Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-01
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.
English Comments on the Alleged
Gladstone Programme.


1T Is deceived with Absolute Iucrehuiity
--The New Homo Rule Isill Substan-
TALLY the same as That of 1856
LONDON, Nov. GA mild sensation was
caused III English political circles to-day
by Il cablegram from New York summar-
izing M article published in American
newspapers purpnrting To- give the details
Of Mr.. Glad5tonc's latest Home Rule plan
for Ireland.
II il impossible to say ut this moment
how much truth, if any, there is in the
story. Since the cabinet councils ended
last week all of The cabinet ministers have
been out OF town. and direct personal
communication with them cannot at pre-
sent be had.
In the best informed circles however,
the cabcd report is received with absolute
incredlllitv. When an Associated Press
representative called ut the National Lib
cral Club this evening, the consensus of
opinion among the members seemed to be
that the outlined plan is an echo OF an old
proposition of Joseph Chamberlain The
establishment Of four provincial councils,
with central administrative body in
Dublin, was suggested by Mr.. Chninber-
lain before he seeded from the Liberal
| party, but, finding the suggestion secuted
Us impossible by his Liberal colleagues, he
never Formulated his plan.
The Associated Press representative re
Gently received form John Dillon and
other Irish leaders assurances that the new
Home Rule bill is substantially the same
as the bill of 1856 with, however, some
important alterations affecting the repres-
entation Of Ireland in the imperial purlia-
ment and of the power of veto. II any
| further changes are made in Mr.. Glad
| stones scheme, the Associated Press has
assurance, upon which ii can rely, that
such changes will be the subject of a
| special communication for the Informs
ton Of the people Of America
! John Morley, the CHIEF secretary for Ire
land, has, in the last few days, been hold
| ing conferences with irish landlords in
Dublin on the revised draft of the Home
| Rule bill. The special correspondent OF
| the Associated Press in Dublin telegraphs
| tonight that he is enabled to say that
| there is no ground for the report that the
| bill provides for provincial governors and
legislatures. prominent Nationalist"
the correspondent continues, Laughed at
the idca, and said t hat, if such y PROPOSE
ton was ever made the existence of the
Gladstone government would be terlni-
mated within u hours.
| MIR. Gladstone has committed himself
i'll writing to ut least two Irish members &c
propose only II central legislature. Fur
thcfmuic both MIR. Gladstone and Mr.
Morley have promised the Irish members
tilaL no measure Will De presented llat mas
not beforehand been assured Of the sup
port OF the irish party in parliament as
well ~ the support of the Irish i'll America
said one Irish leader tonight: "Sot
may rest confident that we will accept lit
provincial legislatures, and that Mr.. Glad
stone will never propose them. Even thu
Orangemcn repidiate the idea, for whcl
the subject of provincial Legislatures waS
mdOtel some years age, their leader, Col
onel Saunderson, publicly stating that they
would sink or swim with the Nationalist
of the South of Ireland"
After diScredting the rumor this gentle
man continued: Possibly the formation
of an Irish House of Lords engages tn
consideration of the cabinet, but, in an,
case, if MIR. Gladstone does intend to recog
ni2e the House of Lords as part of tn
Irish legislature, its powers Will be yer.
much circumscribed.
Among the foremost men Of the lrisl
party whom Mr.. Gladstone has consulte,
during the progress of the bill through tn
cabinet committee are Messrs. Dillon, Sex
ton and Mccarthy. The Associated Pres
can authoritatively state that none of thes
gentlemen has heard Of anything tina
would indicate an intention on the part o
, the present government to depart from til
programme TO which it is pledged Of estat
fishing one Irish parliament.