St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-11
A NOTABLE CHANGE,
Claims That Gladstone Has
Materially Changed
His Tone,
Which Is Immediately Denied
by the English States
man.
Balfour Says the Tory Policy
Has Been a Complete
Success.
Harrington Called Down by
Harrington Called Down by
the Speaker--Foreign
Notes.
Copyright Cable to the Globe.

Copyright Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Feb. 10.-In the house of
commons tonight Sir j. Ferguson,
under foreign secretary, said in reply to
an interrogation concerning England's
position toward the continental powers,
that no agreement involving Great
Britain's military responsibility had
been made. Mr.. Balfour, resuming the
debate on the address in reply to the
queens speech, commented on the
changed tone of Mr.. Gladstone as
evidenced by his speech last night.
''Where," he asked, twas the I'M
passioned orator who had endeavored
to lnfiame the public against the law?'
Mr.. Gladstone, interrupting, said:
"There isn't an atom of foundation for
such assertions as the honorable gentle
man has put forth" Mr.. Balfour, ,cOntin-
uing, recalled the indictments to resist
ance to the law contained in Mr.. Glad
stones speech at Nottingham, and ex-
pressed a wish that all of the opposition
speakers would
CHANGE THEIR TONE
as Mr.. Gladstone had done. Grave re-
Elections, he said, had been cast on the
Irish magistrates, but of the seventy
three magistrates who had come i'm for
a share of opposition condemnation,
Earl Spencer had appointed or approved
the appointment of sixty. He quoted
statistics showing a considerable de-
crease of crime under the coercion act.
and said that the statistics of bOycOtting
especially showed the result of the act.
During the year ending with July, 1887,
$40 persons had been bOycotted, whereas
the total number from that time to date
was 20S. Efforts to suppress bOyeotting
Clare and Kerry, where the league had
been suppressed. He reprobated and
deplOred the vltuperation of the gov
ernment, and of persons. which had
been indulged in by certain members,
characterizing their action in this re-
spect as a blot on their political life.
After showing figures and additional
Instances of unreasOning opposition to
the governments policy, Mr.. Balfour
concluded by claiming to- have proved
that that policy had been
AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.
Mr.. John Moreley, replying, said the
house could infer from Mr.. Balfour's
remarks the temper with which he ad-
mlnlStered the,cOercl0n act. The periods
showing decrease of crime included
six months during which eviction no
tees could not be executed. The dimi-
mutton Ofsboyc0tting, he asserted. was
due to the changed feeling and sense OF
responsibility of the Liberal cO-workers
with Irish justices in Ireland. If the
Irish aspirations were ever de-
Stroyed the effects of coercion
would become painfully apparent.
Edward Harrington characterized Mr..
Balfour's speech as choice example of
that gentIeman's mendacity. The
speaker called Mr.. Harrington to order,
and the latter withdrew his expression
at the command of the chair. Continu-
ing, Mr.. Harrington ccntended that the
government had manipulated the
figures purporting to show the decrease
of crime in Ireland, and asserted that
the magistrates endeavOr to irritate the
people. On motion of Mr.. Parnell the
debate was adjourned. The government
assented to Mr.. Gladstone's suggestion
to give two days to the discussion of
Sir Charles Russell's motion relating to
the Trafalgar square meetings.