Evening journal., 1889-10-24
MR. GLADSTONE SPEAKS
He Addresses the Liberal rTcet-
ing at Southport.
ONE MENACE 70 LuRoPE's PEACE

IL Is the Complications Caused by turk
ish Hlsrule In te-rnconsistsncy OF
tho Tories to the People Of ifsiaud--
Other Foreign News.
LONDON, Oct. 24--The meeting Of the Lib
eral electors of Southport yesterday after
noon, who gathered to listen TO the great
speech Of Mr.. Gladstone, proved the most en-
thusinstic and successful political event held
in England for long time Mr.. Gladstone
was at his best, and for an hour and ten
minutes he spoke TO bis auditors with all his
old time vim and clcquence. The hali was
beautifully decorated The hall in which
Nr. Gladstone spoke was crowded TO su,foca-
iion fully two hours before the great Liberal
statesman arrived On entering the hall he
was greeted with a storm Of cheers and
shouts, In which every member Of the large
and enthusiastic audience Joined, and which
was prolonged until the grand old man had
reached the platform aud waved his hand as
signal for quiet. After feelngly thanking
his audience for the warm welcome accorded
him Air. Gladstone at once plunged into the
business ia hand by presenting TO his hearers
AN exhaustive review Ct the work for the
past twenty-one years Of the great Liberal
party, whose candidate he had come there to.
support.
One Menace TO Europe's Peace.
He spoke OF the condition OF affairs on the
continent at this present time, and expressed
the holief that the one formidable menace to
the psac0 Of Europe was the complications
| growing out OF Turkish misrule in Crete and
Arnasnia. lie could not deny that crisis in
European affairs was imminent, and paid a
high tribute 70 the laudable anxiety Of all
the powers concerned 10 postpone IT,
The situation In Ireland.
Passing 30 a consideration Of affairs in
ireland, bIr. Gladstone pointed out that the
principles for which the dockmcn in their
rccout strike contended were precisely the
same A. those for which the Irish tradesmen
and tsnantry sought recognition at the hands
OF a British parliament It was absurd to
give sympathy 10 the one and deny it to the
other for the two must stand or fall to-
gether. But this was precisely what the
Tory government had done. While conced-
ing the justice Of the dockmens claims to
decent living as the fruits Of their labor,
they crowded the Irish prisons with tenants
who made the same claim.
Coercion a Miserabis Failure.
He believed that an appeal 20 tho people.
II it could be made tomorrow, would result
in a verdict overwhelmingly IN favor Of the
Liberal policy Of justice 70 ireland. The
} policy Of coercion, ho insisted had proved a
! miserable failure, and if any proof were
, needed Of the fuct it would only be necessary
10 point out that after all these years OF
coercion, with which Il was proposed 70
q pacify Ireland, the Tory government found
y II necessary less than fortnight ago to pro-
claim new districts in Ireland. The crime
I rate today was the same as ID was ia 1884,
when the Tories declared that coercion was
no longer necessary, and yet that policy re-
mAined the corner stone Of the government'a
programme.
The Liberal Party's Policy.
Mr.. Gladstone, in concluding, stated that
Il was impossible st this time to map out the
Liberal policy of tho future within the out
lines already well known 10 the electors. AT
J this timo it was only necessary TO present to
the electors for their approval or rejection
q the living principles for which the Liberal
party contended.