New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
.,,o,,s OPINIONS REGARDING THE DYNA-
MITE OUTRAGE IN DUBLIN.

QUESTION OF CID AGE PENSIONS-MR.
.nSroyE At TY-TnREE-EXPECTED
vrw.yEARS HONOR: - LORD HoUCH-
TON AND THE vICERoYALTY.
(W CABLE TO THE TRIDrSE.)
ro,vriqnt 1893: BIZ The Tribune association.
,.rdon. Dec Silt would be unkind, if not
...na 20 say that the journals which hate
-. Rule welcomed with ghOulish glee the en-
''-;oc in Dublin on Christmas Eve. Certainly the
rs'~,s Of comment, led off By The Times" had
y" n. prevalent note civilization over the al
VA rcbuf received by Mr.. Morley In his adj
~sr;s,rsfon at the Irish Office, as il happened
~. very morning after the Gweedore prison
h,d been released. The thing very
..,lv done. without prior intmatiOn made TO
81 ,ublic. or even to friends of the prisoners.
- the men had had their breakfast they
~. told that they were free to 60 forth. with
=. ,,oortunity to SPEND Christmas Day in the
- Of their families. That same night an
'~.,0sion took place on the premises of the Dub
- po,iee Office and cause and effect are boldly
IA in the columns Of q hundred Conservative
tunals o.so.
.h,s nosition which. on the face Of it, is
49, illogical: but 1T is still maintained with
-..,.ome iteration that the dynamite explosion
CHRISTMAS Eve sounded the death kncll of
v. J,b.ral policy in Ireland. In order TO main
..;, this point it is necessary, in defiance OIL
r.,ks's protest, TO frame an indictment against
-, since all classes and all sections OF every
..I,ral party in Ireland are unanimous In out
...t.n. indignant and almost despairlng con-
a.nnation OF the dastardly act
TN;. new position also has its difficulties, Dut
.rh. Times" is in its way. equal TO the occa-
10 !. records the national condemnation OF
-. outrage but plainly says that If the mis-
.-.or,s are not actually agents OF the Home
pr,. Marty. they have at some time or other been
...i. AZ its leaders. and that. though there be
Ave-, ,ow an cutlery of condemnation, when the
s-n,ro,s a,r captured the Irish members VIII
...;., unon their being treated leniently. ms
.h,-t NJ venomous party spite, reminiscent oil an
s.ooh ia which Pigott prominently figured Is
,,,,,r,ant only as affecting tie character VI an
.nanential section of English politicians
y.;,ber the crime nor the attempt made poii'l-
III ,o exploit il will have the slightest cncct
mon Ministerial policy HE home hu'e o',''
r.w anslk drafted. will be introduced IN feo-
MARY wholly uninfluenced by this untoward event
Il. tendency. if operative in any degree AS Dear
inc on the Home-Rule question. Will Ne IN .ho
direction Of fastening its settlement and hhaiN
uniting the Irish Nation in arms against the Few
,.ckless miscrcanfs who defame Ireland Inc
adherence already effected among the Irish peo-
Ma bv the recent changed attitude OF majority
AZ IRE English people ID strikingly illustrated by
comnarison of what has taken place this week
with what followed immediately upon the MUIR
a., Of Lord Frederick Cavcudish. AS compared
With the explosion in the Dublin Police OilicSr
and the incidental death of policeman. the
Ssnd;shlv deliberate act was UNNECESSARILY more
.bhorrent Yet the public reputation of 1t by
authorized opponents Of national opinion in Ire
land did not nearly approach the force and volume
Of that which during this week has eXecrated the
crime Of Christmas Eve. No one present IN the
House Of Commons on the Monday evening in
Nav. 1882. when il gathered under the freshly
fallen shadow Of the assassination in Phoenix
Park, will forget the intense movement OF curl
osity with which Mr.. Parnelns interposition in
In conversation was booked for Would he VENT
urc 10 dissociatc himself from and boldly de-
nounce what was at the time almost universally
believed to be a section OF his party? II was
with feeling OF relief breaking forth in gem
ersl cheer that the House heard the Irish leader
on the Part OF himself. and as he declared, on the
part OF every Irishnan throughout the world. eX-
press his dctestation Of the horrible crime j ir
nero fact that there was uncertainty as to the
precise measure Of condemnation which he would
find il possible or polite 10 indulge in vividly
Nlumines the situation of the hour aud contrasts
Il with the altered circumstances Of to-day.
There is n sentence in a speech Of Parncll de-
uvered a little more than ten years ago which
comprebeuds all that is to he said about this
latest outrage IL believe" he said in Il faltcr-
ing voice. THAT this crime in Phoenix Park has
been committed by men who detest the cause
with which am associated and who have devised
this murder as the deadliest blow in their power
to deal AT the hopes Of the Irish Parliamentary
party and at the new course which the Govern
Hent have taken
The announcement boldly billed by the news
papers on Thursday morning of the dynamite en-
ploson in New-York caused an unusual thrill OF
excitement. With the Dublin outrage still fresh
In mind, the conclusion naturally jumped at was
that the same agency at work across the
Atlantic. When the discovery was made that the
cssster was due 10 the careless and reckless
Stupidity Of workmen, papers and people turned
70 moraIize on the recklcssncss Of persons han
ofng dynamite and the inade1uacy Of the pre-
cautions taken for minimizing danger.
i~ appointment ol Royal Commission I'D III
quire into the system Of Poor Law Relief, with
special reference 10 cases where restitution IL
occasioned by incapacity for work resulting from
old age affords fresh evidence of the activity Of
ne new Government. The question is one
which is agita'ing the public mind with de
enej'y incrc s,ng persistence. Mr.. Chamberlain.
sdrewdly o5scrvant of the signs Of the times, had
marked ii for his own early in the year. lie
took counsel with en- informal committee OF en-
prs and formulated a scheme providing for old
age pensions. lie will not welcome the Com
MISSION, as it 10 calculated TO take the wind out
d his sails. Tia. the Commission being ap-
pcmted he should DC invited to join it was in
svt.blc. That le should find prcteXt for de-
sinine the invitation was probable. lie has
'eeh outmanoeuvred BY the inclusion Of the Prince
y Wales in the membership. To refuse to JON
commission Of which Ills Royal Highness is a
MEMBER would have been difi'cut for any pr0ml-