New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18

rporsrRs SUBJECT OF NATIONAL
AGITATION - IRELAND RELIEVED
FROM COERCION
esr CABLE T,tIBUHE1
ro,yrioht 1892 Bv The Tribune Annexation.
London. Sept 17.-Mr. Gladstone is taking his
holiday in Wales in his characteristic fashion.
He went as a guest of Sir Edward Watkin, ana
LODGED two nights in his chalet the slope OF
Snowden One day he attempte, to make the
ascent of the mountain. When more than hall
way up the mist enveloped the hill, and the en-
terprise was reluctantly abandoned. He is evil
IDENTIFY In blooming health and in the highest spir-
its. At every point Of his journey crowds as
sembled to present addresses and to clamor for
speeches. They rarely disappointed
The Premier cautiously touched political ques-
tions such as Church Dscsta bshment and the
relations Of landlord and tenant, but was rich III
"reminiscences of his early ife recalled by re-
visiting familiar scenes. He told the people Of
CaInarvon that he remembered being there sixty
four years ago. when the Suspension bridge over
the Menai Straits. then the marvel of the engi-
neering world, was only few months old. Fur
ther south be beat this almost superhuman
record To delighted crowd gathered round him
at Barn, nth he recalled memories of the H'lsh
nurse who formed part Of his fathers household
in Liverpool in 1915, aI1 who bcasted how Sir
WatlSin Williams Wynn. the Prince in Wales" had
sent millions of mon to beat back Boney." This
prattling by the wayside is reported verbatim in
the papers and read with mingled feelings
Superior people think it childish. The masses de-
light in it, and every one uarvels at the fresh
testimony to the Prcmier's tipeless energy.
Nothing done for long time has given the
Liberal party fuller satisfaction than the revoca
ton by Mr. Morley of Mr.. Bafonr's edicts under
the Coercion act After the stand taken against
Mr. Balfour's policy in the last FarnanVnt, the
deliverance Of Ireland from the chain Of coercion
was inevitable; but the general expectation was
that nothing would be done till Parliament met
next February, when the act would be repealed
That will doubtless follow. Meantime Nj Morley
By stroke of the pen has made the statute
dead letter For the first time in five
years Irish citizens are, in the eyes Of
the law, on footing Of equality with
their neighbors in Great Britain. Whilst the
swiftly accomplished, quietly conducted acion has
pleased Ireland and all its friends. it has placed
the Conservatives in awkward position, as
they have for the last two years been constantly
declaring that Ireland has been brought into q
state Of peace and prosperity by MIR. BAL
four's policy They cannot condemn an action
which is the logical sequence of new ana
happier state OF things. What they now
take in tactics on the part of the late Govern
ment in leaving this opening available for their
npcceesors II is indisputable that. If Ireland
NAV be relieved FROM coercion in September WIN
Mr. Gladstone in power. it had no right TO wear
the chains in June or July while Lord Salisbury
.agned Nothing has happened IN the interval
to justify the change.
The uext step looked for ON the part OF the
Government is in the direction of dealing with the
case of the evicted tenants Those are chlehy
the victims of the Plan Of Campaign, men VINO
sacrificed their homes at the bidding or Whi'ani
OBrien and his colleagues and have never since
rgained them. There is strong 1eehng 'haV
they should not be left homeless to race ano'her
winter The subject was raised In the deot'e oh
tho addrss which ended in the defeat of
the late Government. Mr.. Gladslohe, cd'so',
callv Questioned on the point, replied wi'II
an expression of the hope that during the coin-
ing autumn voluntary arrangements may lot 'hc
soLa of all the ncrsnns concerned, be arrived do
het,veen landlords and tenants and tnat III '"is
NAV all necessity for legislation may be ooVla'eo'
While further legislation undeuptoN HAY -"
come requisite, if these arrangements arc "oO
arrived at, nothing has yet peen uone ii '''o
direction indicated. IL no movement H"hli'S'o
itself within the next few weeks, IL Is eNi"e"'
that tde alternative put forward by MT. ulauS'o'e
must be invoked. There can DE no Ieei' '""on'
go. parliament is not sitting, but the lrisil
Executive may find means OF temporary Vu'
affective interpostion in TINS Case d. -1'' 'N'
has done in respect of Ceeicicn'
IT.. r-rited Kingdom still remains free from
,ho,ers and there is a disposition TO n aniuSc' "'
tb. distant Barbados, which has TAKEN 'no oP
portunity of declaring Great Britain cho'o'" ~
tested and imposing quarantine Fgui" va
hA
o.n,;on Of Hamburg, improvement is rcpor.c''
=, uombura Yesterday the return shows siiShV
,rcraose both of attacks and OF deaths i'',
aa,.,o r.cord At St Petersburg shows nfy-hin"
80 o.oas and ejght deaths. At IlavN inc epi-
a,,io !. on the decline In Paris 1t Is st''lon"is
travellers homeward bound from Oohunen,'i
holiday places bring narrowing account" " Wv
Inconvenience imposed by the qnaIah,i"c ica
tiops. The newspapers are full OF o'eii p"'
Since Mr.. O,Brien sat up brcechesless III his
nrison cell. the neither garments have not ocoupe'
suoh prominent place in the pubic mind' i"s
have during the present week, re"esain'" 'oi'
ascendancy consequent upon statement m'"e ~
q seamstress at public meeting She h"u' '''
averred been engaged in sweaters deh nid"hS
a mir of trousers for the Duke of York, ana s"s
oestcd that the wastcoat belonging 10 tho Su' a''
been made in the adjoining premises, whcre t"o
inmates were SICK unto oea1i WIZ" HP"
Thi. WAS felt TO he resrcttable mat
ter for HIS Royal IIighness. The sensation IL
has created s due TO the fact that the incident mas
a direct personal bearing upon nearly every house
hoId in Iond IN The system upon which the
Duke of Iork's orders are accomplished py HIS
,aiors exists in the case Of all the ordinary GUS
.e,n.rs ., West End houses. The cloth being
measured and cut, is given ont to persons. work
;no outside in dens the conditions OF
witch invite infectious diseases OF all
T., connection with the Dulle of