New-York tribune., 1894-04-22


land. To leave him in would be to incur the
wrath Of the Parnelhtes. Mr. Morley has chosen
the latter and better par. A new tenant cannot
be turned cut against his will II he consents to
60 he Is to have compensation. half Of which
the British taxpayer supplies. That. OF course
like the provisions for paying off one years ar
rears of rent, and the $3.50 for a new cottage IS
another crux. The British taxpayer is apt 10
turn rusty when his money is wanted for the
benefit of other people Ee will be told ne does
not have to paw because the half million wanted
is to be charged on the Irish Church Tenporail-
ties fund That may not quite satisfy him He
NAV stil think that indirectly if not directly, 1t
must in the end come out Of his own pocket
Moreover the sum required is thought TO be
grossly underestimated There are more than
four thousand evcted tenants. Finally, Mr. Bal
four said he had been assured. when Chie' Secre-
tary that the fund to be charged was even
then mortgagcd up TO the hilt.
The bill as expounded by Mr.. Morley II not
moderate is more moderate than was expected
more moderate than the Irish Nationalists WISH
and more moderate than the Unioniss feared
Mr. Morley himself said that the proposals OF the
Government could not be fairly judged TIL the
bill had been studied in print. Tney are never
theless judged at once roughly and necessarily
True. Mr.. BafOur. whose voice Is the only really
authoritative one his side Of the House re-
Trained from what ne called a decisive opinion
He Is himself in favor Of doing something TO
close an open wound He does not wish 10 COM
NIT himself to a wholesale opposition 10 a scheme
which even from a Unionist point of view. may
contain healing elements or the material for
settlement of a controversy which makes peace
impossible in Ireland and prosperity uncertain
Less cautious and perhaps less responsible
legislators spoke more freely. All parties IN the
House had their say The Parnellites led OIL IN
the person of Mr.. Harrington. with fierce de-
nunciation OF the scheme Mr.. Russell Tor the
Irish Unionists half blessed and more than haf
cursed the BILL especially the use or Church
funds 'in reward of robbery and wrongdo,ng
Colonel Saunderson, who takes individual views
announced that this was a device OF the Ministry
for whitewashng the Plan of Campaign and It's
authors The anti -Parneites or McCarthyites-
they are really much in need or convenient
manufactured themselves satisfied, or as nearly
satisfied as Irish patriots ever expect to be with
an English bill The origin of the bill Is not. in
truth entirely English. Messrs. Sexton and Dill
Ion were taken into council, and the bill repre-
sents in a measure their views. as well as Mr..
Morley's Their approval was secured before
hand.
can but refer in the briefest way to sundry
topics which deserve fuller treatment. Lord SAL
isbury's speech 10 the Primrose League Is re-
markable for his declaration. apparently meant
to be final. in favor of continuing the hereditary
principle in the House Of Lords. He is for jul
dicious reform" meaning more life peers, but eX-
Guiding the elective element" That is decla-
ration of very considerable importance, and likely
10 obstrIct reform and favor abolition.
The debate in the House Of Commons last night
on the Duke of Coburg's allowance came 10 notn-
ing and the Radicals could muster but g. votes
against the annuity and against the Government
The Scotch Committee scheme has been cut
down. Sir William Harcourt throwing over Sir
George Treveyan. Only minor matters will he
referred; no high politics nor great controver-
sies. There was. however. high controversy be-
tween Sir William and Mr.. Chamberlain. which
must further imbtter relations already strained.
The sympathies of the House not with Mr.
Chamberlain.
Egypt enjoyed another crisis last Saturday,
Riaz Pacha resigning and Nubar Pacha succeed
ing him as Prime Minister Nubar Pacha is by
far the ablest Of Egyptians and though once
none too friendly to England has evidently come
to terms with Lord Cromer, who sanctions, or
rather in truth makes, the appointment.
The betrothal Of the Czarewtch TO Princess
Alix OF Hesse, granddaughter Of the Queen. is
an interesting event. but has less political impor-
tance than IL would have had two generations
ago. The German Emperor seems to have been
the matchmaker. and the future Empress OF
Russia. is his cousin the policy OF a better under
standing between Germany and Russia is per-
haps advanced.
That new spirit" Of tolerance. moderation and
compromise which NJ. Spuler announced not
long ago, has not sufficed to prevent fresh con-
fict between Church and State in France. The
conflict Is not as vet very large one, but it Is
a conflict of the kind which often arose when
the old Split prevailed. A passed last
session requiring Church accounts to be audited
by the projects The Archbishop of Lyons issued
a pastoral directing the church councils in his
diocese to disobey the law. The Cabinet there
upon suspended the Archbishop's salary. and the
Council Of State is 10 be asked to annu the pas
toral NJ Spuller, within whose jurisdiction
Minister Of Public instruction and Worship these
matters fall thinks himself obliged TO request
all Bishops to send their pastorals dealing with
this subject TO him. Probably not all Of them
will.
A considerable minority. more than a thousand
out of the forty thousand church councils in
France. have refused to submit their accounts TO
n prefect. The Government threatens them with
dismissal They threaten the Government with
q revival Of that old clerical agitation against the
Republic, of which 1t was hoped France had seen
the last. II 1t spreads. the Pope may once more
intervene. and though Royalist politicians might
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