New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-20
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
MR. GLADSTONE'S MENACE OF DlSsOLU
TION.
CHANGE OF TACTICs-MR. BRfCEs AND "i'' '"
BoVCHERE's sPEECHEs-ThE LIBERAL
OPPOSITION STILL UNBROKEN.
rpY CABLE TO THE TRIBuNE.l


,rome Rulc debate through the whole of next week.
of n dissolution of Parliament if the
,nho boaten is believed already TO have produced
.,o ofroc, 10th on the members and the consttu-
a;os To both dissolution is dstasteful, but MIR.
C,oas,oro is confident Of his strength III tho
orrtrv and holds dissolution TO he the lneVitaoie
rult If the defeat of the second reading. oeverai
q, his colleagues are known to disagree "i,h hi'n'
Int on this point Mr.. Gladstone means 10 ha>c MS
oxn wav The situation Is supposel % pc si'sn'H
,ees homeless from the Mnsteriahst poiht oi Iie"'
since Monday three Liberals present at Mt. ''hai'-
,,-n,oin,s meeting last week have returned to the
" ", 49," ,"'.;an fold There are hopes that others
NAV do likewise No estimate however, based on
anrtbinc but Mark Tapley views makes the Min
;.terial minority ON the second reading less than
thirty New expedents for avertlng disaster there
fore are daily suggested.
Mr.. Bryce on Monday resumed tie Home knle
debate in an able speech which ran through every
diplomatic note. beginning with an appeal to the
country rcasserting the main proposition OF MT.
Gladstones manifesto that the sole question now
at issue is the creation Of separate legislature for
Ireland and concluding with a fresh offer to the
Radicals TO leave the retention of the Irish mem
bers at Westminster open. Mr.. LabOuchere last
night trumped this card, albeit his partners invited
the House TO read and kill The second time IN order
10 affirm the principle of autonomy subject Ito an
engagement by the Government thereupon to with
draw il. This suggestion had been heard before.
but il was understood in the House that Mr. Glad
stone. who sometimes employs unusual agencies,
had authorized Mr.. LabOuchere TO make the
proposal The Radicals. who follow Alr. Chamber
lain show no disposition to accept this or any other
olive branch. Mr. Game, Mr.. Chamberlan's right
hand man. says that his list of nincty-fve Liberals
of all shades distinctly pledged aga nst the second
reading re'uains unbroken, after deducting all
doubtful or weakened brethren.
Lord Hartng gton. msprited perhaps by winning
the great northern handicap, spoke yesterday at
Bradford with great animation and repudlated all
notion of agreeing to the second reading on any
terms whatever but mtimated that he would not
object TO Mr.. Gadstone's withdrawing the bill,
should he prefer that to seeing it rejected outright
This way of escape wOuld snit Mr.. Gladstones
colleagues better than Mr.. Gladstone himself but
Lord Harrington will agree TO no abstract resolu-
tion in favor of autonomy tor Ireland. which he
says NAV mean ANYTHING or nothing, lie insists
that the Liberal party must be left free to consider
any new scheme on its merits when the present
measure shall have been duly buried
Nobody supposes that either Lord Harrington or
Mr. Chamberlain Will now assent to any suggestion
but tie entire withdrawal of tie measure. Mr..
Chamberlain is bitterly reproached by the Glad
stonians for refusing to meet and orresrond with
unlucky speech in moving the second reading was
deputed to resume negotiations. Mr.. Bright has
since been mentioned as possible arbitrator but
Mr. BRIGHT is opposed TO this measure root and
branch. opposed to the principle of an independent
parliament at Dublin not less than to the details
of the bill.
The caucuses in England continue to range
themselves n the side of the Ministry. The London
Liberal-Radical council under the presidency OF
Sir Charles Dixie after stormy meeting passed
one resolution in favor cf the second reading and
rejected another censurng Mr. Chamberlain.
Scotland remains intractable. The Liberal conl-
mittee Of the southern division of Edinburgh. for
which Mr.. Childers sits, has adopted motion OPP
posing Mr. GladstO scheme. The Scotch peti-
t,n against the bill presented on Monday bore over
one hundred Thousand signatures.
The Home Rule Liberals derive OF profess to
derive some comfort amid their tribulations from
Lord Sahsbury's recent speech. Lord Salisbury,
they say has policy to propose for Ireland except
twenty wears of coercion. They accuse hun OF
comparing the hish to Hottentots and proposing to
spend vast sums on impossible schemes Tor the
deportation of million Irish people to Manitoba.
The real object OF the speech, which abounded III
brilliant indscrctions was to reasscrt the ele-
uentarV proposition that the business OF the Gov
ernment in Ireland Is to govern. Whoever now
favors the maintenance of law is called coercion
ist unless it be in Ulster which like again the Irish
regiment in Ncw-York he wishes to cOerce.
The protests of Ulster against its proposed sub
lection to Mr.. Parnell continue. Preparations
continue. but the present purpose of the cooler
heads among the Ulster leaders IS to avoid demon
stratioms ana threats and TO keep their powder
dry Mr. Labouchere's view that Ulster opposi-
,ion is arrant humbug is not shared by Mr.. Morley,
who is anxious to get his Arms Act renewed for
tine benefit of Clstcr. Mr.. Parnell would gladly
consent if il were limited to Ulster and has in fact
areed 60 allow the second reading bat will oppose
further progress unless the Home Rule bill be also
read a second time. If the Ministry are beaten on
that they have not the remotest chance of passing
the AIMS Act.
The Parnellites openly give out that if Home
Rule be now refused abstraction in the Commons
will Ice resumed, not shilling of rent will he pad
in Ireland and boycotting will be practlsed on
greater scale than ever and IN new subtle ana
more deadly forms There are signs that the
more active spirits among the criminal classes III
Ireland are already becoming impatient farmer
was murdered on Sunday in County Glare, whose
crime was taxing a bovcotted farm, for which the
blowing of Of the top OF his skull with bunder-
buss was thought by the murderer suitable
penalty. Judge Boyd, Of the Land Court, men-
tions case where the secretary OF the National
League sent threatening letter forbidding the
court auctioncer to sell lands which the court
had ordered to be sold. Judge Boyd seems dis
posed to try conclusions with the League The
public awaits the result with interest but thinks
that the League will beat the law with severity.
The Home Rule contest threatens to make itself
felt socially London would welcome truce
next week when the season is at It's height The
Derby Is on Wednesday and the Queens birthday
will be celebrated Saturday. People remark with
surprise that Mr. Gladstone has invited his eX-col
leagues 70 dine with him on Saturday. Mr. CHAM
berlan. Sir Henry James and Mr. lrevelyan have
accepted Still more surprising Is the refusal OF
the Prince Of Wales to be present at tine official
dinner given by the Prime Minister in honor OF this
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