New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21


OBJECTIONS URGED AGAINST IT
TALK AEoUT DISSOLUTION.
icy CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE,
Copyright. 1891: Bv The Tribune As''ciotOn.
Iondon. Feb. oO-The fall of the French Min
htrv is discussed as if il were due 10 the re-
jigious or rather to the ecclesiastical, difficulty,
now of long standing, and lately more menacins
than ever That the remote cause. lhe I'm
mediate cause was NJ. Ccmenceau. lie had SUI
fered NJ Freycnet and his colleagues to hoia
Office and to some extent power, for nearly TWO
years The situation was becoming monotonous,
and the luxury of overthrowing one more Gov
ernment was one he could no longer deny himself
NJ Clemenceau is q sort of Warwick turned inside
out He is not king.malcr, hut king-breaker
He has broken UP half dozen ministries al
ready or perhaps this completed the half dozen.
His method is simplicity itself. He waits TIL
some question turns up on which Radicals ana
Reactionaries can he made 10 unite. Then, out
goes the ministry.
The De Freycinct Ministry, which never had
real majority Of its own, but lived from hahd "
mouth Represented moderate possible Republcan-
isn and the principle of stability. of which france
is at this moment in more need than oil any
other. VI. Chmenceau represents the Impossible
He ia himself impossible lie knows that the Pres
does not expect the new Ministry to he really more
radical than the old lie cannot make perma-
nent coalition with the Conservatives, nor construct
a permanent majority without them. But the rest
]essness lies deep in his nature. His passion FOR
destruction is uncomfortable his impatience fatol
to his political usefulness. He Is an aoie man.
sincere, full of fine qualities. and profoundly as
trusted by the majority Of the people oil France 70
whom his political programme seems only prom
ise of endless disturbance
The so-called Bill of Associations. which led I"
the defeat of the Ministry, was bill to rel$'ert
the lust authority of the State over all classes oil
citizens Cericals included and Cardinals inciud'd.
It's fate was to offend the Clericals because IL went
too far and the Jacobins because II did not 90 faf
enoneh Hence the coalition between the two
extremes of the Chamber who have no principle
in common except the principle Of hatred. NJ de
Frevcin.t lost courage. temporized and knew
n.i1ber his own mind nor the mood of the Cham
her. and so fell II was thought that matters
might be patched up. but this mornings telcgr'ms
say the ignation Of the whole Ministry Is dclni-
tive The most ingenious and venturesome poll
tician has not plausible conjecture 10 ouci dS
70 the composition of the next Ministry SUI leSS
can ANYBODY guess where its majority is to come
from. .
He'd the Popes Encyclical to the French Cardi-
nails been given 10 the world three DAYS sooner "
MIGHT have ayerted the crisis. The Clerlcas
would have thought twice before combining WIN
NJ Cl.menceau Just after the Pope had, so 10
sneal, given his benedicton 10 this Government.
Ue hos CUT loose from monarchy and monarchlsts
lie accents the Republic and his perception oi
foc.s and readiness to act on them Is statesman
like and in every way honorable TO him. Where
ne fails is in his handling of the question at issue
between the Republic and the Cardihsh. ne
Aalf approves the Cardinals circular ana he nan
Improves The refusal of the Government 10 suuef
wen Cardinals TO set themselves above the law
ge has missed what seemed a great opportunity.
ind he will not carry his recognition of the he-
nnblic to it's logical consequence. The cohillc'
-. barux less threatening than before. Yet
IN se spirit which undcrlies this manifesto hohR
but applause is due
Mr Ralfour's bill for establishing a n@w local
government in Ireland has been received wl'hou'
enthusiasm by his own party, and win cNecia'o"
IN, bis onpopents The speech in when ne en-
nlained the measure ~ the House oi commons Oh
Thursday extorted encomium> from 50 pi'''I al
onno,ent as Mr.. John Morley The Dill, he saii'
cnnld not have been prescntcl Win greater cur
ness. or with more lucdity, or with more aIhna"c
franlxness Nh Morleys friends, none ,he 4t'S'
haiod il with icers and howlS. Mr.. Morley HIM
described
Sir William Harcourt, who has p!ucked up courage
end returned to the House, called 1t "A oad JOKE
on aAsurditv. and a farce AMI advised Mr. lal-
four NOT 10 waste the time of the House on snch
rubbish Mr. Redmond called IL an Insult 10
ireland. Mild Mr. Mccarthy pronounced IL
miserable and an unclean thing MT' lca'|
thought it contcmptibe, and some other good
Irisbmen declared it 70 he rotten from the crown
of its head to the sole of ts foot.
Finally following the cnc OF those tories WI"
sat crimly silent while Mr.. Baiour SPOKE uie
Tory organ after damning the OH WIN lalh'
oraise declined 10 affect any very lively interest
in "a project which has according 10 present
annearances. no great likelihood Of being passed.
.rs ,niob. bc postponed without appreciate
harm 1t should be remembered that tins Jour-
nal tried some time ago TO prevent the Ministry
from bringing in this bill at all, though pledged
IN the lips TO the policy il seeks to make law
So much for the reception Of Mr.. Balio"rs DILL
The execration and deriSion were apparently
prearranged. and matter what the chaiac'ei
Of the bill introduced its treatment by the 'pPo'i
tion would probably have been the same lno
yeneral election is too near Tor Inc nice 'oH"uO.
y public affairs and no good Glads'oniah Woul~
hinl< he could afford 10 say that good pi 'oi
Ireland had come out OF TINS "ickeo "'''"
aent. -, :; r,bo
Now let us see What iilc "'4 ''"''' =,
Acal government Of Ireland is at present i'll ,hc
lands of two separate bodies. The administrative
unit in Ireland is the Earony, and the baiohics
are administered by Baronial sessions composer
Of county magistrates.and number OF cess paSeis'
ali elected : a system admittedly cumprouS anu d."
surd County affairs are In the hands OF gIanu
juries appointed by the Sherih OF the county, an"
Generally consisting of twenty-five landowners
Sueaking roughly local government was carrIeu Oh
nv landlords, the grand jurics, who were nearS
all landlords, having supervising authority III
finance over the Baronial sessions
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