New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-01
THE NEWS OF LONDON.
MIR GLADSTONE'S DECLARATION OF POLICY
IN HIS EDINBURGH SPEECH.


LIBERAL UXIoNIsTs-TnE
COAL STRIKES.
tBY CABLE TO TRIgUSEJ
Copyright: 1893; Bp The tribune Association.
IonCcn, Sept. 3O.-Mr. Gladstones Edinburgh
speech aroused expectation which IL "iu
not altogether satisfy Its INDICATIONS
Of policy were indefinite. There was
nothing new in his declaration 'i"'
the autumn session would see "iiid,
ment dealing with the Employers LiaoI'S anu
Parish Council bills, and that the latter wouiu
be extended TO Scotland His language respect
ing Home Rule was oracular, for he sala inc
next session will not pass without seeing tnis
subject again appear above the waves ahiiusV
which il has for the moment seemed 10 louhuer'
II is asked is the old bill TO be rem
,rod lccd ?" Even so. there remain thrcc-fourths
of its clauses for discussion, and therefore ahpie
material TO occdpy another entire session WIN
all his ingenuity, the old parliamentary hand can
not quite frame another new proposal so that the
changes will be i'm manner rather than in matter
Mr. Gladstone admitted frankly that England
lad declared AGAINST his bill. and that the details
lad never becn submitted to the electorate, but
he asserted that the people OF "reat
Britain had shown the least dlspo-
.;tion 70 20 into the details, and were willing
10 leave them to the discretion of Parliament
Further as TO the English majority OF 40
against the measure. they We're at any rate fewer,
laid br than the 200 majority who dc-
clared against Home Rule in 1886, and the irish
ration we're five 10 one in its favor. Mr..
Gladstone's description of the functions OF
the Lords will afford theme for critics
like Earl Grey and the Duke of Argyle. lie
came very near saying that the rights OF the
peers were merely abstract, and their duty lmiteu
TO saving ditto" 10 the Commons Their claims
10 force dissolution were high treason, said ne,
10 the Nations title to be selt-Governed country
So long as these peers will not make them
selves barrier in the way of reform he VIII not
interfere with them. If, however. they refuse
10 work like other parts of the Constitution,
then they must count upon losing their
independent, irresponsible existence. III 'heS
hiring about a dissolution, Mr. Gladstone declares
too late they may lament that they ever raised
the issue. But there no conspicuous signs oil
discomfort with the House of Lords OUTSIDE the
newspapers No public meeting has been promoted
against that body. few aboiltionists ulaS
blame Mr. Gladstone for not Immediately starting
an agitation. but the country declines 70 pe
,ci,ated Mr. Gladstone las enough on
hand without attempting TO mend or end
the Lords If he contemplstes, as now
seems the case. Scotch as we'll as Welsh discs
tabIishn,ent, the Eight Hours bill, local option
without compensation of publicans, and measures
restoring evicted tenants there will be no spare
moments for taking In hand that dangerous IN
stitutiop, the House of Lords. Furthermore
Mr.. Gladstone distinctly declines 10 lead
such crusade at the present moment.
since Parliament rose for the brief holiday
the Irish members have returned to their native
land, and the internal jealousies which en-
ist among them have once more burst for'n.
The light which has been thrown upon the
movement for releasing the Paris funds once
more shows the rvalrics of the factions II
Messrs Mccarthy, O'Brien and Dillon couid nave
settled with the Parnellitcs for elGOoo, wuch
sum represented the liabilities due 10 certain
members of the Redmondite ranks at the time of
the great split, c24,0 900 would still be available
for evicted tenants, but Mr.. Timothy liealy broke
away from this arrangement. lie denounced u
as surrender to what he evidently considered the
fictitious claims of men who would use these
funds against the Natonalists. He knew moth
ing of these negotiations with the Rednondites,
but ne was prepared to enter into arbitration
under conditions which he named. This declara-
ton led 10 protest by Mr.. Condor. In ono OF Mr.
Ol,rien's speeches he used language respecting
the present Government which Mr.. Gladstone
would do well TO note. Mr. O'Brcn had obtained
a promise, he sail, that the Government wSuid
make the evicted tenants question their own, and
bring in bill at the next session. II he thought
Mr. Gladstone was playing false, the Irish party
would drive him from Office, but personally Mr..
O'f,rien did not wish to reinstate Mr.. Balfour IN
Dublin Castle
Perhaps the most notable utterance OF the week
has fallen from the lips Of Mr.. Harrington, who
declared that every man Of common sense in Ire
land knows the Home Rule bill as il now stands to
he dead, and any attempt to revive the question
must be q new measure.
II is not clear il Mr.. Gladstone can brinG FOR
ward the Home Rule bill it now .tands IN the
House of Lords II is far more likely that
he will rely upon closure in order to rush the
measure through the Commons toward the END OK
the session. Tactics like these will lead TO stone
wallng by the Opposition, and we may have
more desperate scenes than were experienced taIs
wear Foreseeing these contingencies, the Op-
position is preparing for an electoral campaign.
They realize that many circumstances point to
the possibility OF general election next year,
and desire to be prepared for that event. Ger
tain leaders among the Conservative party have
already begun to negotiate, at any rate
discuss, the prudence Of preparing the party for
a radical departure when constituting the new
Conservative government. 1t amounts 70 an
insistance that a substantial portion of tho
spojls Of Office shall be given 10 the Liberal
Unionist leaders.
1t is partly in consequence of these projects and
the discord they have created in at least ore
quarter that we hear Of Sir John Gorst having
seized upon the control of the new Australian
party. Sir John Gorst is not an Australian. His
only connection with the colonies was as native
commissioner in the New. Zealand Var.
The Opposition leaders are just now widely
scattered. Lord Salisbury is at Dieppe. Mr..
Chamberlain is crossing the Atlantic for brief
visit TO the United States Mr.. Balfour is playing
his favorIte game of golf in Berwckshre' where
Mr. Goschen is visiting lin. Next week Mr.
Goschen ,vilI lave the more genial occupation Of