The Irish standard., 1895-06-08

He Favors ANY Movement for Irish
Home Rule Even If FatE1ered
by the Tories.

The British Electors Have Bee n
and Are Bewildered By the
Irish Strife.
Whenever Mr.. Gladstone talks the
world listens, says Edward nj. Lahitf in
the Chicago Times Herald. In times OF
crisis the English people hunger for his
words. Political England is passing
crises the English people hunger for his
of uncertainty since the unseen hands
Of party managers pulled the strings
that hauled the sage of Hawarden from
his place of poWer and set up the noble
Derby celebrity in his stead. Attempts
have been made by the English newspa-
pers, by the resident correspondents Of
American newspapers and by the repre-
sentatives OF the British press associa-
tions, to get some hint from Mr.. Glad
stone as to his views on the political
condition of the day. The private ques-
tion of the situation, the Issue on which
the supremacy Of one English party and
the defeat Of the other will be settled at
the next general election, which will oc-
cur within six months, is, as is univer-
sally conceded, the disposition Of the
Irish demands. II
Through ell the throb obbing months OF
enmity that have passed since his re-
tirement from the premiership, Mr.. Glad
stone has mastered his tendency to To-
quacity on this main or any incidental
topic. He has been praying IN the little
church at HaWarden in which one son
ministers and close to which another
sleeps beneath an eternal blanket Of
flowers renewed by loving hands from
day to day, and he has been playing in
his library or on the grassy lawn near
by with little Dorothy Drew. On one
topic only has Mr.. Gladstone spoken
since his retirement, until May 2. He has
Irailed with the old fire that gloWed in
his denunciation Of the Bulgarian atroci-
ties, against the outrages in Armenia,
but he remained a sphinx in reference
|te matters nearer home. a recital OF
the conditions, circumstanc and ma
nipulations that resulted in the SECURING
of my interview will prove interesting
reading. Here it will be sufficient to- set
forth what Mr. Gladstone said and how
he said it. & i#i T
AS. to why Mr. Gladstone should have
succum bed to the efforts Of an American
newspaper man to get him to- break a
rule that he has rigidly adhered to in his
political life-namely, never to consent
to an interview-it may be in a measure
lexplained by his written expression, and
part of the interview, that the influence
Of the American friends Of Ireland, il
Iresolutely used, offers the most p0werWul
and hopeful instrument for the settle
ment Of schism, the existence OF which
| lis tsbewildering'' and demoralizing the
party which he has SO long brilliantly
led, and, as it is limited by shrewd ones
| in England, which he still yearns to lead
again.
That there could be no carping about
| the authenticity Of the visit to HaWar-
den and the securing of the interview
Mr.. Gladstone with generous kindness
consented to pen an address 10 the
| writer few sentences CT the interview
1 a fac smile of which ornaments this ar
| ticle, and in which the following passage
appears:
TN my opinion the claim Of ireland
might not improbably have been at this
fmcment accepted and established by law
but for the disastrous effect OF this
|schisn in bewildering the mind OF the
! British electors, and the effect thereby
;,, rtoi1S "a TiNnro1 m a.
| iority OF 1882. What I say is, I'll tell the
| Tories to. go ahead, with my blessing:
| and Ill tell them that any support at my
command I'll render in favor Of home
lrule no matter by whom 1t is fathered.'
| The assignment to interview Mr.
Gladstone was the last ever given by thai
prince among newspaper men and prince
| in the realm OF fellowship, the late
I .Jan1es w. Scott. "sHe has never been
| interviewed y said Mr.. Scott" and it may
be because the English newspapers die
not know how to get closer to the ole
gentleman. If you can't succeed, write
| q story when you come back OF how yoc
/ failed to secure It. Il lgss st tsssls8
1 Four days in and around HaWaFden
with an incidental trip to London, re.
!sulted III a little more than realizing thu
|ditficulty Of getting near Mr.. ,Gl adstont
outside the little church in which he es.
corts Dorothy Drew every Sunday, ane
Whom he hasscalled sthe latest treasure
life can offer me. s Y ri 555 s ~.
| 4, ON the fifth day the writer arrived
with a letter Of intro oduction from Jus
tin Met Earthly, M. p, discovered that ht
would not be allowed to present it
i IGauekeepers refused to be considerats
and lodgekeepers were shocked and OBJ
ldurate. #s D i s5 ...5 53s G
Rev. DR.. Harry Drew, Mr.. Gladstone
tson -irl-laW 4 lives close to the noted lit.
tles church, Of which he lis assistant rec.
l tor. He lis father Of little Dorothy, anG
4 as such is. prominent in England. He is
also kind, confding and 8courte He
/ Ga n In the visit OF the American news
tpaper man d very inp portant mission
II HIS ideas on this point were strength
l ened by cerrobora assurances, i, ant
Iasxa result at :43 clock lk y ednesda,! "a!
i evening, May B repr presentative OF tht
! lLondon Press a ssoci ion who had beer
/ sent down to- get he interYie lew thai TIN
i Times Herald writer Y y Fa5s reported 81
i Lpnd ION to be bent on secnr Ing. stood II
agony at the outer 1odge Of ardeI
Castle and refused to u#acknoWledge tl1s
/ wrfter salute, VIII q by in u
Hanson OH HIS wa tos kee, an proint
arranged lar &
ne stone Z a o,lle; i I, saE aitint
ler the
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