New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
.crssION OF MR. GLADSTONE'S HOME
RULE BILL

-,srRE-MR BRYCE-LORD WOLMER AND
THE IRISH MEMBERS ENGLISH
VIEWS OF THE CANADIAN CUES
TIoN-FRENCH POLITICS.
'py CABLE TO IHE TRlBuSEl
.oryr,qnt 1893: Ry The Tr'ou"e As'oeid'ion.
rnndon. Feb lS.-Since MIR. Gladstone moved
l.. leave on Monday to Introduce his Homo Rul"
w there have been four NIGHTS Of dchatc on
w. W.. omazinc measure. Mr.. Ralfour. Lord Ran
,',.h Churchill. Mr. Courtney, Mr.. Chamberlain
Nr Goschpn have criticised il. Mr.. Bryce,
=. campbell Bannerman and Mr.. John Morley
o. o.. defondod il and further eHpoun1"d som" ci
:. nom,s The two wings of the Irish Nation
Wa, Mr.. Sexton speaking for one, and Mr.. Rcd
- for the other have bestowed their blessing
. the bill. blessings not unminclcd at tlmo-
r,b an Athanasan favor. hut still. on the
rhole blessings The guerr!las have been near'
.,r and Mr. Labouchere himself has avowed lls
.n,,o.a 70 support his revercd leader. lie. like
-. 1r;sb means 10 mako havoc of some of its
.,yusas in committee. but the important la'' i
.a, al sections of the Gladstonian majority are
r,w prepired 10 vote for IN" second fedolhS.
Wa,oo the general imprc c5sion which have stated
!, another dispatch. that th" second reading VIII
bs carried
All frs is before any hpN '"'Nl'- wv '|'' '
49,, evan The text Of the bill. The criticisms upon
',t.ve nroccedcd upon Mr.. Gladstone's description
:, che r,easnre None of them have been, so far
=, onc main point is concerned, 50 damagng a.
-, own Nobody has explained more clearly tine
aieculties in the way of retaining the Irish Mem
t. o, Westminster Nobody seems more CON
.;.ooa that they are nSuficrable The general
,.I;ot ia that Mr. Gladstone is still. as he was
!, 1855 onposed 10 the continued presence OF the
I,;oh - Westminster and yields AGAINST his o~'n
;,arment n the demand of his followers. what
\. said on Monday was in vein very nnnsna
N him II is not his habit 70 arGuc against MN
self Others have shown in more detail the prac-
,;cal effect Of the presence of an alien pody oil
sicb,v members in the Iiouee OF Commons Inc
I,;sb ere I, bp masters both at Dnbhn ana al
Westminster They are not TO vote on Engilsh
hills hut they 1rc 10 vote in and ont Ministries
who ara 10 determine the whole character VI
,.rislation for Eneland and to settle what pilIs
shall be brought in. They are 70 vote on 'h'
Budget ard the Budget more often than any
other question makes or mars Ministry
Ianybodv understands the procedure ana Dust
ness Of the House Of Commons il IL Lord Kan
doph Churchill who led it with consnnma'c
ability. You retain in your own Parliament
said Lord Randolph. eighty Irish members WHO
will he arle 70 force concessions from you on
every point TINT is valid to them NO "onoer
the Irish accept this hill. The oil as 1t Is gives
them far more than they ever hoped 10 oo'aih'
and IL gives them the power OF obtaining every
thing else.
On This AZ on the other six main points OF the
hill the impression left by Mr.. Gladstones speech
remains Not much has been added or altered
by the supplementary explanations OF his lleu-
tenants. but one or two things are clearer Ihah
Ae ieft them, and or two omissions nave
beer made good. 1t is perfectly true, as sald
on Monday, that he did not mention the land.
But he told Sir Edward Clarke few minutes
later that he had forgotten it, and that the
Imperial Parliament would retain jurisdiction
OYER the Irish land question for three years
ro, what nurposc To settle il somehow? IL
secpre IN the landlords what rights are lei
themo To prevent ultimate coniscatlon' None
Of all these things. Mr.. Morley declared last
night that matters would remain as they are now
subject 70 being dealt with If any emergency
arose With him and with Mr.. Gladstone, as
have before reminded Won, some efficient sale
rpard AGAINST the legislative spoliaton Of 1risl
landlords was once point of honor. IheH
themselves described il as such Nlr Gladstone
IN 1856 declared that his Land Purchase bill wa
an inseparable part of his Home Rule scheme
II was soon separated. II is now totally aban
doned Well might Mr.. Balfour say that nono
had gone by the board.
The root OF the Irish question is the land
Mr. Gladstone himself so regarded IL seven year
ago On Monday he contrivcd to eXpound dur
ing two hours and quarter brand new measnr
Of Home Rule. without any allusion to the land
and his hill contains no provision whatever fo
dealing with il or ary hint of protectlo
to landed property in Ireland. II is iea
Of political legerlermein absolutely withou
parallel
The veto. II is now admitted is to be eNci
cised If at all. hy the viccroy on the advic
Of his Irish Cabinet II therefore ceases I
be veto. Imperial supremacy is. in Mr.. Ba
four's words, barren declaration. Mr. "iao
Stone told tho House with solemnity that h
had put il in the preamble a more rcverentla
acknowledgements Of a radical and cardinal prin
ciple He was ut once reminded by the ON
Socitor-Generel almost rudcly, that In constru
ing an act of Parliament the judges pal" 10 a.
tention 10 the preamble Mr. Gladstoncs sol
method Of enforcing il is ny appeal 10 the I'N
Council on motion Of the Niccroy or the HON
Secrctav The Vceroy can only act on 'ho d
vice Of his Irish Calinct. tn" Home Necre'a'
will be one Of I Ministry dependent on IN" No''
Of that Irish contingent of eighty who arc 10 !
retained at Westminster. The phras" when LOT
Randolph Churchill applied 10 the whole pollc
OF dsrupton aprlics TO this part OF u nl"H
!orcibly of all-thc great betrayal Nor has 'ner
leen since Monday from any quarter any ni''' q
help for Ulster or for the Protestant fnl"ofi'
scattered all over Ireland. They are 10 Nc r"''
By the Catholic majority, and the Cathonc w
Nhty means the priests. One organ oi rn2'''
rfc'es,antism, The Pritish Weekly o"J'Vr
hat is, 50 far as know, the single Noho"'
iorris voice Mr. Morley, whose genius u
Political paradox develops with rapidi'y' mas
teog Of his own on this subject, as Oh n'o'
Others. The way 10 hattie priostly uSufpd'io
Is In his Judgment to set up ParlIamen. "'''''
"ntrol of the priests. ,,o,
The bill is TO be printed to-day MT. 'io'