The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11
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rnvpoy Oct. 10.-The result OF tho Man.
.h.star election was UNEXPECTEDLY favorable te
M IIbsrsls. The Tory majority was reduced
slmost 10 the vanishing point; but the most
s.rsfsctory thing 10 that as far as can be
famed the few Liberal Unionists In northeast
r.nebestsr have been converted to homo rule
anal n. a there 10 reason to bolieve. this con.
,.rsion has been general In Lancashire. the
iIbarsls will gain o dozen seats In that i'm.
portsnt county Ut the general election.
The vacancy at Cambridge University. which
la been kept open In case the Postmaster.
General should DO defeated at Manchester
vss nlled up to-day in tho usual way BY O
sonentity named Jebb. tho only qualification
icr any university seat being bigoted Toryism.
There arc at present some half dozen seats
vacant. all previously held By supporters OF
hs Government The Liberals may contest
mo or three, but Il II not likely that they will
b sucoessful. except perhaps In the northern
division Of Dsvonshire. which was lost in 1880
entirely By Liberal dissensions on tho home
rule question.
Nis not probable that Lord Salisbury will be
IN any hurry to MI the dual post Of First Lord OF
Tho Treasury and leader OF the House OF Com
mons. made vacant By the death Of Mr.. Smith.
Rival claimants arc already intriguing for pro-
motion. and the selection will be difficult and
delicate matter. II party services count Tor
anything. Mr.. Smiths successor should be. BE-
yond doubt. Mr. Bnlfour: but It Is urged that
hs cannot DO spared from Ireland The ob]eo-
Non comes, strangely enough. from the very
men who for months past have been proclaim
Ing from the housetops that Balfour has
"psc.ned Ireland and that the machinery OF
tho Irish Government can now be trusted TO
run smoothly without the constant supervision
o. tho chief engineer: but 1t will probably
ssrye, and Balfour will have to wait until
The Tories are in opposition for his well-earned
promotion. The Tories will be glad enough
to have him for leader during the coming
period Of adversely. and he himself being yet
young. as political life goes. 10 apparently CON-
tent to wait The chief trouble is with
Goschen. who having. according to his friends.
made heavy sacrifices to join tho Tory Cabi-
net" Is now entitled to the reward Of leading
the united party In the House OF Commons.
As far as the outside world Is aware Goschen's
sacrifice consisted in the acceptance Of the
= - Ma Ill 80 kh~ OAh
which he had craved for years and never could
get from the Liberals. and $4,000 q year.
Plenty Of men In the Tory party would cheer
fully have inundated themselves on the altar
Of duty upon similar terms without posing
afterward % martyrs; but Gosohen's sacrifices
hsvsto bstaken into account because IL would
be very awkward II wounded vanity should In
duce tho right honorable turnooat to hand over
the finances to Q novice on the eve Of . general
election.
Tho best leader OF the House Of Commons
would be Mr.. Richie, but neither Balfour nor
Goshen would serve under him. On the
whole, It Is probable that conflicting claims
will be avoided BY the appointment OF Sir
Michael Hicks Beach TO tho coveted post
Beach led the House In tho early days Of the
present Parliament with some ability. until
falling eyesight compelled his temporary re-
tirement He II in good health again. and.
having no enemies. he would be accepted as
provided. always. that Lord Hart
ington could not be persuaded 10 take Mr..
Smiths place. Whenever the Government is
In trouble It's members instinctively turn to
the famous Mugwump Marquis. In whose
political power they place childish confidence.
and the present occasion Is no exception:
but Lord Harrington has repeatedly re-
sisted Lord 6alisbury's entreaties to enter
the Cabinet and as he has nothing to gain by
Joining the moribund Ministry he Is not likely
10 change his mind now. As already said.
nsnt will not reassemble till January. Lord
Salisbury will return to England from his new
villa at Beaulieu. near Nice. early In Novem- |
bar. and the matter will be settled at the Cabi-
net Council which will be held upon the |
Remiers arrival In London.
Tho TACT that Lord Salisbury remains In the
Riviera 10 generally regarded as sign OF peace
In Europe and An indication that the situs-
ton In China is not believed to be dangerous.
A. matter Of fact tho Foreign Minister'S va
cation Is holiday only In name The Queens
messengers bearing chained satchels crammed
With documents leave Downing street for Moo
ersry day. and almost as often for Scotland.
where the Queen 10 still living. There are
special wires to BAlmoral and Beaulieu. and
me Minister and his sovereign are practically
10 q close communication as they would be
we're Lord Salisbury In London and the Queen
u :, Windsor. Nevertheless, the fact that Queen
Victoria and her Prime Minister are separated
u6oO miles 10 comforting to peace-loving
lo3s and embarrassing to war-scare mongers.
ans latter continue to raise their voices from
uns 70 time. despite the manifold discourage
nsnts
Awarning from the very latest prophet of
.0 given In the biggest type and best posi-
uoa IN to'day's semi-officlal Standard He
uasss his!etter from Bombay. and the burden
" ~ is complaint Is Of course Russian agrees
s,Tn 10 ASIA He points out that the presence
W Ausslans In the Pamir Ia tantamount to the
..uneAatlon Of $4,000 square miles OF Chinese
..erIIory and 10000 square miles Of Afghan
'emltory. Moro than this the Russians "have
s'uaih the last month had the stupsndouB au-
.AeI' To order two British officers OF the
, ,,a belonging to q neutral power" OBJ {
'vusV russian aggression must be checked.
.au LORD Salisbury will doubtless ask for ex-
,Ana.onS assuming that the facts are COR |
~ ', but the prophet disdains slow methods
ihe time has come" no says. "long though
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