The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-30
Con. MOVE view OF Home Rule.

very high opinion of Mr.. Gladstone nor OF
Mr. Gladstonc's home rule bill. He
arrived in New York from London Satur-
( day, and gave the reporters for the New
/ York papers quite an interesting talk
/ about his experiences and observations in
| England. Among other things, he said
J that his four years residence in London
had convinced him that Englishmen do
not like Americans because they are
. envious of American progress. They have
observed the rapid development Of the
United States and are not pleased with it.
In answer to the question what he
thought of Mr.. Gladstone as a statesman
and the prospects for home rule for Ire
land, Gen. New said ''On those questions
/ will be just as frank as / can be. And |
tell you that, outside of the lower half of
Ireland. and one or two districts in Liver
pool, and an odd district scattered here
and there in other parts of England, no
body cares a copper for home rule. Glad
stone himself is a selfish and vain states
man. The home rule issue was but
stepping stone to satisfy his ambition for
a return to the premiership Gladstone
has a majority of about forty in the
House of Commons for the home rule bill,
but it can never pass the House of Lords,
and therefore Gladstone and his fol-
lowers remind me of the French king
who'marched up hill with his army only
to march down again. / repeat to you
that Gladstone was ambitious more for
the premiership than for home rule in
Ireland. l repeat to you that he is sell
fish and vain statesman. His ambition
has been satisfied now, and he knows
that there's no more chance for home
rule in ireland than if he'd never been
born"
The foregoing views are quite different
from those generally entertained in this
country They are so different that the
suspicion cannot be avoided that Gen
News associations were entirely with
the party of which Lord Salisbury is the
recognized leader. If what he says of
Mr. Gladstone is true the latter is GER
tainly unfit to lead a great party or cham
pion a great reform.
Gen. New does not say the home rule bill
will not be passed by the House of Com
mons. The inference, from what he says,
is that it will be passed. He bases his pre-
diction as to the fate of the bill on his
belief that the House of Lords will not
pass it.
But if the bill should be passed by the
popular branch of parliament and should
be defeated in the House of Lords, would
there not be disturbance in Great Brit
ian that would endanger the stability Of
the House of Lords2 There has been a
growing feeling against the House of
Lords for number of years, and if that
body should defeat a great, popular meas
ure the chances are that big effort would
be made to abolish it. The question as to
whether it serves any good purpose has
been discussed for years in England.
Mr.. Gladstone may be vain man, but
he is very generally believed to be an hon
est one. His followers are satisfied that
he sincerely believes that home rule, as
provided for in his bill, would be the best
thing possible for both England and
Ireland. There is certainly nothing in
his record to justify the conclusion that
he is a hypocrite and is acting a lie.
The bitterness between the home rule
and the anti-home rule parties is shown
by the attacks that have been made
recently upon MIR Gladstone The home
rule bill may not get through the House
of Lords, but if it does not Mr.. Gladstone
will not be responsible for the failure
The time is not distant when a vote will
be taken on the bill in the House of Com
mons. If it should have fair majority
the House of Lords would hesitate good
while before it would defeat ii.
John Bull cannot rise above personal in
t2rcst. Because two of the fastest and
finest steamships on the transatlantic
forty pulled down his flag and hoisted the
Stars and stripes, he seeks to injure their
business. Complaint has been made to
the British postoftice department that the
transmission of United States mails by
way of SouthamptOn-the port of entry
and departure of the ships of the Ameri-
can line-is ga serious inconvenience.
The object of the growing Britishers is
to have the carrying of the mails given
exclusively to the British ships that sail
from Queenstown. BY extra arrangement
and special effort the new Cunarder Cam
pan a managed to land her last eastern
mails several hours earlier than the
American liner Paris landed her mails,
and this incident is being worked
against the Americans for all it is worth
1t is era tifying to note, however, that the
American vessels are doing a booming
PASSENGER business.
A cablegram from London says the re-
port that Nh. w. W. Astor had becn~n
treaty for the biggest deer park in Scot
land is probably untrlc. OF late years
wealthy sporjsuen have taken up SO
much Scottish land for. sporting purposes
that the government has felt called upon,
in the interest of farmers and cottors, to
begin an Investigation into the matter. A
royal commission of investigation has
ascertained that certain parts of the
country are being literally depopulated to
make room for deer As system having
such results is obviously against public
/ policy some. drastic legislation against
( such holdings for game PARKS is likely to
be made upon the report of the commits
sion. In the face of this probability it is
not likely that Mr.. Astor would seek to
/ increase his preserves,