The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-06
OLD WORLD GOSSIP.
Liberal Papers Critlcise
Gladstone for His Let
ter to Cardinal
Ramolla.
PROPAGATION OF PARLIAMENT
Arrangements Made to Receive
Boston's Honorables Yacht
Niagara stirs Up a Squall.
81 Cable 10 The United Press.

verse comment from the Liberal papers.
"Repudiated with adherence by an
overwhelming majority of the Liberals .
and 80 the bulk of the British people
not merely a dream, but pestilent delu-
sion," are specimen phrases culled from
the criticism of these papers. Although
an impartial examination of Mr.. Glad
stones ecclesiastical views since he
wrote "Church and State" proves that
they have undergone no radical change,
his letter burst on the political dissent
ers as a tornado of surprise and dashed
them into fury. Never was shat tered
idol treated by it's disappointed wor-
shippers with more disrespect than is
MIR Gladstone by his whilom supporters.
The honesty of his motives is impugried
it is suggested that the deliverance was
due to annoyance at the non-comformists is
longer finding it necessary to rely upon
their support he shows himself in the
true colors of Jesuit. The non-con-
formist political clergymen lead the dis
tribes of impeachment, Dr. Guinnean
Rogers, speaking at a meeting in Lon
dom denounced the letter as betrayal
of the liberty of the country, a miser-
able trifing with Rome, and an effort to
entangle England in the old yoke of
bondage. DR.. Berry, speaking on the
same subject, said he mourned Mr.
Gladstone's decadence The Rev. Hugh
Price deplored the spectacle of an ex-
Prime Minister pleading with the Pope
to recognize the English Church.
Mr.. Gladstone's retirement from public
life has not divested his urterances of poll
conformists all plarks in the Liberal
party's programme with which Mr.. Glad
stones name is associated will become
suspect. 1t Will raise their anger against
him into detesbation if the High Church
partisans succeed in obtaining from him
a declaration in favor of the Education
Dill, which is now before Parliament. Mr..
Gladstone syrnpathizes with the bill. He
recently described education without dog
matte teaching as a mons trosity.
Lord, Halifax. to whose influence the
letter is due, IS pressing upon Mr. Glad
stone that it is time for a pronouncemenJ
unfolding the Education. Only his reluct-
arce to interfere in a great party conflict
dsters him from issuing such a pronounce
According to the well-known Catholic
organ the Tablet, the Pope viii prob
ably shortly promulgate q letter to the
'Esngllsh people. the tone Of which viii be
earnest and conciliatory, but his Holiness
will adhere to the previous practice of the
Chlrch Which Is adverse to the Anglican
The Government, according to what the
Conservative whips tell members, have
positively decided to prorogue Parliament
August To effect this, election in ty co9nnit- t.
tee on the education bill must be met by.
closure, allowing even a moderate period
f9r ds5ats OF The PTnciEa amsndasnts
through. The Right Hon.. Arthur j..
Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury and
government leader in the House of Com
bate on the Irish Land BILL recently in
ttrodueesdI by his brother. Mr.. Gerard Bal,
The negotiations between the British
and Italian governments regarding
Kassala point to a joint occupation early
in the autumn. Italian papers which re-
exchange the British port and district of
Zeila for Kassala, were mistaken. In
asserting to abandon Nassala, the Italian
government return it ncminally to Egypt
Zeila is q. British port of some strategetic
Importance, forming with BerEn and
Adam a triangle which is supposed by the
War Office authorities to give England the
The eventual occupation of Kassala by
Egyptian troops is more likely to turn out
a financial deal The Egyptian treasury
under English guarantee viii pay Italy
l'1Si
fense of Kassala against the Dervishes.
Italy needs the money. and can surren-
der its hold upon the place Of advantage.
The arrangement will form part Of the
E,ranco-Russian Representa- TORS relative
to Egypt, which the English government
is ahaut to be compelled to listen to.
from PelSin to the English Foreign Office
await the arrival of Ii Hung Chang in
London before being answered by Lord
Salisbury Ii Hung is to obtain the
assent Of Lord Salisbury to such revision
of the Chinese customs, as arranged by
treaty as will increase the ad valorem
duties at tie treaty ports from five to
eight per cent. All the European powers
Interested in Chinese trade are said to
be willing They have less to lose by the
heightened tariff, having nothing like the
Sritish trade to be affected. Foreign
Office opinion credits Lord Salisbury with
being able to convince Ii Hung Chang
that the consent of England is beyond the
power of his government.
The 'sYachtsTnan" severely comments
on the action of the Council of the Yacht
Racing Association in sending a letter
to Mr.. Howard Gould irlquiring whether
his yacht Niagara was fitted with water
tanks capable of being used for shifting
ballast. The paper declares that the
tanks Of the Niagara could not be used
for this purpose and adds that the in
cident is peculiarly unfortunate. 1t fur
ther says that the sending of such a let
tti 10 ID u SSitLlG4fldd WIZ ilsSS QOIiG sSU
much for British yachting and who is
known to be a thorough sportsman, is
thought by many yachtsmen to have been
a gross insult.
The arrangements that have been
made by the London Honorable Artillery
Company to entertain the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of Boston,
who will shortly visje this city, include
a private review, smoking concerts, pic
MICS and ether social outings. Among
the places the visitors viii be shown
will be the Woolwich Arsenal and the
Chatham dockyard.
George Bubear the well known oars
man, states than an English champion
four will leave England on July to
compete in the Halifax regatta. From
Halifax they viii so to Vancouver Bay
to take part In the races there.
Special doubles have been arranged in
honor of William A. Larned the Anleri-
can tennis player. He and Mahoney
will play the Beddeleys and Aliens.
Princess Christian is supplying the place
beside the Queen so long occupied by
Princess Beatrice, who has gone TO the
The notion in court circles IS
that the change Will be brief. Sympathetic
as Princess Christian may be, the Queen
has been so long accustomed to the COM
partnership cf her youngest daughter as
to feel her absence 7keenly. Beatrice. who
IS now at Kissengen, will probably be
sailed to her reyal mother before the
seli't leaves Ba alnapral II is said that
Princess Christian prefers the greater
ably the reputation of unpre tent iousnesss