The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-23
CLADSTONE'S BOMBSHELL.
Alleged to Have Cast One in the House
Of His Friends.

Option Question Creates No End of a
Sensation - The Grand Old Man"
Refuses to Talk on the Remedy
Needed for the Lords.
London, Sept 22.-Mr. Gladstone in re-
/ ply to a request for his views as to the
/ proper method Of dealing with the House
Of Lords, declines to express an opinion
/ upon the subject because of his retire
ment from the leadership of his party.
] Al about the same time, however, the ex-
| Premier has thrown a bombsheIi into the
midst of the strongest group of his fol-
lowers by addressing a letter to the
| Bishop of Chester against local option.
GLADsToNE's LATEST COUP.
! In this letter Mr.. Gladstone declares
that If local option pretends TO be a rem
edy for the evils of drinking it is little
better than an imposture The principle
OF the Gothenburg system he maintains
| to be the only one permissible, or at
all tenable, and, to the great amazement
of both the Gladstonians aud the conserv.
/ atives, adds that for long years he has been
strongly of this opinion. The temperance
party in Great Britain has been highly
scaudalized by this declaration, and their
organs recall the fact that when Glad
stone last came into power it was largely
in consequence OF his having repeatedly
| pledged himself TO secure the passage Of a
local option measure. Consequently dur
ing his incumbency of the premiership no
! approved the bill, and did not say word
in reference To the Gothenburg system
Since Gladstone's retirement, Sir Will
liam Harcourt, who is his successor in
the leadership Of the party, has renewed
the pledges made, absolutely and unqual-
ifedly committing the government to the
introduction OF a local option bill for the
dissolution of parliament In the course
of his letter to the Bishop of Chester, Mr..
Gladstone says: II am glad to see that
MIR. Chamberlain actively supports the
Gothenburg system"
LAST AND MOST ASTOUNDING.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, NJ. p, president
of the United Kingdom Alliance for the
suppression of the liquor traffic, protest
ing against this change OF front, says that
| If the liberals now depart from the recog-
Dized principle Of their party and sane
tion even moderate drinking under the
Gothenberg system, it will be the heavi-
ance cause in Great Britain His
party, he declares, will refuse to
accept any compromise. The influential
British Review (dissenting) in comment
ing upon the declaration of Mr.. Glad
stone asks; ITO what things are we
coming if Mr.. Gladstone has taken tho
field in this wise against the measures of
his own cabinetl What does the refer
| ence TO Mr.. Chamberlain meant IL seems
/ n ~, "a n In nd
Ctladstonian development is yet to be wit
| messed" "
This remark refers TO rumor that has
been put in circulation that Mr. Glad
stone has been advising Lord Roseberry
TO subordinate home rule TO questions Of
English social reform and try to come TO
terms with the unionists in reference TO
Irish affairs.
| SOCIALISM DENOUNCED.
Two Of the strongest and wealthiest Ia
! Dor organizations In Great Britain-the
bolermakers and shipbuilders' unions
| have issued a Joint manifesto denouncing
| the sOcialistic tendencies shown by ma
jority Of the delegates to the trades
union congress, recently held at Norwich.
The manifesto says in part:
1--WE diner fundamentally with the
dreamy ideas advanced. The congress
has ceased to represent the unions and
has become a gathering of advanced So
cialists, who, were their ideas TO prevail
would prove a curse 10 labor, and whose
methods would ultimately result In re-
| striCted freedom and diminished re-
sources Progress would be barred, and
in short time the working classes would
be placed in a condition of abject depend
enCe upon the state. Collectiveism can
never take the place Of individualism. II
the shouters at the congress would work
more for the unions and less in passing
/ bn for
those they represent"
This organized movement against the
socialist wirepullers is supported by sew
eral other unions.
NAsTINEss REVIVED.
Much sensational correspondence ap-
pears In the daily newspapers, arising
| from the discovery of a revival OF the
traffic in girls between the continent and
| London. II had been supposed that the
| traffic had been suppressed. The London
| Times published on Wednesday story
TO the effect that the Frankfort girl
| who had obtained a situation in London,
had been saved from procuration only by
accidentally getting the protection Of an
| English lady. who sent her TO the German
consulate. The inquiries that followed
! showed that a systematic business Of this
| kind is still carried on The police are on
| the track of the persons engaged in the
traffic and are actively assisted by agents
/ Of the Purity society.
THE CHINESE NAVY.
Sir f.. J. Reed. NJ. p, the naval expert,
has not a very high opinion of the Chinese
navy He thinks that the Chinese ships
that were constructed about twelve years
ago are badly built, and that most of the
! Chinese ships engaged in the present war
are likely to 20 10 the bottom.
The trouble between France and NADIA
gascar is the subject of constant commun-
icatiOn between the British and Italian
/ foreign Offices A Rome newspaper says
that Italy with the knowledge Of Ger
many and Austria, has proposed n pact
under which Italy is TO occupy Tripoli.
Great Britain is indefinitely TO annex
Egypt, and both guarantee the independ-
| ence Of Madagascar.
The British press favors hottie att-
| tude toward France with regard TO her
acquisition of Madagascar
| Congressman William l.. Wilson, consul
| General T.. $. Collins, Secretary j. Ster-
4 ling Morton and Congressman Tsidor
\ Strause were entertained at a private
dinner at the Piccadily club this even
\ ing.
Lady Randolph Churchill has written
| % O friend in England that her husband