Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-21

pending against him. IL his
answer TO this ahomniblc charge Is
so perfect and SO complete as he and his
friends claim, 1t Is difficult to see why he
should prefer TO keep under a cloud in
stead OF stepping right out and giving his
services to his country In the hour Of lis
need, his command TO bis party when 1t
Is matter Of life and death to Gladstone
that he should move honor into Lord
Sallsbury's quarters az Downing street
Mr.. Mundell will be In the cabinet, which
viii also most likely include Lord Rose
bury (who Is likely 10 DO foreign minis
teri, Lord Granville, Lord Kimberly,
Mr. Trayelyan and Sir +. Her.
schell II Is hoped that Mr.. Cham
berlain Will be tho new colonial
secretary. The colonies viii be glad TO
get rid OF Lord Derby at any price, The
the ministry; the Conservatives, who
know what a poor creature he is, hope he
VIII. The Radicals always affect TO res
gard the Tories as peace breakers. They
will be amused, therefore, at the fears ex-
pressed In Berlinand Vienna, and even In
st, Petersburg, that the accession of Mr..
Gladstone 10 power may lead TO the
breaking out OF hOstilities In the East.
Berlin regrets that Lord Salisbury has
not remained long enough In Office 10 en-
tircly Insure the maintenance of the peace
which has been won for Europe and the
world during the past few months OF the
mastery policy OF the Tory minister.
Yet Lord Salisbury has won this position
OF trust and confidence very easily namely,
by direct and honest dealing with the
powers. He has had foreign policy
and has acted up 10 II. MIR, Gladstone
always makes difficulties abroad because
he lets his feelings dominate his judg.
ment and allows his honesty TO he fot-
tered TO notions OF oxpediency, and be-
cause In foreign politics he never secs
beyond his nose. He can talk foreign
politics delightfully."-, can put his foot
down right well In opposition, but In
power, when putting his foot down,
means peace or war, means honor or dis.
grace, means the safety Of general or
an army, then he wobbles and vacillates
aud forgcts pledges aud overlooks conse.
\ quences as he did In the Soudan, az he
has done scores OF times And II he does
at critical moment say a big thing II Is
the wrong thing, us In the case OF the
North aud South when he startled
the world and England and America
4 In particular, by getting up and de-
claring that the South had won the right
TO be recognized as q nation. He has had
his opportunity OF paclfying Ireland, hut
he let II slip. The chances are that he
will fail mlsorably 90 redeem the past,
now that he Is once more In ONCE. lie Is
always too late or too soon. Whom the
tide Is at tile food he does not take 1t /;
when the occasion does not nc the pur-
pose he Is there. II he scrambles through
the present situation II will be by the
grace of Mr. Parnell and some backing
chance. Mr.. parnell ''rules tho roostn
only TO this extent, he can do what he
pleases with "the grand old man. but
he cannot control the parliament. lle can
make new cabinet. but he cannot re-
make the laws. His triumph IL great
one, but 1t IL far from complete. No
Irish leader has ever won so much power
at Westminster; no Irish leader has 80
much TO remember against British min.
ister as Parnell against Gladstone; no
Irish leader ever had such an opportunity
to be magnanimous; no Irish leader was
ever in a more difficult position by reason
Of the very large measure Of his success
every loyal Englishman hopes that parlln-
ment Will be very generous IN Its extern
sion OF Irish authority in Ireland, and
every loyal Irishman hopes that Mr. Par
nell viii be able 10 accept such extension
as the GROWING triumph OF his agitation.
OF course he will do nothing OF the kind
but II is as well TO be hopeful, There Is
one thing to be said, whatever the end
may be, we are certainly at "the begin.
ningh Of IL. JosEFH IIATToN