Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-15
Premature Assaults on GladstOne's
Supposed Land.Purchase scheme.

| Special Cable Dispatch to The EVENING STAR
LONDON, March 15.-The paragraph in yes
| terday's Observer, protesting to be inspired
stating that the Irish land bill was presented
| to the cabinet and that the figures reached a
truly colossal sum, set the home rule ball roll
| ing again faster than ever. AS the time for the
disclosure Of Gladstone's plans approaches,
passions are growing hotter. A notion of what
Gladstone must face and overcome before he
can accomplish home rule can be gained from
the editorials of this mornings papers. The
Daily Necs, the only London journal support
ing Gladstone, does not mention the subject.
The Times says an addition of 900 to 900 mill
lions to the national debt is the estimated cost
to the British taxpayer of the luxury of permit
ting the author OF the abortive land bills of
1S7O-1SS1 to carry out another of his interest
ing experiments. An annual burden of five to
six millions sterling to be borne by ourselves
and transmitted to unborn generations who
will not have the satisfaction of listening to
GLADsToNE's LUCID ExPosITIoNS
will perhaps appear to some among us a rather
high price even for SO much honor. We do not
believe that the people of this country will be
imposed upon by the sham if their proper
leaders and teachers have courage and manli-
ness to do their duty" The Standard says:
'When the people of England and Scotland are
asked to assume responsibility for a loan of a
hundred and fifty or two hundred millions
sentimental prophets to show that the risk is
not gratultious. as ii Is beyond all question
serious. The bare idea is monstrous. Five
years ago Gladstone himself would have de-
nounced it." The Chronicle says: 1.-The large
body of moderate liberals who have no great
love for the advanced policy of concession TO
Ireland, will be glad to find Gladstone'S pro-
posal open to an objection which can plausibly
be urged without laying them open to the
charge of political treachery.' The Teleoraph
says: 1.-THE English people are to see their realm
broken up, the national debt increased by at
least one hundred million, because John Morley
is too gentle TO give orders to the police TO avoid
what is called coercion, which is simply the "
ecution OF the ordinary law. We have all to
run fiscal risks and submit to disintegration TO
face the probability, We might say the certainty,
of a civil war. Because We lack courage to
press riots We incur revolutions. We are gov
erned by
GUSHING, GooD-NATURED, FLABBY PoLITI-
CLANS,
who, like James l., hate the sight of a drawn
sword, and cannot bear to say no to the popular
demand" am able to say that the members
| of the cabinet deny the truth of the Observers
story. 1t is true, however, that the cabinet
have before them the outlines of two bills one
establishing home rule in the form of Dublin
parliament, the other specifying the sum
CURED to purchase the Irish landlords interest.
| 1t is not impossible that the responsibility
| for the second OF these may be thrown upon
Ireland by the passage OF the first, but
| this is all uncertain. Another rumor, well
| supported says that Gladstone will introduce
a land purchase bill and a home rule resolu.
| tion and then dissolve parliament, whatever
| happens. The statements about
CHAMBERLAIN'S APPROACHING RESIGNATION
| is sedulously propagated again to-day. 1 have
| excellent reasons TO believe these unfounded.
Chamberlain will act with Gladstone. Treve-
lyan is much more likely to go.