Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26

enable offer claims that Lord Salisbury
refrained from disclosing what induce.
ments would be offered to France
| to consent to an arrangement
satisfactory to New Foundland He was
equally reticent On the question whether
armed coercion will be used to en-
! force the Knutsford bill. The island. he
said, has been the spot of historic misfor-
! tune; 1t was an illustration of the contin-
uity of history. These phrases recall the
| speeches on the same side which have pre-
| luded the worst forms of Irish oppression.
| The debate has profoundly agitated
| the members of the commons The
tenor of the communications exchanged
| today by the leading Liberals points to the
strenuous opposition on behalf of the New
foundland government, aud had Hennessy
made his threatened motion to adjourn to
challenge the government policy, he would
have had following sufficiently strong to
show the government opinion of the par
lament setting against the bill as too
stringent a measure. HenneSsy was iu-
duced to defer the motion until Smith
makes his promised statement Monday
The lobby forecasts tonight agree that the
government will pause until the delegates
coming from Newfoundland have had a
chance to be heard Lord KnutSford's bill
revives the crowns authority to instruct
the naval officers to enforce the treaties of
Utrecht, Versailles and Paris, securing
fishing rights to France. The bill
provides for its own suspension if
the Newfoundland Legislature passes
measures necessary to secure
modus vivendi The liberals will advise
the delegates to accede to this, promising
to support the colony IN demanding that
final settlement should include the with
drawal of the French from the Newfound-
land coast. The Speaker in its issue to-
morrow will reflect the general feeling in
saying that it would relieve bushels of en-
barassment if the Observation-Disclosures
shipped their governor aboard a mail boat
and hauled down the union jack If they
did this they would likely find the people
of the United States pause before accept
ing an addition to the republic, a burden
with the hostility of France
Parnell left Dublin tonight for Sligo.
where his candidate, Dillon, is facing in
creasing odds. The Parnellites hope that
a portion Of the clergy would refrain from
interference has been blasted. as the whole
of the clergy of that district arc becoming
active agents in the election.
Parnell has promised to explain his To-
sition regarding healy's challenge Sunday
but nationalist expect he will not decide
whether to accept it or not until he has
seen an issue of the Sligo struggle. The
Parnellites are intensely savage over
Gladstone's declaration that home rule
will be impossible with Parnel as an
Irish leader, and renew the cry of English
dietation. On the other hand, the nation
alists rely upon the declaration as enabl-
ing the Irish people definitely to rocog-
nize the adhesion to Parnell, means col
lapse of the constitutional movement.
The Wesleyan body is excited over
paper read by Prof. Davidson, at meet
ing of the Wesleyan ministers in which he
admitted the composite character of the
pentateuch ana the double authors hip
of Isaiah and held that the tradit-
ional view of the inspiration is no
longer tenable and that Christians must
not take up the position that their faith in
Christ depended upon a faith in the
scriptures, but that their faith in the
scriptures depended upon their faith in
Christ. These declarations have caused
dismay in orthodox circles.