New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19

he did not believe 10 be true Iiut all this was
allowed to pass Which is the moro insulting. TO
say Of a Member of Parliamen; that he is paid
for his services. or TO say that he lies? Mr..
Dillon declared that The Timcss" article was
composed in pursuance of one of the most in
famous Of conspracies. cowardly, base, I'M
scrupulous conspiracy, which for ten years this
journal has carried on by tho most INSCRIPTIONS
and ruthless means conspiracy which they
constructed upon calumny and forgery. To!erably
strong lanrnagr that But no testimony is needed.
Everybody knows what sort Of language these
sensitive gentlemen think themselves entitled 10
use OF others. There is not on either side Of
tho House a leading Minister or eN-Mnistcr Of
whom they have not often alleged tie most dlead-
ful things.
But. as said. these to the Irish minds only 81
many rcas,ns why they should play practical
Joke on the Saxon. That is what they dld on
Thursday. They did it very clevcrly. very sol
cmnly, very passionatcly. at a white heat OF IN
dignant virtue. The House. easily misled on
questions touching its dignity, lent ltscH 10
the comcly. THE Tines was ccnslred. lhc
GREAT journal nevertheless kept it, head, and was
mindful of is own dignity. II withdrew next
morning tho statement based on Lord Wolncr'
and cApresscd regret for il. To the rest Of it,
article IT. adhered. II offered no apology to the
House None was dLc. The great journal does
not bow its head TO the censurc so hcedles'N
voted. II protests in its own nam" ana IN IN"
name Of the press II claims the liberty OF Tree
and reasonable speech and of criticism 1t claims
expressly, and rca>sertS the right, 10 discuss the
question whether Irish Members are pad, ana
where the money comes from. II meets me
ccn>lre of the House with n scarcely vcilcd
menace that il might be driven i'll sclf-dci'nc"
to stop reporting the proceedings Of IN" House.
a menace not without effect, since no other journal
does report them fully and the House knows TO
what extent il is in cht,d 10 this journal Tor It's
influence upon the public. In a word The
Tines stands upon It's rights, and It's attitude
| toward Parliament is Of dccorons defiance.
II was thought that further notice would be taken
| in the House yesterday but was. Wiser
counscls prevacl, and once more Is 1t true that
the House cmcrgcs from conflict with IN"
press without cIcGit TO itself aid not without some
loss Of authority arI prestige.
The English press finds now and then time to
cast glance at the big colony across the Atlantic
and 10 note the progress of Canadian opinion
| toward union with the United States Pretty
| commonly r is some saying or some act of Fro
| fossor Godwin Smith which fixes this English
gazo Surprising as il no doubt is 10 the native
horn citizen Of the Dominion, Professor
| Goodwin Smith who T. after all but
an immigrant, ia their most attractive hgnr"'
He - also, in the opinion of London pap'r'
which. unlike many Of its contemporaries really
has opinions, surprising hGur" lie surprises
"1he Chronicle" because while a profcssed friend
of England. he is at the same time president "'
the Political Union Club That fact has made Us
| way over here. The Chronicle which Is IN
| favor of disunon between England and Ireland,
| is opposed 10 disunion A. between EnQlanh ana
! Canada To advocate the annexation Of Canada
70 the United States is, in is Judgment. some
what treacherous step, and Professor "'Id"ll
Smith is naturally enough held responsible for
the manifesto OF the organization over which he
presides. go,
However. he. and perhaps you and Hssihv
| ,bo Canadians themselves will hc consocd N
| know that though cannot hav" ana We
| certainly do not want Canada against her VIII
she may cut herself adrit from England wien
| cycr she likes and no force VIII d" us"d u
prevont her There is in ENGLAND, SAYS 'his Jour
nal. but one opinion on that subject, state
mcnt which is practically accurate. No states
man. no politician. has OF late years adV'c'".
the nsc of force 10 keep Canada. Sh" Is "'V"'
miles away, and her secession would neither
| shake nor menace the British Empire
The weekly crisis in French politics haS o"'c
moro disappointed the minor prophets Not Ten
dovs have missed since we were told that tho
| moral authority Of the Ribot Ministry was gone
NJ Cavaignac's speech had shaken this CABINET L"
| its foundations Its collapse was but question:
Of days But tho Cabinet still declines 10 COL
lapsc Thursdays debate, II is true, was ho' IN
| pcct.d to bring about a catastrophe u WAS IN
prossly arranged as the custom Is In the frchcn
| Chamber. and perhaps in some other ChanpcfS'
"a prevent or 10 postpone n catastrophe I"o u
| NJ Ribot and his colleagues wer" In that 'n'ri
bund condition OF which ovcr-san2n 2nin" pi'ph''''
| ~ OWL told us whence came the strength OIL thlN
apppal 10 tho Chamber? The truth Is VI hl""'
wool, by week has shown resource, political sons
firm courage and other useful qualities Ills I''i
Confidently forctold at least three times, his each
time been avcrtcd by his own abilities ana ior''
Of character. 1t so on THURSDAY in'
cavairnac impulse has for tho present spent i'S
force The fear OF dissolution il stu strong
npon the majority and there is s'ill eooo p'o'-
ect Of life before the Ribot Ministry, 80 long az
n Eibot aud NJ. Carnot are of one mnd.
'' G.. W. S.