The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16
BROUGHT FROM BRITAIN.
Our Weekly Cable Letter---A State Of
Political StagnatiOn.

Advised Salisbury to Accede TO a
Reform of the House of Lords-The
Irish Still sauabbling Abuses in
India.
London, Sept. 15-Undoneath seem
ing stagnation of politics two highly i'm
partant movements are progressing. The
movement of first importance is the mi
tiative step of the Chamberlain uuionists
who are about TO merge with the con-
servatives, partly with a view Of consoli-
dating the anti-home rule forces in the
coming general elections. The mere re-
form of the mechanism Of elections is not
by any means the biggest changes in
tended to be brought about through this
movement. The Duke of Devonshire, the
arch-unionist and his scarcely less astute
coadjutor, MIR. Chamberlain, propose
common programme marking the entire
absorption of the uionists ~ the conserv-
atives, the chief features Of the move
ment being the revision Of Mr. Chamber
lain Irish local government scheme TO
the extent of creating county councils
with the oentral legislature To-
Gated in Dublin. The Duke of
Devonshire is also credited with
having urged Lord Salisbury to
accede to a refC rm of the House of Lords
By decreasing the hereditary element and
increasing the representative element.
Obviously it is the desire of the liberal
element of the unionists 10 go to the coun-
try in the next elections with platform
containing the most attractive planks of
the election manifesto of their opponents
| Oth fo1, 4
with the wire-pullers of the national liber-
al federation aims TO recast the Newcastle
programme, putting in the foreground the
proposals for the abolition of the veto
power of the House of Lords and the Eng
llsh labor questions, and keeping in the
back ground the questions of home rule
and church disestablishment. The eXecu-
tive committee of the national federation
are convinced that home rule is no longer
a potent party cry, and believe it neces-
Sary that the electorate should be agi-
tated upon other grounds
THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME.
Lord Roseberry will announce the pro-
gramme of the government in a speech in
Glasgow in November and in view of this
the conference of the liberal associations,
! which was TO De convened in Edinburgh
in October, has been postponed. sec
! | ton OF the Irish party, which has admit
, ted the necessity of first controlling the
| House of Lords by extracting their fangs
before the question of home rule is again
r submitted, have been convinced Of their
S error and practically side-tracked
0 THE IRISH CIRCULAR soUABBLE.
4 The latest development in the contro-
r versy over the Irish circular to which Mr.
. | Gladstone, Lord Tweedmouth and other
: eminent liberals responded in MIR. Francis
Xavier O'Brlen's communication on the
sub ect to the newspapers. Mr.. O'Brien
: at first declared that he knew nothing
: whatever about the Irish circular Next
he asserted that he did not sign the
. circular, though he might have known of
: its existence, Finally he says Il find
, to my surprise that not only did l sign the
, circular, but | made some alterations in
! the wording of it,
MIR. Healy has taken full advantage of
this admission. He has his opponents on
the hip and means to throw them.
Healyite deputation is about to start for
= America TO cultivate support of Mr.
Healy's opinions and obtain funds to back
them. Mr. E. f. V. Knox, member of
parliament for Cavan, contributes to the
controversy a statement that the election
expenses of the santi-Parnellites in 1922
were largely paid by the National Liberal
Club of Great Britain.
The social purity clique, probably be-
cause Lady Somerset, Rev. Price Hughes
and other shining lights are taking a hol-
lday, remain silent under the attacks of
the medical journals and other publica-
ti0ns which are furnishing new revela-
: tions of the effects Of the order Of Lord
RipOn, secretary Of state for the colonies,
abolishing the registration of woman in
india.
The Lancet in an article on the subject.
gives an instance of young CatOenZ girl
who tried to commit suicide because one
OF her brothers, speculator in slaves
threatened to sell her to another brother.
also speculator in the human commod-
lty.
DEATH THEIR ONLY RELEASE.
In speaking Of this case the Lancet SAYS
that since the system Of state protection
has been abandoned, the only possible re-
lease for these poor creatures is death
Mr.. Labouchere, taking up the case in
truth as an illustration of the folly of the
well-meaning and silly men, says an Off
Ger high in command in the army in
India, gives him date Of the most start
ling character, the conclusion of
which is that out Of 1000 British
troops in India, over $1,000 are
regularly rendered useless from one
cause alone. The effective strength OF
the army is thus reduced in numbers be-
low $4,000. Concluding his article. La
bouChere asks Could those whose opin-
ions have allowed disease full pIav. and
consequently involved the empire In
peril, suggest any way out of the dim
cultyl
The defeat of Lord Rose
berry's derby winner, Ladas, in
the st. Leger is the event of
the week, TO a great majority of British
raceg goers, but the greatest surprise 10
the sporting world is the record OF
Throstle, the winner fthe st. LeRer. She
started at fifty TO one and was unknown
outside the private club Of which her
owner is member. The Joint sharers in
ThrOstle's winnings are Lord Arlington
and Sir Frederick tombstone, who backed
her heavily aud won immense sums. AT
a private dinner at Lord ArlinRton's
on the eve Of the race 10 became known
that every guest present had backed the
horse Half an hour before the race the
secret leaked out and the odds dimin-
ished rapidly. When Throstle was foaled
she was blind, because Of a film over her
eyes and Lord Arlington, her owner. or
dered her 10 be killed, or given away.
She was kept, however, and IN three
months she was able 10 see. She Is now
regarded as the leading mare of the
world. Experts who have examined her
pedigree hnd that she is related To
Eclipse, Eleanor, Petrarch, Thistle and
other Derby-S Leger winners.
The car has gnuT an aufoupar,l, 30 a..