Western cyclone., 1886-05-20
STANDING UP FOR HOME RULE.
The Parliamentary struggle Owes the
Question About 10 be InauGurated.

London special: 1t may be stated on
very good authority that the cabinet coun-
Ill recently held resulted in a decision on
+be mart OF the government not to make
anv official conciliatory overtures for the
support OF the malcontent liberals and
radicals The government will, therefore,
beuin the parliamentary struggle over the
home rule bill tomorrow with hands en-
tirely free OF course, whatever concessions
Mr. Gladstone may have made thus far in
the way OF modifying the clauses OF the bill
according to the advice of those whose
criticisms were in the spirit OF friendliness
to the main object Of the measure, will hold
rood, but any attack upon the bill which is
made in q wholly antagonistic spirit, will
be boldly met and opposed. 1t is not un-
likely that some further notifications of
the original draft of the bill will be con-
sented to in the course Of debate in order
TO meet the wishes OF such of the support
ers Of the government as have not vet had
opportunity to consult Mr.. Gladstone, and
who will therefore express their views in
parliament.
One OF the propositions which Mr.. Glad
stone has beer asked by the adherents Of
the government to consider is intended to
solve the difficulty which has existed in re-
spect to Irish representation in the imper-
ial parliament. The plan is for the Irish
parliament to appoint a delegation Of it's
members to meet similar delegation from I.
the imperial parliament or, if preferred, for
the Irish parliament to have power tos nd
at any time delegation to sit in the i'm
perial parliament itself. Mr.. Gladstone
has up to this time, declined to favor
either Of these plans on account of his be-
lieI that, when the parlaments were thus
united by delegation, consideration Of i'm
perial affairs would be necessary; whereas
facilities for such discussion would be crude,
and no logical voting arrangement could be
devised. 1t is thought, however, some pro-
position OF this nature will ultimately be
agreed to by the premier, and that it will
meet the approval OF the majority Of the
party.
Harrington and Chamberlain, the most
prominent seCeders from among Mr. Glad
stones supporters, held protracted con-
sultation last night presumably for the
purpose OF agreeing upon q course Of con-
certed action against the home rule bill in
the coming debate. AS the decisive mo-
ment grows nearer, party bitterness inten-
sites, and hardly anything could be more
venomous than helanguage OF some Of the
journals which are active in opposing the
MEASURES unuer puDIlc discussion.
Mr.. Tyndall writes that Gladstone is
guilty OF reasonable surprise; that he is
trying to drug and debauch the nation.
Vanity Fair, which has been the organ of
the English advocates OF armed Irish pro-
testant resistance to home rule, says: ut
is time to stop talking. If the people OF
Ulster are handed over to Ford and Egan
and forced to fight for their skins like rats
In pit any able-bodied Englishman is a
coward il he stands by and sees this crime
committed. England is still worth living
in, but so sure as Irish American repro
bates are allowed to plant themselves in
power on our very coasts, SO sure will Eng
land become a name of contempt"
The st. James Gazette says: Ulster must
be ready to resist any attempt to place the
province under the rule of foreign govern
ment composed OF American Irish Jacobins
and priests hungering for spoils and re-
venge.
goodly proportion OF the provincial
papers indulge in similar statements. AL
though Lord Wolseley refuses either to
contradict or to explain certain statements
attributed to him, it is well known he
shares the hostility of the bulk OF the army
officers against Mr.. Gladstone This feel
Ing is not due solely to distrust OF Glad
stones Irish policy, but is partly oc-
casloned by resentment for what they con-
slder his policy OF sacrifice and surrender
IN Afghanistan, the Transvaal and the
Soudan.