Evening star., 1886-07-17
WHEAT CROP SHORT
GLADSTONE WILL RESIGN AT ONCE.
There Will be n Coalition Ministry.
But HartinytOn will Not Join IL.

CALLING FOR TORY SCHEME To DEAL.
WITH IRELAND-CHaMBERLAIN LATEST
ULTIMATUM To GLADsToNE-rHE LATTER
SURPRISING EVERYBODY BY HIS GOOD
SPIRITS.
Special Cable Dispatch to THE F,vrSrSo Stan
LONDON, July 17.-Gladstone is on the point
OF resignation and there will be a coalition.
These two points may be regarded as certain.
Gladstone dined last night with a number of
the members of his government when the
whole situation was exhaustively discussed.
Although some, especially Harcourt, were in
favor oi holding on TO Office, the feeling OF the
maDority,which is the conviction of Gladstone
was for Immediate resignation. The cabinet
meeting at which this will be formally decided
Will be held Immediately after the last election
1t is possible that Gladstone will advise the
queen to invite Lord Harrington TO form a
ministry as the people calling themselves lib
erals constitute majority of the house. The
invitation will be formal and will be declined
THE QUEEN WILL THEN SUMMON SALISBURY
to England and to office. He will accept and
Will invite Harrington to enter a coalition min
lstry. This Harrington will promptly refuse to
do under any circumstances. Therefore, i'm a
few weeks England viii. again be under the con-
troll of purely conservative administration.
Neither Sir Henry James, Chamberlain nor
Irevelyan, even If the latter found "A seal, would
enter "A coalition cabinet. Go>chen is the chief
nope OIL the tories among the unionistS. He will
not join tine government, however. The fore
casts OF the tory ministry now being made are
all necessarily without foundation, because the
Two persons chiefly concerned-Salisbury and
Churchii-are out of En- land. Salisbury 5 chief
difficulty will be the lord lieutenancy OF Ire
land. As of course Lord Carnaryon will have
nothing TO do with it, il will probably be offered
either TO Lord Ashbourne, Earl Dunraven or
the Marquis of Lorne. Stanhupe will probably
be CHIEF secretary.
GLADSToNES WONDERFUL SPIRITS
surprise those who have best known his intense
interest in the struggle He has no idea Of CIV
ing up the fight and will lead the opposition to
the tories as soon as they are in power. AS the
Itotes enthusiastically puts it this morning:
OF his descent and the cnormity OF his cffense
against his betrayed country.
The tory Journals throughout the country are
beginning with simultaneous eagerness to call
Tor the production OF "A tory scheme for Ireland,
OF which Salisbury and Iddesleigh can say
"Ihis Is what we recommend TO the commons
and the country
CHAMBERLAIN'S CLTIMATUN.
Birmingham paper declares itself In a posi-
tion TO state. which phase probably means,
This is ChamberlainS ultimatum" that Glad
stone can reunte the liberal party il he wishes
but must definitely abandon his Irish propo-
sails and recognize that he has made a mistake.
otherwise, tie conservative reaction will last
twenty years. The tories elected now number
81. Oi members remaining to be elected 3
VIII be Parnellites, GiadstonIans and torv
1t Is, therefore, clear the tories will reach the
total of $40 predicted.