Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-01
HAW0N
Conservatives Feel sare The Ice VIII
Break Beneath the Feet Of The
Grand Old Man.
The London Riots Hailed a. i,nd nee,r.
ming for the Revival Of the Glad.
stone 0overnmeut.
An nMINor. ilrnlNNIxn.

9Fe'lW correspondence OF the Gazette
LoRDoN, Feb. le--The revival of Mr..
Gladstone starts ominously. Ms nrst
Gay OF power has been lnaliguraied with
the hrsi step toward revolution and
the worst news we have received from
the east this year Mr.. Gladstone has
now on his hands an "Fnrlisb ones
ton" as we'll as an Irish question y
and there seems every prospect OF the
Eastern question: becoming acute
Had we not i,ecn occupied In defending
our hearths and homes from London
mob we should all have been discussing
the serious aspect Of affairs In the Rail-.
ans. Greece and Scryia are evidently
bent on raising European war. aud
now that the strong hand OF Salisbury II
no longer TO be reckoned with. Russia
is encouraging Bulgaria To make
new clalTHs and to go In for a higher am.
bition than Prince Alexander has hitherto
dreamed Of But we have no time inst
now to look after the Turk or Is think Of
protecting C0nstmhlnople We have TO
take care Of Lpndou and threats come
up from Nottingham that n food or work
Is not at once found Tor the Industrial
classes there, they Will not be responsible
for what will happen The march Of the
Social Democrats and the East End
rough-25, 900 strong through the heart
OF London Is d iorctasto OF something
worse so the ringeaders openly declare
But when next they "demonstrateu Il a
more than probable that they will meet
with warm receptlon,if not ut the hands
OF the police, at the hands OF the trades.
men and middle classes. The mob was
not the vicious crowd Il was described,
or IL would certainly have committed
greater outrages than smashing win
dows and looting shops. There was
even a touch Of grim humor in Its
methods of destruction. II frequently
plundered one store TO ding the looted
things through the windows OF another.
II plundered wine merchants, and only
paused to drink a little OF his liquor. Ii
flung the full bottles into the windows OF
the next shop; II tossed bread and
poultry about, pelted each other with
biscuits and candy, kicked rabbits and
pheasants about the sidewalks; when II
plundered jewelers. IL chucked clocks
into areas; II looted shirts and tried to
put them on over Its clothes; IL bonneted
nobemen and stole their watches; IL
turnod swclls out OF carriages, and, TAX
Ing their places, drove about the park.
II was certainly very rude and ungallant
to ladies', tearing iewelry from their
necks; II Invariably turned aside from
anything like opposltlon; In Its wake It
left the roadways strewn with all kinds
of property, even with rings and
brooches and watches; II plum
dered the till of a bakers and
flung the TIL through a neighbours win
dow, II rollickcd and yelled and danced
through the West End like moro or less
wicked giant aud as II neared It's head-
quarters in the East End IL gradually dis
appeared, "whilc all the world wondered. !"
The next day another demonstration was
attempted on small scale, but the police
were ready, and the mob offered no resis.
lance, hut scuttled, Glaciers are busy
meanwhile repairing wrecked windows,
and tradesmcn and merchants who have
been plundcred are investigating theii
prospects OF being rccouped out OF the
rates. The ostensible and declared
preachers Of revolution were Hyndman
and company, who had the GOODNESS to
wait upon Mr.. Chamberlain the next day
10 urge the cause OF the distressed. The
famous Radical minister snubbed them
and 1t is said they will probably be prose
cuted. II the men who inclte the ignor
ant and the hungry TO sack London &C
scot free there j. no justice in Furnishing
their dupes.