New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15

puts them before the English pecp.c lie tells
thcm-it was his duty to tell them-that the
attempt to set up Dublin Parliament is likely
TO lead to civil in Ireland That is a
probability they must consider in deciding TO vote
| for or against Home Rule. 1t has never before
cen put so plainly or with such authority. 1t has
| produced, | think, a gIeat impression. 1t may
| turn many votes it may alter the political future
of this kingdom; il may keep Gladstone out OF
Office The possibility OF this last catastrophe
angers the Gladstoniars, and they eAprcSs their
| anger freely. | imagine some of them would if
| they were frank, be inclined to date yhc doom
Of Home Rnle from Lord Salisburys speech at
| Covent Garden.
The deaths of W. Very and VI. Iamond have
produced hardly less impression on the French
mind than the explosion which caused them
Nothing could be more significant than the pres
cncc at VI. llamond's funeral of the President of
! the Municipal Council of Paris. and at Very's Of
the Prime Minister himself. What each of them
said is equally remarkable. The Municipal Coun-
! ell Of Paris is an extremely radical body. It's
president, nevertheless, told his colleagues who
had gathered about W. Hamonds grave that the
Anarchists were not political party. but an as-
Gociation of malcfactNrs. That was on Monday
on Friday, the Prime Minister echoed his words
NJ. Loulet. whose presence at W. Vcry's funeral
was an act OF courage declared that he aarcci
with the IRE ldent of the Municipal Council that
KaNachol ahd ms accOmplccs were but miserable
indicators. guilty of crimes AGAINST the common
law who ought t. be tried by the Assizc Court.
1t was supposed that the Anarchist outrage might
injurc the Republic, but tbe Second baIIo,s of
last Sunday in the municipal elections show os
The first did, not only vast Republican moioritv
but large Republican gains in all parts of the
country.
Ai'er long hesitation and many struggles new
I'1iiah Ministry has been formed II is Min.
iS'rS Oh promotion Most of the Ministers are new
men, untricd in high Office Sianor Giolitti who
becomes Prime Minister is hardly known outsidc
OF Italy; nor is Signor Brn, the Foreign Minister
Minister fcl!ouN remains Minister Of War: whose
policy Is supposed to combine The maximum of
ehiciency with the minimum Of cNtravagance-a
perfect policy on paper. Sgnor Crsp does not
seem to have been asked to resume the Presidency
OF the Council, but two of his friends are in the
'aDinet What is essential is THAT Signor Girls
pls foreign policy should continue TO lie the policy
oi Italy II was the Marquis di Rudini's chief merit
thaf though under some pressure he never swerved
from the line his predecessor had marked ont for
him. France, which finds ground for hope in
every foreign crisis strovc vain 10 loosen tie ties
between Italy and Germany. The Triple Allilncc
Is aS firm to-day as when il was
last renewed, ard the treaties between Italy,
Germany ard Austria have still five years TO run.
All the guesses and gossip about The imag ginav
object of King Ilumlcrt's coming visit 10 Berlin
are basclcss The King is not going to crave
permission to reduce the Italian army below the
strength specified in the treaty because no strength
is specified in the treaty. Not IA step toward
France has keen taken seems likely TO he taken.
The breach between these two Pswcrs seems wider
than ever AID the Italian distrlst Of her acgres-
sive neighbor piofounder than over Much Of the
alarm about Italian finance s spread by the
French press With them hope is pretty often
father 10 the thought. Italy will, when the pinch
comes, do what must he done 10 save her credit,
whether under this Ministry or another. If il
he not strong Ministry, il is the strongest which
conld at tho moment be got together There is no
sign of Il second Crispi, nor much need Of on.
long : Crispi holds himself in reserve for tie
decisive crisis.
Bitter are the lamentations Of the Gladstcniaus
over the Gladstonian defeat in North Hackney.
The must he hopeless indeed which wiring,
from tie Gladstonian organ not only conces>un
Of defeat, but the avowal that the defeat is a
GcriDus disappointment No doubt il is dis1p-
pointmcnt and is serious. 1t dashcs all or most
Of tho'c too confident hopes built on Progressive
Council. The Storming Of London" becomes
siege and the besiecefs have already lost heart.
l do not think the shrewder heads Of the party
believed they could argue from tho, singular
municipal successes 70 success in the Parliamentary
contests, but it thought good politics pre-
tend they could perhaps tho prctcncc was left
TO those who are not the most shrowd North
Hackney, IL is true, one OF those consi'rcn-
ces which divided its snilragcs almost equally 10
tween a Moderate and Progressive. II is all
tie more significant that when il comes 10
stand-up fight for seat in Parlia-
ment Unionst wins by maj.ri,y more
than double the Tory majority in 1885, before th'
split in Tie Liberal porty. IT is only too Clear"
sigls the organ, that in North Hackney the
effects of the disruption are still felt What
makes the result still more ominous is the AL
United fac, that on both sides this election was
fought on the question Of Home Rnlc North
Hackney is villa constituency the wcll-o-do
middle class, perhaps the upper middle caaS.
predomna'es. There little temptation on
either side to truckc 70 the artisan
or to Hodge, and neither candidate felt
bound TO conciliate the cranlIs II s
clear, therefore,, that in this Metropolitan con-
stituency, in many rrpccts typical constituency.
Home RUE has made 10 hca Iway. The Tory
figures says the organ, "havc increased mors
than thousand, and that is legitimate triumph
for the Mnsteriali,ts" s" Other organs play the
same melancholy tune. There is something like
dismay in the Gladstonan ranks The clanor for
dissolution dies suddenly away: the certainty of
a GladstOnian majority seems TO the faithful less
certain than il did. They do not even claim
North Hackney as moral victory. Their
dcspondcncy is in fact excessive as vas their
cxulta:ion over other by-clcctions the importance
and significance of which have always been ex-
aggcrated by tho'c who thought they pointed TO
the success Of their own party.
The proceedings in Parliament are chiefly notice.
able for the continual cropping ont Of the crudcst
notions about legislative interference with prop
crty, especially when the property happens to BE-
land Mr. Chaplins Small Holdings bill gives