Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-12
I'd EDITION
--latest kilograms to The Star.
GLADSTONE HAY YIELD FURTHER
The Radicals in an UncompromiSing Mood.


Expected to Say More ON the Subject OF
Concessions TO the Radicals-Michnel
Davitt Says :the NatiOnalists Will
| Smash Ulster.
Special Cable Dispatch to TIE EVENING STAR
LONDON, May 12.-Meetings Of both the lib
eral leaders and Chamberlain's party will be
| held to-day, the latter at Mr.. Chamberlain
house. 1t is supposed the future policy will be
definitely decided at these meetings. have
good reason to believe that Gladstone has not
said quite the last word on concession yet. He
will probably intervene in to-morrow's debate
and make clearer several points of Mondays
speech. believe he will at the same time add
specific proposals definitely limiting the scope
and methods of Irish participation in legisla.
ton at Westminster. This participation, / am
able to add, will be rigidly restricted to imperial
affairs, finance and commercial matters More
the po5s o sb
ton, but further than this they will not go.
TALK WITH MICHAEL DAvITT.
Michael Davitt, In an interview to-day, says
that the Ulstermen are not Irishmen, but Eng
lishmen, Scotchmen and aliens. He says the
nationalist will make short work of them IL
they come to blows. They have no more right to
make I lister separate from Observation-Disclosures
nave 70 make Liverpool separate from England.
lie said that Mr.. Chamberlain's brummagen
nome rule does not recognize the national idea;
that the national Idea was the one thing Mr..
Davitt cared about in the world. If Mr.. Glad
y
the whole of Ireland and America against Mr..
G1adstones scheme.
by Associated Press.
Parnellites Will Not Support Renewal
of the Arms Act.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Tegeqraph saws that
at a conference of Parnellites ii was decided not
to aid the government in renewing the arms
act, on the ground that the nationaists must
not prevent the Irish from possessing arms.
1t is stated that the government is willing to
increase the number of occasions for the at
tendance of Irish representatives at Westmin-
ster, but Will not consent to any scheme inVOl-
Wing their permanent attendance.
Mr.. Campbell-Bannerman will tomorrow re-
state the points which the government is will
ing TO modify in the home rule bill, in order to
remove NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. caused by Mr.. Glad
stones speech.
the house to-day to discuss what course to pur-
sue In the light of Mr.. Gladstone's speech.
The Radicals Very Beliigerent.
LONDON. May IA political meeting was
held at the city residence OF Mr.. Joseph Cham
beriain to-day. Sixty members of the house of
commons were present. Mr.. Chamberlain ex-
planned the renewal of his activity against Mr..
GiadStone's home rule bill by saying that
he had been clearly informed on last sal
urday that the premier was prepared
to expunge from the measure the clause ex-
Guiding Irish representatives from sitting at
cs:Ininster, and thus maintain the unity Of
the empire as desired by the radicals. Mr..
Chamberlain declared that now nothing short
OF the withdrawal of the home rule bill would
restore unity among the liberals
The meeting unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that those present would do the ut
most in their power to oppose the governments
Irish bills, as there was no hope that the
measures would be amended in way to make
them acceptableto the followers of Mr.. Cham
Ler;iin.
MIR. Caine, liberal member tor Barrow-in-
FurneSs. stated that 1O2 liberal members have
promised 10 vote against the home rule bill,
and that there are "a other liberal members
who are undecided as to- what course to pursue
towards 1t. Mr.. Game also stated that the gov
a. Ian IN mot ttiy,.r
the retention of Irish representation caused
many liberals who had intended to vote with
The government to change their minds. The
relations between Mr.. Chamberlain and Lord
Hartin ton are very cordial.