New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
OPPOSITION TO THE SuGAE
BOUNTIES BILL

x-rrECTIVE OPPOSITION IO lhH oI"''
BOUNTIES BILL.
,rp. pAaNELL's TESTIMONY - THE BUDGET
VARIOUS PARLIAMENTARY TOPICS THE
uNIoNrsT spLIr-MR. CoNYBEARE-
CARL RosA-THE sANDRING-
HAM THEATRICALS.
rbr cAsIE TO THE TRIBUNE1
CovvioM; 1889 BY The Nec YORK ir'o""e.
london. May 4.-The Sugar Bounues olii 10
nrsoticaIly dead The Unicnists, almost 10 n"n'
are aeanst Its economical policy, ana aS n"n.
.s twrnty.fye Conservatives sitting for popuiou'
constituencies intimated disappro"ai OF 'he 'ne"'
nre This rapid development Of ob)ectioh ".isoe
from several causes, largely because Tue suu.n
rise Of the price Of sugar is entireS u".
action OF SPECTATORS, which strengthens 'ne oo
of the bills opponents that the ehee' y, p"'e
IL must be injurious to the consu'nci' n,',
fc,t that the practical advantages OF 1ne OIL
80. I'll In the first place. it was intended
a. a benefit 10 native sugar refining INDUSTRIES
y ,-,,r ,bo, resplt IL is now obvious by the
.c,ion ~ the speculstors that tfe prices would
;,or..s. crcetinc great dissatisfaction IN the
.,n.tit,encies. Sir T. II. Farrars energetic and
rnanvuerahle letters from The Free Trade point
NJ view have been q great factor IN FORMING
nr,I;o oninjon, There are also high political
ps well as economical aspects to be answered
Tni, M gnsnntee that il England uses the
hovoottinc clauses against any other Power the
I.t,er NAV not retaate AS France is the great
cst offender in the matter Of bounties, and as no
commercial treaty exists with France, tariff
war with that country might be not improbable
and prove DISASTROUS especially to the Yorkshire
woollen trade.
Tho Sugar Bounties agitation has proved
.La (Nlnh
has been moribund since the split over the Irish
question and the large Withdrawals OF members
three years ago in consequence Of the radical ten
dencies Of the clubs administration. This sugar
question enabled the club TO re-entcr upon its
usefulness, and the possibility Of its members
meeting at Greenwich TO eat their usual luXuri-
Gus dinner becomes more likely, especially as
that grand bon Nivant, MIR. Thomas Bayley
Potter, still acts secretary.
The parnell Commission is now entering upon
another int resting phase The Attorney-Gen-
eraI seems TO be reserving his most searching
questions for the closing hours of MIR. Parnelrs
cross-examination MIR ParnelrS demeanor has
been exceedingly calm and created an excellent
impression. All through he has shown, as one
might have expected, that he knew very little
OF the organization of which he was supposed to
be the chief and his statements in the box con-
firm what was always believed, that his policy
was not TO be closely identified with that OF the
more thorough going men Of his party. lms at
titude has now found justification by the fact
that he is able to make wholesale denals of very
searching interrocatories So far nothing ser-
Gus has turned up against Mr.. Parnell. He ad-
mits association with men who, at later
period, were found TO be extremists, when
he demonstrated with several Of them. The most
damaging incident was his admission yesterday
that when opposing Mr. Forstrr's bill of 1881 he
wilfully deceived the House of Commons. How
many times Disrseh Mr. Gladstone and other
statesmen have done the same thing history re-
cordeth not. Sir Richard Webster nevertheless
,eorsd point over this part of the crosS-exami-
nation.
The Samoan Conference is watched with great
interest. There is very strong feeling. even
among the Governments supporters, that Lord
Salisbury is too willing to follow Prince Bis
marck's beck and call The Washington policy
accords with English general opinion, and there
will be much disappointment if any other settle
ment is adopted. There is every indication that
King Maletoa will be restored to power. Aus
tralian opinion is distinctly anti-German and in
line with that at Washington The growing
trade between Australia and the United States
encouraged this but German methods in the Pacific
also aroused Australian dislike. Hing Malietoa's
recall, though apparently spontaneous act on the
part of Germany, is regarded as the result Of
American pressure.
Mr.. Gladstones temperance in the House of
Commons on Thursday was the result OF malicious
attacks on the Budget Mr.. Gladstone is in heart,
like many Of his followers, delighted that Mr..
Goschen has taxed the landlords by the new
fax therf Income
Yet the Opposition wished to create mischief by
Leading country gentlemen TO believe that the
Chancellor Of the EXcheQuer was resOrting TO the
eXpedisnt Of graduated taxation on land. MIR.
Goschen denied this Interpretation His financial
policy, moreover, was only following the example
Of the graduated charges of the Income tax Mr.
Gladstone would have it otherwise, and had the |
satisfaction Of seeing Mr.. Chaplin and Sir W. |
Barttellot very much alarmed over the |
prospect and the great landed propretors de |
manded further opportunity Of considering the |
matter. All this, however was bit OF malicious |
comedy on the part Of the Opposition chiefs They
only wanted to create trouble for the Government,
even when pleased with what the Government was |
doing.
The Ministerial defeat on Tuesday night on |
the sale of liquors in India was a matter Of no
importance and was discussed in House of
never more than 220 membera Through defec-
ton some Unionists helped TO Put the Govern |
ment in a minority. No attempt was made by
the whips to avoid defeat.
The bill Of young Mr.. Lawson, as he is known,
for the enfranchisement of easeholders, produced
q lively debate, and showed remarkable progress
on this question in the last two years. Three
or four years ago it was hardly known, and had
chiefly metropolitan interest. 1t is aimed at
ground landlords, especially at men like the Dukes
Of Devonshire, Westminster and Bedford, who own
the most valuable parts Of London But the
bill is badly framed. even putting leascbodcrs Of
800 years on the same foonng with
thoa. ~ .non+y wears Mr. Lawson