New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-03
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
ENGLISH OPPOSITION TO HOME RULE.
,.porcuERE AND NATIONALIST DEMANpS-A hAOh
TO AVOID PARNELEs DICTATORSHIP
tuv ~ amy no TIRE TRIBUNEl

T.
hos continued all the week with undated energy
- the press. The Times has published a number Oh
mrortant ard instructive letters on the SUBJECT
,;orinc with Mr. LabOucheres account OF what
-, porrollites woald accept. The chief features OF
.,is nroposal are continued representation OF
Ireland at Westminster III lmperlal matters anu
.bo .npremacy of the Irish Parliament III lrish
affairs including the police, the tariff and the rlSht
% levy even Imperial taxation as 1T pleased no
,o,o beinr reserved to the Imperial Parliament on
any subject. Mr.. Labouchere subsequently b''-
,rotsd that the Irish would rehnquish the claim 10
t in the Imperial Parliament if they were released
from Imperial taxes which a competent authority
estimates at seven millions yearly. This project
-...oo.od attention because it was known that MI
1.nouchrre had been negotiating with the Parnel-
ties.
Mr. Iobouchere expressly stated that the Irish
members would accept these terms, which, never
,holess English opinion has promptly rejected
Noor,v every paper which has discussed the pro-
nosal has condemned it. The Spectator describes IL
os the worst yet produced. No further attempt mas
hsen made on behalf of the Irish members WHO
clearly prefer to withheld their views ana 10
or.evere in the effort to force the hand Of one or
the other of the English parties.
VIEWS OF PROMINENT ENGLISHMEN.
F,c,ish objections to the principle of home Iue
ore stated forcibly in letter frou the DUKE oil
Arcvll. who deals among other things Win 'i''
Canadian and American analOgies now continually
;rvoksd on both sides points out that CANADA Is
virtually an independent State and declares 'n"'
thero is an absolute contrast between the Union vi
the American States and everything that Is happen
,rc or has been proposed in reference 10 nome ruie
~ Ireland. The spirit of attraction, he cohteiuS'
,ravoi,s in the American Union; the spirit Oh
reprlsion in Ireland.
Earl Cowper, the late Niceroy, has continued INC
debate with the question whether any party III
Ireland really desires home its own sake lie
insists that the agitation is still mainly agrariah'Ni'
Parncr having succeeded where Mr.. Butt ana Mt.
Shaw failed because he appealed to the cupidity OF
the Irish people Earl Cowper says that he Is con-
WINGED that Ireland is on the of more formid-
able strike against rent than has yet been seen'
Professor Goodwin Smith in to-iay's Times
topcbes a similar note. He affirms that the irlsh
were not voting on a political question, but were
,.o,ing simplv for freedom from hAperal restrain;
in completing the spoliation of the landlords lie
believes that the last election was carried not oy
free suffrage but under the pressure OF terrorist
orcanlzation welded by dictator and aided by
foreign money.
Mr.. Treyclyan's speech on Wednesday offered one
moro croof of the unanmity of the opposition of the
Rsdical leaders to an Irish Parliament He declared
that the OILY choice lies between keeping the care
of law and order in the hands OF the lmperiai
Government and repeating the Union. lie adVo-
cote1 Large concessions, and would allow the IRISH
oontrl over education, public works and all
,,,,;ci,al evnenRitre practically complete local
government. the police excepted Sir ChaiieS Dliho
has again spoken in a similar sense.
Large numbers Of Liberal members of the HOUSE
rcspond to inquiries by news agency. one or TWO
approve of Home Rule; dozen are wiling 10
consider the scheme with guarantees for Union;
and the rest either oppose the proposals or reserve
their opinion.
A DUTCH AUCTION IL PARLIAMENT.
These summaries serve to show the uncompro-
missing spirit in which Engshmen continue 10
apnroach Home Rule. There is a growing convic-
,jon in ENGLAND that there can be schenc for an
Irish Parliament which does not invo.ye ultimate
separation
The Conservative silence has been broken by Mr.
Webster the Attorney General, who declares that
Lord Salisbury Will tolerate no trucking with
ideas tending to the establishment of u separate
Parliament in Ireland Neither Mr. Gladstone nor
Mr PANEL utters a word. Nobody ventures to
predict the course of events on the assembling OF
Parliament. The present theory is tnat Parliament
will open with a Dutch auction, the Tories trying
TO get turned out and the Liberals doing their best
to keep them in.
BURMAH AND EGYPT.
The annexation of Burnah eXcltes little enthus-
lasm and little opposition 1t is generally recog-
ni2ed as IA simpler and more efficient policy than
protectorate, which is the only other alternative
French opposition amounts TO nothing. The real
Question IS whether China asscnts to annexation, |
and ON what terms. The Liberals accept their |
New Years Gift rather querulously NOT liking 10 |
see Lord Salisbury score another success. They |
cannot attack "a decision for which Lord DuiiciiE, |
Mr.. Glalstone's VcerOy is equally responsible.
General GrenfelIs victory at Giniss emphasizes |
the fact that the Arabs are massng q great force
for an advance on Egypt. The British have another
serious campaign OH hand. The Arabs fought |
worse and the Egyptians far better than before,
but General Stephcnson's telegram shows that the
enemy was completely surprised. Events tend
strongly to Justify Lord Wolscley's protest against