The Irish standard., 1891-08-08
Foreign Potpourie.

| Foreign Potpourie.
The reappearance Of AIessrs. O'Brlen
and Dillon upon the theatre Of Irish
politics has given tiilip to that branch
of state affairs which enliyens it O. tritls
for the time being. Their declaration
against Parneli was & foregone conclu-
sion, as there has never baen auv doubt
Of their PATRIOTISM when questions
may have teen raised concerning their
method OF exhibiting it. The leader
ship, however, is quite anoIher matter.
1t was actively canyassed in the lobDies
Of Che House of Con1mons** Tuesday, buS
without any tangible result.
MIR. Justin MCCARTHY also returned t0
his place in Parliament Tuesday very
much improved in health. In fact, he
is N uch stronger than Dillon, who la re-"
garded as the future Leader or the Irish
party.
BALFoUR' s POPULARITY,
Mr, A.. j. BaIfour has hfurther inv
gra5iated himself With the Irish Ensnl"
bers by his steadfaat adherence to tlle
! bill for establishing training colleges ln
ireland against tbs persistent 0pposi-
| tion of the Orangeman, The Irish Con"
ssrvatives accused Mr. Baifour OF
bolsteriag up popery. but $he declared
his firm intention TO sdherei to the
}>,i 1,x'o
for this purpose.
The Liberals, on the other hand, arg
in state OF considerable anger with tine
government for champiouing the
amendments to che Education nih pro"
posed in the House Of Lords, which The
Liberals say tend TO entirely destroy the
real value Of the measure. One amend
! ment, particularly, dsprives the Non
con1formists Of tho power TO haye
| schools of their own. MIR. MunGeila dc"
clared that it would now be possible 10
force Roman Catholic children .intc the
Protestant schools.
The House sat unIil 4;3o ti)i5 morning
debating these questions.
EFFECT ON TEE ELECTIONS.
The fact of the matter is, the com"
plete failure of the Education bill as an
election bribe to 1le voters has prob~
ably induced the government to ac~
qulesce in the amendments Of the House
OF Lords, which, they recognize, seri-
Cus|y mar the character OF the bill.
Several Conservatives, however, pro
tested against the governments be-
havior. They could not understand the
attitude Of the Ministers, which WAS
q ouite contrary to the genuine sentiment
of their party; aud it is suspected thai
if Mr.. Smith had been leading the
House, instead Of Mr.. t1oschen, the no.
to1ious blunderer of the Cabinet, a. more
concilIatory attitude would have bee Il
adopted.
Certainly, the position assumed on the
Education bill Tuesday night by tb @
Tories is very bad policy, and the Lib
erals will not fail to show it I'D for all1t
is worth in theic electloneerings speeches.
GLADsTONE's HEALTH.
It is stated that Mr. Gladstone is
going to the south Of Itatv :or to the
Riviera for the winter. He is low in
splendid health and is fully recovered
from the effects of the influenza. Il is
believed that winter in the milder and
more certain Atmosphere / OF south
Europe will bring him, round in first
rate condition for next years CAM
paign.
Mr.. Smith is still to i'll to1!make it
safe to move him for change. Of air,
but it is hoped that be swill recover q
little strength soon, and that his physi-
clans " Ill be able to get him into good
shape before long.
The House Of Lords, sitting as a
Committee for Privilege, decided the
remarkable and historical Berkeley
peerage claim. The House decided
that Randall Mobray Thomas Berkeley
had established his claim to honors and
dignities Of the Earl ofi Berkeley and
Viscount Dursley. The claimant al
legged that the male legitimatej. issue Of
the fifth Earl Berkeley, whol died in
1910. was extinct, and that he, being
the eldest male heir of the fourth earl,
was entitled to the peerage IN question.
Opposed to this claim was the claim OF
Francis William Fitzhardinge Berke~
ley, Baron Fltzhardlnge.
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