New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09

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y1rw-THE REASONS WHICH LED " THE
TINES TO COMPROMISE THE PAR
NELL LLLAwsUIT-TRIAL OF THE
BISHOP OF LINCOLN.
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copyrfqht: 1890 BY The Neo. York Tribune
Iondon. Feb. s.-Though Lord Salisbury heai'h
!s severely shaken but little Is now sdiu doouV
bs giving up the Foreign Office. NoC Only. Is III
recovering but Lord Hartngtons absence naNeS
anv change improbable. Moreover LoIu sails
bury is too fond of Foreign once WORK 10 IeSieh
unless absolutely necessary Loru haI'lhslo ION
will not be bored with it; Mr. Goschen can be Ill
snared from the ChanceIorship of the EXchequer,
md il is difficult 10 find any other Tory or Union
ist statesman who can speak French and German.
Further Mr. Goschen will have such important
6nancial proposals TO put forward during the COM
inc session that the EXchequer cannot be entrusted
N anv one else. There will most likely he a re-
duction Of the income tax, subventions in the
direction of free assisted education, and though
M great currency changes will be undertaken, yet
il is highly probable that the official rate of eX-
change of the rupee will be atered-pcrhaps TO
one and eightpence. Members of Parliament are
focking TO town, and the clubs show more anima-
ton For the air is full of expectation of angry
debates from the very opening of the session. The
Irish members stimulated by The Timess'
compromise of the Parnell case. and the Parne
Commission will form the subject of many nights
talk.
II one may Judge by what has Just occurred at
Partick, the Opposition will not score much sue
cess by attacking the Portuguese policy of the
Government. Sir Charles Tcnnant is good
Dt,@ l.,
of Lord Salsbury's policy On the Shire subjected
him to a severe heckling. Even the Scotch Rad
icas realize that Lord Salisbury's action was in
the interests of the Scotch traders and of the
Scotch Presbyterian missionaries. Nh T. p. O Con-
nor. who supports Sir Charess candidature,
subjected to a severe cross-eXamination regarding
certain passages quoted against him from " The
Star" which he is supposed 10 edit, and wherein
that paper described the Scotch missionaries
brigands, and Lord Salisbury's policy as the last
lnfamy of Jingoism Did Mr.. OConnor adhere
20 these views expressed by his own paper? For
O long time il has been known that Mr.. O'COunOr
is only the igurehead of The Star and that
the real work of editing is done by clever young
frebrand Radical named Massingham. Mr. O'COn-
nor was obliged 10 confess 10 his tormentoTs that
he had not written the leader in question, and
that he was sorry that Scotch Presbyterian SIS
ceptibllltleS had been wounded. lie was InalIN
compelled 10 make peace by declaring that if
Africa was TO be civilized and developed, II should
be done by the British race. All of ibis was
somewhat humilating, but OF importance as show
ing that Lord Salisbury's policy meets with such
widespread approval that the Opposition will have
10 be content with academical discussion.
The Portuguese Government having learnt
through semi-ofiicial inquiries that the foreign
Powers were not disposed 10 interfere in their
quarrel with England either under the twelfth
article Of the Berlin treaty or otherwise nave
adopted the sensible course of approaching Lord
Salisbury with view 10 settlement of the out
standing disputes. The lerocity of the Portuguese
persecution and annoyance of British subjects at
Lisbon and OportO is beginning to change the
English feeling from contempt 10 indignation,
and unless mitgated will enbaTass Senior
Freitas's mission The conduct of the Portuguese
populace will lead 70 much questioning OF the
Ministers when Parliament meets Lord Sails
burys present attitude is understood to be dis
tinctly moderate and well-disposed toward
settlement.
II is generally felt that Lord Salisbury will
have difficult task in dealing with Emperor
Williams invitation to conference on labor
questions. One party in English politics, per
haps not dozen members in the House Of Com
mons, favors State legislation to regulate the hours
Of labor and the wages Williams scheme seems
20 involve legislative action result Of the
conference. Moreover. tariff difficulties consri-
tute an almost insuperabe obstacle to inter
national action Public opinion in England is
distinctly opposed 10 Emperor Williams pro-
posaI excepting, of course. among the few Social.
lists The whole scheme moreover is regarded
by many as chiefly destined 20 influence the com
ing German elections II indicates the Emperor's
goodness of heart toward his ill-paid subjects
and his appreciation Of the social danger. But
il is we'll observed by London contemporary
that il is as easy 10 fix the legal day and the
rate Of wages as 10 settle the height of Emperor
Williams subjects
The arrangement of The Times" with Mr..
Parnell largely arose out of two considerations;
the one acknowledged by that paper that, having
published lihelous letters which the writer, Pig
gott, admitted 10 be forgeries, it felt bound Ia
come to terms; the other was TO avoid disclosing
what would have been absolutely necessary had
the case proceeded, namely, the numerical circu-
lation Of that journal, which is one Of the most
sacred secrets Of Printing House Square. But
all this would nave been risked if the recent ef-
forts in America 20 obtaiG further evidence had
been ATTENDED with success. IL cannot he denied
that some OF Mr. Panell's friends are disappointed
by the settlement. They had hoped to get at the
whole history Of the publication Of the
fac-simile letters, and they do not in
tend TO allow the matter to end here
For if the Speaker will allow such course they
will move that Mr.. John Walter the proprietor
of The Times, be called to the bar of the House
10 apologize for having msli2ned a member
Action in this direction will, however, be infu-
enced by the report of the Judges of the Parnel
Commission.
II does not escape observation that the Earl Of
rorb,, and not the Duke of Argyll or Lord Sol