New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28

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co,yy,oht. 1893; Bv The Tribune association.
Iordon. Nav 25.-I.ord Salisburys visit TO IT,
star has displeascd and disappointed the lladston-
IONS They expected him to bc indi-creet vio-
lent and he has been neither. They have said
before now that he had melted Ulster to rebel d
statement which it will be time enough TO notice
when the evidence for it is produced. Now that
n. does not frame his addresses to please them
or 70 supply them with material for attack, they
sllsce that he has nothing to say. He has said
enough on than one point TO deserve their
best Consideration
TIE which gives most anxiety TO the good
Gladstonan is the IIor~ of Lords Home Rulers
with a practical turn of mind have always asked
themselves, and have sometimes asked their leader,
How is Home Rule bill TO be carried through
the House OF Lords without dissolution of Par
lament and appeal 10 the country? IL can
not he carried otherwise, answers Lord salisbury,
not for the first time. This answer WAS followed
bv the retort. Then we snail acitate the country
for the overthrow of the House of Lords. TO
this Lord Salisbury contents himself by quoting
President Lincoln You cannot swap horses when
Crossing stream"
The abolition. or coercion, Of the 1ious" of
Lords is often talked of; but nobody has yet sug-
pested how either process can be accomplished.
When the question is seriously raised 1t Will
hardly be rider TO some other question.
1t will taN the whole energy and tho undivided
attention Of all the Radicals in the kingdom.
Ahey fond Of referring to the Reform Bill of
1s32, and to the surrender OF the Lords on that
great question True, saws Lo16 Salisbury; the
Lords were then il-adyised. and were force3 to
give WAY. But why? Because they then set
themselves against tho wishes. the passionate
Wishes, of the whole English people The people
ardenty desired reform, and they got it. The
will of the people prevailed then. and will pre-
vail now. But does anybody pretend that the
English people ardcntly desire Home Rule for
areland' They send majority of seventy-onc
members 20 the present House Of Commons 10
oppose Home Rule The House of Lords, instead
Of opposing upholds the will vt the English pee
pie, and of all Great Britain They represent the
overwhelming opinion of Eng and. Is England
likely to turn against them for giving effect
to her wishes and her devotion to the Union
] have net been able to discover that this part
ei Lord Salisburys argument has attracted the
notice of any Gladstenisn journal
three days. and he has made three considerable
kpeeches. He was greeted with enthusiasm by
kreat multitudes in the streets. and by the great
audiences be addressed: and there was something
better than enthusasm-therc was the serious
purpose, the evident readiness for all extrerni-
ties rather than subsection TO the tyranny of
priests and political advcnturers the settled rrso-
luton not to submit to Dublin Parliament. The
more clearly this is seen. the less likely is it
that their enemies will persevcre in the attempt
to coerce them.
In the Parliamentary recess. as we'll as in the
Session. the Glsdstonians persevere in policy
of silence That. in their Judgment, is the best
thsnce for Home Rule. and they probably know
their own business best The only Minister who
his spoken is Mr. Bryce. and he. it is inimated.
under pressure from his constituents OF
Aberdeen. They ought 10 be satisfied with what
he gives them lie speaks in that positive, not
20 say pragmatc, tone too often characteristic
OF the professor in politics. He is certain ~
Is good bill. certain 1t will be passed certain
that it will work we'll when passed. certain that
bher equally good bills will also be passed and cnr.
tain that everything would he for the best in this
best of all possible parliamentary worlds but
for q Unionist minority which insists upon dis
cussing a scheme which Mr.. Gladstone and MIR.
Bryce have settled in advance
I read him with interest in the hope Of some
hAw exclamation or assurance of the difficult points
Of the BILL AS for example OH Imperial supremacy
on the protection OF mnorlties, on the Ne'o
There is none Ho goes on repeating the acaoemic
view Of the veto. regardless of the fact that the
Seto on an Irish legislature is left in the hahus
Of those whose political master is the lrish Leg.
tslature Lord Randolph Churchill. who mas oe'h
speaking with great force, told MN uuiH 'n"o
the so called safeguards and guarantees III tne
Home Rule bill were 20 many shams and frauds
There is but safeguard. force; and one ui'i-
mate security, the reconqu"st OF Ireland
The >nly populsr demonstration for Home Rne
attempted in London WAS held last sunday ia
HYDE p:,rk. II was formidable neithe In num-
bers nor in spirit. Estimates, of cours" vary but
IT. is admitted that the procession passed gwen
point in thirty-fve minutes Probably there were
in the park 10000 people The Irish were reinf 'rccd
by societies of dockes sasworker,, and other groups
accustomed 10 take part in almost every process
sion or public meeting. There were bands and
banners. one of them with portrait OF Sir
Charles Dixie. There were speeches by Mr.. Day
lit. Mr. Dillon and others OF les note; and r"Do-
buttons werc pa$scd The day was fine, and
everybody went home pleased.
There was moment after the Hull strike when
II seemed as if the surrender Df the unionists
and their return TO work would not be effected
without violence. There was violence, but 1t
was little. The leaders Of the unionists observed
faithfully their pledge 10 discourage 1t, and the
lnen were too well awhre how completely thcy
had been beaten 10 desire 80 rtnew the struggle
in any form. Work has lecn resumed at all
she docks. Great numbers Of free lab0rers re-
main, and the unioDis'e have worked with them
side by side, sullcnly, but without collision. They
had to accept the dock company's passes in
order to enter the docks, but this also they en-
cured. Their peaceablc dcmeanor is crcdtabc
10 them and it looks as il the resoute stand Of
The employers, and their victory, had INSURED
Hull against another strike for long time to
come
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