New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-26
THE NEWS OF EUROPE.
,.v INTERESTING DEBATE on THE ADMIN
1sTRATIoN OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND.
oesrRrcTIoN. FROM VARIOUS POINTS OF VIEW
LORD sALIsBURY-BEHR1NG SEA-
FRANCES WELCOME TO THE
AMERICANS
(BY CABLE TO THE TRiBrNR.)


london March 25-An obscure Scotch doctor
4 rsponsibe for the duel between the Ministry
md the Opposition which will occur on Monday.
NJ, Balfour had no intention OF moving vote
NJ censure: Mr. Gladstone evidently had no in
tention of challenging one. True, he used words
which Mr.. Balfour justified in regarding
challenge il he chose to hut they would have
passed as parliamentary bluff had not Mr. Cam
eron. OF Glasgow. jumped up and asked whether, It
. vote of censure were moved the Government
would not give day for IL. Mr.. Gladstone
nodded. and after that il was too late TO draw
hack on either side. Mr. Cameron was. for one
brief moment. hero. and the Gladstonans and
Radicals perhaps thought that Heaven had sent
them new leader. Reflection equally brief
showed them that their new IIeaven-scnt leader
had forced the unwilling hand of the leader
they had themselves chosen. and that the i'm
pulsive Glaswegian was all unwittingly taking
hand in Mr. James Lowther's game of obstruction
Mr. Camerons chances of stepping into Mr
GIadstone's shoes seem. therefore, remote. ii" Is
not even expected 20 speak in the debate he has
provoked. Monday is set apart for IT. the whoic
of Monday and the time available for business
during Holy Week is abridged to that extent
The poin. on which Mr. Balfour. thus driven 10
the wall elects TO deliver his attacks, Is the Iish
Administration, and more particularly the 'hic'
Secretary's exercise of that clcmency whlch ior
. second time this session he has declared 70 be
ana of the arts of government 1t is at any rate
ono Of the arts by which Mr. Morley seeks to
keen his Irish masters in good temper. The House
heard fresh instance of il this week. the foic'
case. which amid the howls and eNecrations oil
Nationalist Members was debated that same night.
Foley i. an ingenious youth who some three years
aco thought il would help to make Ireland Nation
De- ,fnfftGn
punpowder. The law and the courts took diff
ferent view, and Foley was sentenced to seven
wears, imprisonment The judge. being presently ap-
pealed to on the score of the convlcts youth ana
OF his mothers age said that he thought five
wears might do Thereupon Mr.. Morley released
him altogether, and now thinks il hard that his
discretion should be questioned. There Is not
suppose one human being in or out Of Ireland
who imagines that in Foey's case clemency would
have been invoked an art OF government, IL
his murderous outrage had not been directed
against a landlord. This it is which makes II
political offence like the offences of those dyna-
mi.ers still languishng in British dungeons, III
whose behalf Mr. Michael Breslin has just been
asking the sympathies of the American people.
Mr. Balfour's motion is drawn in very serious
terms lie will ask the House to say that the
action Of the Executive in condoning serious
force the law, are calculated to rcsuscitate tie
system of terrorism and intimidation which
formerly prevailed in the country, and to bring
the administration of the law into contempt.
The House will not say majority, not far
either way from 40, will reject Mr.. Balfours
motion The administration of the law and the
punishment of crime are In Ireland, like the art
of cemency, party questons and party ma
jority in the House Of Commons will at any
moment vote that black is white, or white
black But the debate will serve a purpose
II will once more call attention to state of
things which exists in no other civilized or half
civilized country
The Speakers rebuke 10 Mr.. James Lowther
for obstruction delights the good Glads'onlans
They elect 10 regard it as rebuke to the unonist
party In general. The good Gladstonians are the
obedent servants of the Irish Natlonasts whose
political importance dates from their adoption
OF systematic obstruction as parliamentary
policy That does not prevent them, any more
than it prevents the Irish themselves. from seeing
how wicked obstruction Is when practlsed by
others Still as Mr.. Lowther is in open mutiny
against his leaders, the effort 10 make his leaders
responsible for him does not meet with entire
Success The GladstOnan organ pumply says
the Opposition received a rebuke from the Speaker
such MS has seldom been administered to any
party. IL was not administered this occasion,
and the Speaker will hardly be flattered by %
euogy on his fairness based on an inaccurate
account of his conduct.
II there he any value in the cry of obstruction,
IT is not the Cnionists only who obstruct The
Radicals also Obstruct, and foremost among OBJ
structing Radicals is that artist in obstructionI
Mr.. Labouchere lie has told the House of Com
mons more than once that he is an expert in this
art, and he seems occasionally bent proving
his assertion Party discipline has been so effect
ually applied TO him that OH the direct issue Of
Home Rule he lis found in line with the party,
and follows his leader with some appearance Of
docility. Or perhaps it is not party discipline; it
may be the influence of the Spirit it may b. that.
In the pious phrase of Sir William Harcourt he
has found salvation on his own account 1t may
also be that he is reserving his efforts for Com
mittee. IL is in Committee that the mutinous
or discOntented member las most opportunities of
opposing while seeming TO support the policy of
bis party or the provisions OF particular measure.
Be that as il may Mr.. LabOuchere has been
using considerable freedom other ques-
tons than Home Rule, and most of all on
Uganda. His anxiety lest the British Empire be
too imperial bursts out in Uganda The effect
y somewhat different from his expectations Re-
newing his attack on the Government on Mon
day. he succeeded in rallying AZ votes in be-
half Of his Little England policy. That plus
one, may be taken as the present strength OF
the parochial party in the present House. Ii con-
tains the name of one leading Unionist. Mr..
Courtney who is, points, more Of
doctrinaire than statesman. The rest of Mr..
Labouchere's motley following is made up Of
dlscredited politicians like Sir Charles Dixie; of
fanatics, like Sir Willrid Lawson of Socialists,
Ike Mr. Burns. and Of such tried friends OF
the Empire as Mr.. Davitt. The majority. in
ciuding, OF course the great body Of Ministerial
ists and of Unionists. numbered 36s.
Such vote strengthens Lord Rosebery. whom
u Is one main object Of Mr. LabOuchere To weaken.