The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-07-30
FoRElcN AFFAIRS.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
| specalations Concerning the New Admin
lstrstion - The Present Qulescent Atti-
tude Of tho Irish-AlleGed R0ttenness In
tho War Departmcnt-An Investigation
Denied by tho War Secretary - Onlcial
Babes.
LONDON, July 22.-The Queen has &C.
cepted Gladstone's resignation, as usual,
without the slightest hesitation and with
out even extending to him the usual in
vitation to advise her rs to lis successor.
The Marquis Of Salisbury will arrive ut
Osborn, from Royal, In Auvergne, either
| tonight or tomorrow morning. The
Duke of Argyll and Mr.. Goschen are the
only so-called Liberals who will in
any event, take Office with the Tories.
About the new Cabinet it is almost
too carly to forecast, but I under
stand that Wolseley may go to Ireland to
take command of the troops. Lord Ash.
bourne Is as likely as anybody to be Chief
Secretary. Sir Richard Webster will be
Attorney General again. Salisbury's
difficulties in forming cabinet will be
necessarily very great, because there are
| SO few able men among the Conserva-
tive leaders in the Commons. have had
. conversation with T. p. O'COnnOr, rep
resenting the Irish party, in which he
spoke as follows about the future:
ave regard it with perfect equanimity.
would call special attention to the fact
that the attitude of journalism Of the
Irish people Is exactly the same In ali
parts of the world, namely, one of perfect
tranquility, even on the part Of the most
violent Irish-American organs. Such
concurrence of opinion among independ-
ent authorities must be accepted as
representative of very deep and well
founded convictions. Unless there
should be q violent outbreak of crime
In Ireland, of which there is not the
smallest prospect, am glad to say that
six months or q year will probably wit
ness turn in opinion, which will give
Gladstone such majority as will enable
him to carry out his purpose. The pres
ent election has been disastrous to the
Liberal UniOnists, the future elections
will be more disastrous still. In the first
place, the tie between them and the To-
ries will then be broken down; in the
second place, every day proves more
conclusively the fact that there is no
standing ground between coercion
and the Home-Rule scheme which
Gladstone proposes; that If Salisbury
should introduce a measure of coercion
1t would be opposed, as there is not the
smallest excuse for such q measure.
Tranquility reins everywhere Throughout
Ireland, except in the North. As to the
reports of intimidation, they arc false.
There is far more intimidation by the
Primrose League. Let me assure you
again." said Mr.. O'Connnor, "as we have
most perfect confidence i'm the future, we
feel most securely that Gladstone's pol
icy is destined to achieve a glorious tri-
umph, perhaps ut an earlier date, too,
than most people imagine"
THE BRITISH WAR DEPARTMENT.
LONDON, July 23.-The War Office an
nounces that, in consequence of an article
published IN the Times of the 10th inst,
charging the officials of the Ordnance
Department with corruption, Generals
Campbell, Reilly and Anderson, success
sively chiefs of that department for the
past eleven years, demand an inquiry be-
fore competent tribunal, and that
Mr.. Campbell Zimmerman, War Secre-
tary, refused to grant an inquiry, because
the charges were vague and were not
supported by any statements of facts.
"Sach a tribunal" the Secretary says,
"must be empowered to examine wit
ness under oath, and such power can
only be granted by royal commission or
by act of Parliament. In order to secure
such Commission, prima-facie evidence
is necessary. In this case none has
been adduced, ana therefore l have no
power to institute an inquiry. When
charges are made rejecting on the honor
of officers and gentlemen belonging to
public department, they ought 10 be sup.
ported by definite statements cnablin.
the test of inquiry TO be made. Nothing
has occurred to weaken my belief in the
integrity of the officers of the depart.
ment."
The Times article referred to in the
statement of the War Office declared that
it had long been manifest that the War
Department was incompetent and that
now it was said 10 be openly corrupt.
"The department" said the Times, is
composed of military men without me.
chanical, chemical orm etallurgical knowl-
edge; of mea who are babies in the hands
Of their subordinates, some of whom are
ia PiiNNeS tsuhhSit No"-
pany. If England should become involved
in war tomorrow she would be COM
PEELED to become suppliant to Krupp to
supply means of defending her national
existence. Colonel Hope has offered to
prove wholesale corruption against the
department in supplying guns which
burst, rife cartridges which jam, bayo-
nets which bend, swords which will not
cut. Others have offered to prove fraud
and perjury against high officials of the
department, who are said to carry on
quite thrilling industry in buying con-
demned stores at one depot and selling
them TO another as new stores. 1t is a
common belief in garrison towns that
nothing is salable to the War Office ex-
cept BY bribery. The action of the War
Office in refusing to hear evidence is I'M
fair and evasive. 1t is TO be hoped that
the new Parliament will extlnguish the
scandal and correct this shameful ineili-
ciency."
Four New Railroads for Mexico.
BOsTON, July 2l.-A City of Mexico