New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
CONCILIATORY POLICY.
TWO PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS MAY BE
DEVOTED CHIEFLY TO IRELAND.

,,x,oS,sr sc,,rurs FOR HOME aIrIE AND RE-
FORM OF THE HOUSE OF Lo7Ds-KING
LEOPOLD ANXIOUS TO SELL OUT
SOUTH AFRICAN BUBBLE
STILL SWELLING.
1ordon Sent 2sZThe lull in English Internal pol
itics will be brokan very An INFORMAL COUNCIL
OF the Cabinet will he held about the h'uoe oi
next month. Lord Rosebery on octoper TO- VII,
make a speech at Scarborough, and IL Is eApee.e"
that he will then outline the Liberal position Inc
Marouis Of Salisbury speaks at Watford on octooer
80 and H. II. Asquith. Sir George L. ireveynn'
q n Curzon Under Foreign Secretary w. d.
John Frederick Under Secretary for war, ana
number OF others are announced to reappear III the
arena before the end OF October. What 'he couh-
try chiefly awaits Is an explicit disclosure Oh 'he
Governments projects for the coming session OF
Parliament Everything points. not only 10 one
but 70 two sessions devoted chiefly to Ireland Ac-
cordng TO THE Times" the land question VIII be
settled In 1896 and this will be followed py an irish
local-goyernment measure in 1897 which Will prob
ably include the creation OF central counch III
Dublin.
Horace curzon Plunkett who accompanied Ger
aid RaIfour on his recent tour Of Ireland. and who
is now recognized as the adviser OF the ChieI sec
rotary has developed a scheme for the es.aonSn-
ment OF an Irish Board OF Agriculture, which Is
certain TO lead TO the formation OF o'her SPee'ai
Irish departments
THE Westminster Gazette" and other Liberal or
gans admit that the Unionists have begun the'r
administration OF Irish affairs With a settled de-
termination to avoid coercion by adopting the lines
followed by their Liberal opponents H'shme",
saws Tho Westminster Gazette, who, In their
haste call the Parliamentary movement iaiiure.
speak prematurely. II tho Unionst programme Is
carried out 1t will give a nucleus OF home rule
Then II will be tho work Of the Liberals and the
Irish gradually to coordinate the Irish local bodies
and endow them with fresh powers. until the couh-
try wakes up to find home rule established with
the consent OF all parties"
The MARQUIS Of Salisbury has promised leading
Irish Unionlsts that he will visit Dublin and the
South of ireland in July OF next year. II the busi-
ness Of the session will permit. Obviously the
proposed tour Is a part OF the Governments con-
clliatory policy.
Lord Londonderry in a speech at Ripon last even
Ing confirmed a report which first appeared In
THE Chronicle that the Unions, leaders contem-
plate a drastic change In the constitution OF the
House Of Lords. Lord Londonderry has been Lord
Lieutenant OF Ireland, and was offered. but de-
clined a post In the present Cabinet and he can
therefore be regarded an authority. He declared
In favor of a second Chamber with what he termed
useless peers excluded His statement did not In
clude definite scheme. 1t is too soon yet to expect
a thoroughly defined plan. but It Is marvellous to
observe how "The Chronicles" announcement that
the idea OF reform accepted by the Unionst chiefs
was an Upper House. constituted partly OF elective
partly Of selectve elements has been acclaimed by
the Conservative press 1.-THE Pail Mall Gazette
and 1.-The Graphic comment approvingly on tho
scheme. The Tory "Globo" holds that the Govern
ment ought to undertake the reform. making the
second Chamber as strong possible. The Radical
press eyes the proposals askance, as tending TO
create Senate and check the powers OF the House
OF Commons.
Chauncey NJ Depews prediction OF a speedy col
lapse OF the South Africa boom, scattering wide
spread ruin, has been reprinted here. 1t has not
obtained the respect Of city circles or OF the specu
latve public, among whom the period OF collapse
Is held to be distant In the mean time everybody
chances fortune The settlement Just concluded was
expected TO shake out the weakened and check
speculation but nobody was hurt and the amount OF
business in what is called the Kaffir circus more
enormous than ever. A number OF members OF the
London Stock Exchange being satisfied. Incredible
as II may SEEM with the fortunes already realized.
have retired from the business. Their retreat how
ever has not touched the public confidence in sus-
tanned future speculation and there Is no sign OF
weakening anywhere. Tho greatest English fnan-
ciers including the Rothschilds. French and Ger
man banks and all European bourse operators, have
become interested In the boom. Apart from mere
speculation the solid developments OF mining land
and other properties in South Africa justify the
host OF investments.
The Paris Bourse is trying to stop the stream OF
wildcat stocks and has arranged that only cash
transactions In shares shall be permitted be-
tween now and the end OF January. Afterward In
PRODUCERS OF shares In the market must give guar
antees Of the bona fde character of the shares.
This edlct has not perceptibly checked French buy
Ing.
Colonel North has directed his energies toward a
new enterprise He has bought from the King OF
pa ota Of he from at
OCO cash down. and will build there casino to rival
that Of Monte Carlo. besides a great opera house.
electric railway and spacious promenades.
The visit OF the King Of the Begians to France.
which at first supposed by the Paris newspapers
to be merely OF pleasure, is now known to relate
to the Congo State. King Leopold has had several
conferences with VI. Hanotaux, French Minister OF
French Foreign Cabinet. The French papers that
that the King offered TO sell the Congo State
fact that he was in London before going to Paris
and was negotiating here on the same subject 1t is
Il trying to arrange for the sale Of the Congo State
on the basis OF division Of territories between
affair Belgium. in 1890, granted to the Congo State
loan Of 100000 without interest. with power to
Then France. II the State is ever offered for sale.
tas the right Of pre,emptIOn King Leopold is much
He wants the affairs Of the Congo State wound up
stirs ap feuds between France and England and
Germany: he only wants to get out.
King Leopolds private extravaganza and his
newly formed relations with actress OF the
Foes- Bergere are the subject Of sensational COM
ments in a Brussels paper. Hitherto the Belgian
press has been silent in regard to His Majestys
frolics but they were well known in London 50;
and at Brighton have almost ceased 10 be Of in
terest
marriage has been arranged between n. II.
heir 10 the Dukedom OF Beaufort and Lady Cathe-
rine daughter of the Duke OF st; Adams. Somerset
was a student at Harvard. and IL the author OF
Travels in Hudson Bay and Genital America"
The report OF the Bishop Of Sierra Leone. on his
visit 10 the West Indies. concludes In favor OF the
repatriation OF the negroes. The Bishop says he Is
convinced that there people that will under
stand equatorial Africa better than do the Anglo
Saxons.
r. H. Low sails the Lucana. II. L!ttell and
family. OF Buffao. sail on the St Louis on october