New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
NO REFERENCE TO BEHRNG SEA IN THE
QUEENS SPEECH.

FEATURES OF THE OPENING SESSiON-lhlSh
ouEsTIoNs-THE SALVATION ARMY
ruYp--LADy RosEBERY's FuNE-
RAL-LITERARY NOTES.
rBY CABLE TO THE rRrBUSE.I
ospwisAs. 1890 BY The Tribune Association
Iendon, Now 2o.-Thc omission Of any
reference to Behring's Sea from the Soee"S
Speech has provoked comment. Mr.. Gladstone
commented on IT., though in his usuai
suardcd lareuasc when touching on Foreign Al
fairs Lord Salisbury said nothing about IL III
the Hous. of Lords hut left it to the Leader OF
The House of Commons TO declare the sentiments
~ the Government. Mr. Smith is sometimes thoushU
sspuuine lie does, at any rate. take hopeiui
views of many difficult subjects behring's sea
;s one. lie and his colleagues have every nope
that the Behring's Sea negotiations VIII MAKE
oroaress. But he discharges his debt TO ruth py
adding that they have not advanced very 1ar az
tho present time" He has, nevertheless, " no
rcason whatever to apprehend any uitimatc oiii-
entity in coming to an understanding with a power
vita which undoubtedly We ought to nave under
IN circumstances and at all times, the most
,riendlv and cordial relations. Language of that
Kind almost makes one wish that Mr.. Smlth, not
Lord Salisbury, were Foreign Minister
Lord Salisbury touched daintily upon Irish mat
H.rs and upon Irish leaders. OF the latter he
s,;d. "Their str,n. point just now is escaping.
Some prefer to escape by water, and some prefer
Are-escapes" The brutal Saxon laughed at this;
bu. the laughter and the laugh-maker are both re-
bukcd by "The Daily News" that sensitive sheet.
to which all language but the most gentle ana re-
fined is-cxcept in its own columns-repughah''
To this distressed sage Lord Salisbury's seems "a
vulgar, silly jest"
&c n1,oI,l mt
the Prime Minister'S plain words about boycott1ng.
Mr. Gladstone once said that it rested on the uti-
mate sanction of outrage and crime lie now
calls it BY the soft names of exclusive dcallng
and combination. 1T is" says his chief oppo-
nent, a combination not to pay just and honest
debts 1t Is a combination to swinde. to steal
And that is what the American people are now
asked to give money to support.
Never before was the interest Of an opening
session so entirely transferred from the liouse 10
the lobbies and committee rooms, where were
transacting those events by which the fate OF
greater question than any named in the queens 5
Speech was to be determined, Nevertheless, this
Royal message had its importance. what 1oi-
lowed upon the reading of it had also its impor-
tance. OF novelty there was no.e. Evens had
marked out the path, from which the Ministry
did not diverge The Irish Land bill, however, is
TO he two bills, one for purchase, the other lor
the relief of congested districts. If this dlvslon
makes each bill easier to handle 1t also faclliIat
opposition. The Parncllites-tle name will stick
10 them like a shirt, whether Mr.. Parnell stays or
coes-may now attack the general land scheme
without incurring the odum of resisting meas
ure directly benefting the poorer classes OF ten
ants.
Perhaps neither the Tithe nor Assisted Educa-
fion may seem to you the other side Of the AT.
hnfio a verv exciting subject. Yet each of them
arouses in large classes of Englishnen, and one
Of them especially among Welshmen, passions not
less intense than those which rage about Home
Rule Both touch large interests The Tithe is
after all only matter of money. but Assisted Edu
cation i, of wider scope This Ministry has often
shown itself alive to the necessity of considering
the poorer classes and to the burning nature OF
some social questions. They do not wish to arrest
or to narrow the settled educational policy OF the
country. now twenty years Old They do wish to
alleviate the harshness with which compulsory
legislation rests upol those least able to enture it,
No little curiosity is felt TO see how far they dare
90. since every step means heavier burdea on
those less poor sections of the community whoare
already protesting against the steady and rapid Use
of both imperial and municipal taxation.
Debate upon the address in reply TO the Royd
MESSAGE was more remarkable for its end thai
for ANYTHING else 1t was concluded and the Ad-
dress agreed to in one single evening. and before
10 O'Clock. Such dispatch Of business mas ho'
been known for thirty years. MIR. GLADSTONE
speech was the only one which held tne HOUSE,
and even that made but slight impression. ine
bcart was taken out of it by the Parnell Dusi-
ness He was critical at moments. nut never az
oressiye. lie could not even rouse himself about
sentences came with visible effort lie announced
q truce even on Tipperary. Mr.. John Morley
is "a lead the Opposition forces in that contest.
.rd Il has heen decided to wait till the JudlchI
proceedings are over. =,
Such was the be- ginning of session which. Mr.
Parnell had announced in a letter written on the
day of the O'Shea trial in the Divorce COURT
would he a session Of combat from beginning 10
end Mr.. Speakers absence is due partly 10 ohe
state Of his own health, but still more 10 Mrs'
p.e,,s severe illness, which everybody sincerely
regrets.
The Ministry legin the session with majority
of l51 Their normal majority IS about eighN'
How happens it that on a measure so keehiS con-
tested as Mr. Balfour's Irish Land Dill they al
pncst double it? The OShea verdict eApiaDs
MANY things. but is only indirectly the cause Oh
this. Two causs contributed 10 the result
Mr.. Labouchere moved an amendment. that the
country ought to be consulted on such Dill as
that now proposed. This is Mr.. Labouchere S
second attempt to lead the Liberal party Inc
Hrst was on the Royal Grants when he directly
,pposed Mr.. Gladstone, and voted against him.
AT. Gladstone now retorted by walking out OF the
House. Sir William Harcourt and Mr.. Morley
escorting him. But Mr.. Labonchere whose 'ac,
tics are sometimes hard TO follow had mahasv'
10 offend not only Mr.. Gladstone, but Mr.. rarneii
10 offend that is both the chiefs OF the nome
Rule party lie first supported nr. rarnei, !"
retaining the leadership and then deserted mn
The Irish leader expressed his sense oil 'his o1n-
duct by voting with the Ministry asai"S, ~
auondam Radical friends. Twenty o. thlr's Hi,u
men followed Mr.. Parnell, five went INTO inc