New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-23
A GENERAL VIEW or THE SII CAiiV-
ENGLISH PASSIONS AROUSED.
ACRIMONIOUS SCENES IN THE CoMMo Ns-MI GLAD
STONE BRINGING TIE PR ssURf OF TIE
PARTY ORGANIZArION TO BEAR.
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| fry CABLE TO THE TRlBuNE.l
| 1-nox Nav oo-Mr Gladstone has now def
r;toI, resolved to bring the whoc-pressurc OF the
Marty organization 10 bear against tie independent
| Liberals who are intending to oppose the Home
Rule bill In order to give time for these influences
| to work further delay is necessary. The debate
| accordingly will he indefinitely protracted.
division is not now expected before Tuesday, June
| l. and it may, probably enough, be still further
adjourned
fresh series of letters has been addressed to the
local Liberal associations not only from the Liberal
Headquarters in London, but in some cases by men,
bers of the Government urging the use of all means
to prevent their representatives from opposing the
second reading Sir Donald Curre, who is a
personal friend of Mr. Gladstone but unable to
support his present scheme publishes a letter
describing what lie calls the manGuvres of wire
pulers seeking TO manufacture opinion favorable to
the Government measure and to force the Scottish
members to support it. The local committees are
invited to send a resolution to Westminster in
favor of the bill. Sitting members are to receive
| notice that they will be opposed # they vote
against the bill and dissolution follows. These
tactics fail thus far to modify the Scotch opposi-
ton nor do the Liberal whips profess to expect
a majority unless by the help of distinct pledge
from the Government to withdraw the bill, if the
second reading be carried.
Mr. Gladstone has, ho owever further resolved, in
spite Of the denial of the morning papers, to sum-
mon next week meeting of that portion OF the
Liberal party which supports the bill. Avowed
opponents will be excluded and all waverers will he
invited in the hope of the Prime Minister'S winning
them over. The list of Liberal opponents remains
as before. There have been no important acces-
sons or secessions The debate has had no effect
on votes inside the House and not much on opinion
outside but the atmosphere is getting hot.
Thursdays discussion of the Arms Act brought
Lord Randolph Churchill to the front with delIb-
crate defence of the speeches and letters which
he had affirmed the ultimate right of the Protes-
tants in Ulster to resist the tyranncal dominion of
Roman Catholic Parliament IN Dublin. Mr.. Glad
stone. who does not like to be told that his
Home Rule scheme promises to promote civil war,
sharply rebukcd Lord Randolph Churchill.
and reasserted an extreme claim Of the
right of Parliament He vaguely threatened
Lord Randolph Churchill with unnamed penalties.
The House gathered that Mr. Gladstone means
that he would advise the Queen to strike Lord
Randolph ChurchIll's oil the list of the Prvy
Council This did not prevent Mr. Plunket, to
whom Mr. Gladstone appealed, from declaring his
adhesion to Lord Randolph Churchils views,
Mr. Fnay. Scotch Liberal, from expressing his
conviction yesterday that Scotland would stand
by Ulster. The second reading of the Arms Act was
easily carried in accordance with the agreement
before tcegraphed, the Parnelltes not obstructng,
but the Government well understanding that no
further progress will he allowed unless the Home
Rule bl be carried. 1t is expected that the quarrel
between Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Henry
James will he averted by the latters declaration
that it was not Lord Randolph Churchill whom he
had in mind when talking about "half-traitors"
Who then
The Arms Act debate served chiefly to occupy one
more evening. Something very near alteration
broke out yesterday when Mr.. Gladstone was
questioned about the progress of the debate. Sir
Michael Iicks-B Beach and Lord Harrington having
explained that few of their supporters cared to
speak Mr.. Gladstone, with some asperity inter-
rupted Mr.. Chamberlain, who meant - say the
same for his friends. Their united testimony
makes il too obvious that the MinisteriaIiss alone
are responsible for the dilatoriness, of which the
country is becoming impatient. Later in the even
ing Major Saundersons assertion that the Irish
members were paid by America elected from Mr..
O'Brien the remark, That's lie" followed by
Withdrawals on both sides and query that if the
money sent from America for the Parnell Parlia-
mentary fund is not used to pay membe what is it
used forY
Amid ali this excitement there has been one
strong speech by Mr.. Finlay holding in reply
to Mr.. Bryce that the present Home Rule bill does
impair the sovereignty of Parliament. This point,
which has been pressed by Lord Harrington and
Sir Henry James, is making deeper impression
The Parneite organs show an ever increasing
anxiety over Home Rule prospects.
The criticism on Lord Salisbury's recent speech
have extorted from him denial that he ever pro-
posed twenty years of coercion for ireland. The
criticisms and the denial alike turn on verbal
determinations Lord Saisbu ry wants England
to oovern Ire1and Mr. Gladstone wants Ireland to
govern herself.
Matthew Arnold, who sails for America to-day,
intervenes in the general debate with a letter to
The Times dissenting from both parties and urging
them firmly to refuse separate parliament.
which, LIE thinks is a dangerous plunge
into the unknown. but to give Ireland
rational, equitable government. He thinks Lord
Harrington and Mr.. Goschen might be trusted to
do both.
The prospect of a dissolution has induced tho
Queen to postpone her journey to BalmoIal. where
she hoped to see the birchcs their spring foliage
She remains at Windsor to await events. This dis
poses of the story that Mr. Gladstone has already
obtained the Queens assent to a dissolution.
There is some uneasiness about the news from the
East The Cars speech at Sebastopol Thursday,
though warning Europe that circumstances might
force him to armed defence of the dignity of his
empire, attracted little attention and was not in-
terprcted serious menace to the peace OF
Europe but followed as ii was by collision on
the frontier of Thessaly between the Greeks and
the Turks alarm arose. The alarm is not essened
when it is remembered that the Russian
Minister remains at Athens. 1t is
not believed here that the Turks
began provoked the conflict
which cannot continue unless Russia is incltng
Greece to war. All other news points to peace The
great majority IN the Greek Chamber against Del
yanns, the applause with which his defeat was re-
ceived outside. and the known sentiments Of Tri-
coupis seem decisive against any dangerous out
break.
The latest incidents of the fishery dispute
leave the British public absolutely indIffcr-