New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-19
MR.. GLADSTONES SCHEME.
HOW 1T WAS RECEIVED AND WHAT 1T Is
SUPPOSED TO MEAN.
trRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRTBuSA

In EXPOSITION He has spoken III circumstances wlth-
out precedent amid excitement raised 10 FEVER
heat Europe and America listening to MS Wor'iS;
Ireland sitting at his feet, and waiting Tor the boon
of selC-rovernment He rose to the occasion; tie
surpassed expectation and himself. And the result
Is that the sun dlwns to-day on an England more
resoute than ever TO retain IN the Imperial ParIla-
ment at Westminster tho sole right OF legls.ating
for Ire and.
record this first impression. don't say 1t VIII
be permanent. ] abstain from all prophecy But inc
feeling to-day is feeling of encouragement on the
part of those who hoped most from Mr. Gladstone in
his new character of convert to Home Rule and OF
something like exultatIon among those who look
upon Home Rule as another name for d sintegraton
and disaster So 1t was to some extent even last
iqht in the House. The cheers which welcomed
Mr. Gladstone as he entered and again as he rose TO
sneak were pretty genera from the Liberal benches
Bnt the Liberals M no moment approached In ell
tbuslasn the eXcItable aud excited followers OF
Mr. Parne. Mr. Plunket said their demon
STATIONS almost atfectionate; they werc' III
fact. more than aiIcctiJnae; they were PASSIONATE
and they passed far beyond the limits which on
common occasion would have been permtIe in the
House They were sustained to the end, and that
"a where they differed from those Of the Liberals.
As Mr. Gladstone ad vanced in his speech, the sup
u rt from his liberal followers became less. Asthe
gigantic proportions of their great leaders project
grew before their eyes they were, to use Mr. Trevel-
vans word benumbed.
II ia very instructive to look through the reports
Of tie speech this morning The English press
pnts in the cheers. If they came IN marked man
ner from particular quarter of the House that
quarter is des gnated. When Mr.. Gladstone de-
clares he is for the unity of the Empire. the cheers
are general When he attacks the Opposition. there
are Nj isterial cheers When he paints picture of
irish disorder or confesses his own failure
IN dealing with 1t. the cheers spring
from the Opposition benches. Finally 1t Is the
Parneites VINO cheer everything that sounds Ike
Home Rule, or ike indication of ireland. or
condemnation of coercion. / recommend ANYBODY
mo wishes TO form for himself a notion of how
matters really last night in the House t. take
the report Of The DUTY Nec' which is the one paper
IN London that can h, called nor only Liberal bnt
Gladstoniau. Up md down ca a column thick
.trewn, he will find IRISH cheers" "ParnellIte
cheers "Loul Parue lite cheers" Home Rule
cheers,"" Rene we'd Home RUE cheers y" Nocierons
cheering by the Parnelhtes' The numberoI these
INTERPRETATIONS Is not less tnAn fifty there was an
outb rst of purely rarnelile cheering every three
or four minutes throughout the speech the rest %
the Honse at those moments sitting dumb.
Now. that isa sufficient proof that NJ. Gladstone
achieved one half of his purpose. lie admitted,
with nlsusual emphasis. tha 1t wouid be absurd 10
propose an Irish scheme winch the lr'sh Womb not
accept. lie elsewhere defined Irish as meaning Tie
present ParneIte mem )erS of the House OF Com
nous. He has got therefore one-half tine approval
he LET ont 10 win. The testimony Is Of the most eN-
press KIND. Mr. Parnel to the surprise OF the
HOUSE. rose after Mr. lrcyelyan sat down. 1t had
nof been supposed that the irish leader would speak
during the first evening. Whetner because Mr.
Gladstone " ut 50 mn further than NJ. Parnel
expected or because Mr Trev,lyal angcrei him.
he spoke aud spoke out. IL complained of some
parts OF the 2rojec; especially the hlI1cia parts
Tho Iri III with all their passionate patriotism have
an eye 20 the man chance not ess keen to say the
east than the American or the Scotch But tnere
WAS no blot which Mr. Parnell seemed 70 think
might not be wi :, ont IN CON nitte", ana OF inc
measure Itself he SPOKE IN no measured terms Ito
was convinced that II would be chcerfully accepted
nv the Irish people a. "A SOLUTION of he long
standing dispute between the two countries
Whef her As a matter Of tactics Mr.. Parnell was
well az gsed in making public his approval at this
early stage may be a question. It's 1ardlY qhes-
ton that to q great BODY of the IRISH prope Mt
ParnePs sanction will he another reason for close
scrutiny of Mr.. Glalstones scheme on its merits.
And there are few signs indeed Of anything like
diversion of the opponents OF Home Rule. A. you
now, he whole London pres save the ore Glal-
srouian organ alb I'VE mentioned, declare IN adj
vance against an atienp. to disturb the Leglsla-
i've Union OF Great Britain and Ire and
The declarations today are stron ger
than ever. The scheme unfolded last
nlght goes beyond anvbody's forecast. The chef
c11cs of the measure describe il this morning A.
measure not Of Home Rne but Of Repeal il Is IN
no sense OF the word Home knle on the American
plan ; 1t is Canada. rle separLticn between Great
Britain and Ireland is, IN principle or in effect
complete and absolute. Mr. Ga lstone's guarantees,
they ur2e, are iliusory; he himself seems 10 care
little for guarantees. There Is no sanction behind
them save the sanction of force.
From the beginning to the end of his speech-and
this 1t was which woke and sustained the raptur-
Gus cheers of the Parneitcs-lir. Gladstone
dealt with England and Ireland as
two nations foreign TO each other
The keynote of the statement is To DE found III the
sentence IN winch he announced his remedy for
such discomfort as the comparatively natural and
simple though not always easy expedient of strip
ping Jaw in Ireland o! its foreign garb and inyes
ing il with "a domestic character. That fupd1mcn-
tai distinction Engshmen pronounce calamltous
For practl cal purpOs they regard Mr.. Gadstones
Ireland as accurately corresponding to the Ire land
Of which Nr. Parnell once drew picture in Gin
c1nnati. with every Ink between her and England
brokel, save only. as Mr Gladstone would have it,
the Ink which binds her to the Crown.
Well If this be a true view of Mr.. GladstOne's
proposal there is little doubt what England will
think Of 1t. Details may lie discussed at leisure no.
body pretends to have mastered over night tie ntr
caces of a scheme TO which the most acute and most
com prehensive intellect IN England has devoted
months of incessant thought. But the scheme IN
its ontline seems simple, and it is possible 10 ex
press an opinion on that even this morning II may
lie sail of the London press that it ~ preud ced
but if the Liberal Government press be prcjndlced
1t Is not against. it is in tav r, of anything Mr
Gladstone may have to PROFOUND. The two most
powerful journals outside OF London arc Tie an
chester Guardian and The >cotsman Their Judgment