Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-30
UN|ORIST l1AJORITY
Seems to Be the Inevitable Re-
 suit of the Election
WHICH SOON TAXES PLACE
Liberals Doomed for a Long Time to Come. Home Rule Seems Far Away-The
 Queen in Iublant Spirits.

London, June 29.-(Speelal Cable Let ter)-Oacial calculation fixes the time for the dissolution of parliament at July To- In pursuance of this election writs will be issued and received in most of the burghs on July II, and the pollings will commence on the 18th. Thus by July 20 most of the burgh elections will be over The county pollings will begin on July IS. and will probably be ended by the 2Oth
 The present character of the new par lament. as demonstrated by an impartial forecast, gives the unionists solid majority The most sanguine liberal estimate, as published by the Westmn- ster Gazette. admits that the unionsts will gain thirty-tWo seats, which means sixty-four votes on a division, and en- tails steady majority in parliament of twenty-four.
 A thoroughly non-partisan view as- signs to the unionists majority of eighty, but cock-a-hoop conservatives predict majority of 12O, but the letter figures are ridiculous. Anyhow the lib- erals enter the lists with feeling of despondency and a conviction that they will meet such a defeat as will establish a unionist government in power Tor the next seven years.
 K Sir Charles Dilxe in an interview today, "The unionists are certain to secure solid vote which will keep them in pow 'er for a long time to come
 MT Middleton, chief executive Of the unionists electoral committee, said We will win a number of seats in England and some in Scotland and Wales. We have candidates ready everywhere, While the liberals have a lot of empty seats. A good many of the liberal electors are T.. I.1z .lnd xtrTf h Glgl- ism, and won't go to the polls and the added emphasis of Irish dictation has shaken the faith of the more solid men of the liberal party. This is especially true in connection with the Cromwell statue fiasco and the whisky duty busi- ness.
 MT Middleton certainly did not speak in this manner without authority. h. deed, he was very moderate in the eN- precision of his opinions in view of the situation. The English non n-conformists, reSenting the opposition of the Irish members to the Cromwell statue and the claims of the Irish demanding spe- cial relief from the whisky duty and the exclusion of local option from Ireland, have turned their backs upon home rule resolutely. The liberal candidates who are now stumping their respective con stituencies find it advisable to ignore home rule, while the unionst candidates derisively fiaunt it in their faces as 8 rotten rag.
 The last hope of the home rulers rested upon an appeal to Mir. Gladstone. The leading McCadthyites and several staunch English adherents to home rule privately approached MT. Gladstone, be- seeching him to issue a manifesto and also to engage in some degree of active 2 personal intervention during the elee- toral period, but they got negative replies in every case, sometimes directly from MT. Gladstone and sometimes through Mrs. Gladstone, who declares that her husband must not be troubled with references to any body connected with the political situation She is convinced that the physical and mental disturb ances arising from political excitement would seriously injure his health, and is determined to keep him aloof from all political agitation For this reason she will be overjoyed to get him back to Hawardan, out of the reach of solicita- lions of his former political colleagues.
 MT. Gladstone himself in conversa- tion with friends exhibits the most placid indifference to home rule and to politics generally It is his intention to issue a valedictory address to his constituents which will probably be of a personal and retrospective character
 The back down of the Russo-French- Chinese compact entered into through the recent Chinese loan raised in Paris and guaranteed by Russia was due to the representation of the British minister at Pekin, backed by the influence of Sir k. Hart comptroller of the Chinese GUS fons. As long as MT Hart remains in China his influence will be well nigh all powerful in questions involving the GUS toms at least. and any attempt to con trol them for the benefit of Russia or any other power would be futile. MT. O'Con- nor the British minister, was empowered to promise the support of the English and German fnanciers in promoting loan of f40 000 900 or f50,000 900. in which the cap italists of Paris. St. Petersburg and Am sterdam would be offered a share and in connection with which no convention of governments was intended. London. Berlin and Frankfort financial firms have already practically negotiated the loan through the Chinese envoys
 The cabinet crisis has seemed to inn prove the queens health and renewed her activity and energy. She is sur prisngly vigorous in seeing the minis ters and discussing the new appoint ments. It is said that she arranged her entourage by the unconcealed pleasure she manifested at receiving the dispatch announcing the resignation of the Rose bery government. Her majesty imme- diately wired the news to Ex-Empress Frederick and to the czar The queen is aware that the Prince of Wales made a wager with the czar six months ago Hhat the Rosebery government would not last through the month of June.
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