Outlook for France.
For November last the figures of French
| imports and exports show a decline of
$15.O00,0 600 as compared with the same
month of 1884. There was a decrease on
both sides of the account. There is no
doubt that France is approaching a crisis
in commercial and financial affairs, and
| one that will long be felt by the French
| people The causes which are slowly and
surely bringing about this state of affairs
are several, but the most pro minent one is
| the extravaganza of the Government Dur
ing the past several years the Government,
since Marshal MacMahon retired to private
| life, has built thousands of miles of UNI
! profitable railways and thousands of
] schools, of which four-fifths were not
wanted From $4OO, 600 600 to $500 600 900
| for the roads and from $3.50, 600 900 to $175,-
| 1000 for the schools were thrown into
circulation and created the false prosperity
| of which 1884 marked the eliminating
| point. The people literally did not know
| what to do with their money, and. as they
could not find amy profitable employment
in agriculture and industry, it went into
| all sorts of stock exchange and building
| operations.
| President Grevy has summoned De
| Freycinct to form new Cabinet. De
| Freycinct, however, is reluctant to accept
such responsibility at the present mo-
ment, in view of the gravity of tn political
situation in France. He has asked the
| President to grant him time to consider
and to consult with his friends and the Re
| publican leaders.
There is IL wide breach between NJ. Bris-
son and President Grevy. 1t is rumored
! that the former has written to the Presi-
dent refu sing to lend him self any longer to
combination, the object of which is to
impose upon him lasting discredit.
The SOudan War.
The New York Commercial London
! special says: Since the recent battle the re-
treating Arabs have been collecting beyond
| AtOab, where Il large army has been gather
ing for an attack on the British forces, and
another army is advancing north from
| Khartoum. General Stephenson is march
! ing beyond Atoab, where he expects to find
| the enemy in force and bring on decisive
| battle. The British troops are in high
! spirits at the prospect of hard fighting, the
! long inactivity of the army having caused
| much discomfort at the front. General
I Stephenson now commands LOO troops.
Gathering War Clouds In Europe.
The New York Posts London special
says: New years peace prospects are not
! bright Krupp has supplied more guns in
the last month than in almost the whole
year previously. Turkey is still massing
troops on the Macedonian frontier and the
expense of keeping her immense force I'M
der arms all winter will be frightful. The
attitude OF Greece, showing no signs of an
intention to disband, creates the greatest
uneasinesS. 1t is stated here that very
large contracts for cartridges have been
/ placed in the United States.
The Annexation of Burmah.
II BY proclamation to be issued in England
and India on January lSt, Burmah is to be
+ formally annexed to the British Empire.
! The proclamation will say that the terri
tories formerly governed by King Theebaw
will no longer be under his rule, but will
! be part of the dominion of the Queen of
| Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of
| India, and that the government of the
| country will be administered during Her
! Majesty's pleasure by officers appointed by
| the Viceroy of India.
/ Democratic Evolution in England.
! Frederic Harrison, in the annual address
/ before the Positivist Society, said that the
! British Constitution since the extension of
| the franchise had been more democratic
/ than the Constitution of France or Amer
lea, with less real reserve of power. The
! Government had become Il Committee of
| the huge Democratic Club called the Com
mons. There was AN urgent need to form
| public opinion Independent of politics and
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