New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-26

sroyr ON PUBLIC TopIcs-THE PORTUGUESE
.pr,1r- HoyoRs TO MR.. TOOLE-N
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE OF
TANNING or THE sHREw'-
fByCIBIE TO THE TRIBUNEJ
copyright; 1890; Byhs Ne'-10'N
Jondon Ian. o5.-Thc position OF 'he "o'e'", -
mont in view of the session now aoo"' " -.
being a good deal canvasscd' anu o;noIos
own friends Ii must be said IhaU Ill .
tberc is q certain suspicion OF PoSei
before the session is over. III 10 u"" .
~ io,ieIo,ior which the Cabinet has in hand Is
full of pitfalls and worse ui'h ''ii' 10 -;
1itolv 70 cause lively disagreement among theH
- Ti,hes and Free Education especially are
,.-;ro ouostions among the Tories, and II inc
Itch land Purchase scheme is less offensive 10
lam because of its voluntary character they 40
no, relisb the notion of offending the Ulster
farmcrs by pushing il on against their strongly
ovnressed objection. Moreover II is certain that
,be Opposition will use the discomfort OF the
lister farmers with great effect against hoth the
hill and the UnionistS. Tory anxiety, however,
;s largely centred in the matter OF Free Eu"c"-
,ion A large proportion of the party IS against
orv extension 10 England and Wales of the boon
riven last wear to Scotland The Marquis OF
Salisbury has, however, pledged himself to make
.bn extension as soon as the Chancellor of the
Fxcheoucr has the necessary funds in hand. Ihs
will happen in April that it seems inevitable
that the bill for freeing the eementery schools OIL
England and Wales must be forthc )mlrg AT an
oarv date. The Opposition would nOt oppose the
oasure in itself But they would demand that
tbere should be some surrender of control to the
nnhc bv the clergy and Others who manage
Voluntary schools. as a quid pro quo for the In
creascd public grant With the Mlnisteriallsts
1ukewarm and the Opposition aggressive, there
might be Government defeat. The same SorV
of peril would have TO be encountered IN the al
tempt TO settle the Tithes question, TO which the
Government are committed and naturally there
is inst little uneasness in the Tory clubs at the
prospects.
But according to the most trustworthy opinions
the Government will. by dint of management, ride
out the gale, and this even if they have to pcgih
the session with the loss of an election In the
Partick division of Lanarkshire. The late Mr. CTalg
Sellar's seat is being warmly contested py the
Cladstonians who have an exceptionally strong
candidate in Sir Charles Tenant, formerly MEM
Der for Perthshire Bat the constituency is Just
a little peculiar since it elected Mr. Craig Selhr
in 1885 and in 1886, first Gladstonian, and
then as a Liberal-U Unionist giving him on the
second occasion double the majority which he had
in 1885 The Gladstonians will have 10 wipe out
some 500 votes But they declare that they can
do this. as they did, and more, in the adjacent
division of Govan, just about this time last year
The late Mr.. TalbOt's seat for Glamorganshlre,
will no doubt be easily filled by the Gladstonlans
The speeches of the week have not been Of any
crcat importance The Chancellor of the En-
cbequer. Mr.. Goschen, naturally touched upon
Portuguese affairs, and found no difficulty In
iustifving Lord Salisbury's ultmatum. lie put
his points WELL promising that Portugal had never
the ghost of a claim TO the NyasSa region. lie
showed how she had. in the prosecution OF her
willy intrigue. first forbidden the importation Of
arms by English mission stations anxious 10
defend themselves against the Arabs: how this
nrobibition was intended to leave the mission
aries at the mercy Of their enemies, and 10 make
them in desperation implore the protection of
Portugal. and h5S then Portugal would have
walked into British territory and set mp claim
N il This scheme was, however, thwarted by
the energetic language of Lord Salisbury. Mr..
Goschen also pointed to the secret expeditions
which were armed al Mozambique against Loben-
eula on the one hand and against the natives OF
the Shire district on the other after IL had De-
come known that England had serious interests
in both quarters. Finally, he piuted the con-
tention of the Portuguese Government that MAJOR
Serpa Pintos expedition was merely scientific, by
ouotinp from the language of the engineer OF the
expedition, that he hoped 10 bring the country
under the sovereignty of the Crown OF Portugal.
This. from Mr. Goschcn, shows the line OF the
Governments defence if they are called to account
in Parliament But Mr. Gladstone declines to
blame Lord Salisbury without full lnformauoh'
though he re.rcts the collision with an old
ally and one Of the minor States OF Europe "hlch
it is England's duty and privilege to protect and
70 foster.
Mr.. Gladstone was emphatic enough but not
very lively, at Chester. He re-rcstated TO Use
lis own term-the Irish issue, and every one
knows what that means. But before that ne h'o
one or two things TO say which were ih'efes,
ing. You will have heard of Mr.. Gladstone
comments on the great naval consruc-
ton scheme of the United States, ana
how, in his opinion America VIII
have 70 pay through the nose for il TO Protec
tionists The right honorable gentleman made II
clear that he would resist any demand for the l'r-
ther increase of the British Navy. which lac de-
cared should he based upon American lines, and
then insidiOusly he sought TO fasten upon Mr.
Goschen the duty of providing out of the current
revenue the sums required for the great extension
OF barrack accommodation about to be undertaken
by the Government thinking, Of course thus TO
lead him to tritter away the surplus and 50 de
stroy all chance for any great coup with the
Budget In vain is the net spread in the sight
of such q wary bird as Mr.. Goschen The latter
will distribute his surplus as he chooses and with
the view Of giving the best possible flip TO the
Government In another matter also Mr. Glad
stone showed his hand lie spoke of the Special
Commission as being the most cumbrous, and pos
sbly the least effective, tribunal which could have
been appoin,ed to investigate the charges made by
Mr. parnpll nd fbof
,be action of the Government in thrust
ing it upon Mr. Painell an act
NJ oppression on the part of the House OF
l...l...r ,hn. lid M rnIlel since the reinn Of