Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
Froude on Irish Government.


EDINBURGH. March 5th. = Froude, the
historian, said in an interview yesterday :
l think granting home rule to Ireland is an
experiment We are likely to make, but
which is exceedingly likely to turn out
very i'll. AT the same time, having regard
to the weakness of Parliament and to our
system OF Parliamentary government, one
can see that home rule is likely to be forced
upon us. The canse lies entirely in the
Constitution of the British Government. If
We had the American system, the demand
would not be tolerated nor listened to for
moment In America the Executive ad-
ministration is Independent of Congress.
Ours is now practically in the hands of a
single democratic house. l don't believe
that any Government can be kept together
for any long period if it be such as ours
now is, and | am convinced that we
shall before long have in some way
to assimiiate our form of government to
the American model. The only condition
under which Ireland can enjoy the benefits
of good government is the condition of
subordination, and if the Irish obtain sep
arate government their inevitable ouarrels
among themselves would soon render them
an example TO the civilization of the world
OF what democracy. is likely to turn out
when applied to such people. do not an
followed the establishment of the Kilkenny
Parliament, which sat from 16i1 to 1649.
The result then was chaos, and the country
was occupied by four different armies at
the same time. If Ireland was governed as
the South was governed by the North after
the Civil War, with firm and steady hand,
there would be peace and industry and
prosperity.
Peace of Europe Assured.
New YORK, March 5th.-A Berlin special
says: 1t is generally admitted here that
the peace of Europe for the present will
not be disturbed. This favorable turn of
affairs in Eastern politics is universally
credited to the firm and judicious diplo-
matte management of Count Kalnoky, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The
| continental papers admit that Kalnoky. by
| acting in full accord with Bismarck's pol
icy, averted 4 rupture between Austria and
Russia.
The Queens Coming Out of Retirement.
| LONDON, March 5th.-Intimatious from
official sources indicate the Queen has been
| persuaded to modify her determination to
remain in retirement. She promised to be
present at the public ceremonies of layine
the cornerstone of the new College of Phy.
sicians, the driving of the first pile for the
new tower bridge, and the opening of the
| Colonial Exhibition. Her Majesty. how.
ever, decisiyely declined to hold court al
buckingham Palace, even for a short pc.
riod in the spring.
Sensation in the Paris Bourse.
| PARIS, March 5th.-Peronnier, the sol
der, who, by firing his revolver in the
Chamber OF Deputies on the 25th of Febru
| ary, forced the state to take notice of him
and his grievance has already had an i'm.
itator. While business was at its high,
this afternoon in the Paris Bourse, strange
! man in the gallery drew attention by max
ing apparently aimless demonstrations
subsequently he took a bottle containing
an explosive liquid from his pocket, and
cast it down among the brokers upon the
floor of the Exchange, crying out, as hf
did so, Viye anarchie." The bottle struck
no one, remained intact, and made no epi
sode. The few spectators who were inter
rupted in their observations by the mans
conduct, swore at him, and asked why the
police did not remove him. The man ther
drew out a revolver. and shot three times
down toward the main floor. He soon bad
the gallery to himself, and continued tf
brandish his revolver and yell "VIye an
archie A tremendous excitement reignet
for while in the Exchange, and all busi
ness was suspended. The disturber wa,
soon seized and hurried from tbe nlace h.,
none too soon, as the crowd, when they re-
covered from their panic. sought the mar
with cries to kill him. The man was eyi
IDENTIFY of the working class
The Bimetallic War In Germany.
LONDON, March 5th.-The bimetallic wa,
is spreading in Germany, and threatens tt
involve questions and interests hitherto
looked upon as being entirely beyond ths
l limits Of ItS Soma Tho r~ol5 xc~kx-
admit that Herr Won Scholtz Prussiar
Minister of Finance. in defining the inten
tons of the Government in respect to tn,