Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-10
FROM OVER TIL
The English General {
In Doubt.
DEFEAT OF RICHIE IN THE EAs,
The oddess pissrici in Al Esxiand--Ths
Cause for BismAfsks . Axsaek
Explained


ful aud they ieok 10 the REMAINING
county divisions 10 make up tor whet
they failed 10 gain IN the boroughs. IL
is only, however, the more saneulne lin
erais that expect 10 carry . majority -
parliament without The AID of the irssh
nauonslists and Il ID no secret that
some Of Mr.. Glscstone's most trnssed
followers will refuse 10 20 with him
into q government dependent for ex-
lstence upon the wnims OF Timothy
Hesly and has associates. IL 10 feared
that If the Irish are TO he called upon
Tor AID IN sustaining Gladstone min
istfy their demands wall soon become
SO exorhltant as 90 alienAie many of
the liberals and put the government
in minority. Ii is however, ~ yet
far from certain that even with the
nationalist yotes she ilbefAls Will have
= majority. The conservatives are
lighting with q stubbornness that sur-
prlses their opponents and with . cue
cess IN the many constituencies that =
equally surprising. The growth of the
conservative vote has amazed the lib
erals who had supposed that st least
three fifths Of the increased reglstrs-
ton would belong TO the liberals slde-
Tho CensersAtisss Keep Pace
They Ind, however, that 50 far from
tins being the case, the conservatives
have an n number oi.constltuenoes kept
pace with aud even exceeded the lib
ersi gains. The defeat of Cabinet
Minister Richie for 81 Georges IA the
East is one of the prominent topics OF
discussion IN connection with the cleo
torsl struggle. Ii ~ q peculiar borougs.
cot all the distiicts OF that inner
ring that surrounds the city," Gays
Charles Booth. "st. Georges in the
east 10 the most desolate. The ether
| districts have each some charna or
other, . brightness not extlnguished hy
poverty and toll and wee and even 10
| crime-a class of contest of man
against man and man Against fate.
The absorbing interest Of 4 hattie field.
| . rush Of human life - fascinating %
watch as the current OF rscf. to
which life 10 90 often ikened.
But there 10 nothing Of the
IN 81. Georges winch appears 20
itself. Even the old fervor of reckless
sailors. Bohemiapism which DIckens
sketched with those lightning ooiors Of
MS ie q trifie toned down. katclgn
highway exists today as IN the sc ncom-
merciai Traveller" tmes but lie new
name of -. Georges street ecems 90
have had a SOLDERING effect on the Wild
Get Of lie visitors"
Cause For Risehses Defeat
A 10 the industries the constituency
10 divided between the land and water
trades. Twenty-three per cent OF its
/, population concern themselves with
the cio;aing. tobacco and casual trades;
the London and ~ kanhefns docks
| which run rieht across the district
account for another goodiy contingent
There ares colony IL van and carmen,
a colony or Irish. q colony Of Aliens
which 10 the tune of some hundreds
| have been struck of the register-and
there used TO be a settlement oi sugar
| boilers. Tbis is the district which re-
| iected Mr.. Riche. No nome rule issue
entered into his defest. he WAS beaten
| on hIs record m London. lie voted
against such a measure a. the equsii-
| zatlon of the poor rates, question Of
vital importance 20 St. Georges In the
east. the lodger vote; for the lsonooa
| county council. municipal gas and
water, ten hours for trafa work
ers. the TAXATION OF ground
| values, and the relief of
the occuper at the expense Of the
| landlord, and he bss siioved hiinself
to become a party 20 the dead set
against the county council. II ~as no
wonder. therefore. that Richie WAS
beaten. However, II there should
prove 10 be q tory majority, Lord Sails.
bury will doubtless zee that Richie
gets into parliament again. Al prcsent
The general election IL as undecided ~
on Monday morning last. Both PARTIES
have been plunged into gloom nv some
returns, only 20 be INSPIRED ~ith 10Y
by the next batch Of figures. and % Il
has gone on day after day until now
the decision 10 deferred 10 the coming
week. when twenty elections wlli he
, continued.
ATTACH cs ps.ms.et.
A dispatch FROM Berlin purpofts 20
give the real cause of the recent atfsck
upon Prince Bismarck on the govern
ment IN certain public sntervfewa.
Prince Bismarck, n ~ said. would have
been entirely modified II the KAISER bed
1 appointed todrt ~ Geft&rt ttetDhrf9 AM
hssssdor 10 Ruesha. The suggestion
made 10 the Kaiser through . mutual
acquaintance. probably Count Won
Waidereee. met with q hssty and
almost angry denial. The Kaiser y
said 20 have remarked that Bisrnsrck's 3
opportunities for dong injury 20 Ger
many we're quite extensive enough
without sendine be con 10 the court Of
the Czsf. IL s stated that the ka5ess
~as willing 70 sebd Count Herbert %
Washington or China, but tbie the BE.
marcks couid not think of. The
Kaiser mas definitely concluded not
to modest Bismarck. he came "a
fhe conclusion only after . prcionxe1
discussion with Chanoelior capr1vi,
who strongly advised against any hns-
tile step, and M fsct intimated that he
would net remain thanceiios IN ~
event Of any action agssnsn he pYede.
ceesor. The reenk wss that Kaiser
came over to Cspfisi's view and decided
20 treat Bssrsrcks ufte-anees se OF pe
value.
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