St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-26
BRITISH POLITICS.
The Irish Protestant Home Rule
League IndOrse GladstOne.

LONDON, June 25.-The Irish Protestant
Home Rule league has issued an election
manifesto in which it denies that the Irish
Protestants are opposed to Mr.. Gladstone
or that they believed the adoption of his
policy for the establishment of an Irish par
lament will endanger the lives of Protest
ants in Ireland. The Duke of Argyle pub
fishes letter opposing the grant of ma
jority in the next parliament to Mr.. Glad
stone. In the letter occur the following
sentences:
Splendid as Mr.. Gladstone's powers long
have been, no such confidence ought to be
placed in any one human being on questions
of such Importance as is asked of the people
of England on behalf of the premier in the
present electoral controversy. Mr.. Glad
stones powers have confessedly been I'M
equal to the solution of the Irish problem in
his late scheme, and there is no reason to be-
lieve they would be more adequate in August
than they proved in May.
Mr.. Chamberlain writes to an inquirer
that he does not believe that the granting
of home rule to Ireland would have the
effect of withdrawing to Ireland swarms of
Irish workmen now in Great Britain, or of
enabling Ireland to compete with England
in manufactures. On the contrary, he be-
lieves that such legislation would have pre-
cisely the opposite effect, owing to the
WITHDRAWAL OF CAPITAL FROM IRELAND
and the flight of landlords which, he thinks,
would follow the passage of home-rule
bill and which would necessarily throw
thousands out of employment. Ireland,
he says, is an essentially poor country and
the condition of the people is likely to be-
come rapidly worse with an unsettled gov
eminent and no security for investment.
John Bright has written for public use
letter to Peter Ryland, Liberal Unionist,
to aid him in securing reelection. In
this letter Mr.. Bright says he hopes Mr.
RYland will be successful in carrying the
Burnley district. and adds:
What your opponents think an error may
prove patriotism and wisdom, 1t is grevious
to see how Liberals treat Liberals whose only
fault lies In the support of the principles
Liberals accepted a year ago. Honesty and
capacity seem OF small value compared to
the supplenesS which permits and enables
members to turn their backs upon themselves
whenever great leader changes his m ind on
any course"
HOWARD vINCENT's DENIAL.
Mr.. William O'Brien telegraphs to the
London agent of the Associated Press re-
specting Col. Howard Vincent's denial that
he made official overtures to the Parnellites
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'.After Vincent's interview with me, we
walked to the Office of the National league,
where he had an interview with Mr.. Har-
rlngton and Mr.. Hooper. Nationalist mem
Der of parliament. At the meeting with
these gentlemen Vincent intimated that he
would communicate what had occurred to
Lord Carnarvon, the lord lieutenant He
also informed me that'he had been in COM
municatiOn with the highest officials of
Doub'in Castle concerning the matters dis
cuSSed at the League Office, and that Lord
Carnarvon had suggested holding confer
ence with Mr.. Parnell at Vincents house.
l cannot, in view of all these facts, regard
Vincents visit as unofficial"
THE MAYOR OF LIMERICK,
in speech this evening, alleged that Mr..
Vincent informed him last autumn that he
had Churchills authority for saying that if
the Irish helped the Conservatives to
power. the Conservatives would be glad to
give the Irish complete control of all Irish
affairs. MIR. Parnell. in speech at Ports
mouth this evening. said the proposed
home rule scheme was better than restoring
Grattans parliament. The separation idea
was ridiculous. If separation were ever
attempted it would be in opposition
to moral power, such as existed
in America in 1861. The provisions
of MI. Gladstone's scheme were fully ade-
buate to protect the minority. The grant
ing Of separate government to Ulster
would leave 100000 Protestants in other
provinces without protection. Earl Car
navon last autumn was as strong for au-
tonOmy as he (Parnell) was and vehe-
mently urged upon the cabinet such con-
cession, which the latter did not refuse
until the Irish failed to give the Tories a
majority. The Irish would cheerfully ac-
cept Mr.. Gladstone's proposal as final.
Cyrus Fields Libel Suit,
LONDON. June 25.-The libel case of
Cyrus w. Field against Henry Labouchere,
proprietor of the London Truth, was ND for
hearing to-day before Justice Denman. Elk.
Attorney General James appeared for Mr..