New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23
GLADSTONE SHOCKS THEN.
TEMPERANCE PARTY AMAZED
THE EX-PREMIER WRITES A LETTER DE-
NOI.NCING LOCAL OPTION.

NOUNCING LOCAL OPllON.
,,,s STRONGEST SUPPORTERS AsToUNDED BY
THE CHANGE OF FRONT-wHAT NEXT? THEY
,sv-IAsoR ORGANIZATIONS COMBIN
ING AGAINST sOCIALIsM-FRANCE
AND MADAGAsCAR-LORD RAN
DoI.PH CHURCHILL NOT
London. Sept 22-Mr. Gladstone. in reply to
reouest for his views as to the proper method OF
dealing with the House Of Lords, declines to ex-
nress an opinion on the subject because OF his re-
trenent from the leadership Of his party. Al
about the same time however, the ex-Preiner
has thrown bombshell into the midst OF the
strongest group of his followers by addressing
,e,tar tn the Bishop Of Chester against local
ontion In this letter Mr. Gladstone declares that
~ local option pretends to be a remedy Tor the
OWLS ~ drinking 1t Is little better than an I'M
nosture The principle Of the Gothenburg sys-
ton, he maintains to be the only one perTnlssl-
HE or al all tenabe To the great amazement OF
both the Gladstonians and the Conservatives ne
adds that for long years he has been strohSi! OF
this opinion The temperance party IN Great
Britain has been highly scandalized by TINS de-
clara ton and its organs recall the iaci 'hat
when Mr.. Gladstone last came into power IL was
largely in consequence Of his having repeatedly
pledged himself to secure the passage OF ioca
option measure. Consequently. during MS lnc"h-
bency of the Premiership. he approved the Dbl
and did not say a word in reference 70 the
Gothenbdrg system.
Since Mr. Gladstones retirement Sir William
Harcourt, who is his successor in the leadef-
ship Of the party has renewed the pledges made
absolutely and unqualifedly committing the Gov
eminent TO the introduction of a local option
bill before the dissolution OF Parliament
In the course of his letter to the Bishop OF
Chester Mr. Gladstone says: Il am glad to see
that Mr. Chamberlain actively supports the Goth
enburg system.
Sir Wilfrd Lawson NJ. F.. president OF the
United Kingdom Alliance for the Suppression OF
the LIQUOR Traffic protests against this change
of front saying that if the Liberals now depart
from the recognized principle Of their party, and
sanction even moderate drinking under the Goth
enburg system it will be the heaviest blow ever
dealt TO the temperance cause In Great Britain
His party, he declares. will refuse to accept any
compromise
senting), in commenting upon the declaration OF
Mr.. Gladstone, asks:
To what things coming TO II Mr.. Glad
stone has taken the field in thus wise against ne
reference to MIR. Chamberlain mean? IL seems GER
tain that the last and most astounding "iads'oh-
ian development is yet 10 b. witnessed
This remark refers TO a rumo" In circulate
that Mr.. Gladstone has been advising Lord Rose
berry to subordinate Home Ruiz 10 questions OF
English social reform. and try to come to terms
with the Unionists in reference to Irish affairs
Two Of the strongest and wealthiest labor
organza tons in Great Britain-ihe Boiler
makers and Shipbuilders' Unions-have issued
a Joint manifesto denouncing the Socialis,ic
tendencies shown By a majority OF The delegates
to the Trades Union Congress recently held at
Norwich This organized movement against
the Socialist wire-pullers Is supported by sov-
eral other unions, which desire 10 follow the Oh
lines limiting combined action 70 purely trade
matters. apart from politics.
The Free Labor Association. an organization
which has been in existence several years. mas
suddenly sprung into prominence through the
activity displayed by IL in its opposition TO the
Socialist members OF the Congress. The asso-
citation publishes a report showing that out OF
g. 786 073 male workingmen In the United King
dom only 1.10904 are union members
Much sensational correspondence appears In
the daily newspapers, arising from the discovery
Of a revival Of the immoral traffic between the
Continent and London II had been supposcd
that the traffic had been suppressed The
police are the track OF the persons engaged
in the traffic and are actively assisted by agents
of the Purity Society.
The trouble between France and Madagascar
is the subject Of constant communications be-
tween the British and Italian Foreign Offices
Rome newspaper says That lta.y with the knOwl-
edge Of Germany and Austria. has proposed d
compact urder which Italy is 10 occupy Tripoli.
Great Britain Is definitely to annex Egypt, and
both are to guarantee the independence Of Mad
agascar The British press favors a hostile atti-
tude toward France with respect 10 her acqu!si-
ton Of Madagascar
Congressman William l.. Wilson. Consul-Gen-
eral p A. Collins Secretary J. Sterling Morton
and Congressman Isdor Straus were entertainer
at a private dinner at the Piccadily Club TINS
evening.
Lady Randolph Churchill has written TO a
friend in England that hei husband shows no
signs OF improvement that his physical weak
ness is serious and frequently alarming, ana
that IL is improbable that he will be able to fulh
the engagements which he made In anticipation
| Of recovery.