New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-27


DANGER OF RAMS.
Try CABLE TO TIVE TRlBUxKJ
Copyright: 1893 Bg The Tribune Associa'ion.
London, Aug. 26.-Thc Home Rule bill is now
entering upon its closing scenes by the use Of the
guillotihe, which has left majority of the
words in the measure absolutely nndiscusSed
The bill has now reached the stage Of the third
reading. il is intended To take the final vote in
the Commons next Friday To do this the closure
will lie again applied if necessary On September
4 the bill will be read for the first time in tho
Lords without opposition. The second reading
stage will not 60 beyond four days. and will end
In the rejection Of the measure Lord Devon
ehires amendmcn,. Though the publ" is becomins
weary Of this Home Rule controversy every
week provides frcsh matter 70. serious reflection.
even TO those who are tied to the Gad>tonian
chariot.
The fresh d'vclor'nont Of the which TO
be applied TO the report stage this week has
hitherto been spoken of Now that more dras-
tic fdrm of closurc has been put into force than
furue :he second reading, even the Radicals may
we'll pause and ask where such precedent as
this form of dictatorship may land them 1t
NAV sui. the purposes of to-day when they are
in power, bur whenever the Conservatives re-
turn TO Office il will he open to them to apply
the rod which Mr.. Glad>tone's own hands have
fashioned The Spectator' on this point SAYS
that for tie irst time in the history of Para-
ment, since Cromwell arbitrarily broke up the
Commons, il has not been allowed To the Oppo
stion even so much as Ia vote amendmcnts
without discussion of them. ST Mr. Gladstone's
word amendments have been swept away like
GUNNER leaves. Tho superstitious constitutional
ist, who has moved Heaven and earth 10 get free
parliamentary utterance for Ireland, waves his
hand and all the corresponding rights Of the larger
island disappear The tyranny OF tho dictator at
tracts TODAY more attention than the actual
clauses under discussion. As every succeeding line
developed new disicultics and showed the imprac
tcahility Of Mr. Gladstones problem, the resources
of craftsmanship gave place to the methods of
an autocrat.
Of the bill itself public opinion is sick and
weary 1t may be pleasant entertainment TO
witness Mr. Chamberlain night after night pin
out his opponents fiat upon tho table, see him
self come cIopper when Sir William llarcourt
ccnfrouts him with his own arguments about the
majority ruling. 1t is highly gratifying TO the
Opposition to find Mr.. Gladstone and his hcnch-
nen contradicting each other. and none apparently
understanding how this or that clause will ulti-
mately operate. The BILL rs shown by Mr.
Alorleys 10 Sir Charles Dixie laNt night Is
incomplete and both within and without the Com
mons everything done to it s regarded as beating
the air. The fate OF the bill is sealed Another
fortnight will see its death and buria..
For the moment the Government is more con-
.Ierned to know what they shall do IN regard 10
Fan autumn session. There is d necessity OF some
thing being done. and yet the Ministers fear
the power of the Opposition. Mr.. Gladstone may
thave TO closure the supply ii he insists on the
,Oommons rising by he END Of September in order
Ito reassemble in November. but he cannot gag
the Opposition upon the items Of this November
programme. He cannot plead, as he has done
in the case OF Home Rule that there is any man
date from the country to deal with registration,
parish councils eight hours, employers liability.
local veto, or any of those other schemes which
intended as sop 10 his cgionares. and 70 attract
Liberal votes at the next election. The ordinary
leession of 1893 has been Il barren one. The
autumn session Will be equally barren if the OPP
posttion stick to heir guns, az they certainly
seem disposed 10 Go It is their great object to
secur~ appeal 10 the country the Home
Rule issue alone. Now that tho real scope OF
Home Rule has been diculged, il rests entirely
with themselves whether not that object is to
be accomplished.
Though the French elections passed quietly, tho
results have been very decisive in some Of their
aspects. Boalangism has been swept OF the
board. The Monarchiste and BonapaItiots return
in red FED numbers. and the Republican party
have, tisaout the second ballots. which are sure
10 inordase their number, gained siAtythree seats
Unfortunately the Socialists increased also though
in less degree but the election of an able, sober.
clever spcak~, like VI. jules Gueslo is sure to be
Of great advantage to them, even without the
Radicals, who Will Otter their vote in the
Socialist scale. The Moderate Republicans have
lust a bare majority over all other factions com
hncd France ought, therefore to expect mOrr
stable government in the near future than We
have witnessed for many years. Should this
vroyc to be- the case, that circumstance will
areatly strengthen the position Of France in tho
syes Of Russia. Hitherto the last-naned power
az never been able to trust France in maintain
.ag a continuity Of policy. In order to please
,,me Of their violent supporters French Ministers
we th,own many a sop to CerbcrIs whom Rus
an statesmen would not have fed, but have
,hippc6 with scorpions. The foreign policy of
rance might oftener have been more III accord
wi IN Russian views lad the French Ministers been
mere firmly seated in their own saddle at home
One Of che fruits of the elections then, will be to
strengthen Franco Russian relations. In fact we
ear tbs nornng that negotiations have already
Seguu between ST. Petersburg and Paris for rais-
5aS another Russian loan, which /, the more Sig
niAc,nt when We learn simultaneously that faris
looks very coldb on the proposed new Italian
Joan.
At home the relations of the Government toward
the Catholic Church are likely to be improved
Tue Popes letter has evidently not been without
ssieot, The elections have shown that France tie /
mes religious peace and more humdrnm poiicy. /
1t Is singular feature oil the returns that all /
those who were besmirchcd by the Panama Canal )
frauds have been r-elected and those who sought
10 purge the Chamber have been defeated Pan
ANA has produced little effect at the polling
booth lis grim shade has bceu 1XOrclsrd by