The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-08
He viii Be Formally Elected
by the Mccarthy Section.
GENERAL ELECTION FAR OFF.
England Making Preparations to
Welcome French Squadron.
can Grzin-The italian Aristocre~r
Financially Ruined - British Naval
Maneuvers and What They Taught.

Lovpor, AuE- 7--Associaied Press
Copyrighted, 1ssI. Dillon while here
conferred increasingly with the Psrnesl-
ties. with view Of ending the sehisns IN
the Irish party He found them resolnfelv
opposed to ParDell's retirement as a can-
ditlon Of reunion. Several intirnated their
intention TO withdraw from public life.
but during the tenure of their place IN the
commons they vii adhere TO their old
leader. A meeting Of Dillon. 0fBrien. Nc
C2rfhT and Sexton 10 deliberate upon the
future leadership Of the party resulted IN
an agreement that Dillon should be for
maily invested with the leadership when
parliament re2ssembles- Meanwhile No
Cgrt1y VIII be the nominal chief, though
Dillon viii be the virtual leader.
Lord Salisbury has instructed his soliei-
tor ID press Ihe bankruptcy case against
William 0'Brien TO q rapid conclusion.
Besides Lord Salisbury. another claimant.
George Bolton, TO whom 3 jury awarded
14.ef9 damages in libel action against
. Br5en years ago, has revived his demand
II Is plain that the object Of both suits =
10 dlsqnalify 0'Brien for parliamentary
life
Lord Salisbury started for Chateau Cecil,
st Dieppe, todar. His last official work
was q Communication 10 Washington,
French ambassador, on the preparations
made for the reception Of the French feet
at Portsmouth On August q, Admiral
GerTais and his officers viii dine with the
qneen. On the I'D the queen VIII inspect
the French feet. and the French officers
VIII attend banquet at the Portsmouth
town hall On the 24th the officers viii 20
10 London 10 visit the naval exhibit, and
the sailors viii be baneueted in the town
hall Besides this there will be series OF
balls and junkeFngs. all promising glow
ing welcome 10 the Frenchmen.
Since the propagation speech announced
thai the coming session would deal with
questions already elaborated. all rumors OF
an immediate general election have ceased.
The members know the legislative pro-
granme mentioned in the queens speech
IN November last is left incomplete and
VIII be resumed next year. Besides the
IRISH local ha, the ministers have per-
fected the English measure developing the
existing system OF local government By
creating district councils and another bill.
The opposition are prepared 10
see the government succeed n
carrying these without fearing that the
cabinet vii be thereby so strengthened as
10 avert defeat On an appeal TO the conn
Try The burden Of the work rests upoa
Balfour IL his Irish local government bill
II Is understood feature vii be the fran
chlse IN the election OF county boards. the
boards being confined 30 persons actually
paving rates The measure will bear the
smallest resemblance TO a home rule
measure. The ieading principles viii pre-
vent the boards created under its prori-
sions from being controlled by the masses.
The three weeks naval maneuEers lust
concluded in The North sea have been
keenly watched by every government in
Europe. Experts blame the admiralty for
suddenly changing the plans of converting
the tactical maneuvers, thus spelling the
initiative af the admiral commanding. In
spite Of the admiralty's blunde-s. The evo-
lufions yielded results Of immense import
Ance. They have shown the rapiditv Of
mobilization Of the English ieet: IN reall1y.
that the newcoTn pacatsd instruments OF sea
warfare IKE the haTj.eships Sanspareil and
Nile, tan fe equipped, manned and sent
10 SEA N lex DAYS ready Tor action
They have also proved thai the li0-ton
guns used on the sansps reil can be worked
rapidly and successfully, penetrating
nineteen inches Of iron arnor and fifteen
inches OF any compound a-nor aHoat
al 8 range Of 1000 yards. Another
discovery ma5e has modified the se-
cepfed adeas of the value Of
torpedo vessels. In 10 instance did tor
pelo vessels succeed in an attack on an
i7onelad. The system followed against
torpedo vessels converted the defense INTO
al attack Instead Of waiting Tor the tor
pedo vessels the sarships went Tor them
out OF twenty torpedo boats four were zd-
judged captured. While two protecting
ships we're destroyed and seventeen at
tAcks repnlse3. The superiority Of active
over passive defense against torpedo boats
j. therefore held 70 be demonstrated.