The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-08
He Will Introduce land Purchase Bill and
q Resolution Pledging the Creation Of an
Irish Parliament in Short Time.
Bismarck's Prescription of the Poles,
and What May Result Therefrom.
The Crestfallen and Shame-Faced Appear
ance.of Dixie When He Reappeared in the
House-General Notes by Cable.
THE IRISH QUESTION.

Gladstone Will Pledge the Government to
the Creation of Irish Parliament.
LONDON, March 6.-The movement Of the
moderate Liberals toward a coalition with the
Conservatives, which has menaced Mr.. Glad
stone ever since his declaration of home rule in
tentions. has been checked. if not altogether
There now appears wel-deined tendency in
the opposite direction, indicating an acceptance
by the Liberal party, as body, of part of Glad
stone's proposals, and truce for the present in
regard to the rest of them The differences of
opinion that have hitherto existed within the
ministerial circle upon the Irish question are
also vanishing Mr.. Trevelyan, Secretary for
Scotland. Mr.. Chamberlain, President of the
Local Government Board. and Earl Kimberly,
Secretary for India are now isolated in their op-
position to the scheme to buy out the landlords,
and even Mr. Chamberlain is in favor Of
the general principle involved, and differs
details of it's application. On the question of
establishing a separate Parliament at Dublin,
however, Mr.. Gladstone still finds some of his
colleagues differing widely from him. From the
best information obtainable, and which is an
doubtedly correct in the main, Mr.. Gladstone
has determined upon the following programme.
by which he hopes to solve the difficulties of his
task He has abandoned the idea Of bringing in
definite measure for home rule during the
present session. He WILL instead, introduce a
resolution solemnly pledging the government to
present bin at the next session providing for an
Irish Parliament Meanwhile the land-purchase
hill vvhiah tho on,iar povu god
ing, will be submitted to the House of Commons
as soon as it can be completed. and will be
the first of the series of measures which Mr..
Gladstones tacit understanding with Mr.. Par
nell requires him to formulate in the interest Of
better government for Ireland. Mr.. Gladstone
relies upon the support of the Earl of Carnarvon
lLord Lieutenant of Ireland under Lord Sails
bury) Lord Ashbourne. tChancellor of Ireland
at that time) and a few other leading Conserva-
tives to support his plan of land purchase as
proposition entirely distinct and separate from
any home rule measure that may be brought in
hereafter. lie also counts with certainty upon
the adhesion of the Moderate Liberals to the
land bill. and the Parneites are it is now under
stood, willing to postpone home-rule legislation.
as desired by Mr.. Gladstone, on condition that
the House of Commons will uneauivocally
pledge itself to tho resolution to consider at the
next session whatever home-rule measure Mr..
Gladstone may bring forward. The Minister
ialists arc becoming more convinced of Mr. Glad
stones strength, and are growing confident that
his tactics will succeed in maintaining the Cabi-
net unaltered, and will also avert dissolution
Of Parliament until next year.
Mr.. Gladstone has so far progressed with tho
landlords appropriation schalne as to require the
services of Sir HenrNT hwing. the parliamentary
counsel to the government, to draft the details
of the bill. He proposes an ascending scale of
rates of purchase on the ratio of the extent Of
value of tenants holdings