The morning call., 1892-02-28
EUROPEAN POLITICAL GOSSIP.
HOW ENGLAND REGARDS THE Ell PEROR.
Interesting History Of Hartington's Efforts to
Form a Cabinet Disloyalty to Glad
stone Charged.
sIociaIto THE MoRSISa cA.1.

NEW YORK. Feb. q. - Smalley's cable
special to the Tribune from London SAYS:
The German Emperor has favored the world
with another siatamant OF his relations to
his empire, to his people and to the Al
mighty. lie has in times past said many
surprising things. He has surprised every
potentate of modern days in his various
oTatorical performances He has now sur
passed himself. Casting a glance down.
ward from his lofty seat he has perceived
that there are persons who do not accept
his views Of himself and Of things in gen
eTal These men criticize and malign him
and his Government, disturb public tran
qullity and endanger the prosperity Of the
great German Fatherland. This category
seems to include all Germans who differ
from the Emperor, of whom there must be
some millions They are invited to shake
off from thslr shoes the dust of Germany
and to 90 elsewhere. It would be an emf
grafton on a scale yet unknown in Europe,
but the Emperor is rapidly accustOming the
world to enterprises Of a gigantic kind.
But whether they stay or go cannot really
matter much. The Emperor knows he is
right, knows his own course is the true one,
ana has the firm conviction that the Deity
Will not leave his young ally In the luTch.
The German Liberals and France and the
rest Of Europe have nothing to do hence
forth but to find out what the Emperor
wishes, ana to do it with might and main.
Some Political History.
No topic has been so much discussed this
week in political circles as the attack on
the Dnke of Devonshire by weekly paper,
called The peaker. As II relates to the
time when lie was still Lord Harrington it
will be convenient to use that name. The
Speaker is GladstOnian weekly, one Of
the most idOlatr0us of idOlators, entirely
partisan, yet, from lack of ability, not of
much authority with its party. 1t saw fit
lately to accuse Lord harrington Of dis
loyalty to Gladstone in asserting or in
slnuating that on Lord BeacOnsfield's
resignation he tried to form an administIa-
tion ofhs own and sought TO deprive Mr..
Gladstone Of the position which friends
and foes acknowledged to be his and his
alone. This was presently denied by
HaTtlngton's friends, with his sanction.
That authoritative denial came from
Reginald Brett Hartington's private secre-
tary in $780, Wemyss Reid, editor OF The
Speaker, was challenged to repeat his
charges and TO give his authority. He did
neither 1t was supposed that he had been
as Brett said 'fOraging among dead mans
apers"-Forster's to Wit-and had found
something there. But this Reid denied,
saying that his authority was living and
conclusive.
Seeking Authority.
As he had previously said that no living
man except harrington ana Gladstone
knew the facts, and as his authority could
not be harrington, il seemed as if it had been
Gladstone who supplied Reid with the ma
teral for this attack. But Gladstone him.
self, soon after taking office, had publicly
eulOglZed Harrington and Lord Granville
as the men who, having borne the burden
and heat OF the last Parliament, have at its
close ceded to me hOnOrs they might well
and justly have claimed for themselves,
so how could IL be Gladstone, or how could
Gladstone descend to such a level or choose
such methods CT assailing his former col
leagues?
Hartington's Opportunity.
Moreover, it is certain that Harrington
would have been absolutely justified by
English political usage In trying to form the
Ministry. He had led the Liberal party
during four years while he was in the
minority and Gladstone was in his TENT
and he had been asked by the Queen to be
the head Of the Government. All cOnsulta-
tlons with the Queen are held to be private,
and the truth about 1880 Is stated here with
great reserve, SO far as 1t is stated at all in
public, but what really happened was this:
Lord harrington, as the leader of the party,
was admittedly sent for by the Queen. lie
at once explained that Gladstone alone
| could form the Ministry and that she must
send for him. The Queen was reluctant to
| act on this advice aud insisted TINT Har-
| tington should try to form the Ministry
| He answered that it was impossible without
| Gladstone, and that 1t was equally impossi-
| ble to ask Gladstone to serve under him.
| The Queens reply was that nothing was
| impossible until an effort had been made,
| and she refused to summon Gladstone until
| he had declined to accept Office under Har-
| tington, who thereupOn went pro fOrma to
Gladstone explained the situation. and got
| from him the assurance lie wanted and
| asked for, namely: that Gladstone could
not serve under Harrington Armed with
! this Harrington returned to the Queen and
/ announced the result aud she then sent for
| Gladstone. Such are the facts. 1t will be
| interesting to see how they are dealt with
| by Gladstone, should he prove to be Reid's
| informant theory which at present l de-
/ cline TO accept.
| Lost on the Cuban Coast
! HAVANA, Feb. 27.-The steamer Cadiz
| from IiVerDOOl is ashore Mt the entrance to