Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-29
How Sentiment L. Crystalixing RE.
garding t:iadstonc's Irish Schemes.

Special Cable Dispatch 10 THE EVENING STAR
LONDON, April 29.-Above the clamor OF tho
innumerable speeches and amid the yards Of
correspondence in every newspaper two
points with regard 10 the Irish question can be
detected gradually growing clear. First. the
country, rs n whole, will not tolerate the ex
ciusion of the Irish members from the imperial
parliament second, the outcome OF the whole
discussion Will be TO bring imperial federation
several stages nearer. From private as well as
public sources | learn that Scotland will insist
with one voice that the
IRISH MEMBERS SHALL REMAIN AT wEsrMrN.
sTER.
In fact, this point may be almost regarded as
settled over Gladstone's head. The advanced
liberals OF both countries regard the chamber
proposed in the bin as entirely opposed TO the
principle OF popular representation. As regards
scotland, correspondent who has been travel
Ing there specially To investigate Scotch feeling
and for whose care and impartiality / can
vouch, writes that the Edinburgh liberals as n
body, object to the home rule hill, not because
IL comedies home rule. but because Il comedies
HOME RULE OF THE WRONG KIND
or rather In the wrong way. In brief. they want
a general system under which Scotland as well
as Ireland could partake of the benefits OF self.
government Especially they insist upon tho
presence In the imperial parliament at West
inlnsttro OF representatives OF the states whose
domestic business Il transacted I'm the homo
parliainents. The imperial federation idea i'm
short, has taken strong hold on the scotch peo-
ple III Ireland is not represented at wcstmins-
ter now, they say how shall we be when our
turn Tor home rule comes?
AGAINST THE LAND PURCHASE BILL
Scotch opinion is irrevocably set and English
opinion is getting stronger. The resolutions
passing everywhere are expressions OF per-
sonal confidence in Gladstone. To-day a cor
respondent writes To "A liberal London paper
declaring that there Is great admiration aud
as1Sf.
attrbuting 10 him the characteristics OF the
Almighty. Matthew Arnold's article, called
the "Nadir of Liberalism I'm the Ninsfeepfa
century, TO be published tomorrow, arouses
much interest. 1t begins 10y dwelling on the
barren character OF Gladstone's legislature
compared with that OF other great European
leaders, and says the reason why Gladstone has
not succeeded hitherto in the real high work OF
statesmen is that he i'm truth is not "A statesman
properly so called at all, but
AN CNRIvALED PARLIAMENTARY LEADER
and manager. IL proceeds: 1.-The project of
giving separate parliament To Ireland has
every fault which project OF state can have.
Ii takes ones breath away to find English
statesmen propounding it," The indict-
ment OF home rule Il the following: .Sim.
ply to cut the Irish adrit ia their
present state OF feeling, and send them away
with sense OF evaporation. ranking with the
memory Of our behavior and treatment fresh
IN their minds-what il Ii but TO leave the sense
of transportation To last forever and give them
more iull ana free scope Tor INDUCING IL: The
measure Will be imputed To our Tears or foolish
ness. 10 no more worthy or winning motives
VIII Indeed be due. The temptation 10 the Irish
legislature aBiDlicdre JItTiSdictionem-to extend
and enlarge its range OF aclion-would be irre-
sistible. The very
BRlLLIANCY AND ERvE OF FRESHMEN
necessitate it, The proper public field for Irish
man of signal ability is the imperial parlia-
ment. He is good for us there and we for him"
lie concludes by declaring for a provincial Leg
islature for each real and distinct party OF Ire
ianu lhe probable course oI events IL that Lord
ID of IA
mousse OF commons a notice proposing that
the home rule bill be read that day six months
This VIII be the technical method of opposition,
and Chamberlain, Lubback, or Goschen, will do
the saline Tor the land bill.