The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-02-01
TALKING HOME RULE.
Gladstone's Measure Discussed in
the British Parliament.
BALFoUR AssAILs THE MINISTRY.

He Chargea That Dynamiters Are Being
MIR. Gladstone Vigorously Defends the
Liberal Position.
LONDON, Feb. In the house Of lords
yesterday several new peers, including
Lord Playfair, took the oath prescribed
FOR new members Of the house. The Prince
OF Wales and his son, the Duke of York,
had seats on the cross bench. They re-
maincd through part of the debate on the
address in reply to the queens speech.
Lord Brassey moved the adoption of the
address, His motion was seconded by Lord
Thring, who made an effective allusion to
the home rule bill of 1886, which, he said,
he had prepared con amore and not as a
mere official duty. Before receiving in
structions from Mr.. Gladstone regarding
| the measure, he had arrived at an indepen-
dent conclusion that home rule was the
only remedy for the troubles in Ireland.
| Lord Salisbury who appeared in opposi-
| tion, said he declined in the meantime to
| question the foreign policy of the govern
ment. So far as known in the absence of
| official papers the policy of the new min
istry seemed to be founded on sound
| principles. Touching upon the question
of home rule for Ireland, Lord Salisbury
tillt lue one ObJeCl Ol JIe government
| during the past six months had been to
| get the support of a class of men whom
hitherto no politicians in England had to
conciliate The keynote of the Irish policy
! OF the government was to get the support
| of the criminal law class. The provisions
necessary to maintain the law had been re
| pcaled. Though agrarian crime was not
prevalent generally, yet in districts where
| it did prevail the hands of the law were
| paralyZed. The prcrogutive of the crown
had been used to shield murderers and re-
lease dynamiters. All the acts of the gov
| ernment caused the impression that they
were much more in sympathy with crimi-
mails than desirous of vindicating the law.
| The reference in the queens speech TO
| home rule was the most peculiar sentence
! he had ever seen in n public document 1t
! seemed to indicate that the governments S
opinion of the whole Irish question with
which parliament had to deal was that it
was right for one portion of the Irish pop
ulation to place their heel on the neck of
the Protestant population.
BaIfour AssaiIs the Government.
| The house of commons was rather empty
/ during the early discussion on the speech
| but it filed like magic when Arthur
Balfour, first lord of the treasury in the
last Salisbury cabinet, and now leader of
| the Unionist opposition, arose somewhat
| languidly and, amid storm of opposition
| cheers, began in a sneering tone a general
! criticism of the government. He congrat-
ulated the cabinet upon the abandonment
! Of the policy to abandon Uganda, the pol
icy which had been so fervently recon-
| mended by the chancellor of the eXchequer
| before he attained his present office. In
their Egyptian policy Mr. Balfour said the
ministers could rely upon the support Of the
-s.s H. - I1-..
rights, He trusted the government would,
at their earliest convenience, let parli,i-
ment know the causes which led to the re-
cent troubles in Cairo Among the causes
| undoubtedly were the rash utterances
made by the prime minister and the chief
secretary for Ireland when they were in
the opposition. Both were to blame for
raising hopes which would certainly be
I nrnductiye of future difficulties.
| Mr.. Balfour then denounced the evicted
tenants commission as so unfairly coa-
| stituted that they We're incapable of pre-
senting n trustworthy report He de-
manded that the home secretary should
say whether or not the release Of Egan and
Calan, the Irish dynamitCrs, was part Of
policy of amnesty intended to involve
the release of all the Irish dynamiters, and
he charged Mr.. Morley, Irish secretary,
with having used the crown prerogatiye
for political purposes.
Mr.. Gln'lstone's Reply.
Mr. Gladstone was eheered loudly when
he rose to answer Mr.. Balfour. He had
noticed, he said. that, with the continued
growth of legislative arrears, the eagerness
of the country for vigorous legislation in
creased He had decided to lose no time,
therefore, in satisfying this eageruess. He
would secure the appointment Of royal
commission to inquire into the Welsh land
question. He reproached Mr.. Balfour for
assailing with iufammatory criticism a
bill not yet introduced and for doing his
utmost to prejudice the minds of his fol
lowers against a plan of home rule of which
he was still ignorant.
Mr. Balfour has asked where there was
an empire which had been strengthened by
the adoption of local autonomy. Mr.
Gladstone replied that, Is Lord Salisbury
had done some years ago, he would point
to Austria Hungary as an illustration ap.
plicable to the case of Great Britain and
Ireland. He would also point to the
British colonies, which sixty years age
were ruled from London, but demanded
separation until self government finally
was granted.
He would not reply to Mr.. Balfour's In.
vective against Mr.. Morley's administra
tion of Ireland, except to say that the wise
policy of clemency had been simultaneous
with great decrease of agraran crimes
He did not believe that in his long par
iiamentary career he had ever uttered
words so rash and dangerous as were those
uttered by Mr.. Balfour concerning the
difficulties In Egypt These words had
seemed to suggest that the government
would lose no time in getting out of Egypt
MIR. Balfour rose and repudiated tbs
charge that he had suggested the proba
| Of n hnS
Upon resuming, Mr. Gladstone said that
the government had not now time to con
slider the question of occupation, bu
merely the maintenance of order. The re
lations of the two governments had now
been placed ON a satisfactory footing ant
further trouble was noe appehended
In his speech Mr.. Gladstone showed
plainly that he had been irritated by Mr.
Balfour's taunts. The tones OF his voice
indicated deep mitigation and his gesture
were rapid and violent, especially when Ii,
repudiated the impuiation that roya
clemency had been used for political pur
poses in the cases of the Irish dynamiter
and the Gweedore prisoners.
After Mr.. Gladstone's speech the houc
adjourned.
Denouncing Gladstone's Measure.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Irish Nationa
League of America issues an address dc
scribing Glatistone's home rule bill as =
mere mass of legal yerbiage intended t
give no satisfaction to any party. Ever
should the bill pass it would only plac
Ireland on a still lower level.p
Ex-Governor Thayer's Poverty.
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