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 LONDON, Feb. 27.
 As foreigner, I have often been struck with astonishment and admiration at the way demonstrations were carried out in London; the orderly crowd assembled to- gether to talk of its grievances, the business like passing of certain resolutions, and last but not least, the attitude of the police force who always seemed to be present to make sure that the indignation meeting should do it's protesting comfortably. All this filled me with admiration mixed with a little jeal- ousy. I admire it. I used to say to myself eff we could only do the thing like that in France, how delightful it would bel" And l always thought that the secret of the diff ference in our two methods of holding meet ings lay chiefly in the inaggressive nature of the British constable. But I must have been sadly mistaken in my estimate of him. It now appears that he can be as az gressive any of his continental brethren of the truncheon. In fact, the behavior of some mounted policemen in Hyde Park on Saturday last can only be characterized as stupid and brutal. They were simply on duty there to see that 8 Socialist meeting dispersed in an orderly manner, but, without waiting for the slightest manifestation of dis order, they charged into the mob, knocking down and trampling under foot dozens of unfortunate people. l suppose their idea was to make up for their want of action dur ing the riots. However this may be, there are loud complaints of their conduct on both occasions, and the administration and organ ization of the police force is to be thorough ly investigated without delay. No doubt somebody will be hanged for it; but as usual it will be the wrong man, and l am sorry to hear that, to facilitate the process of inves- tisation, Colonel Henderson, the head of the force, has resigned.
 Lord Randolph Churchill, after seven months of sobriety in office, felt that he stood in need of a political debauch, and he has availed himself of his relief from power to reappear in his old character. He has gone to Belfast to stir the Loyalists of Ireland and bid them prepare for war. "You enjoy great privileges in this loyal north" l" he said to them; ''these privileges worth demonstrating for; by heavens, gen tlemen, these privileges worth fighting for" The Times confesses that Lord Randolph's little expedition ''can hardly be desosibed as pacific" The Standard t'looks forward with some appre- hension to the consequences that may attend it." Strange to say, whilst Lord Randolph Churchill, the high priest of the party, is de- livsring fiery speeches in the province of Ulster and almost melting the Orangemen to civil war, Michael Davitt, the great Irish pa triot who is looked upon Fenian by the English, is now in Cork exhorting his country men to be peaceful and patient, and is de- nouncing moonlighting and outrages Of all kinds, whether on persons or property; in fact using all his influence to induce them to quietly wait and use only legal means to further an end which is now near at hand, the independence of the Irish nation.
 The Pall Mall Gazette, which has now re- covered the high rank it occupied before it's famous strevelations takes Lord Randolph Churchill to task for saying that ''no change so gigantic as the repeal of the Union can be accomplished by the mere passing of 8 law. The history of the United States will teach us a different lesson.'' Here is the distinct assertion that the granting of home rule cannot be affected by legislative means. "If we make up our minds so far as to pass home rule act," says the Pall Mall, Eve shall not finch from the further responsibil ity of compelling the Orangeinen to obey the laws even at the point of the sword" All this sounds like war trumpets. What the history of the United States teaches us is that the central government, backed by strong majority, will not tolerate such fooling as his talk about rebellion and appeal to the sword against "the mere passing of law" The southerners held Lord Randolph's views, and then tried to give effect to them; but al though they had ten times the chance of the Orangemen, and far more justification from material point of view, they were crusnoo remorselessly by the dominant majority. If the recent history of America teaches us any l thing, it is that in a democracy, while the majority will tolerate any amount of home rule, it will not tolerate rebellion or seces- sion. After the North had crushed the South, it established home rule in every rebel State. If Parliament, to deal with local matters. is established in Dublin, the | Imperial Parliament will have to be supreme over it's votes as well as over resolutions passed in Orange lodges in Ulster. However all this may be, pacified and satisfied Ire land is not sight likely to be seen for many years to come.
 Apropos of reforms in Ireland, I hear | that demands for them are not confined to one circle of society. Numbers of well-to citizens ofDublin are as eager for another reg | ime at the Castle as thelr poorer country men are to obtain home rule. Their griev- ance is that they do not receive invitations | to the festivities of the Castle, and all be- cause the giving of these invitations is in the