New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-09
., ,aysEaAn GLANCE AT THE POLITICAL SIT
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ruE EXAMINATION - MR. ehAos'ro"hs
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,xitb reference TO two or three points OhS'
iiameot has been sitting; the fSrneh o'Ini' is ~.
has been sitting. Loadon mas n'eo "'
usual whirl the stream mas to'e" ="
usual swift pace. Yet on tne "noie VIC
are not great. Parliament has tol,eu aions uvAs
some work talked debated as usu"i' @"u ~i"Hs
rather less than usual Inc Uovern"eho Hoep -"
,na,or,v ,be Opposition keeps its temper, and the
..'s,,.ss transacted really needs no comment
tn p.rrelI Commission has passed through. or
.-.,, ,b,ongh. an interesting and even critical
xnd Afr parnsn himself before leaving the
Irs.,..s hay made that astounding slip about lu.
,.,,;opsJIv deoeavmg the House Of Commons,
,.b,cb oerhaps did him more harm with serious
minded Enalishmen than any single incident in
mis- careef II was Ia sharp contrast to his admir-.
able deaeanor under s-exsmination on oil other
nstters His testimony as q whole had been so
srm snd clear that but for this one uniucy ad-
n,x,on he would have quilted the court far
stronger With the English public than before. His
exclamation the following week did not and could
mot, remove the impression first created Ills COL
leagues, or some Of them, so bore themselves IN
oonrt as to cophtln, rather than dispel, this i'm
prsssion. MI Pggar. hear. escaped with less
damage than was expected. It was Mr.. O'Brien
who did the most mischief, and did it. as Mr.. Par
nell did. by his sincerity. Mr.. Psrnelrs sincerity
WAS half cynical; Mr. 0'Brien's is the sincerity OF
the fanatic SO convinced that the end is right that
he deems all means, or some very singular means,
iustifiable Ills defence Of the killing of the Man
chester policeman is one example. His defence Of
his Iri>h policy, Of the Plan Of Campaign, Of
SIJpited Ireland OF boycotting Of violent
speeches, ipcitiny to violence and open dsloyalty;
bis regreti excuses for his attacks OIL Earl Spencer
and SIR George Trevelyan-these are other exam
pies.
Mr.. Psrnell seemed perfectly conscious OF tho
effect thus produced, and il wss Judge, under
the depression occasioned by this wave of English
feeling that he made his memorable speech OF last
month, still fresh in all minds. His enemies
hailed il as a cry Of something like despair. He
believes his Parliamentary struggle for Home Rule
doomed TO failure they exclaimed, and his last
resource is = threat to withdraw from Parliament
and try other means" That view is an eHasgera-
fion Mr. Parnell certainly does not despair. He
win play the game out. He puts little fsith,
Judge in Mr. Gladstones arithmetical demonstra-
tions Of coming victory, and knows that by-eleo-
tions su ppy no sound basis for calculations about
n general election His admirable coolness serves
him better in such matters than Mr. GadstOne's
perSeryjd enthusiasm He knows that, whether
the country has or has not swung
round TO Home Rule, the evidence of any
decisive change is wanting But the argument
cuts both ways. 1t is not proved that England
wants Home Rule; it Is not proved that she docs
not want it. MIR. Parnelfs remarks abont what
he would do in the lattnr case were meant probably
for Irish edifeation-for Irsh-AmericaH edification
most of all lie means Irish patriots the world
over to understand that he, for one, will never
sit down uader the existing English rule. and
Will not consider himself beaten, because beaten,
or !. beaten in Parliament. lie means the battle
20 20 on inside and outside Westminster until
Ireland gets some sort OF self-goyernment. Eng
lish Liberals and English Tories believe, however,
that at this moment Mr. Parnen would accept
far less than Mr.. Gladstone offered three years
ago. The Tories think that they are winning,
though slowly, and think that Mr.. Parnell knows
they are winning They interpret his last deciara-
ton as signfying that he is ready, nearly ready
for. a new deal. Reports from Ireland indlcate
meantime that the Plan OF Campaign is pursued
with ever-increasng difficulty. IL has broken
down Lord Massareene's estate, where long
and obstinate struggle has been carried on under
the direction Of Mr.. Dillon.
In England Mr. Gladstone has thought II desir-
able TO stimulate the raj OF bis followers by undeF
taking another pilgrimage, this time in the Soue-
west. This Is his fashion OF spending The Whit
suntide holidays DE has made several speecnes
and win make several more Every word he Ut
ters and every step Of his journey are chronieled
with laudatory minuteness in the Home Rule
press. But 70 hnd Mr.. Gladstone again on the
stump Ia In no sense novelty. The Liberals are
already discussing how they shall celebrate his
eightieth birthday next December. 1t is an event
which the whole country might well unite in sol
emnixing.
The relations between England and France seem
little, IL any, the worse for Lord Lyttons absence
apd little, II any, the better for that singular
Engiish address to President Carnot, which a knot
Of Radicals promoted and signed. As the address
WAS, In fact, one Of censure on the Enghsh Gov.
ernlnent, M Carnot received IL with cold civlhty
One effect Of the loneliness in which France was
left by the rest Of Europe may be seen In her
vsesent relations with the Ameri-
can Republics, and ESPECIALLY with the
United States. The cordiahty Of the
aew American Minister'S welcome in Paris, 40 well
4 alhe almost unexampled impression made by Mr..
Beds address on his presentation TO the President
nay be Judged from the debate in the Chamber of
Deputies ON Monday, when the question Of French
foxeigu relations was raised on the introduction
ef the Foreign ONCE budget. In an elaborate
speech by NJ Hubbard, he discussed the extent to
which the present Government bad secured the
sympathy and regard Of other Nations, and the
tttftads of other Nations TO France and 20 the
Rryoiutionary Centennial He quoted pert Of
he late American Minister'S letter TO NJ Carnot
nd the whole of the present Minister'S speech
That Speech" said NJ Hubbard. amid the sp-
phnse Of the Chamber, =" goes straight 70 the
telnt It Is our ancient and loyal ally TO who're
words we listen Mr.. Reid has affirmed in the
aost admirable Language the sentiments which
unite the two countries" heard much on the
@ne subject while in Paris, and believe that
fAe never was q moment when better oppor-
waH was offered for Strengthening the ties be
wstn France and the United States.
kxyfsssions OF deep synpsthy with the Johns
pss Aifiesers are heard In every country OF Eu-
,ess snd are nowhere more frequent than in Eng.
snd and France. Americans abroad have spoken