Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
HOME RULE LOOKS DUBIOUS The Liberals Seem Disposed to
 Throw It Overheard SINCE McCARTHYS SPEECH The Trouble Grew Out of His Committing the
 Party to A SECTARlAN EDUCATION SCHEME The Irish Party Is Trying to Harm onize-An International Conference Will Be Ar ranged, to Be Held in Dublin
 in April.
A sEcTARlAN EDUCATION SCHEME

London, Dec. 14.-Mr. Justin McCar- thy, the leader of the anti-Parnellite sec- ton of the Irish parliament, delivered a speech at Wa1worth last Tuesday in which he definitely committed that party to support the tory schemes for sectarian education. Since then the disposition of the liberals to throw home rule for Ire land overheard has become more de- cided. MT Mccarthy obviously expects to obtain a pact with the government under which a Roman Catholic uni- versity will be established in Ireland, be- sides satisfying the Catholic clericals in England by assisting to pass a measure that they have long desired. No policy could more absolutely alienate the sym pathies of the liberals. The Speaker asks if the Irish realize the fact that by thus attacking their English allies on a pub licly English question, they will find it more difficult than ever to heal the breach. Already a distinguished radical member of the late parliament, who was most pronounced and ardent home ruler, has retired from an important hon orary post held by him in the English home rule union owing to his disgust with the Irish members for going over
 
 on an English question.
 The Methodist Times, the recognized organ of the Methodist liberals, declares that if the Irish members of the house of commons swell the ma ajority following the archbishop of Canterbury home rule will pass out of the range of practical politics.
 There warnings, however true they may be, will not deter the Irish from obeying the orders of their clerical ad- visers and all will move entirely in con-. sonance with the general Catholic senti- ment. Many liberals will now quit home rule with general feeling of relief and will aspire to consolidate the party on the old lines that will be ac- ceptable to the Duke of Deyonshire, president of the council; the Rt. Hou Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary; Lord James, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and other unionists who are certain to refuse to follow Lord Salis- bury if he attempts to gratify the Anglican clericals by an extension of the state grants to sectarian schools.
 Sir T. w. Reed, editor of the Speaker, who has recently had interviews with : leading Italian statesmen, gives semi official importance to a startling decla- ration in the issue of that paper to- day regarding the intention of the Calan ministerialists in the event of the pope's death. The sum of his long argument
 
 of the Italian government. is that the conclave which will elect the next pope must be held outside of Italy. The gov ernment means to provide for what is called "an honorable exodus of the con- elave." The practical common sense of the Calan people is beginning to see that a foreign pope would be practically un- able to pose as a pretender to a temporal throne in Italy, while to an Italian pope residing abroad such an attitude would involve the loss of the spiritual suprema- cy of the Italian church and the state protecting him would be bound by the international laws applicable to pretend CTS disturbing other states.
 Prime Minister Salisbury's declara- tion against protective tariff Is held in conservative circles to be quite consist ent with the acceptance of the bounty system. In any event unless the gov ernment produces a measure that an in- fiuential section of its supporters will deem effective no habits of obedience that have long controlled the conserva- tives will prevent a disruption of the party. There are 232 members of the house of commons pledged to maintain the programme of the national agricul- tural union and they will not accept other than a substantial installment of their demands If the government fails to satisfy us somehow" said leading agriculturalist at conference of the union, 'let us make a clean sweep of them" This proposition was received with thunders of applause. Another plank in the programme of the union declares for preferential trading between all parts of the British empire. This pro- gramme obtains. besides the unanimous adhesion of the conservatives, the grow ing support of the liberals.
 The circular of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies to the governors of the various British colonies, had raised the question of an imperial zollverein into the spectre of Immediate practical politics. The Statist urges that such zollverein is improbable unless the colonies consent to absolute free trade with the mother country but the tone of the conserva- tive and some of the liberal papers tends to the acceptance of the resolution adopted by the late inter-colonial confer sence4at Ottawa which declared in favor of granting to Great Britain only pref erential tariff over foreign countries.
 Ut is expected that an international conference of the Irish parties will be ar ranged to be held in Dublin in April.
 Tbe anti-Parnellites. who are project ing the conferences desire that all sections be represented, including the extremists It is recognized that if the conference aims at anything practical. all the dele gates must promise to accept the decision of the majority. Unless the projectors find that the meeting is likely to result in some uniformity of policy the confer ence will not be convened. When some basis of agreement is obtained MT Justin Mccarthy, the leader of the anti-Parnell- ites proposes to retire from the leadership, leaving it to the conference to select new chief
 MT John Dillon will start today from Rome where he has been spending part of his honeymoon. He is returning to as- sist in the delibera tions If the hopes of earnest nationalists are realized the con- ference will put an end to the factional- ism now prevailing. and nowhere will Jealousy be allowed to bar a reunion.
 ] Speaking of the leadership. 1t can be said that. many of the anti-Parnellites would not hesitate to accept MT. William Redmond the Parnellite leader. who 1t Is now admitted is among the best speakers