The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-28
GLADSTONE ON POLITICS.
THE LIBERALS WAITING ON THE
ROME RULE ISSUE.

The People Urged to Keep an Eye on
the Expenditures for the Army and
Navy-rhe Sending of an Envoy to
ths Vatican Denounced.
EDINBURGH, Oct E.-A meeting Of lib
erals was held here to-day, at which Mr.
Gladstone delivered an address. In the
course Of bis speech be said that the Liberal
party wac prepared to wait for an express
sion of the oountry's opinion regarding
home rule before announcing a premature
scheme. He urged the people to
closely watch the naval and military
expenditures Of the government, which he
declared nave gone beyond the bounds Of
prudence and propriety. Speaking of the
press Of business before the House of Com
mons, Mr.. Gladstone said that the liberal
idea TO relieve this pressure was a large
plan of deviation. Their scheme was to
give to subordinate bodies large proper
tion of the work with which parliament is
now encumbered.
THE FOREIGN POLICY.
Referring to the foreign policy of the
government Mr.. Gladstone blamed Lord
Salisbury for sending an accredited envoy
to the vatican. Similar action, he said,
had never been taken since the pope lost
temporal power. The sending Ct Gen.
Simmons to consult with the pope regarding
the rights of the Catholic church in Malta
came dangerously near to supporting the
papal claims to clerical dominion over the
part of Italy.
Mr.. Gladstone said the accounts of inter
nal oppression in Russia raised feelings akin
to abnorrenoe, and he trusted that the world
would soon be favored with better reports.
oUrRAGEs IN ARMENIA.
Regarding Armenia and the misrule of
the porte he said that the long series of
outrages committed by the Turks on
the christians might eventually seal
the doom Of the once great Turkish
empire. Armenia was in striking contrast
with Bulgaria. The latter country afforded
q promising prospect Of what would happen
under the gift Of local government What
was good for the west would be equally good
for the east.
HOME POLITICS.
Referring to home politics, Mr.. Gladstone
said there were seven great questions apart
from that Of home rule for Ireland, namely
the questions of temperance, the working
day of eight hours, disestabishmeni
OF the church in Scotland, disestablish'
menJ of the church in Wales, woman'l
suffrage, home rule for Scotland and allot-
ment. But he cautioned the government
against dividing one large army into seven
small ones by declining to support a candi.
date who does not accept particular test
He defended the opposition against the
| charge Of obstruction, and indicted the gov
eminent work in parliament, which ended
in the withdrawal of the bill for compensa
tion Of publicans in order to avoid defeat.
| Mr.. Gladstone said that Lord Salisbury
| South African arrangement was the bes
that the circumstances permitted.
| OPPRESSION OF THE JEWS.
| Referring to the oppression of the Jews
in Russia, he said he was convinced tha
such cruelty was abhorrent to the Russian
ministers and to the czar. and he added: "a
earnestly hope we will be able to bring
some knowledge Of these things to the au
thorlties in Russia"
Mr.. Gladstone made no reference to the
| new United States tariff law.