New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13

LIsM-ELEt TOWERING IN FRANCE
-IHE SOCIALISTS AT ZURICH
YACHT RACES.
tBY TnE TRIBuxE)
eepyrtgn,; .so3 Ry The Tribune As.oc,anon.
London, Aug l2.-If yOu care for the true in
xardness of this Home Rule business YOU will
do we'll now and then TO take look at what
goes on in Dublin we'll as at Westminster.
The Parnelte convention held in Dublin last
Wednesday is from this point Of view full of in
nruction, and from any point of view of enter
tanmcnt. 1t is true, the Parnellitcs are as
compared with the Ant-Parnclites. in a minor
ity at Westminster. 1t is true they have the
Irish Roman Catholic priests against them. and
are therefore for the present in minority in
Ireland itself. But l apprehend that these nine
or ten Parnelite members Of Parliament do,
nevertheless, express certain points the true
feeling of the whole Nationalist party. They
can express il more freely because they rnn less
,;.k of compromising the English Ministry with
the English people Of putting the Ministers
IN minority in the House on some critical vote.
They have on more occasions than one taken
,be lead of the whole Nationalist wing, and forced
The Anti-Parnrlljtes to follow them The
stronger section cannot afford to he outbid in
violence by the weaker, for they have an Irish
public opinion to deal WITH animated, as Mr..
Dillon said in a moment of frankness, by an un-
changing passion of hatred 10 England For
these and other reasons it is that Mr.. Redmond
and his associates sometimes fling prudence TO
the winds and disclose to an admring pub'c
what is really passing in their minds.
They did so at Dublin on Wednesday. They
held a convention of delegates from the branches
Of the National League throughout Ireland. with
Mr.. John Redmond himself in the chair and they
made speeches and passed resolutions which shat
ter some Of the main pretexts on which Mr. Glad
stone recommends his present Home Rule bin to
the people of England Tic bill, says Mr.. Glad
stone, although some of its most vital provisions
have now become confessedy experimental ana
temporary, is final settlement as between Eng
land and Ireland. II is not final. say Mr. Red-
mond and the Dublin convention No measure
will be accepted as final which docs not en-
body Mr. Parnell's minimum. What was Mr..
Parnell's minimum? An Irish Parliament with
full powers over Irish affairs. including the land
question. and subject only to the veto of the
Crown on the advice of an Irish Executive itself
dependent on the Irish Parliament with full
control, also OF the judges, magistrates ana con-
etabuary Every one of these conditions Is
absent from Mr.. Gladstones bin.
The convention declares, moreover, against the
degrading and petty restrictions by which the
new Dublin Legislature is hampered and against
the reservation to the Imperial Parliament "i
power over Irish taxes and "over so many other
interests of paramount Importance in the develop
ment of the Irish nation" That is revolt
against all the safeguards by which, illusory
as they are, Mr.. Gladstone seeks 10 reconcile the
English people to the creation of an independent
Legislature for Ireland
They protest with equal vigor against the re-
duction of the number of Irish representatives at
Westminster They stgmatize the whole Glad
stonian scheme as containing little beyond the
mere assertion of the principle Of Home Rule to
commend il 10 the Irish Nationalists. Finally
they solemnly proclaim that no settlement Of the
national question can be satisfactory so long as
a single Irish political prisoner languishes In an
English jail Political prisoner" is the accepted
Irish euphcmism for the convicted dynamlters ana
assassins .vhom the Home Secretary has, with
more than equal soemnity. pledged himself ana
Mr Gladstones Government never 10 let loose.
On all tlI.se points therefore, and for all these
various and vital reasons, MIR. Gladstone ana 'he
Parnellites are at variance Their views ana
their respective positions are CONTRADICTORY nos
tile totally irrcconcilable II the Anti-Parneiii'eS
were equally outspoken il wonld be found that
on many if not on al these points they agreca
with the Parnellites.
Tie two Irish wings agree on one point. IHeS
will take what they can get one wing aVo"'hs
that they take il as an instalment only anu '''c
other wing maintaining discreet silence mus
q l. bo,od. may the English public De hoodwinked :
and thus is a measure TO DE- onered I'D i'e'""'
which one speaker at the Dublin convention stliS
more openly denounced as an Insult ana rauu
on the Irish people.
Portions of the Home Rule bill have been de-
bated over again this week on the report stage
stage which Mr. Gladstone handsomely uo
ecrbed as intended 10 give second opportunity
for considering matters decided IN 'om'hi'"e'
Notable among the points newly discnss'u Is '''c
Ninth Clause providing Tor the retehIioh vi
eighty Irish members sN Westminster. Mr.. Macart-
pe, r,o,ed IN omit that clause. The motion gave
Mr. Gladstone an opportunity of explaining, u ne
could why he broke his Manchester pedSe. Inc
expanation if il can be so caiieo, IL ''' vi" ~
The opjnion Of the country III looo an" Vi '''
Houso q, Commons now had condemned the ex-
clusion of the Irish members lee" -
~,.s ro,,or . vital condition of Home Rule. 1t
was only an organic detail i"''cio'' ,
Gladstone abandoned his original view an"
sdor,od ,h. nrevailina view. The bill must DE-
nsssod /, some shape. The Home Rule goai hao
10 he reached even over a pathway strewh WIN
the fragments Of principles once proiessed anu
with broken promises. ,uo,,, ,,,.
81 am tainted with having deviated from "'s
original pu,,ose.s said Mr. Gadstone oii' ho'
He was taunted with having given al Man0"''','
In 1856. and with having violated IN 1870 ii '"0
House. public, emphatic and most solemn p'cuse
that he would not he party 10 S'Ni"S - -
Legislature Of her and at the same 'i'"' .I,'a
ing Irish members in London acting anu 'O".
on English and Scotch business. mat Is VIVA.
he promised the people of England he wo"' ,no ~Ds
do, and that is what he has now done :,
promise is not denied. The binding ioIoe
Is not denied The breaking OF II Il DO, "''~
Mr. Mccartney made the charge IN the iio"" ,: