St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-15
IN THUNDEROUS TONES.
The London Loyal Patriotic Union in Mass
Meeting inquiries of Mr.. Gladstone
"Quis Seperatit0"
The Premiers Scheme for Irish Indepen-
denoe Denounced by Members
of Parliament.
England Declared 10 be Standing
Face TO Face with a Great
National Calamity
A Year, Which If the Bill Were AL
lowed To Pass, Would Mark the
Decline of the Empire.
A big Mass Meeting.

big Mass Meeting.
LONDON, April 14.-Extensive arrange
ments had been made for the meeting called
by the Loyal Patriotic union, which was
held in Her Majesty's opera house tonight
for the purpose of denouncing Mr.. Glad
stones Irish home rule scheme. In the
theater red banner bearing the inscription,
"QuiS Separabit?" spaned the arch of the
proscenium, and on each side hung huge
union jack. The approaches to the opera
house were besieged by crowds of people,
and the roadway was blocked
hours before the time announced
for the beginning of the services.
Upwards of 400 prominent Orangemen
from Belfast and Liverpool came to Lon
don TO attend the meeting, and the utmost
enthusiasm prevailed among the crowd.
thousands We're unable to enter the house.
The stage was decorated with union Jacks,
and armOral shields with a crown in the
center. Lord harrington. Lord Salisbury
and Lord Randolph Churchill were received
with enthusiastic cheering. Some one. in
the audience called for cheers for the queen
and grOanS for Parnell and Gladstone. The
audience sang ''Rule Britannia" and lis
tened to the reading of letters from the
Duke of Argyle and the Earl of Derby in
which
THE WRITERS DEMAND
the home-rule bill, saying it would be I'M
workable and would involve the kingdom
in series of dangers. Earl COwper, who
presided, said that they were face to face
with great national calamity. He was,
therefore, glad to see around him repre-
sentatiyeS of all parties willing to unite to
avert the danger. From his own expert
ence as vieeroy of Ireland, he could safely
say that home rule was not desired by the
great body of the Irish people. The priests
had largely gone over to the Nationalist,
because they would join anybody who would
drive every other religion out of Ireland.
lCheerS. If the bill were allowed
to pass this year would be memorable in
all time as a disastrous year, as the be-
ginning of the decline of the British
empire. Lord Harrington said that Mr..
GIadstone's proposals they would tend to
lnvalidate the legislative union and would
prove disastrous to the interests of both
countries. He repeated the arguments of
MS late speech in parliament, cOntending
that the cOuntry'S voice had not yet been
heard. He credited Mr.. Gladstone with an
honest belief that the country wished
a constitutional change, but he refused to
credit Mr.. GladStones colleagues with the
same belief
Mir. Ryland, UiberaD, who seconded
Lord Hartington'S motion. was loudly
eheered. He charged that the Irish party
was connected with skirmishers whose
deeds had made humanity shudder.
Lord Salisbury on rising was greeted with
enthusiastic applause, which was several
fimnc IL lo&
embOdying the
SENTIMENTS OF THE MEETING
be presented to parliament. They were
dealing, he said, with question immeasur-
ably beyond party differences. They were
confronted with the greatest danger that
had ever menaced the empire. He joined
in eulOgizing the premier's powers, and said
that If elOquence so great and experience so
has failed to produce toler-
able home-rule measure, he was
convinced that such a measure could
not be produced at all. Cheers.
The debate in parliament showed
that the security which was supposed to
separate home rule from absolute Separ-
alton had already been driven to the Winds
1t had been seen to be- impossible to give
fiscal freedom to an Irish parliament, and at
the empire. They could not refuse the
Irish parliament power to deal with custom
duties, nor ask the Irish to contribute
"a, 900, 900 towards the imperial eXpendit-
ure while refusing them presence in the
councils of the empire. That would be
servitude not freedom cheersl. The Sc
curities for the protection of the minority
he cOntended were also illusOry. If the
Irish parliament obtained full and free
government it must have absolute power over
the minority. The conditions of federation
such as these of Austria, Germany and
America were not within the English
horizon. The proposed scheme of fedora
ton belonged to the region of political
ideas, not of practical realities. He did not
maintain that the Irish were worse than
other people. but he did hold that the
that Ireland was centuries
old made it impossible to believe that if
entire liberty should be conceded, the Irish
could forget the animositieS of centuries
and see those who caused them placed in
their power for the first time. with perfect
justice and equity. Cheers. The premier's
waving wand could not efface the effects of
centuries of
CONFLICT AND EXASPERATION
The future government of Ireland would
not involve unmanageable difficulties if
the people of England remained true to the
empire. Ireland wanted a wise, firm, con-
sistent administration of the law. 1t would
be terrible if, through England's faint
heartedness, the Irish We're abandoned to
the anarchy that would result from home
rule. What effect would the fatal step pro-
posed by Mr.. Gladstone Lave on the desti-
MES of the vast English empire? The con-
test between England and the disaffected
Irish had lasted for generations, and En-
gland was now asked to consent to an ignO-
minious and complete surrender. similar to
that of great nation which had lost great
battle involving a loss of territory. In
conclusion the speaker said: England
would find that separation involved loss of
prestige. 1t would raise doubts as to the
proweSs of England, it would affect the at
tachment of the colonies and weaken En-
glands influence throughout the world.
The capitulatiOn desired by Mr.. Gladstone
would bring disasters to which nothing in
English history could compare. Our enc
mics would view it with sinister eXultation
our friends with shame, confusion and
despair. Cheers.
Mr.. Goschen seconded the motions intro
dueed by Lords Harrington and Salisbury.
and they were unanimously adopted.
THE IRISH PROBLEM.