New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-12

,ocrpu CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER LIBERAL
rusv,s1s ATTACK THE GLADsroNIANs-MR.
cp,pIlSs LIVELY RECEPIIoN-THE
HOUSE ApJoURNs FOR A WEEK.
1,ndon. Aug. 1.-THE House of Commons di-
,,ded late tonight on the motion OF Herper'
Harry Asauith Gladstonian), member for the
r.s. Division Of Fifeshire, of no confidence IN
tho Government; and the motion was caiiieu
bv a vote of $50 to 80.
The debate on the address in reply to the
Queens speech was resumed this evening 'o-
sepb Chamberlain, the leader Of the Liberal
Unionsts taking the floor.
Mr.. Chamberlain said that the Liberal Unionists
influence was not measured by their NUMBERS
In Parliament they remained an undouDted po-
litica force not lessened by their opponents calling
them political apostates an ill-starred aoor'lon'
He agreed that the issue between the onlons'0
and Home Rulers had been decided for time by
the country; but when Mr.. Gladstone went on
to saw that it was irrelevant to do anything more
than expel the Government without asking what
uould follow. he must protest The coming Gov
srnment had been rightly described as nebular
hvpsthesis 1t was so for the Unionlsts MI
Gladstone was not consistent. for. while refusing
TO explain his policy he gave answers IN wrlthg
to Justin McCarthys questions. Was 1t not haru
measures when 3l5 Unionsts must not
ask q single question and the Nauonaiis'S
could ask five and get civil answers 10
tsem? Nowadays however. powerful teie-
scopes forced nebular bodies to disclose their
secrets and resolved them into component atoms
Mr. Mccarthy must have the most powerful OF
these instruments. Mr. Redmond must wish 10
borrow it, uaughterJ
The present situation was unparalleled III
English political history. Hitherto vote OF
want of confidence in the Government implied
confidence in the party replacing them. Inc
present Opposition if intact. could put the Gov
ernment in a minority of forty but the new Gov
ernment might find itself in a minority OF 100
st almost the first breath Of its existence III
WAS a strange position, so the Opposition suoVe
to stife debate What was the foreign policy OF
the incoming Government? Parliament heard
nothing on that subject. The speeches OF
Nfessrs. Gladstone and Morley some time ago had
,ed many at home and abroad to believe that
they designed an early evacuation of Egypt, while
they disapproved the policy of the Triple ALL
ance.
Mfr. Morley. interrupting-I never touched the
question of the Triple Alliance.
THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE"
Mr.. Chamberlain retorted that the position OF
italy toward the allies had formed an important
mart of the speech of Mr.. Morley. Continuing ne
said he hoped that Lord Rosebery would be the
new Foreign Minister. People had confidence III
his policy, because it was opposed to that OF MT
Gladstone and Mr.. Morley. tCheersJ III Loru
Rosebery should not be the new Foreign Minister
some morning they would awake to find prepa-
rations being made to cvacuate Egypt on which
Hons t1n
taken He did not believe the Democracy OF
the country was in favor Of Mr.. Gladstones ana
Mr.. Morley's policy of scuttle. Hear Hear ,
But that policy might he carried out during the
recess TO the gross injury of imperial interests
while the voice of Parliament could not lie heard
Not alone on foreign questions. but also on many
home questions. the Liberal sections maih'aineu
a conspiracy of silence; and he did not mucn
wonder at it, II Mr. Gladstone tried to satisfy
the demands of the different sections OF the party
besides the Irish members. the assurances gwen
one section might displcase another and The
displeasure of one section might be fatal to the
Gladstone Government. Hear Iearo
The taciturnity of two of the sections was ex-
ceptionally strange. There had been thr'y-onc
Welsh members returned, pledged to the discs
tablishment Of the Church They seemed conten.
10 postpone the realization of the Welsh DESIRES
second place in the Liberal programme. But they
had been heard in silence, Mr. Redmond declar-
ing that the question must bc excluded if 1T in
the slightest degree diverted attention from Home
Rule All the Nationaists cOncurred in the de-
mand that the Irish question must dominate 10
fbe exclusion of British reforms tllear. Hear y
The prospect of Welsh disestabi>hment being
thrust into the background was not promising
Another set of members professed TO represent
specially work-day Of eight hours for miners
Fxperience ought to have convinced them OF the
virtue of exerting some pressure; yet they were
also silent.
Where were the so-caled Independent LberaS
with their programme Of British reforms hrst ana
Home Rule afterwar1? Mr.. Labcuchere appeared 10
have bcen sobered by visions of coming official
responsibility Qaugnter), and so Kept siieh' MI
Ola 1stonc had recently described Ireland as the
IVA Mon of the Sea on the back of Sindbad. The
o,orv told them of the way the old man was got
rid NJ was that Sindbad made him drunk ana thch
broka in his head with stone. Uaughterj
That was n process which might threaten inc
I,isb marty with Mr.. Labouchere and Sir george
Trevclvan in power. Hear, hearD HOW aio
the Irish view the prospect? was the iio"sV
not entitled 10 ask about the form OF lrish iione
Rnle? Was it to be federal, colonial or gas "n.
water parliament? How was the supremacy VI
the Imperial Parliament to be maintained! ihey
had a right to get information on these matters
before separating for five months
THE DEMANDS OF MIR. REDMOND.
Here Mr.. Chamberlain cited the declarations
Of Liberal leadeys for the supremacy OF the iii
perial Parliament comparing these declarations
with the demands of Mr. Redmond for complete
independence in all Irish affairs. 1t was remarka-
BILE he said. that these demands were received
with solemn silence by the Liberals above the
pangway conservative cheers) Mr.. Redmond
had said that there must be no English veto
that if there was any veto at all. IL must be
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