Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-20
DANGEROUS SKATING
The British Administration
Cavorting onsThin Ice.
Irish Local Government Will
Swamp the Tories.
The Salisbury Balfour Regime Is
Bound to Go Under.
Severe Weather In Great Britain-The
Montagu Tragedy The Prince of
Wales Going to Retire
from the Turf.
Associated Press Dispatches.

AseOcidtcu IIcSs OlspdtCues
LONDON, Feb. 19.-[Copyrigbt, 1892,
by the New York Associated Press. +
1t is freely stated that the Irish local
government bill, as presented in com
mons last evening, is the result of many
stormy meetings in the cabinet, and
that Balfour was more than once over
ruled. Even the Standard admits this
by saying the bill is the result of COM
promise, and that it reception, as in the
case of all compromises, has not been
as satisfactory as it's promoters could
desire. Whatever may be the fate OF
the bill, there is no chance of an appeal
to the country on the measure, but
everything indicates that the govern
ment ia riding for fall, and that the
dissolution of parliament will come
when least expected. Defeat on some
side issue would enable the government
to appeal to the country without appear
ing to have unduly precipitated disso-
luton in order to neglect pledges still
unrealized, and at the same time the
government would avoid alternating
friends who object to some projected
measures.
ON THIN ICE.
The thin ice over which the govern
ment is skating is indicated by the vote
in the commons tonight when resolu-
tion expressing regret at the appoint
ment of Welsh justice ignorant of the
Welsh language was rejected by a ma
jority of only %. The prospect of a
chance defeat does not conduce to the
happiness of the government. Nearly
sixty Conservative members are notori-
ously unreliable, while fifty others dis
approve the governments Irish policy
and will probably absent themselves
from critical division.
SEVERE WEATHER.
The weather in Great Britain this
week was most severe, with storms on
land and sea throughout the week. In
Yorkshire the weather was the coldest
in thirty years. A blizzard was raging
today equal to that of last year. Snow
storms of unusual violence are raging in
ireland tonight, and railway trains are
greatly DELAYED. Near Limerick there
are drifts four feet high. At Queens
town heavy gale prevails.
THE MoNTAaU TRAGEDY.
Excitement in Ulster over the Mon
tagu tragedy is increasing. The hus-
band of Mrs. Montagu is grandson of
the duk OF Manchester. and was a
former officer in the navy. Mrs. Mon
tagu was of Scotch extraction and the
daughter of wealthy London mer-
chant. An Associated Press represen-
tative called at the residence today.
Mr.. Montagu when asked how it was
that such severe punishment was ad
ministered to his 3-year-old child, said:
"My wife has strong opinions on the
training and correction OF children. Her
theory, which l think to great extent
is right, is that the spirit of disobed-
ience must be conquered from the earl
lest year."
Montagu admitted that it was too
long to leave child alone. But his
wife was out part of the time the child
was confined. The child was buried in
great privacy.
WALES GOING OFF THE TURF.
The prince of Wales has decided to
close his connection with the turf. All
his entries have been cancelled for three
months. He had several remarkable
horses in training, and handsome
profit was expected for the first time in
the history of his stables.
AN AGRICULTURAL SENSATION.
A great sensation has been caused in
the agricultural world by the report Of
serious outbreak of pleuro-pneumoni
in the Peace river district in Canada. If
the report is true, the outbreak will
greatly affect Scotch farmers, who large
ly import Canadian cattle in preference
to Irish cattle, owing to their immunity
from disease.