Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-25

lVONs
has renewed his ofter OF the premiership
10 Lord Harrington, he himself proposing
20 take the foreign portfolio, and Lord
Harrington TO have the right TO select a
portion u the cabinet.
The Carlton and other Conservative
clubs are Almost deserted owing to the
holldsys, but the few members remain.
lng give unlimited expression 20 their
fury against Churchlll stigmatl1lng him
as u traitor VITO will DO forever nnwor-
thy OF party confidence. trhe Consery-
stive association In Churchll's conatltu.
ency Is arranging for the appointment OF
a committee 10 call upon him and de.
mand an EXPLANATION OF his conduct
rARNELL INTERVIEWED.
LONDON, Dec ~ "A representative Of
the Associated press called ON Charles
Stewart Paruell last evening at tha Rus.
ton Square hotel, and found the dlslln.
gdlshud statesman much palor aud thin.
ner than at the end OF last session OF par
lament, but now making good progress
toward ilnal recovery. Mr., parnel said
he had r,peatcdly refused TO be inter
viewed by the representatives Of british
papers, but gladly made au exc ptiou
whom the Information sought was Tor the
American people, He said his recent
severe Illness became acute about
the end OF October but for several
months previously no had been losing
fiesh and strength. CATER my malady
had become fully dey loped l was unable
10 read or write anything or attend 20 any
kind OF business for several Neoke, and
II Ia only within the last three weeks that
| 4 haN a.fg a.. -
political affairs, while even now the ex-
citcment and fatigue ot tho last few days
have dis iuctly thrown me back and made
me feel worsen
Reverting 20 the political situation Mr.
parucll said that now Lord Churchill
had resigned, the government would
have something else 10 think OF than Co
ercyo measures during the marked abb
sence Of crime aud the general modera-
ton with which the Irish campaign had
been conducted.
h gardlng the Legality OF the campaign
he said "ln any case should high legal
authority declare the campaign illegal on
technical grounds, II VIII come under the
same right OF combination which has
been legalized for British workmen under
the name OF trades uuioniem,' which has
not yet been extended 10 Irish tenant
farmers
MILITARY NEws SUPPRESSED.
Pans, Dec. "a The French press has
been warned against publishing military
news which VIII be Of use abroad
RUSSIAN RKsERvEs CALLEp our,
LONDON, Dec. % ---lt IA stated that the
Russian reserves nave been called out A
marked movement OF troops has been mo-
liced IN Bess.Arahia
SOME DisCLosuBHs TO nE MApE.
LoNpoS, Dec 2i,--The supporters OF
Lord Randolph Churchill declare that
when nc Is ablo 10 tell the true reason for
his resiRnati m the disclosure VIII cause
a sensation throughout the county and
will result iu hiH triumphant ylndieation,
They say II will be shown that he did
not oppose grants for tho necessary de-
Tense Of the empire, but that ho refused
10 sanction ANY increase Of estimates I'M
lesB II vas accompanied by a reformed
Standardization Of the war and admiralty
departments. Lord Randolph discovered
while IN Office, say, his friends,
that the government had no control over
the expenditure OF hundreds Of thousands
Of pounds which are yearly voted for the
war Office for material that has never been
provided, aud that similar abuses exlst in
the admiralty.
MOTHS FROM GERMANY.
BERLIN, Dec. "a The snow storm In
Central Germany has abated, aud railway
communication has Teen renewed With
Saxony aud Thuringla.
The North German Gazette, comment.
ing on the story printed Ia the Progress'
list papers that tine car, Ia Il NJ OF rage,
shot German military attache AZ Sc,
Petersburg, declares that such abuses OF
the freedom OF the press require instant
remedy.
MOTIFS OK TIM CRISIS.
LONDON, Dec "a LIN consequence OF
Lord Sallsbury's request Lord IIarting
ton will remain In X mo until Sunday 10
await letters from Lord Salisbury.
Lord Harrington has not received an
invitation 10 enter tho cabinet II Ia Inn
probable that an invitation would be
sent by telegraph as no has no
cipher that would enable him to translate
government dispatch. Ho will moi
como 10 dccieion until he has seen
Lord Sallsbury's letters.
Lord Harrington thinks that virtually
there has been no chsnge IN the situation
since last autumn, but he reserves hs
pInlon us 70 the political future. Publlc
opinion shows that Lord Harrington viii
not enter the cabinet
IL has been virtually decided 10 further
prorogue parliament until the second
week 10 February.
Lord Randolph Churchill alone Insisted
upon an Early meeting OF the capinet and
the council has been summoned Tor next
| week
Lord Randolph Churchill IL irrltated
aud asiounded at the unauimlty Of the dc.
nunciations OF his course by the conBery'
atiyes,
A VILLAIN ARRESTED.