New-York tribune., 1886-03-21

MEASURES WITHOUT HIM.
inv CABLE TO TIE TBIBUNEl
IoSpoN, March 2O.-Englishmeh haN0
Fla week in a cloud of contradictions anu
INIT of the essential facts of the si'ua''on
,A+ ,vbatever. Mr. Gladstone has lalu oeioi0
.,uo,c,e. \ scheme for buying out the lrisn
mort and parcel of his scheme Tor
n.,e Rule, involving the estaoi'Si'A'"'
porrament at Dublin. Mr.. Chamnerlaih """
Trevelvan have declared themselves opp0
.bis scbene and will withdraw from 'ne "o'o'
,,o,t rather than support or acquleSco III I've
. u,.io,ed first because the scheme mas ho'
-. ,..,, odo,ted by the Cabinet secondly because
chair witbdrawal would render necessary d" ''
di,,e statement by each to the House oi HIS
tr resignation. and this would Involve " u'''
osuo "details of the scheme and anticipate Il S'"''-
,o4ot on the whole subject, which Mr "''u'''-'V
nir,.o,f is entitled to make. Mr.. Chamoef'"i" ""D
Nh Trevelyan. therefore. continue lor 'he
,.or. Of Mr. Gladstones Ministry, but IL Is ""'
.,...,, oo,tain that both will resign unless the
Irish scheme he profoundly modlheo
An exchange of views has taken place since 'l'
Cabinet meeting between Mr. Gladstone on one S''''
AMI Mr.. chamberlain and Mr.. lreVeN"n ." -"
other With no approach to an agreement ''
.,.ds+o,c odheres indexibly to the man plo
...s;o,s Of his scheme. Mr.. Chamberlain ana MI
,.o,clyon are equally lnheXble on the question: "a
nripciple Mr.. Gladstone last nISh' ""''''" WV
11ouse 70 receive with sCepticiSm current iuloi'
-, matters the revelation of which wouo IhNo'''
,r,,ch of honorable engagements. HIS colleagues
r,rst meet these imputations as they can
The accounts published in journals OF every snaue
olitics agree IN the chief features OF the scheme
,,., ..,o,rt 70 he pald TO the landlords appears
doubtfu but it IS not doubtful that Mt "I"''''o"o
rc,rds \ gigantic measure for the eNproprat'oh u
,ne landlords as one OF the foundations ol non
Eule He does not think that the lnsh FaiI'"'''"'
g., ybirh he proposes to entrust hereafter "l-
o...l.d control over life liberty and social order
=; Ireland can be trusted by Englishuen TO "eai
honestly with the property of Irish landlords He
,.,. roo,rds the faith of England pledged to
,ro,ect loyal landowners against spohauoh' lo
,,rsiders that English pledges can only pe IT,
,.,o.d nv. oacrjng to purchase their property be-
tore the Irish Parliament can cOnhscatc IT,
The English public to a certain extent reserves
r1guent pending Mr.. Gladstones statement Ou'
many of the stanchcst English Home Rulers are
stacrcred by the mere suggestion of project LOT
Increasing the national debt by sum wh''h 10
hodv estimates at less tnan a hundred and twenty
millions sterling Few venture to approve OF Tue
proieci. fnc most arTent PI1tisans content 'ne'p
selye. with urging that it must be sound hhahc'i
measure because Mr.. Gladstou" proposes IT, I"e
>u,c,ot,r saws that the English regard 1t as de-
,.,.d for tribute; and what they have refused
,,rotofore 70 kings they will never concede on the
demand OF Mr. Parnell.
Nearly every financial authority condemns the
rropo,al, while the opposition on political sronHuS
daily becomes moe general. Mr.. Citizens articles
we're put forward in the hope OF famihanzlng the
pnllic mind with this new form of Ransom, but lhe
general public now for the first time perceives what
Home Rule Is likely to cost in actual cash.
Party speculation, however, for the moment turns
mainly ON the probable effect first in the House.
and then IN the country, of Mr.. Chamberlain ; ana
Mr. Trevelyan's designations. Mr. ITevelyah has
no personal Ietaners Mr. Chamberlains trends
sav that at least sixty Radicals will follow him.
Mr. CIadstone's immense personal authority Is eX-
roctcd 10 retain for the present majority OF the
Liberals but he is straining his authority TO tHe
utmost Iii, following, says The Ttm'S, consists
ezclusively of men whose political creed IS to
follow him. and of men whose whole political ann
is TO use HIM for the injury of England. Yet hear
that Mr. Gladstone considers that MI Chamber
laiu's secession will no more shake this Ministry
than did the secession of the Duke Of Argyll. Mr.
Bright and Mr.. Forster of the former Ministry and
good Judges of politics think otherwise, believing
that the Prime Minister will now be left without
single colleague except perhaps Mr. Morley
long-avowcd Home Ruler, whose name means any
thing to the Nation at large.
Lord harrington and Mr.. Chamberlain are re-
spcctivev leaders of two wings of the Liberal party
and the only two possible immediate successors to
Mr. Gladstone if the party holds together Mr.
Chamberlain showed last autumn that his influence
in the country was second only tc Mr. HladStoneS $.
He now expects to defeat Home Rule in the Com
mons. and is confident that if 1t be carried in the
Commons he can defeat II in the constituencies
after its inevitable rejection by the Lords. What
ever Mr.. Gladstone thinks Mr.. Parnel is under
stood to consider that the chances OF home huIe
are gravely imperled by Mr.. Chambcrlalns OPP
position. Both agree that delay is desirable Mr.
Gladstone is not likely to produce his measure be-
fore April . and then in two separate bills for the
land and Home Rule.
Mr. Parnen during the interval is making pro-
digous efforts to check outrages, which neverthe-
less are frequent in Kerry Galway and elsewhere.
Every Nationalist organ speaks with bated breath
Mr. Gladstones policy receives hearty support from