The sun., 1895-05-26
THE LIBERALS LOSE HEART.


-pry SEEM ON THE PoINT OF
Throwing UP THB SPONGE.
n. Tories Are E.thusiastfc. and 10 In De-
u.vea the General Election WIN very
eoon oceur-n1r. O'Brisn In . Bad Finan.
.,.I w.y-The A.ser's Son Doesn's Feel
n, Homo In Londo.-Enperor wiria-
Preparing 70 Declare Himself on che
Money ouestion-The Evangelical Ani-
.noe Defenas the gultnn-Cock Fighting
y1ourishes IN England. Though Frohis-
,,.s br Observation-Disclosures Challenge
sportins Men to Joint Debate.
Special cabb DespatcA to rHr SUE.
LONDON, May QS.-The impression has seized
upon the public mind this week that the dissolu-
ton of Parliament and the general election are
vsry near. The Government are undeniably dis
heartened by electoral defeats and the mutinous
conduct Of their follower inside and outside Of
PARLIAMENT, and distracted by tho scoentrici-
ses of Premier Rossbery and the newly devel-
oped morossness Of sir William Harcourt The
latter has no heart left even to crack bad jokes.
and stalks about a. melancholy as q martyr.
He loathes newspapers in his present mood. and
no reporter daro approach him; but II ono
could run the gauntlet Of tho detectives who
look after his bodily safety and get him IN .
quiet corner for couple Of minutes, he would
certainly say that he 10 sick Of the whole busi-
mess and does not caro- big d what becomes Of
Homo Rule, the Liberal party, and Lord Rose
berry.
Tho other side are offonsively enthusiastic
over the political prospects and unfeelingly con-
adent In the result of the appeal to the country.
Lord Salisbury has this week warned his fol-
lowers to bs ready for the fight, which may
como at any moment Mr.. Balfour last night
eontemptuously remarked that common hu-
manity suggested that tho Government ought to
be put out Of their pain ss soon a. possible and
che Duke Of Devonshiro and Mr.. Joseph Cham
berlain are ostentatiously putting their AZ
NOR on.
For more than year past thore have been
frequent cries Of wolf. but tho present scare IL
very real and well founded. II the Govern
ment can manage 1t they will remain In ONCE
until the Welsh Church Disestablishment bill IL
passed through the Commons and thrown out
by the upper House. % that they may be In .
position to 60 to the country with an anti-Lords
battle cry; but that would scarcely suit the op-
position, and the prospect il that Mr.. Balfour
will now force tho fighting. instead Of pursuing
any longer tho insidious policy Of passive OBJ
struction in the lower House, effective though
that has been.
Tho Government business is hopelessly blocked
aud in an irrstrievable tangle. The process Of
disintegration has set In among tho Ministerial
rank and hle. The greatest dinaoulty IL expert
snced In getting members TO attend the House
regularly, and the confidence and aggrcssiveness
Of tho opposition arc shown significantly By the
refusal Of their whips 10 arrange pairs. AL
a. ~.l~ -
It seems pretty clear that Mr.. William o'Brien
will soon cease to be member Of Parliamant
for Cork. He has not paid Mr.. Chances oosta,
and the Healyttes arc getting ready to ssize his
scat - soon - he II formally made bank
supt Those arc the cold faots. Mr.. O'Brisu's
friends put the matter moro pieturesquoly, but
NNl strictly within tho Hmfts Of truth. He Il,
they ssy. "boine sacrificed to the venom and
bad feeling Of mon who should be his best
frisuda He u being ruined behind tho nations
back BY the scoundrsls who are trying TO
strsngls the national cause"
ANeek ago Mr.. O'Brien was moved 10 tears
by the splendid generosity Of Alderman Flavin
OF Cork. who. in . letter signed by his name,
offered to contribute s100 toward . fund for
paying the terribly insistsnt Mr.. Chance. The
letter proved to be o forgery. but Mr.. Flavin en-
;oyed for several days q cheap reputation for
generosity and when he finally repudiated the
spurious letter he did not take tho hint and re-
new tho offer of money. In this Mr.. Flavin
represents what appears to DO the prevailing
feeling In Ireland just now. The springs
OF political generosity arc temporarily
dried up. When It was only a question
OF finding two or three hundred pounds,
self-seeking patriots clamored to be al
lowed to help satisfy the grasping Shylock "who
not only wanted pound of Mr.. OBrien's ouiv-
erag flesh. but his life and DEATH" as another
impassioned Cork orator put it. But soon 1t
was learned that Mr.. Chances nttls bill was
only q part Of poor Mr.. O'Brien's Indebtedness
IN the sacred cause OF ireland. He had run up
debts aggregating fo. 900. and obviously, II Mr..
Chance was satisfied by private benefactions
ana public subscriptions. other creditors would
expect to be paid In a similar manner. To raise
10000 upon the eve Of . general election was
no joke to Irish politicians, deprived by cruel cir
cumstanoes Of help from beyond the Atlantic.
fn bad business for Mr.. O'Brien- He has
IN his possession quito q collection of writs
IRON people who have had the bad taste to press
nlm Tor payment of course. at the instigatisn
ol ths malgn Healy. and nothing is left for him
300 but to go through the bankruptcy court
ana trust his personal material future to the
senerosty OF Mrs. o'Brien. who. happily, is
well endowed with worldly goods.
$3.50 N'iehSc, hc - past pFayIOk De-
.sas' he Is not only pressing ME-. OBrien in
'N,s most brutal fashion. but is actually throat
enins the committee OF the national party With
WIZ" and seeking TO make certain members
personally responsible for money spent for pub
lie purposes.
rrince Nasrulla, the second son Of tho Ameer
uAighanistan. has duly arrived here MS q pledge
MS lathers love for England, and London
.ovie'y IL preparing to make much of him. They
,s WIN not lind tho work altogether easy and en-
.,'Aoe' Nasrnlla is morose young man and i'll
~ ~ ease In his gorgeous. tight-ftting uniform.
.0s. ms mas pair of eyes that are strangely sug-
ssS.re OF frightened. ill-tempered horse about
UAck and bolt. Prince Nasrulla has a strong
SS''ec''on to being hurried. He has ALREADY y kept
s Sseeh victoria waiting for him at Windsor
en she was anxious to start for Scotland. and
=, ' WIN doubtless cause good deal of trouble
" wb ne tame way before no returns home.
a Ne" the young Prince arrived In Lon
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