New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-18
,,nDEPATES AND RADICALS.
,,ssrSs1oNs THAT MAY BRING ON A MINIS.
TERIAL CRISIS.
ANN RosEeERY'S VISIT TO Mr. MoRLEY-HIS
sprEcH ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION
Mr.. LABoUcHERE ON HOME RULE.
rsY CABLE TO THE Tribune.
oprfght; 1892; BY The Tribune Asso

copwfeht 1892; BY The Tribune Assocfatiop.
london, Dec 1.-THE politicians who know
everything have now found out the real reason
~ Lord Roseberys visit to Mr.. Morley in Dub
Nm He went In order to persuade the Chief
SECRETARY not to resign. Such is the explana-
.on current among the well-informed. 10 say that
,hsv are well informed on this occasion would
h. TO say O good deal 1t is, however. remarka-
HE how we'll this theory fits in with previous
conjeeturs-some of them are more than con-
;.ctures-about discussions in the Cabinet and
The triumph Of the Moderate party.
Mr. Morley is, next after Mr.. Gladstone the
leader of the Radical-Home Rule wing He is Tor
a complete measure. He has converted not only
u, Gladstone. but himself. He once denounced
a. dishonorable the proposal to leave the Irish
landlords at the mercy of an Irish Legislature
Ne il understood now to have discovered some
,h.orv by which what was once dishonorable
NAV become honorable. lie has found saliva
CONSULTATION from the Irish point of view
On other grave matters he is convinced that
Tho Irish demand must. at all risks, be met lie
ho,iovss that England can be coaXed or ORA
cooned into accepting the Irish minimum. what
oror IL NAV be- He is convinced, on the other
hand that to offer the Irish Nationalist hali-
measure is to invite defeat and to throw the
whole business once more into the seethlng caioron
of agitation. He is not politician. lie mates
o.u,n,omiso The doctrine Of give and take is
70 him repulsive, almost dishonest doctrine.
He will have all or nothing and never wouiu
he assent TO the maxim that half ioai Is
better than no bread nor expect his Irish friends
and masters to assent TO it.
r. therefore. it be true that measure OF
moderation, Of comparative moderation mas car
ried the day in the Cabinet, 1T may we'll enough
of,1pn nf
L. that Mr. Morley thinks his own usefulness az
an end. Resignation is nevertheless an extreme
measure. II night wreck this Ministry az once
The Radicals are uneasy and IN suspicious
temper They do not trust MT OiausVohe HILL
self. except on the Irish question. lhey KNOW
him to be on other questions much less hd'ucoi
than his Radical tail. II they have representa-
five in the Cabinet il is Mr. Morley, aIoelV WI
Wo,av himself is now distrusted by the very men
who meant 10 use him, and who are angry BECAUSE
bs will not let himself be used and will not ad-
1000 on inch hevond his own convictions. But
they ask naturally, If Mr.. Morley goes VINO Is
left TO US?
II ia not TOO much to say that his resignation
could aislocate the party. TIE truth would come
ont II would he known that he resigned because
baboa been beaten on his own question. 1t wou.d
ha tho l,nell of Home Rule. The Radicals would
instantly saw if we cannot have Home Kule' CIV:
ne those English measures for which we really
care more than for Home Rule; anu they Nho"
that II would he in vain TO address such dehaha
10 Mr. Gladstone. II is known that MT "ia"-
stone will refuse 10 undertake most or the meas
nres which the Radicals have most at heart III
O. thought. as said the other day, that, once
convinced Home Rule was hopeless, he would re
tire. 1t is thought therefore, that Mr. Morley s
resignation would lead straight to Mt "!au-
stones resignation, and Mr. Gladstones resigna-
ton would mean, 50 far as the so-called Liberal
party is concerned, chaos come again.
That much Of this long exposition is specnla-
tive and conjectural | freely admit. But you
will bear in mind that there are few facts or
frank declarations to go upon; that TINS IS
Ministry of mystery: that the Ministers fought
and won the general election without ever as
closing their Home Rule scheme; that though
they have been in Office more than three months
they have not yet disclosed IL; that the IRISH
Na,ionalists arc Just as impatient and suspicious
90 the English Conservatives, and more so; that
speech after speech has been made ny Ieadlne
Ministers and still no revelation is VonchSaled'
and that Cabinet meeting after CABINET meeting
Ia, been held. yet it is still doubtful whether
aDy final decision has been taken on the momeh'ous
issne which has kept England in turmoil Tor siN
years.
Such are the circumstances in which Lofu
Posebery Journeys TO Dublin on private WISH
20 his friend the Chief Secretary for ireland
The secret Of that journey has been periectlN
kept. Nobody say that he knows positIveIS
what It's object was. or its result. Inc most uia'
can be alleged is that the theory above stated Is
q nlausibe one. II is consistent with the known
facts and it explains facts not easily eNpilca"e
otherwise If il be a true theory, what chance
Al; f;cfe+ Iaa Of
Even if il he not true, the fact that acute OBJ
servers are inclined TO accept it shows what they
make of the Conference, stability and prospects
Of the present. Government
Eut there is more than this Lord Roseoery
has Zone 70 Dublin, has returned, and has made
a speech: and his speech, like Mr.. Morleys at
Newcastle, trengthens the general impression that
the Ministry is in difficulties. Lord Rosebcry, Of
course is too adrot to blurt out declaration OF
DESPAIR. as Mr. Morley did in effect at Newcastle.
He has none of Mr.. Morlcys feminine suscepti-
bllities or feminine ncapacity 10 hide his feel
ings lie keeps his emotions in hand But II
Mr. Morleys speech was a sigh, Lord Rosebery's
wac a menace and one is as significant the
other. IL is significant enough that powerful
member of powerful Ministry should have TO
discuss after less than four months Of Office the
prospects OF a Ministerial catastrophe We are
all aware" said Lord ROscbery, that Our
majority is not homogeneous as some maJ0rltlcs
that have existed He admits the existence Of
sections and divisions lie discusses the rumors
of early defeat in the House OF Commons " II
they are true" says the Foreign Secretary, "woc
to the Government; but also TO those who
were returned TO support them, and who yet, on
the first occasion, turn them out This use Of
Scriptural language may or may not indicate that
Lord Rosebery has turned to Holy Writ for com
fort amid fluctuations
lie declares that he shall not be afraid TO abide
by the voice OF Parliament Why should he
think it advisable 10 say that he Is not afraid
Do men use such words when there is no danger?
lie himself is not afraid. VIII he say as much
fnr Of sill loaG he 1nlnr1.S