Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-09
AFTER HOME RULE
Scotch People Want to Govern
 Themselves.
A BILL BEFORE PARLIAMENT
That is Palpably Bold Step in That
 Direction.

Direction.
 Boulanser's Many yTroublss-England No, Plsassd With the Idea of His Becom' ing Resident of London and May Deny Him Hospitality-He Says the Leave Belgium Is without To undation. LONDON, April 9.-In the House of Com- mons last evening Mir. James P. B. Robert son, Q. C., Lord Advocate of Scotland, in troduced Scotch Local Government bill for consideration.
 The measure creates County Councils, to be elected by householders.
 Burghs having less than 1000 inhabitants are to be merged into counties under one government, but towns of population greater than 1000 are by this bill to be self governed.
 The powers of the County Councils in. clude Vle right to pass private bills, a power hitherto invested in Parliament.
 This is palpably a step toward Home Rule
 The announcement that rooms Ina ". been engaged at London note for General Boulanger and the friend. who have chosen to share his self f-imposet exile from France has excited some more hot headed sticklers for international re Ciprocity and the connection of existing institutions at home and abroad to demand that the bete noir of the French Republic be met upon his arrival on English soil by an official refusal to permit him to remain here and conduct his warfare against the French Government.
 Radical as 1t may seem there are many intelligent Englishmen who regard Boulan gers immediate expulsion from Great Britain as the duty of the Government, re gardless of the facts that the constitution ality of such action would be very ques- uonable; that np reason exists for prevent ing him from coming to England and re- maining as long as he likes that England has been from time immemorial and still is a harbor of refuge for still more important political exiles from almost every civilized nation on the globe.
 z In support of the idea that Boulan ger could be legitimately turned back upon his arrival ein England, the advocates of his seclusion cite the case of Herr Johan Most who was imprisoned for expressing in his paper, the 'Ffeffeft his great joy that Emperor Alex ,ander II of Russia had been removed from the trials and troubles of life by the explo- sion of a bomb which shattered his neither limbs.
 { If 1t was just to imprison man in Eng land for rejoicing over the death ot Rus sian sovereign it is certainly prope. to ex- pei man who is plotting to overthrow the Government of France.
 ! This is the argument used and perhaps il is worthy of consideration.
 Still in the present democratic temper of the people of England, it would be almost suicidal for the government to interfere .-ith Boulanger's perfect liberty to estab- ltsh himself in London and do whatever he pleases not in contravertion of British laws.
 The pretty well verified statements that Boulanger has conferred with Prince Victor Napoleon since his arrival in Brussels have resulted in disgusting great many persons who have hitherto main tained at much cost of argument that the General was earnestly working for the purihcation of the Repub- lie and not, as he has been accused of doing, for the restoration of a Monarchical Gov ernment. Nobody can be made to believe that Prince Victor Is anxious for the strengthening of the Republic and if 1t be true, as it doubtless is, that Boulanger is traternlzing with the royal enemies of France's Governmental system, In whose association he can be nothing better than a tool, he left Franco none to soon to save his neck.
 
 General Boulanger telegraphs from Brus sels that the report that he had been asked to leave Belgium is without foundation.
 The first meeting of the French Senate as a tribunal to try General Boulanger, will be held on Friday next.
 The American Catholic pilgrims arrived at Jaffa from Ismalia yesterday, and d once proceeded toward Jerusalem, where they will arrive tonight. The party will stay in Jerusalem until April 2S, when they will return to this port on their way home
 Hamburg was startled yesterday by the news of a crime that was committed ths night befor. A boy named Steinfatt wht was travelling over night on one of the road. that leads to the suburbs of Ham burg, was found murdered this morning and hi. corpse mutilated in a shocking manner His throat was cut and his abdomen ripped and empted of its contents. The boys gen ital organs were also missing.
 In consequence of the strike of the join CTS in many cities and towns in German, the master joiners of Nurnberg have de cided to declare lockout until their term are accepted by the iourneymen. This un expected move will probably be followet by the masters in all other places where strike is in progress.
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 Mr. Gladstone dined last evening with hi. former private secretary, Mir. Hamilton His host lives in the top flat of the highes apartment house in Park lane and tn building is not supplied with an elevator The aged expremier was therefore com pelled to climb eighty steps to honor MI Hamilton with his company.
 Slate Medium Exposed.
 PORTLAND, Me, April 9.-Slade, thu world-renowned medium, was expose here in the presence of well known be ievers in spiritualism and citizens of higf standing It was shown that the states o which the spirits were to be asked to writ had the alleged message already written ol