Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-26
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
A Crisis Imminent in Eng
land.
HOME RULE BILL IN DANGER.
Parliament to be Diss0lved-Ru-
mored Resignation of the
Gladstone Ministry.

dlauStOne MINISTRY.
lspeciaIto the Herald bvthe Associated Press
LONDON, May 26.--The Cabinet met
at noon. 1t is stated that the Cabinet
will certainly decide whether or not the
Government will dissolve Parliament
and 20 the country on the Premier's
Irish policy. The meeting lasted an
hour and twenty minutes. A few min
utes after adjournment Gladstone start.
ed for Windsor Castle to see the Queen.
1t is rumored he will advise the Queen
TO Immediately dissolve Parliament.
There is considerable excitement in
the Commons this afternoon consequent
upon the report that Gladstone has ten
dered the resignation Of the Govern.
ment to the Queen.
This evening the general opinion is
that at to-day's meeting the Cabinet re-
solved on the dissolution Of Parliament
and an appeal to the country, If the
government be defeated on the second
reading of the Home Rule bill. 1t is
thought that Gladstone'a visit to Wind
sor Castle this afternoon was for the
purpose of acquiring the Queens consent
to the dissolution before the departure
of the court tomorrow night for Balmo-
raj Castle. The whips were instructed
to summon the rank and file of the Lib
sral party to q general meeting on
Thursday, when notifications in the
Home Rule bill will be announced in or
der TO preserve the government from de-
feat on the second reading. The bill
will be dropped after the second read
ing. 1t is probable that Parliament will
be dissolved in the Autumn. If the
Gladstone government be returned, the
Winter session will be devoted exclu.
sively to the discussion of the Home
Rule bill.
Mr.. Gladstone went to Windsor to-
day, in obedience to a summons from
the Queen, and conveyed to her the
opinion of himself and colleagues with
reference to the Home Rule bill and the
proposed dissolution of Parliament. The
Queen intimated that she was willing to
meet the wishes Of the ministers.
The Liberal unionists, In spite Of their
new and untried committee, are sanguine
of success in the coming elections.
Baron Rothchild has sent them five
hundred pounds sterling. and it is be.
lieved that they have received several
larger sums. They are widely circu-
lating anti. Home Rule literature.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Home Rule debate was resumed
in the House of Commons tonight.
viscount Lymington, a Liberal, said
that the bill was chaotic measure. Ire
land required social remedies. The
agrarian question was at the root OF the
whole difficulty.
The Attorney General said that one
reason Of the failure Of the recent Irish
remedial legislation was that it
came too late; another reason
was that tho benefits offered were not
what the Irish wanted, but what Par
lament thought they ought to have.
Abiding to Chamberlain's views, the
Attorney. General said that this bill
would really further, and not retard,
federation. The protests about Ulster
were mainly bunkum and buster. The
religious question was merely bogus
bugbear intended to frighten the Ulster
ties, whose alarm was without founda-
ton. The Government, he said, sought
to substitute real for an unreal union.
Cheers.
Mr.. Trevelyan asked what the House
would have members do whose opinions
differed from those of their constituents.
(Cries Of ''resign.") They could hardly
resign ON every such occasion replied
the speaker. As for himself. he contin-
ued, he would leave his constituents to
follow out his course. He was unable
to support the bill. He failed to agree
with the Attorney General that these
who failed to grant autonomy to ireland
should vote according to the nature Of
the proposed autonomy. Mr.. Trevelyan
the House that America, when
asked to pay tribute Of loo. 900 pounds
sterling, had chosen separation. What
would the colonies have done II they
had been asked to pay tribute such
as that demanded of Ireland.
Grattan in iignantly refused to pay
to England the financial surplus of Ire.
land. The speaker then quoted an
alleged remark of Mr.. Parnell to the
effect that he would not rest until the
last link that connected Ireland with
England had been broken.
Mr.. Parnell here interposed, exclaim.
ing: This is not the first time this
caIumny has been uttered. / demand
the date and place Of the speech"
Mr.. Trevelyan--'.Cincin If Mr..
Parnell considers his words derogatory,
let him Withdraw them and express his
regrets"
Mr.. Parnell retorted that Mr.. Treve.
lyan had not given the date and name Of
the paper from which he quoted. He
lParnell) possessed verbatim reports OF
his Cincinnati speeches, which showed
that he had not used such words.
MIR. Trevelyan said he fully accepted
Mr.. Parnell's denial. aud added that the
date was February %, 1880. and the pa
per was the Irish World. Proceeding
with his speech, Mr.. Trevelyan said
that the chief objection to the Land
Purchase bill was that the measure
would prove rainoue to the country.
He asked why the Government could
not alter the present bill to meet the OBJ
jections of some of its most faithful fol-
lowers. [Cries of Oh and cheers.
Healy tainted Mr.. Trevelyan with
having no alternative proposals. He
accused Mr.. Trevelvan of breaking open
copies Of the Irish World directed to Par
nellites.
Trevelyan said the imputation was
serious one. He declared that he had
never opened another's letter in his life.
Mr.. Healy said he only remarked that
while Mr.. Trevelyan was in office the
Parnellites did not get their papers
directly, others opened letters if Mr..
Trevelyan did not, Burke himself did.
Mr.. Healy continued, If Mr..
Gladstone is unable to settle
the matter which of the differing puny
whipsters is able. Better graft the
boon generously than refuse and plunge
the matter into the seething csuldron
prepared for it.
MEETING OF LIBERALS.
LONDON, May 25.--Mr. Gladstone has
issued circular calling upon all OF the
Liberal members to meet at the Foreign
Office.
A Riot at Aldershot.
LONDON, May 25.-Some members oil