The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-25
BALFOUR AS LEADER
Humiliations Inflicted By
the Minority on the
Ministry.
RosEBERY AND THE DIssENTERs
Joins the Sunday League and
Shocks His Party-Irish
Land Bill.
ROsEBERY AND THE DIssENTERS
BIZ Gable to the United Press.

tise memDer or Parliament who, during
the all-night sitting OF the House Thurs
day night. attacked the Governments
method Of procedure in the matter of the
irish Land biz, proposes to continue his
struggle in behalf Of those Irish landlords
who are irreconcilably opposed to the
| measure He will move the rejection of
the bin when II comes up on its third
reading. His motion is certain to be de-
feated, but the bill when it reaches the
House of Lords win be SO loaded down
with amendments by the landlords as to
necessitate recourse to the old procedure
OF consultation between the two houses.
The fate of the measure depends upon
the result of this conference.
The business of the House of Commons
during the present week has developed
whatever fighting quality Mr.. Arthur Bal
four, the Government leader in the House,
has In his composition. His utility as A
leader can be gauged by the fact that his
recent illness in nowise retarded the bust
ness OF Parliament indeed, there are
those who do not hesitate to say that his
absence rather facilitated the transaction
of business. AS a matter of fact the Cs1v
ernment itself seems sick and indifferent
as to how their legislative programme
gets fulfilled. Their big majority IS dazed
dii9 almp over the confusion of affairs
ana feebly assents to anything that will
| ehApie the Ministers to wind up the ses-
h. sloh. Ihere is no parallel in the his
lofy OF Parliament to such series of
humiliations as has been inflicted by a
small minority in opposition upon a MN
FLY packed Dy strong numerical ma
JoIity. W " a week ago, and within a month
OF the date fixed for propagation there
We're thirty government measures before
ine l,ti- House ,s, Some Of these We're mere
3,Sln1a roa9hn bllls OTHERS We're certain to
SSfo
closure could prevent The difffculty
l Is to De met BY the simple process Of
nave not passed the Commons by August
| Z; e, ana tne probabilities therefore are that
the goyernment record for the whole ses-
SION will be limited TO the one Important
measure commonly known as the Land
lords Plunder Act. The prolongation of
the session to enable the ministers fa
| carry out a substantial part Of the lao,;s, -
la1lon they proposed would be the natural
~ resource T., OF the government. But the
present Cabinet viii allow nothing to stand
between their supporters and the grouse
shooting which opens on August 10 II
Is N{.sa a matter for wonder how any Cabinet
MInaster who requires TO face his CON
stituaen{s during. the. recess will be able
to shield himself and colleagues from fhs
paa @ lone 5nes y naye & lnsgrred NJ Chamber
the Irish Land bili, and by his wise and and
esteem Throughout the co Conservaaine 81 psl9ile
party it is hoped that Mr. Baifours weak weak
,4,ssiI4 y.1 ~ may JastIy MS withdrawal to
Mr. Balfour. has not yet conceded to
SIR william Vernon Harcourt the leader
OF the opposition in the House, night
| for discussion of the Venezuelan mat
ter The Liberals can and will raise
the discussion when the Appropriation
Bill comes before the House unless a
! special night be accorded for considera-
| tion Of this question.
| An incident, notable as one of times,
| yindiea tons; has just occurred in the
| Vincent and Mr. Michael Davitt. The last
/ time their names were associated was
| when Sir Howard. then Mr. r. Vincent
arrested Davitt near London. IN 1882 on
| the charge of breach of the conditions
/ Of mis- tiaket-of-leaye. Davitt released
| from Portland Prison. had been speaking
out his heart and mind in Ireland VIM
! cent arrested him al six in the morning
on the Irish mail train as it neared Lon
! den, took him to Bow Street and saw
! him locked up in Millbank Prison. Now,
although Mr.. Davitt cannot be said TO
have altered his views on Irish indie
/ pendence his young Ireland notions are
modified. and he holds the respect of
| good men of all sections in Parliament
Lord RGsGlyery has further shocked the
| Liberal Dissenters, who form Sthe back
bone of the party. by allowing his name
| to appear on the LIST OF a committee get
! ting up a testimonial to the Secretary
| of the Sunday League. meeting of
| Baptist pastors has sent him protest.
wherein they tell him that the support
=
to leader who approves the desecra-
ton of the Lords Day. They ask him
to seriously consider this matter, and
also to completely sever himself from
all support OF horse racing Lord Rose
bery's Sunday League escapade is an alb
solutely sure indication of his want of
tact as a leader He could. without Of
fense in any direction, have abstained
from associating himself with the league.
The Irish National Convention, which
opens In Dublin on September J., is snap
I'M ayfV- hfaN in n
gathering. Throughout ireland. and in
the populous centres Of England and
Scotland, tle Nationalist societies are
appointing delegates and discussing the
probable platform of the convention with
the hcartieSt enthusiasm Advicess from
South Africa and Australia are like those
every quarter of the globe. where nu-
cleus of Iri5hnlen can be found sufficing
to form an association, delegates are
coming. The convention will not only
represent the mass of the Irish race, but
will also have besides the representative
power of numbers. working leverage of
great united party. That the convention
VIII heal existing schisnlS and regenerate
Home Rule seems assured. Mr.. Healy
and his followers will be present at the
side the English press no one yet credits
Mr.. Redmond and his section with any
desire or design to thwart this great Ma
tional movement.
The Scotch miners are supporting the
English Miners Federation in the strike
movement. In the north of England the
miners societies, which are about the
strongest In Great Britain, urge that
nothing should be done until winter. They
will adhere to the Cancellation Boards
agreement until 1t expires in December.
The Porte has appropriated f250,e0o of
customs funds. hypothetical to foreign
bondholders. The strongest protests
against fh.s seizure have been made by
the Council OF Administration at Con-
stantinople, who are charged with dis
bondfolders. The ambassadors of the
take measures to prevent future thefts,
il they can. Meantime this amount is
absorbed.
During the recent heat, the Queen lived |
much OF her time in the open. or rather |
under tent near Frognlore. Here her |
secretaries worked, state documents were |
signed. and luncheon served Intimate |
guests who were allowed access to this |
retreat say that It had a charming loca-
tion caugft what ccog breezes were /
going. and had a pleasant outlook to- |
wards the Berkshire hi2s.
The Khedive of Egypt is expected in |
England. as guest Of the Queen, about |
the end Of August.
The Ang}o-ltalian entente. which had /
the full adhesion of the DUO de Ser
n1onsfa 4. will be maintained by the re- I
constituted Italian Ministry
The second of series Of stained glass /
Windows e1ected In ST. Savtonrs@ the /
eafhedral church of South London, II