Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-17
RRJOICED TOO SOON.
British Tories Prematurely
Happy.
GOschen and Not BalfOur to Be
Leader.
BalfOur Not Eager for the Place in
View of Defeat.
,GIadstone's Declaration of His Forelgl
Policy a PalpabIe Blunder-Pierce
Mahony the Parnellite
Fiaurehead.
Associated Press Dispatches.

LONDON, Oct. 16.-[Copyrighted by tn,
New York Associated Press. 1.-The Con
servatives have been prematurely jubf
lant over having escaped the leadership
of Goschen. The members of the Carr
ton club today reviewed with disaE-
pointment kilograms from Balfour, DE-
nying that he had been offered the
leadership. Douglas, the Conservative
whip, denies that the premier has ytt
definitely offered the vacant post to any
member of the cabinet. He would not
say whether it had been offered to any
one outside the cabinet, meaning Mar
quis Harrington. The truth of the pp-
sition as known to the inner Official
circle is that Balfour wants Harrington
to become leader, with the reversion of
the post to himself. Behind Balfour' s
ostensible reasons is the fact that
he does not care to have his early
period of leadership sigpalized by the
coming decisive defeat OF the party. No
one having even casual contact with a
government minister can escape the
conviction that forebodings of grand
disaster at the next general election fill
their minds. The indecision of Sails
bury is damaging the position of the
government.
GLADsToNE's BLUNDER.
The comments of the official organs of
the French and other European govern
ments ON Gladstone's announcing at
Newcastle his intention to move an
order for the evacuation of Egypt, awoke
the Liberal leaders to the prospective
dangers of the declaration, and semi
official explanations have appeared put
ting a gloss on Gladstone g words, greatly
at variance with the first general inter
pretation. Gladstone, it is stated, did
not mean that as soon as he attained
power he would discontinue the occupa-
ton; he would simply look for some way
for bringing to close the present pro-
visional regime. James Brice, as the
next Liberal under-foreign secretary,
has declared the same in aspeech. All
this shows that Gladstone has again
been houndering into blunders in his
foreign policy, which his colleagues
find it necessary to correct.
THE PAMIR QUESTION.
The foreign Office denies the Russian
report that the Pamir question will be
settled through delimitation commits
sion. No power has conceived or made
the proposal to England, which it is un-
likely she would entertain.
A PARNELLITE FIGUREHEAD.
Pierce Mahony, member OF paflia-
ment for North Meath, speaking at a
meeting OF followers of Parnell at Dublin
today, was greeted as the new leader.
He rallied at Dillon and O'Brien. Ma
hony is a mere fgurehead. He
is a poor speaker, and has
no known gifts as a tactician.
The section has but three men of par
liamentary ability-Redmond, Leary
and John O'Connor. The first named
has become the actual leader. The ex-
asperation of the factions increases
daily. Healy is specially marked out
for detestation. His utterance recorded
during the Kilkenny contest about Par
nell, 81 will drive him into the grave or
a lunatic asylum" is recalled and made
much of.