New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-08
PARNELL VS.. CHAMBERLAIN.
THE DUEL TO BE FOUGHT OUT IN "THE
LONDON TINES"
THE RADICAL sTATEsMAN'S OFFENSIVE TACTICS
"A HOME RULE CRY FROM scoTLAND-LoN-
DON sENsATIoNs-THE TWO VERSIONS
OF Mr.. sTEvENsoN's "JEKYLL
,BY CABLE TO THE TRiRUSEl
. COPYRIGHT; 1883: BIZ The Nec. York Tribune.

Copyright; 1855 By The Ner- YORK tribune.
London, Aug. The Parncll-C Chamberlain duel
is becoming interesting more se as it now seems
likely 10 be fought out in The Times" Most
people who opened that paper yesterday and saw
q long letter in big type signed Your Obedent
Servant, Charles Stewart Parnel.7 thought the
paper had been hoaxed But this letter at all
events is genuine One object Of it is TO chal-
enre Mr. Chamberlain TO produce the documents
referred to in the O'Shca letter. The most i'm
portant of these arc Mr. ParneIl's draft Of the
National Councils scheme and the Coercion bill
altered by Mr. ParnelTs own hand into the form
in which, according 10 Mr.. O'Shea. he proposed it
should be passed with just enough show of oppo-
stion from him to satisfy those concerned.
think, SAYS Mr. ParnelL If Mr. Chamberlain
possesses these alleged proofs he is bound to publish
them. and l call upon him TO do So" To-day ap-
pears the following four-line letter from Mr..
Chamberlain: / accept Mr. Parners challenge
and will forward to you in the course of few
days full statement of the communications in
itiated by him which passed between US in ss4
and 1885, This is, in fact accepting Mr.. Par
nels challenge, and something more. Once
more in fact. Mr. Chamberlain assumes the Of
fensive which, like other warliIc pcrsonages, he
almost always regards as the best defensive tao
tics.
Mr. Parnelrs other point which he argues at
length is of great historical interest, but less ex
citing for the moment True he says, in
effect have favored the National Council scheme,
but it was only for administrative, and not legis-
lative purposes; only step toward Home Rule,
not q substitute for it, When | found you meant
it to be adopted as fnality instead Of the Irish
Parliament we parted company. You accuse us
OF double-dealing because we first proposed, then
opposed this scheme. 1ns<- is the explanation.
We accepted it as a means; We rejected it as an
end"
| need not say that Mr.. Chamberlain's promised
publication is awaited with extreme interest
Mr.. Gladstone's doctrine of nationalities is be-
ginning TO he preached by others than its author.
Scottish members were heard complaining on Bank
Holiday. perhaps because it Was Bank Holiday of
the neglect Of Scottish business Mr.. Brycc's
voice waS among those lifted in appeal to the
Government to arrange for more Scottish leglsla-
tion. So was Mr.. Campbell Dannerman's If the
Imperial Parliament will not do our business for
us we shall want a Parliament of our own" Such
is the burden Of these lamentations But
this new Home Rule crv is not vet very formid-
able Parliament would do all its business we'll
enough if it would do it by committees as Con-
grcss docs Some of il is done So They called
it devolution7 and Mr.. Gladstone is acclaimed
as the inventor Of it, but il is in fact an imper-
feet adaptation Of the American system.
London is enjoying two sensations one is a
succession of attempts by Mr.. Baldwin, the Ameri-
can 10 break his neck coming down with
parachute from a balloon the other is a railway
race from Edinburgh TO London between the
east and west coast lines. The distance is 400
miles and the time is now reduced by both lines
from nine TO eight hours the first eght-hour
train being by the Northwestern. The Caledonlan
line completed the journey yesterday eight minutes
under this time. The train runs from London
70 Crewe, 15S miles without stopping The
east coast route to Edinburgh is twenty-five miles
shorter but takes the same number Of hours
Two versions of Mr.. Stevenson's Dr Jekyli
and Mr. Hyde' have now been produced in Lon
don One at the Lyceum on Saturday by Mt
Mansfield; the other at the Opera Comique last
night BIZ Mr. Bandmann. The last deserves no
notice whether for the piece or the acting. MI
Mansfelds play is not good either; nor Is his
Jelxyll liked nor Hyde, except as one OF those
difficult things which ought TO be Impossible
Much applause was bestowed on certain parts
of his performance-his power in grotesque drama
is conceded-but of finish or of genuine art there
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