St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-12
The Irish Cause Will Be Mate
rally Aided by This
Proceeding.
Two RumorS Regarding the
Course of Lord RAN
dolph Churchill.
Russian Supremacy Still Oc-
cupieS the Attention of
Politicians.
Copyright cable to One Globe.

Liberal and Irish leaders to-day when
taking stock of the proceedings of the
past two days. The arrest of Mr.. Pyne
and Mr.. Gilhooly at the entrance to the
house of commons has aroused feelings
OF Indignation throughout Great
Britain, and will greatly aid the Irish
cause. The proceedings next week are
looked forward to with keen interest,
especially the speech of Mr.. Parnell on
Monday. The Irish leader will contend
that the union, like property, has its
duties as well as its rights, and when
an integral and important portion of
the United Kingdom is subject to an
eXceptionabel law which denies it the
three cardinal liberties of speech. of the
press and OF combination. and which
has already had the effect of putting
more than 600 of its citizens in prison,
1t has right to be heard fully in any
complaints it may have TO make of the
administration of that law. He will
arraign Mr.. Balfour for his statement
on May Il, 1887. in the house of COM
mons that, by the existing law of Ire
land there Is no appeal in criminal pros
ecutiOls, if the Imprisonment is less
than a month, but we propose to
give an appeal in every case to county
court Judge" Now, this was definite
pledge, and it has not been kept. Mr..
BalfOur found these appeals inconven-
lent, and in Speechsa few months ago
at Birmingham he limited that the resi-
dent magistrates would do well to give
sentence of only one months impriSOn-
ment, instead of two or more. The
reason was that despite all promises the
''eXiSting law of Ireland
HAD REMAINED UNCHANGED
In this respect, and from such sentences
there was no appeal. The hint was
taken, aud since then sentences of one
months imprisonment have been COM
mon. In other words, parliament was
deceived, and Mr.. Parnell is determined,
unless clOSured, to bring the point fully
before the house of commons, falling
which. he will ask the government to
abandon all pretenSe that Ireland is
under parliamentary government. A
report prevails in Conservative circles
that Sir Michael HickS-Beach will
surely see TO it that Ireland shall not be
hlndered by any act or word of his. but
rather be encouraged and even helped
to obtain fair and full hearing for the
case she has to present against Mr.. Bal
follow the lead of Sir Michael, so that
despite the declaration of Lord Sails
bury that this season was to be thor
oughly an English one, Ireland will get
her full share of the business of the
house. From Conservative quarter it
is learned that it is not likely that the
new rules will be proceeded with con-
tinuously. The present disposition ap-
pears to be to force through what are
required OF the more urgent of the dis
clplInary regulations without delay and
to leave the other reforms to be dealt
with in the intervals of
MORE PRESSING BUSINESS.
Some of the changes. such as that af-
fecting the length of the debates on the
address, can not be brought into opera
ton this session and may be left to be
debated after the principal government
measures have been laid before the
country. The rule to the passing of
which the government attaches the most
Importance is that for checking motions
for adjournment. In the opinion of
large number OF supporters of the gov
ernment this ought to have been passed
last session at any cost, as a natural
corollary of the closure rules, and it was
In fact with considerable reluctance
that Mr.. Smith abandoned the idea of
carrying it. An impression prevails i'm
ministerial circles that motions for adj
iOurnment are likely to be unusually
frequent during the session, especially
In case of fresh arrests of prominent
men under the crimes act, and that no
business Of any kind should be at
tempted until this weapon is taken out
Of the
HANDS OF THE OPPOSITION
The achievements Of Judge Advocate
General Marriott on behalf of Is
mail Pasha continue to be the chief sub
ject of gossip at the Conservative clubs.
and it must Ue said that the spirit i'm
which they are debated does not tend
to become more friendly. The truth is
that Mr.. Marriott, although an eX-
tremely genial man in private, has
never been altogether a persona yrata
with certain sections of the party. He
Is still looked upon by active aSpirants
to office somewhat in the light OF an in
terl0per. who was rewarded for chang
ing his political opinions with lucra-
tive Office which might more properly
have been conferred on some iOng-tried
adhercnt to Conservative principles.
Besides, his chief claim or the party was
the fact of his being a bitter and IN
compromising opponent OF Mr.. Cham
berlain, and this hardly tells in his
favor now that the member for West
Birmingham has become somewhat of
q hero with the Tories. On one point
there appears to be general agree
ment; that Lord Randolph Churchill
Will have something to say upon the
subject shortly which Lord Salisbury
and Mr.. Marriott Will not find D1latabIe.
There are two persistent TuiaorS about
Lord Randolph-one that he will de-
liver set speech or the foreign policy
in the course Of the debate on the adj
address. and the other that an under
standing has been arrived at between
him and Sir Michael HickS-beacli as to
a course Of independent action OH the
irish local government question. The
letter locks like guess based on one of
Sir Mich9cFS recent speeches, but it is
supplemented by report that before
gong to st. Petersburg and since his
return 10 England Lord Randolph
frequently expressed the opinion that
Sir Michael had, hy his Ia. colleagues,
been
WEEK Paddy ~EEArkD.
Next to The illness CT The crow.
prince Of Germany, the qGc.:inn uc The.
moment is whether IsEsria vii. still per-
sist in l;er p0licy of Russian supremacy
in Bulgaria, in spite az the risks which;
It involves Of a breach with Austria.
and consequently with Germany. The
answer is ilat Russia continues to in
crease her army or file western frontier,
and undoubtedly eontemp!ates war,eith-
erwith Austria or Germany or with both.
A moveI1e::! OF Russian troops more
extensive than would be- needed
fer purposes of defense can hardly be
interpreted Otherwise Than as a menace.
TIC present peace garrison" of the
provinces ID Warsaw, WILMA and Kietf
numbers So, 400 men and us ileld guns.
On the sane frontier the Germans have
10000 men and 2i0 gpEs. and the Aus
triani only 43.GJ1 men and 10 guns. On
the frontier strips OF Germany and Rus
sin TIE russians nave i2S lsfl mnn 81 200