New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-05
nm HE MEAN HOME hoN
, g, .nsroNE-BALFoUR coRRhsf'ND
anH ENCE.
AN OFFER TO HELP THE TORY w,TvauT oTvouTn PANTY
" ,,r The IRISH QUESTION nnUsroop wlnnUy
Ill ,,srs-ovrRruRFs MsuSpkhsno0' nn
AND nrJfcTrD-PosIT'oS oS
LORD SALISBURY.

.xp pRrJfCTED-PoslT'oN Wv
LORD SALISBURY.
INV clpIx TO TUE TRIBUNE c.
co,,,,o.ti 1885 North American '"' ,vore
o,, 1u,v At any further evidence "s, s,d
LoNDo -, h,;sh the fact that Mr. Gads''n.
a. ~ holm the late Tory Governiheh' ,. lines.
one, ~ ,hs Ir;sb question upon Home hu'0
,'1;,, he found in the following corio'p Iares
,.,,roen the Grand Old Man" ana Al -. then
pa,sonr nephew of Lord Salisbury anu na.rd The
s. 90 the Local Government Do"iu.
ia,,ars were furnished The TRIBUNE ,.,r The
c''',' .morcan friend of Mr. baioui' on-
e. communication has just appeafeu :"
son n.w.napers under date OF July -
l.
vv. A letter purportng 'o
=, ,n Won 10 myself has Jus. o'oA ,n.. mt "a vet
80. IN IN. Times newspaper 'po"S" .. correct
..,,.a ,he original pressure W. d., ..ntence
Ie'' I - vbet her sm to interpret 'Ho ~ N ,hoxa
do not k"o" .,,s exception to the course nave
" 'o' -. rso.rd TO the correspondehco "
P..,a, Iwould be deeply concerhe" 'n'' -.
49, nm, NAV state that l kept n' very
o,ound secret except from my cone"So'. , .. q .,
-, n.,.oual circle until you maze pup'e a"u' t,,r
nr .,eech delivered, think. In Edinours" -,
...,, however. your invitation 10 pu''' -,. =,
n, .hor, conversation. together win tne se,'o' o
OF ou' s, ~ ., cav. rise so that no further miscoh
l.tfa Al ~
. -, ~ ns po..,ble I 40 not know wnicn oi 'no
n,. von refer to as appearing In me Do"g i.''
h a, lime % 1t seems that yon are inaceu'a'o Du'
Inre.ume from the exirict you sent mo ii'" -
ch,,cbilrs spcech on March tha' tue ooso' "'
yh,cb YOU take exception is the following " oe'"N o
oniy one with which Churchilrs remafAS w'uiu "PP'"
10 have any relation: A.. ,o,..x,
nd,ca,e what scheme Gladstone was prepared 10 sup
port the woris ns AK" Sv Ny Ny Herb rs Gad-ton~s
tne,,oos tne won have covered policy OF coercion
as we'll as policy Of Home Huc'
rn. snondepce no published, venture to thnk'
nears this assertion out II | assumed without hes'a-
,.on vour expression seitement of the whole question
., the future government OF Ireland" referred to
liz n, II ,me Rule it was not much because OF its
-, ,h,sous character as because OF eucidauons iur'
,,.hsd nv Unauthorized rumors which appeared In M
Leeds Mercury -Y
T,usng that the brief account now give OF our con
versaton at Eaton Hall may agree with your recoec
toms. beg to remain, etc. ARTHUR JAMES BALFoUk
p s-Of course. under the circumstances sehu 'u's
letter directly 10 the newspapers
"As 10 the conversation at Eaton Hall, sald MI
Ralfonr lt WIS entirely inf rmal and so to speak.
accidental. 1t was the immediate occasion oil Mr
Glaostones first letter, herewith printed, and con-
sisted chiefly, if my memory does not deceive me-
Of statements made by Mr. Gladstone and me re-
spectiug the serious COuultiou VI ihoi"nN ""N vs."
urgency of the problem which 1t presented to the
Government. He told me that he had information
of an authentic kind. but not from PaIneii,
which caused him to believe there was power
behind Parnell which If not shortly satisfied
by some substantial concessions TO the demands
of the Irish parliamentary party would take the
matter into ITS own hands and resort 10 vlo lence
and outrage in England for the purpose of enforc-
ing its demands.
"'In other words / said. Mr. Gladstone. we
are TO be blown up and stabbed If we do not
grant Home kule by the end OF next session.
- understand replied Mr.. Gladstone, that the
time is shorter than that
"Ihis is the portion of our brief conversation
which impressed itself most deeply upon nv mind
ard of which gave an account 10 more than one
person at that time, so far as | can recolect /;
though in this may be mistaken. Ii is the only
portion relative to the correspondence which fol
lowed"