St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-01
GLADSTONE CHEERED.
Balfour Sneeringly Criticises
the Policy Of the New
Government,
And the Home Secretary
Asked to Explain the Re-
lease Of Dynamiteps.
Gladstone Loudly Cheered as
He Arose to Make His
Reply,
And Reproduced Balfour for
& Attacking a Bill Not Yet
~ introduced.

l. LONDON, Jan. 31.-The early evening
was passed in the house of commons in
giving notices of motions. Notice that
Mr.. Gladstone would introduce his home
rule bill next Monday elected prolonged
Liberal cheers. After the notice of the
contingent conclusion of the debate
on the address, Col. Nolan. Par
nellite member for North Galway.
tried to raise discussion OF
priestly intimidation in Ireland by
moving a suspension OF the issue
of the writ for South Meath, where Pat
rick Fullam, anti-Parnellite, was I'M
seated recently. Upon Mr.. Gladstone's
suggestion that he desired to expedite
the business of the house as much as
possible, Col. Nolan agreed to postpone
the motion. At $3.50 o'clock George
Lambert, Liberal member for the South
Motion division of DevOnshire. rose
to move the address. He spoke
to empty benches, as did also
Mark Beaufoy, Liberal, for the Ken
nington division of Lambeth, who Sec
onded the motion. The house filled like
magic, however, when Arthur j. Bal
four, first lord of the treasury in the last
Salisbury cabinet and now leader OF
the Unionist opposition, arose some
what languidly, and, amid a
storm OF opposition cheers. began
in sneering tone general criticism OF
the government. He congratulated the
cabinet upon the abandonment OF the
policy to abandon Uganda the policy
which had been so fervently recon-
mended by the chancellor of the
eXechequer (Sir William Vernon Har-
COURT before he obtained to his pres
ent office. In their Egyptian
policy, Mr.. Balfour SAID the ministers
could rely upon the support Of the OPP
position as long as they upheld British
rights. He trdsted the government
would, at the earliest convenience. let
parliament know the causes which led
to the recent troubles i'll Cairo.
Among the causes undoubted-
ly 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 productive of future diff
cullltS. MI. Dalloul eHoH
the evlcted tenants commission
as so unfairly constituted that
they were incapable of present
ing trustworty report. AS Mr..
Balfour proceeded with prolific stat e.
ment of his objections to the COVER
ment's policy, the interest of the house
waned perceptibly. Toward the close
of his speech he warmed again to his
snbiect. He demanded that the
home secretary should say wheth-
err or not the release of Egan and
Callan, the irish dynamiters, was a
part of policy of amnesty intended to
involve the release Of all the Irish dyna-
miters, and he charged MI. Morley,
IRISH secretary, with having used the
crown prerogative for political pur-
poses.
NFr. Gladstone was Chcered
loudly when he rose to answer Mr.. Bal
four. He had noticed, he SAID. that
with the continued growth or legislative
arrears, the eageraesS of the country for
vigorous legislation increased. He had
decided to lose no time, therefore, in
satisfying this eagerness. He would
secure the appointment of a royal
commission to inquire into the
Welsh land question. The suspensory
bills would quicken, he believed, the
activity of the churches of Wales and
Scotland. He reproached Mr.. Balfour
for assailing with intiammatOry criticism
bill not vet introduced, and for doing
his utmost to prejudice the minds
of his followers against a plan
of home rule Of which he was
still ignorant. MI. Balfour had asked
where there was an empire which had
been strengthened by the adoption OF
local autonomy. MIR. Gladstone replied
that, as Lord Salisbury had done some
years ago, he would point to Austria
Hungary as an Illustration applicable
to the case of Great Britain and
ireland. He would also point to the
British colonies which, sixty years ago,
were ruled from London, but demanded
separation until self government finally
was granted. He would not reply to
MIR. Balfour's invective against Mr..
Morley's administration of Ireland.
except to say that the wise policy
of clemency had been stimuli
taneous with the decrease OF
agrarian crime. Mr.. Balfour's attack
upon the evicted tenants commission re-
coiled upon himself. Why did he not
wait until the commissions proposals
came before the house. when he could
urge his objections with greater force!
The mission to Uganda was necessary
in order that an impartial and thor
ough inquiry would enable the gov
eminent to arrive at a rational
decision. Those who wished TO wash
their hands of Uganda forgot the
charters and other obligations which
| thew would thereby involve. lie did
not believe that in his long parliament
| tary career he had ever uttered words
so rash and dangerous as were those ut
tered by Mr.. Balfour concerning the
difficulties in Egypt. These words had
seemed to suggest that the government
| lose no time in getting outof Egypt.
MI. Balfour rose and repudlateo the
| charge that he had suggested the prob
| ability of hasty evacuation:
Upon resuming Mr.. Gladstone said
| that the government had not time to
consider the question Of occupation, but
merely the maintenance OF order. The
relations of the two governments had
now been placed on satisfactory
| footing and further trouble was
not apprehended. In conclusion,
| Mr.. Gladstone repeated his appeal to
the house not to be moved by prema-
ture denunciations of the home rule
| bill. He could understand the i'm
patience of the members if they discov-
cred any intention to delay the bill, but
| such did not exist. 1t surely would be
/ better for all to wait and give the pyo-
visions of the bill their full, careful, de-
liberate. perhaps calm, impartial, even
benevolent Judgment.