The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-09
GLADSTONE'S GOING.
The Parnellites Issue a Warming to
the Irish People,
PREDICTING DANGER TO THE
HOME RULE CAUSE.

Abandoned to Maintain Gfladstone's
i Supremacy-Now, Gladstone's Retire
| ment Must Mean a Scheme to Defeat
the Hopes of the Irish People--The
Signers Declare That They Have No
| Confidence in Rosebery.
| London, March s. The Parnellites
gave out this evening manifesto ad
dressed to the Irish people, and signed
| by John Redmond, leader of the group,
Timothy Harrington, M. p. for the har-
Dor division of Dublin, and Joseph Ed
ward Kenny, NJ. P, for the College Green
division Of Dublin. The manifesto says:
s'We address to you words of warning
and advice in moment OF weakness and
panic. Parnell was abandoned, avowed-
| ly to maintain Mr.. Gladstone's leadership
and preserve the alliance with the Liber-
ais. The result was that one of the
grandest and best disciplined political
combinations the world ever saw degen-
Grated into the betrayal of Parnell and
into confederacy with the Liberal gov
ernment, which denied justice to the
Irish on simple questions of evictions
| and amnesty to political offenders. The
final test must now be applied to the
sincerity of the Liberal cabinet. 1t was
| to retain Mr.. Gladstone's services that
charles stewart farnell was thrown
| over; MI. U!aastohe promise was the
bond offered in every political platform
| to Ireland in the past three years. We
warn our countryrnen that his retire
ment from leadership can originate only
IN scheme 10 defeat uhe hopes OF tne
irish people oy abandoning nome RUE or
| through sucn compromise as can only
be regarded py ireland as Insult ana
mockery; we can nave no commence 11, IN
the Earl OF hoseperys caDlnet. In Inc
Ilme mas come iof pTolnpt aclioh. ine
lrlsh people Will no longer tolerate 1he
pollcy OF natlonal subservlency TO En-
| gilsn parry interests. Let theIn organ-
the struggle for natlonal government
Joseph chamberlain, leader OF the
| Liberal Unlonlsts IN the House 0.
| commons, addressed meetlng OF
his constituents IN Blrmlngham lsst
| evening. he praised diadsIone ior
MS. energy ana courtesy IN puphc nc
| and spoke IN 1he WarmesI terms OF MS
| eioquence anu keeh.ess III uepale. None
OF tne Ola premier lnehtdi powers, ue
| sald, mac SHOWN signs OF deciy, ana MS
reurement could only De deploreq py po-
lncal TRENDS and foes alike. FOR tnls
retirement there was no more reason
now apparent than there mad oeen at any
tune IN the last ten years;
MI; ChamoeIialn salo ne nad peen
| asked repeatedly IN the last ieW gays
whether the Liberal Union is llkeiy TO
| become again part OF the great lIperal
party. This question he was unable TO
answer. he had notlced Widespread
impression that LORD hosepery, tne new
premier, was hkeiy TO reverse Glad
stones polcy, notaDly as regarded nome
rule for Ireland. IL certainly was curl
GUS that the Llpefal party, aIter theli
| great struggle Tor nome RUE, snouid
now accept leader VINO was known TO
be lukeWarm IN the irish cause ana re-
lect one VINO was recognized as a zealo1
Tor separation. Ihere were many incal,
culable elements IN the present polltlcal
situation. The uncertainty could moi De
| fathomed 1of some tlmel the partieS
must wait and watch. PERSONALLY ne
| feared the pollcy or the Liberal party
would remain unchanged; that nome
rule would still be part OF the Liberal
programme; and that consequently he
| and his colleagues must commune Jnelr
| strenuous opposition to the government.
The Westminster Gazette advocates
national memorial to Gladstone IN the
shape of fund for the establishment of
village libraries. In the article convey
ing this suggestion, the Gazette says
Gladstone has zealously striven to i'm
plant taste for reading In the minds of
his countrymen, and with that object has
himself formed village library in Ha-
warden.
Mr.. Gladstone condition was slightly
improved today. His symptoms
OF bronchitis have not increased, and his
cough and eatarrh have yielded to treat
ment, and they have almost ceased to an
noy him. Since his indisposition, Mr..
Gladstone has been visited by nearly all
of the cabinet ministers and foreign dl-
| Ihe first council of LORD RoseDery' s
Iannoo I;,s was nelu .oa%y nH H. - 10 ftima,
S ouSinoeo ~ 1no SounoAi 80 .ne anah -
anu approval " cne Suoen sp1ooM ne.I; -
De delivered at the re-openlhg OF Tarla-
ment. Owing to the rumors ireely clr-
| culated of late that LORD RaseDery may
| drop some measures to which Mr.. Glad