St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-21
A Demand Made for the True
Cause of His Somewhat
Abrupt Withdrawal.
Ex-Queen ISabella's Expulsion
Caused by a Plot to Make
Her Regent.
Great Preparations in Dublin
For an Immense Recep-
tion to O'Brien.
Copyright Cable to the Globe.


Lord Charles Beresford has raised quite
a breeze both in political and club cir
cles, and in the columns of the press. A
portion of the Tory press condemns the
action of the intrepid sailor as rejecting
on the naval administration, but the
other Conservative newspapers are
sufficiently OutSpOken to declare it their
belief that the present system of carry
ing on the naval department of the gov
ernment forced him to resign as a
means of disclaiming any responsible
ity for the bungling methods and short
sighted economy just now prevailing in
the admiralty Office. Foremost among
the newspapers supporting Lord Beres-
fOrd'S action is the st. James Gazette,
ever ready to stand up for the ToIy po-
sition when excuses for it are
possible, which asserts that the
reasons given by the admiralty
for Lord Beresford'S withdrawal are in
sufficient, adding that the country must
know more of the truth of the matter
compelling his action, and the sooner
the better, both for the country and
those responsible for the loss of Lord
Charles Beresford's services in the ma
val department.. Lord Beresford's pop
ularity with the masses, by reason of
his conspicuous gallantry during the
bOmbardment of Alexandria, his disre-
gard of the last naval review at Spit
head, and his independent criticism
of the naval administration dur
ing the last two years, is enOr-
nous, and public opinion is largely
in his favor. In the absence of any
thing like an explanation of his course
in the present instance, people gener-
ally condemn Mr.. GOschen's opposition
to Lord BeresfOrd'S schemes for increas-
ing the efficiency of the navy and the
strength of England's defenses, ostensl-
bly, on the score of economy, and it is
likely that the chancellor of the eX-
chequer will find himself confronted
with the necessity for more lucid eX-
PLANTATION of his premises than he has
hitherto evinced disposition to vouch-
safe.
The virtual, if not the actual eypul
sion of eX-Queen Isabella from Spain
is due, it is ascertained, to the discovery
of a plot to place her ON the Spanish
throne as regent pending the arrival at
the age of majority of her grandson,
King Alfonso. Queen Christiana, the
present regent and mother of the king,
upon the discovery of the intrigue, in
sisted that there was not enough room
in Spain for both Isabella and herself.
and, being very comfortably situated in
her official and domestic establishment,
would prefer that the ex-queen should
do the travelling necessary to place
the boundary line of Spain between
them.
Great preparations are making in
Dublin for an immense reception to MIR,
O'Brien on his arrival there, the
ovation, of course, being contingent on
the decision of the authorities not to re-
arrest him for his connection with the
WoOdfOrd midnight meeting before the
arrangements are completed. If the
proceedings are not interrupted the Irish
capital will witness one of the largest
testimonials of sympathy and regard
ever paid to any man within its pre-
cinctS.
The work of laying pipe line for the
purpose of conveying petroleum be-
tween Baku and Batoum, cheapening
the transportation and augmenting the
quantity of all Oil conveyed from the in
terror petroleum fields of Russia to
the Black sea, is progressing rapidly,
and large shipments from the latter
place are expected soon.
The presence of nearly all of the
Dublin judges at the banquet given last
evening in honor of MI. BalfOur is gen
orally condemned, as evidencing the
subserviency of the Irish judicial au-
thorities to the Tory executive. The
fact that these Wearers of the ermine
were present in semi-state is also COM
mented On and held to indicate more
strongly their willingness to consider
themselves bound to carry out the
wishes of the government while pretend
ing to administer justice.
ReinforcementS of troops have been
ordered to depart Immediately for the
island of Lewis to quell the disturb
ances created by the crofters there.
At meeting of the directors of the
United States Cable company held to-
day, John Pender, the head and front of
the cable pool, urged his colleagues to
arrange a settlement of the cable war
with the Commercial company on the
basis of shilling a word.
simultaneously with the order of the
Servian government for the manufacture
and delivery of $1,000 rifles comes the
verified report that $4,000 similar weap-
ons have been contracted for by the
Hungarians.