New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
cHURCHILLs RESIGNATION PRECIPITATEs
THE HOME RULE CRISIS.

LAIN's ovERTUREs TO Mr.. GLADsToNE-THE
czAR ALMOST A MADMAN-wAR DEEMED
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ANXIOUS
TO SEE Mr.. BLAINE-LIrERARY
AND DRAMATIC.
[BY CABLE TO THE TRDUSE.l
LONDON. Dec 25.-It seems necessary to
rcafiirm what telegraphed you on Thursday, that
lord Randolph Churchils resignation was I'M
parted to "Ihe Times without the knowledge Of
his colleagues and by himself The relations be-
tween Lord Randolph and the Editor OF The
Times have long been rather intimate, and in the
present case it is safe to assume that the two edi
torials of Thursday were the result Of personal
communications "The Times did not then and
docs not now espouse Lord Randoph's cause. No
boiy espouses 10. lie is without defender ana
stands alone lie resisted every effort to induce
him to remain in the Ministry. The Queen dld
her utmost Lord Randolph visited Her Majesty
at Windsor in company with Lord George Hamil
ton, with whom he is neither personally nor
officially on good terms and the three talked
mattcls over together, but without result. 1his
aggravates if anything can aggravate, Lord Ran
dolphs breach of etiquette in announcing his res
isnation before It had been officially communicated
to and accepted by the Queen Lord Salisbury
whose prerogative it to make the fact public
at his own time and in his own way, was prob
ably still considering the possibility OF retaining
lord Randolph when he opened his Times on
Thursday morning
These details, though details, touch the root OF
tic whole matter Had Lord Randolph Churchill re-
signed in conformity to custom ana precedent
the situation would have been serious TO- the
party and for himself but not as it is now consd-
cred. irremcdiable. There seems to be no ques-
ton whatever of asking him to resume Office Ills
friends are the scvereI Of all in censure' Inc
commonest thing said Is that he resigned In III
of i'll temper regardless of the interests oil The
party and tire country. The attempt to justify
his resignation by reference to the Military and
Naval estimates is met by two answers: they
were and are but sketch estimates SO that oppo-
stion in order as Lord Randolph says, to get the
moneys worth for the money, or in other words TO
secure efficient services, was premature Secondly.
the entire Cabinet affirmed in principle the alb
solute necessity of increasing the military anu
naval force in view of probable Continental war
Lord Salisbury's first step in consequence of
Lord Randolph's resignation has been to renew TO
Lord Harrington his previous offer, and Lord
Harrington is now on his way from Rome, con
sidering whether he will accept Office under Lord
Salisbury or form Coalition Ministry with Lord
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most improbable, and the second is the proposal
ON which Lord Harrington will consult his friends.
II would be most unpalatable to the Tories as a
party, but the crisis is one which cannot DC met
by party tactics. The Tories admit these premises
wbile declining to draw the inference. "1he
;bera, Unionists,7 says "The Standard tex
ert an absolutely controlling influence yet 1t
seems to expect them to accept subordinate
nosition "Ihe Times sees clearly and say ex-
plcitly that if the Government is to be kept from
falling into Mr. Gladstone's hands, office must be
held neither by the Conservative party nor by The
party of Lord harrington, but by the umonisI
party That is equivalent to saying that the
crisis of the Home Rule struggle has arrived Ii
/ ord Randolph Churchill was moved by PERSONAL
ambition, he may be gratifed by the tcsblmony-
universal as it is reluctant. to his personal i'm
portance His retirement from the Ministry may
well be the occasion for revolution In the rela-
tions between England and Ireland
The sudden appearance in these circumstances
of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain with an olive branch
in his mouth adds piquancy to the scene dc Is
not supposed to have been altogether stranger
to Lord Randoph's decision. 1t is certain there
had been a conference between them. MIR. Cham
ber,ain was in London last week Friday, though
his presence was unknown to most of his friends
He dined with Lord Randolph that evening ana
returned to Birmingham on Saturday morning
The speech which Mr.. Chamberlain delivered on
the evening of the day on which Lord kandolph's
RESIGNATION was announced bears every mark OF
full reflection Mr. Chamberlain thus far had
been the most irreconcilable among all the Dissent
in, Liberals. There was something like personal
contest between him and Mr.. Gladstone But
now it is to Mr. Gladstone that this 1rreconcllaoc
holds out the newly plucked olive branch. Tic
offers to 20 with him to the very threshold Of
,,ome Rule. Land, Local Government, Dublin
Castle, everything may be agreed on short oil an
Irish Parliament, and three men sitting round
table ought to be able to settle even that
The hand Mr. Chamberlain held out on Thurs
day evening was grasied on Friday morning by
The Daily News" and negotiations, it is be
ieycd were at once started with much higher
authority The secret is that Lord Randolph was
Mr Chamberlains one point of contact with the
Tory Ministry II is possible for Lord harrington
20 Join Tory or Coalition Government, but it Is
not possible for Mr. Chamberlain 30 do SO. Re