New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-18
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
syycr-LATIoNs ON THE RUsso-ITALIAN
MEETING AT MOWZA.
M. eLApsToNE's EoUIvocAL REMARKS ABOUT
reypr-rHE LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE
IRISH AFFAIRS LABOR IN
TEREsTS-LITERARY.
lry CABLE TO THR TKIBCNs.,

TEREsTS-LITERARY
lsY CABLE TO THE TRIBCSsi
copyrioht. 1891; BY The Tribune As'ee'd"on
London. Oct. n7.-The visit Of the Russian For
den Minister to the King of Italy at Monza has OF
.s,rse given rise to endless conlectures. Inc
r,.ncb trv to persuade themselves that the Gar
ssnt NJ. de Gers with a mission to coax i.aiy
an, Of the Triple Alliance. That some serious
matter was broached is certain The MARQUIS I'll
Pndini was there, the Italian Amoassaoois aO
Vienna and Paris were sent for, and these ereaV
,ersonages did not assemble in the quiet Lombard
town 10 look at the Cathedral or to discuss inc
weather.
There is no reason why the Gar shoulo hoV
s,ek 10 detach Italy from the Triple Ailiance'
There is every reason why Italy should dechhe
TO he detached. And as Russia has other in'eree's
!, connection with Italy, the best opinion is thai
these and not the Triple Alliance we've IN queS,
tion. Russia cares more about the Bosphorus "i"
the Dardanelles than about League OF le"Oe
not primarily directed against her, and l'@'ir"n
support TO her policy of freeing the blach - o,
would be worth much to her. That was as ilNelS
as anything else to be the real aim OF une NAO
negotiations. rovnt
Cladstones Newcastle deliverances OH Nssr
have proved more than his most devout supp0' IT,
1v.n
u,av in which they did it is characteristic ~ ~
followed his own method. and rely not upon 'He
n,ain meaning of his Egyptian sentences DuV "p
the qualifications and reservations WIZ ornIsxino
are overladen. 1t is safer in these Pei
circumstances 10 have recourse /"
text. Mr.. Gladstone said
.T sball ;ndccd rejoice it, before the day comes
tor Tho nrescnt Administration TO give up the
cbost IL shall be possible for Lord Salisbury 10
make IN effort TO relieve us from that burden
some and embarrassing occupation of Egypt, which
40 lopc as II Iasts.-rcly upon it,-must be cause
of weakness and a source of embarrassment which
We owe entirely to engagements contracted by
former Tory Government, and the escape from
which. I greatly fear, the present Tory Govern
mont improved as it is in its foreign policy Will
notwithstanding hand over 80 its successors 10
deal with
Obviously' that complicated series Of involved
clauses commits Mr. Gladstone TO nothing. But
then neither is il Mr. GladstOne's habit TO commit
himself 10 ANYTHING. His habit is. as LORD
Salisbury said, TO manufacture loophoes out OF
which he may escape. He left il open to his
supporters to reject the policy he clearly has at
heart without seeming to throw him over. That
policy is "a policy of scutte. lie wants TO ger
ont Of Egypt for two reasons his Radical fol-
lowers insist on il, and the French insist upon IT,
Mr. Gladstone is politically dependent on his Rad-
ical followers, and he looks TO a French alliance
He believes in the face of facts notorious to every
body else, that the French are ready TO fall on
English nccks if only the English will clear out
OF Egypt lie is perfectly ready TO pay the
nrice Egypt is hateful TO him; not because
English embarrassments in that country are due,
as he alleges. to a former Tory Government but
because they are due almost wholly to his own
fEsrdrrs lie longs TO escape from The memories
Of that ill-omened period. and to pass sponge
over the slate on which are scored up against
him n long list Of the most amazing mistakes
eyer committed by an English statesman.
Hence this Newcastle outburst, which was
r,oont for foreign. and especially for French con
sumption. He knew it would be telegraphed all
over Europe as declaration in favor of the
esr,v evacuation of the Delta. The news
AGENCIES take little account of saving
clauses and verbal hair-splitting. They
rive what they suppose to bc the substance and
effect of the speech. The French rejoice. and
would rejoice still more if they had not heretofore
had some experience of similar professions AS
the matter stands, Mr.. Gladstone is IN his usual
position He faces both ways. IT, when ne comes
into Office things seem Ipc for withdrawing the
English troops, he can take his stand on what ne
may then construe pledge. III not ne may
point to the text and safely challenge anybody 10
pin him TO anything lie has done 1T hundred
times before
What view his Radicals take is shown by the
gloss put on his Newcastle speech by the chiel
evening organ of Radical Gladstonianism, the paper
orce edited by Mr.. 4. p O'Connor and now by
Mr. Massingham, who is himself more Socialist
than Radical This sheet rejOices that the British
redcoat is to leave the land OF the PharaohS' and
predicts that the English Nation will remember
English rule there as but shameful episode. No
doubt there have been shameful incidents. for most
of which Mr.. Gladstone is directly responsible.
But English occupation has been and continues to
be, beneieent to Egypt and to the people of Egypt
The official announcement that Mr.. Balfour
will succeed Mr. Smith as Leader of the House
Is still wanting. and it is just possible that
another resolution will be taken. Ii not, Lord
Salisbury will make grave mistake. 1t is true
that Mr Balfour is wanted by the party as Leader.
and is backed by the most influential and generally
prudent section Of the Unionst press and true.
also, that he is pre-eminently fit for the post.
But II Is admitted that he cannot lead the House
ana govern Ireland at the same time, and that
raises The question, whether il is more important
o '"e o"un'S ana 70 the Government that the
house should be we'll led or that Ireland should
W wen governed One is question of tactics, Of
ps's n,anasenlent OF the conduct of business, and
e,''i''ion' whicn is seldom so serious matter
,aV'on' Inc other is a question Of
existence. This Ministry. in tho lorc r,,n ,,ust
stand or fall on its Irish policy and on its
handling of Ireland Mr. Baltour has boon ;.o aroot
est success. His rule in Ireland has hoo, firm,
wise. and just. He has restored order restorcd
confidence, suppressed sedition. reformed thc lond
tenure, administered great charities, and broncbt
something like peace and prosperity to that die
uacted island. He has in hand another oroot
measure for promoting its welfare. the Ioca1
Government bill Nothing can be more hazardous
than to hand over his work to an untried man
nor can any conceivable gain in the House ~
Commons counterbalance the loss and mischief that
would result should q new Irish Secretary provc