Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-26

THE GRAND OLD MAN
Mr.. Gladstone Not Much Hurt by
Knock-Downs.
A NEW PARLIAMENTARY DODGE
Why Was the British Minister
Called From Paris2
!. ENGLAND BoYCOTTiNG FRANCE
Relation Of the French Revolution
to These Modern Days.
ENGLAND BoYcoTTiNo FRANoI
A VERY TEMPesTUoUs OFFICIAL
Something New Will Arise I'm the
irish Question and Take the Brit
ish Government by Surprise
Parne1l Tactics.
Views of an Inside Man.


LONDON, May 25.-TNew York Herald
Cable-Special to THE BEE. Though for
the moment q trining kind of dullness
regns in parliament i am inclined to think
It will not last very much longer. For one
thing, storm is being coniured up by the
arts OF the grand old parliamentary wizard.
When every bcuy thinks he is done for at
last, he has the habit as q lady told him, of
popping up again.
What are you 10 do with man who pops
up, even after cabs have knocked him downl
That Is merely one of the hundred little
contretemps of daily life of which Mr.. Glad
stone takes no heed. To be sure it does not
often happen; but when it does. Mr.. Gladstone
picks himself up as he did Tuesday, in Pic
cadilly, and runs after the cabmar, takes his
number, and leaves him in the hands of the
police. How many men are there in their
eightieth year, who would be disposed to
finish off jobs of this sort in so thorough and
artistic mannerl Most people, finding
themselves in the middle of the road, wrong
side uppermost, would be quito satisfied to
scramble to their legs and walk quietly home
and take an hour or two to repair damages.
But Mr.. Gladstone never gives in. His en-
gage;nents, any day in the week, would tire
out most young fellows of two-and-twenty
without the cab part of the business thrown
In as an extra.
Now what is he going to do to keep him.
self well to the front in public lifea
There are several things on the cards,
among them two especially interesting. The
first relates to the withdrawal of the English
ambassador at Paris at the opening of the
great exhibition. This NAV be brought be-
fore the house, in connection with the for
eign Office budget, which has yet u stage to
pass through, and which has been kept back
a most unusual time by the government, in
order to avoid discussion of this rat her
tlcklish question.
Topostpone what you do not like and cannot
prevent is the motto of every government.
A person who is gong to bring on an ugly
subject may change his mind or go abroad,
or the public may lose all interest in it, but
none Of these things is likely to occur in con.
nection with the retirement Of Lord Lyton
from Paris. Mr.. Gladstone is in full chase
after o cabby, and he will never rest until he
has hauled him and his chief, Lord Sails
bury, before the parliament and the people.
What view is the public taking of this
matterl
AS on every thing else, opinions are di-
vided. A good many people think that it is
to officially boycott another because certain
events happened hundred years ago, of
which everybody does not happen to approve.
Not one visitor out of ten thousand associ-
ates the Paris exhibition in any way with
the French revolution; they merely see in it
one of the most interesting and instructive
collections, illustrative of the worlds pro-
gress, which has ever been brought together.
Would it not have been better to have
allowed Lord Lyton to have remained at his
post, ignoring the revolution and seeing all
that is interesting in the exhibition, in CON-
mon with the rest of the world!
After all, the French people and the
French government have not said a great
deal about the revolution, or sought to mag
nifty it ovcrmuch. But Tor the fuss made by
the withdrawal Of so many European am
bassadors, the connection between the two
events, slight and imaginary as 1t is, would
have been completely forgotten. If England
was induced to retire from France because
of the pressure Of Prince Bismarck, it will
not tend to increase the satisfaction of the
public at what h1Dccurred
These are points on which, no doubt, Mr..
Gladstone will seek information, and it will
require an able and more discreet man than
tho under.secretary for foreign affairs, Sir
James Ferguson, to parry his attack. This
particular official Is only known for the facil-
ity with which he loses his temper and makes
o mess of his business; and therefore, 1t
will be very desirable TO have Lord Salisbury
himself in the house for an hour or so, 20 re-
ply to Mr. Gladstone. AS that can not bc
maneged, Mr.. Gladstone is very likely to run
the government rather close ON this occa-
sion. o.
,t.t, .tA, j.,
another part of the heavens. / called your
attention 10 the fact that the Irish party
/. seemed to be fzzling out. 1t may have struck
others as well as myself, or at any rate there
is something in the air which do not profess
TO be able to interpret, but which is likely to
give rise to noteworthy events l believe
that movement of totally new kind is
being prosected, and that it will take the gov
ernment by surprise The Nationalist leaders
may well be excused for feeling that If what
they are doing now the taunt Of the Times,
that their cause is bad they will be justified
In -,he eyes Of the people.
not Mr. Parnelly pretty clearly indi-
ca < the other day that his tactics were
about TO take different direction.
He talked, indeed, OF retiring with his fol
lowers from the parliament at Westminster.
That would be about the worst thing he and
they could do. BY the government, on the
other hand, II is naturally regarded as a con
summation devou;ly TO be wished. 1t might
be more difficult for the Parnellites to &c,
back again than for chem TO go out.
suppose q measure for the disfranchise
ment OF Ireland were TO be brought forward
after their retirement in q solid bodyi
Some people are very much IN favor Of ,
schone of that kina, ana in the absence o.
the eighty-six Irish members 1t could b'
passed. These contingencies and others
which will not now specify, will have to b'
kept In view. II MIR. Parnell was in earncs
In suggesting the removal OF the whole capl
from the parliamentary field, there must b