Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-23
FOREIGN.
A Terrible Tale OF Suffering Told by
the Mate OF the Lost British
Bark Arlkow.
A Grand Demonstration 60 Prove that
Gladstone Has the Heart of England
with Him In Home Rule.

AWFUL SUFFERING OF BRfTIsT NATE
LONDON, June 22.-The American shlI
Frank Pendleton, Capt. Nichols, from
San Francisco February IS, has arrived
at Queenstown. She has on board the
maze Of the British bark Arlkow, Capt
Pye, from Manila for Montreal The
Arlkow was in collision May s with an
unknown vessel and was cut to the wa.
tcr's edge. The captain, his wife and
child and ten seamen took TO the life
boats. The mate put off alone in small
open boat. IL is feared that the occu-
pants Of the liie-boat were
lost. The mate had most
dreadful experience. He was eight days
without food, water or clothing, the
stores he had provided himself with hav-
| ing been lost by the capsizing Of his boat.
He chung to the keel fortwenty-six hours,
and then succeeded In Fighting the craft
He hung up his shirt for sail, and
caught few hylng-6sh, which he ate.
He proceeded slowly for six days, looking
In vain for q sail, and he then became I'M
conscious. While in this condition the
boat was sighted by the Frank Pendle.
ton, and he was rescued.
GLADSTONE AGAIN.
EDINBURGH, June 20 Gladstone adj
dressed another large, enthusiastic meet
ing here yesterday. In the course Of his
speech he said IT was irksome to always
be compelled TO refer to Ireland, but that
this WIS due TO the Tories who blocked
the way so that the government could not
get rid Of the question and proceed
to other business Of the empire.
He relied, he added, upon the peoples
energy to clear the line now and allow
the train Of progress 10 20 on TO its des-
tination He denied having cheered Mr. |
Sexton when the latterfollowed Chamber |
lain In the debate on home rule and |
tainted him with being ambl ious to be !
mayor OF Birmingham. The premier re-
lterated his demand upon the marquis OF |
Salisbury and Earl Carnarvon to answer
the questions he asked of them last FRI
day night, and said that he thought |
Goschen, formerly a Liberal minister,
would now make good Tory candidate
said he did not complain OF the |
secession Of Lord Harrington and Mr..
Bright. They were a small faction of the
Liberal party, and they had abandoned its
traditions which were honorable regard
ing Ireland. They were trying to resist
that policy which, II it had been carried
out, would have saved years OF trouble
He did not think England and Scotland
received the land-purchase bill so favor
aoly as they received the homer rule bill.
The cabinet were now free to reapproach
the whole subject. II they continued In
office the cabinet would carry their home
rule programme. They desired to secure
local self-goyernment for Ireland with
perfect security for the imperial union.
He had never, he declared, concealed his
IDEAS from the country when great crisis
had come. People had had the audacity
TO say that he had endeavored to force
his question forward Last autumn he
'aid he foresaw an Irish demand that
would sweep into the shade all other
legislation, and he foreshadowed but did
not foresee that the demand would be so
mild and moderate. and Gladstone
urther said he hoped they would not let
slip
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
which does not often occur, especially
in the case of Ireland. The rejection of
The home-rule bill would not settle the
the question and bring peace, but there
would be the same miserable round
II contention. He asked them to listen
10 prayer reduced to the limits of {
reason and safety. 1t is not often in the ,
history OF countries that such opportunl-
lies arse Rare indeed have thew been {
IN the case Of Ireland, the first, | believe, /
being the opportunity provided by the
.reaty OF Limerick. Ali gentlemen, had /
hat treaty been executed the last 200 I
years would have told ]
VERY DIFFERENT TALE,
md the indelible blot of disgrace which !
.he judgment of the civilized world has {
liked upon England for her treatment OF l
Ireland would never be found to sully I
ler brilliant and illustrious escutcheon. I
Cheers. | am sorry to say 1t was /
Protestant bigotry and national peradv /
hat trampled under foot the articles al i
hat treaty. Such opportunities thus
lave come at intervals of a century
At the end of the seventeenth. a. {
he close OF the eighteenth, and /,
low again at the close of the nineteenth :
certainty. do not say another opportu. =
llty Will not occur. The case is now :
Tery different. You have Just such wea-
IONS In the hands OF Ireland, the weapons q
u constitutional freedom and representa- i
i've government, which she Will know 4
cry well how to use, and though you re- a
ect her prayer you do not thereby settle .
he difficulty or even obtain II
AN INTERVAL OF PRRcARIoUs REPosE. =
~ you remember Burke'S words when @
ne supporters of the rulnousAmerican war
aid they were able tosuppress the Amer
cansY He said "the moment of military =
uccess will be the commencement ri :,
olitical difficulty, and II you do suppress d
rmed resistance in America YOU never !,
VII DC able to govern American r,
do not hold out to you the terror Of ;,
wi war in Ireland, and leave that To Il
ne loyal Orangemen laughter who are =
ylng through the country with rifles
rom Belfast to the Boyne. Laughter. 7 hi
there were any such terror AS that Won h
ave had ten times enough force to sue. al
ress any such resistance. But, gentle. II
leni under the present system YOU viii
ever be able to alter what has hsppened
the last six months, which has STAMPED
pom our own history facts inefaoeablei in 81
yourselves and certain MS TO their results d
tnat prayer rs rejected you never viii "
G able va !"
TO GOVERN IRELAND Is
gain, You will find disappointment In. fr
lces transportation. Social order win he In
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