, 1892-03-05
THE MOSES OF ENGLAND
Gladstone Hale, Hearty and
Hard at Work.
The Course he Has Mapped
Out to Follow.
Royal Circles Off on a Pleas
ure Jaunt.
Foster Admirably Displays His
Yankee Propensities.
Great Britain Photographed.

copyrighted 1892 by N. Y. Associated Press.
LONDON, March with Gladstone's
return the tactics in the opposition are
changed. Sir William Vernon Harcourt' s
policy of trying to force dissolution By
every device of worry and obstruction is
abandoned. 1t is now known that Glad
rock hurried back owing to Harcourt' s
not accepting instruction to refrain from
appearing desirous to hasten action on
the part OF the government To secure
upon the result of the appeal to the coun-
try. Gladstone had advised his colleagues
10 give the ministers rope and let the cleo
torate be impressed with the spectacle of a
conservative regime expiring by gradual
decomposition.
He looks upon the Irish bill as contain
ing some proposals that can ultimately be
embodied In the home rule scheme, and
in accordance with the cue given by Mr..
Gladstone the liberals will allow Balfour's
bill larger consideration, treating it with
such courteous contempt as a strong party
can afford to, but it is determined that 1t
shall be ultimately futile. Before Easter
Gladstone proposes to ask the govern
ment to declare its intentions IN regard 70
the duration of parliament. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill forms a tory
cave" against several proposals OF
the Irish local government bill. especially
the clauses empowering judges to suspend
county councils. If he succeeds in form
ing a group depriving the government of
fifteen votes the bill will be defeated and
the moment is thus made opportune for
the government to dissolve parliament.
Gladstone seems to have been %rejuven-
ated by his ~sojourn IN the south of France.
He is alert and sprightly in his gait and
he looks a healthy man of 60. He tells
his friends he is a wonder to himself.
The presence in London of Foster, sec
rotary of the United States treasury, is
daily attracting more attention from the
journalistic and social worlds. He steadily
refuses to accent social invitations on the
ground of poor health. The ready access
he gives all corners to the reception rooms
in the Hotel Merropole amazes the people
here, who are accustomed to seeing states
men envIroued BY a wall of officialism.
Foster has arranged a visit to inspect the
Bank of England q see the working
features OF other financial houses.
In spite Of the assurances of being un-
concerned in the currency question, he
has probably met the goschen in an un-
official interview of fhe American treas
urer's ruling with reference to the impor-
tation on pedigreed stock and is hurrying
immediate shipments. Live stock Jour.
mails concur in the opinion that arrange.
ments In Great Britain will be much in
huenced; that developments will be
checked, and that a closer union with the
colonists must be the policy of the fu-
ture,
The Prince and Princess of Wales visit
at Windsor Sunday and the start with the
family Tuesday for Rivere, and the queen
and Princess Beatrice at Hyeres, the. Duke
and Duchess of Teck and Princess May at
Lady Wolverton's villa Mentone, and the
ex-Empress Eugene near the family of
the Prince of Wales, will form a muster
OF ROYALTIES to which it is expected the
czarina will be added. The Prince of
Wales has been i'll with neuralgia, but is
now recovering.
The experienced Scotch whaler, Capt.
Grav. of Peterhead, has obtained funds,
chiefly subscribed in Scotland, to equip
two vessels for Antarctic explorations.
DR.. Nordenskiold. son of the well known
explorer, is the scientist Of the expedi-
ton. Besides exploration the enterprise
has a financial side. 1t will cost to equip
the vessels e24. 900. but 1t is hoped that
G45. 900 will be realized from the oil an d
whalebone.
Rev. Mr.. Pierson will return to Amer.
lea in June. ending his services in the
Metropolitan tabernacle.