The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-17

LONDON, Oct 16.-The Conservatives
have been prematurely iubilant over having
escaped the leadership of Goschen. The
members Of the Carlton Club to-day viewed
with shock of disappointment the tele-
grams from Balfour denying that he had
been offered the leadership. Douglas, the
Conservative whip, denies that the Premier
has yet definitely offered the vacant post to
any member of the Cabinet. He would not
say whether it had been offered to any one
outside Of the Cabinet, meaning the Marquis
Of Harrington. The truth OF the position.
as known to the inner official circle, is that
Balfour wants Harrington to become the
leader with the reversi0n of the post to him.
self. Behind Balfour's ostensible reason is
the fact that he does not care to have his
period of leadership signalized by the COM
ing decisive defeat of the party No one
having even a casual contact with the Gov
ernment Ministers can escape the conviction
that forebodugs of grand disaster at the
next general election fill their minds. The
indecision Of Salisbury is damaging the
position Of the Government.
The comments of the official organs of the
French and other European Governments
on GIadStone's announcement at Newcastle
OF his intention to move an order for the
evacuation Of Egypt has awakened the Lib
erals leaders to the prospective dangers Of
this declaration and semi-ofticial explana-
tons have appeared putting a gloss on Glad
stones words greatly at variance with the
first general Interpretation. Gladstone it is
stated, did not mean that as soon as he at
tanned power he would discontinue the oc-
cupaton, but would simply look for some
way for bringing to close the present pro-
YiSiOual regime. James BTicP, as tue next
Liberal Under Foreign Secretary, declared
the same in a speech All this shows that
Gladstone has again been foundering into
bluuGeT on foreign policy which his col
leagues find 1t necessary to correct
The Foreign Office denies the Russian re-
ports that the Pamir question will be settled
through a delimitatiOn commission. No
power has conceived or made a proposal to
Englsnd, which it Is unlikely she wonld en-
tertain.
Pierce Mahony, NJ. P. for North Meath,
speaking at a meeting Of the followers Of
ParHelI at Dublin to-day, was greeted as
the new leader He rallied at Dillon and
O'Brien. Mahony is a mere 6gurehead. He
is poor speaker, and has no known gifts
as a tactician. The section has but three
men Of proved parliamentary abiiity-R-d-
mond Leary and O'Conn0r. The first
named has become the actual leader. The
sxasperation OF the faction increases daily.
Healy is specially marked ont for detesta-
tion. His utterance recorded during the
Kilkenny contest about Parnell--"I will
drive him into the grave or lunatic asy-
lum"-is recalled and made much Of.
Tie feeling Of the Washington conference
toward union of churches has not the en-
tire sympathy Of the Methodi5ts here.
Toward the approaches of the NoncOnform-
Isl Council for a closer relation, the Wes-
leyan Council. in session this week, gave an
absolute refusal
James Dredge and Sir Henry Wood, of
the r yal Commission to represent Great
Britain at The Worlds Fair, have prepared
draft Of their report, eulogizing the pros
poets and the arrangements OF the fair and
urging wide and active participation by tile
people Of Great Britain.
The exports from Bradford to the United
States for September show a decrease Of
E323, j46 as compared with the returns from
the same month last year The new Amer
lean tariff is proving ruinous to the trade of
Bradford and the markets of other countries
do not come to the rescue.