Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-05
THE OLD COUNTRY.
Politics Of the Tight Little Isle" Of
Britain.
DUBLIN DYNAMITE PLOT.
The Stories Of a London Anarchist Scare
Observation-Disclosures and Free Passage
OF the DariancIies.

LONDON. December 2.-The CABINET
council considered the question whether
closure should be used unrelentingly 70
hasten the parish councils bill through
the House of Commons, and the majority
decided that the best policy would be to
give the opposition still more license IN
its obstructive. tactics.
The Unlonists affect to believe that the
Ministers are discouraged by the SLOW
progress Of parliamentary business IN
view OF the near approach Of the end OF
the sitting. The Ministers. on the other
hand, declare their readiness 10 keep the
members in session until the last OF jan
uary and then prorOgue Parliament iof-
mally only to resume work after lie"
days.
part of the strength OF the Govern
nent's plan lies in the fact that the
Tnionists find increasing trouble In Keep
ing their members together. The Con-
servatiyes try daily to arrange pairs, Dut
often fail. Then. despite urgent appears
from the party whips, many OF them
disappear 20 the great vexation or the
Opposition leaders. The truth Is that the
ability of the Liberals as steady workers
is beginning at last TO tell upon theih.
Inc conservatives udNC i~iN NHN
than was expected. but they are now
giving way also. The Government ma
iorities are increasing so noticeably In all
ordinary divisions that even the Liberal
Unionists, under Joseph Chamberlain, are
dlsheartened. The prospects, therefore,
are that the Opposition, worn away by
it's own policy. will allow the Govern
ment 10 end the session without apply
ing closure. Probably the session viii be
closed before Christmas.
THE NEXT ELECTIONS.
Austin Chamberlain. Liberal Unionist
whip. and therefore the possessor OF much
valuable information as 10 party plans
has been telling his partys election
agents that the general election VIII De
held about next May. Acting upon thls'
Liberal-I'nionist organizers have gone 10
work with a will to prepare for the APP
peal 10 the country. Inquiries MADE IN
Ministerial qAarters at the rooms OF lhe
Liberal Fed8 ton Executive COMMITTEE
however, positively contradict Chamber
lain's predictions. The response IN every
case was that az the zone man. one vote
registration bill and other measures on
the Liberal programme must be carried
through the Commons before the dissolu-
ton. It would be impossible to 80 before
the country until 1895.
The JInionists' dailies say. nevertheless,
that the quiescence OF the irish members
is due 10 Gladstone's pledge that he VIII
not delay the general election beyond the
spring Of 1884,
THE IRISH HOPE.
The Irish leaders deny that this pledge
has been given Beyond the evicted ten
ants measure. what really keeps the irish
I'm close touch with the government Is
their growing confidence that even after
Cladstonc's death the Liberals will not
depart from the Home Rule line OF policy
The loss Of the great Liberal leader would
now fail 10 disturb the Liberal Natloh-
alist coalition, because he has commanded
so many OF his English followers to Home
Rule.
Campbell Zimmerman, Secretary OF war
John Morley. Chief Secretary for Ireland
and Herbert Asaui'r. Home Secretary, are
all practical force enlisted publicly ana
privately in the Irish cause. All are ever
ready 10 show their desire TO accelerate
the realization Of Home Rule. Asquith
curt manner Of answering irish quesllohs
has caused offense frequently 10 Irlsh
members. and has led to open threats
that the>Irish would combine ana make
his most too hot for him. But In private
conversation with the Irish leaders As
ouith has made good his public short
comngs. and has restored bis friendly re-
lations with the Nationalist.
CHAMBERLAIN A CONSERVATIVE.
Joseph Chamberlain's acceptance Of the
presidency Of the local Constitutional Cluo
marks decisively his entrance into the
Conservative ranks. Whatever prtteh-
slons 10 Liberalism he may make here
after will De regarded as hardly genu-
inc.
The Government inquiry into the Dab
lin dynamite plot ia conducted under the
explosives act which enables the court
10 be held behind closed doors. The po-
lice In Dublin have unusual privileges Ia
making domiciliary visits ana arrestng
eusnicious characters. The inquiry made
under the act into the outrage in EX-
change Court, Dublin. last Christmas. re-
suIted in nothing, and the present inquiry
bids fair to be az futile.
stories that London IS in an Anarchist
scare. and that the Ministers now nave
sneciaI police protection, have been
started. but they are all false. There is
no fear here OF dynamite campaign ana
the members Of the Cabinet go about as
freely and as fearlessly as ever.
RUSSIA AND THE DARDANELLES.
Commons that II Russia obtains free
massage for her feet through the Darda-
nelles. other Powers must have the same
privilege. but his declaration has not re-
moved the prevailing suspicion that Rus
ala aims to secure and keep this priv
lege for herself alone. The Speaker pub
fishes a special dispatch from CONSTANT
NOBLE TO the effect that Russia and France
are acting in concert to obtain this privi-
lege. as well az some others, and have
made the Turkish authorities believe that
the other powers, including England
viii not resist the Franco-Russian de-
mand otherwise than by diplomatic pres
sure. IT is an accepted opinion at the
Golden Horn says the correspondent, that
Turkey, unless backed by the armed
force Of the Powers. must open the
straits to Russia alone, and thus make
due obeisance to the Mistress OF Con-
stantinople. and all but the Mistress OF
the Mediterranean. The Speakers COM
ment upon the dispatch is: THE free
passage Of all fleets through the D1rla-
nelles must be secured. The end of Rus
sia's supremacy upon the Black sea
would be a boon TO Bulgaria and Rou-
u. hA "a