The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-20

10 Americans who read it now this
statement viii seem incredible. Yet it was
a fact, and so late as 1878 The English peo-
pie had on one of their periodical war
fevers, and were consequently insane. 1t
is not too strong an expression. The war
fever often rises to a sort of insanity. and
even in the tolerant United States it has
twice happened that the veterans of one
war were mobbed for not being sufficiently
jealous in the next.
In the autumn of 1878 the party of Mr.
Gladstone had apparently sunk to the low
est depth it ever reached Lord Beacons-
field (Disraeli) had returned from the Ber-
lin conference bringing, as he said, Peace
with honor" and all the men who opposed
the pro-Turkish policy Of the government
were stigmatized as friends OF Russia
consequently Traitors. The masses took up
that false and foolish cry, so often heard
when war is thought near at hand-that
the opponents of war were only such be-
cause they favored the hostile country as
against their own London was almost
unanimous for sustaining Turkey at all
hazards against Russia, and the music
halls rang every night with war songs, the
favorite refrain being
We do not want to fight; but. by lingo, II we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've
got the money too.
So the war party came to be called the
"Jingoes." The Turks had perpetrated
most atrocious massacres in Bulgaria, and
Russia had marched her armies toward
Constantinople. Beaconsfeld as prime
minister ordered the British feet to that
city and began To concentrate troops at
Cyprus, while Mr. Gladstone denounced
the Turks and declared that the time was
past when England could honorably sus-
hahn them. Beaconsfield excited the popu-
lar hatred against Russia and carried the
day The Russians were restrained when
within sight of Constantinople, and on the
invitation Of Bismarck the powers con-
vened at Berlin and patched up an arrange
ment which gave Turkey little longer
lease of life.
The people were pleased to see England
appear once more as a sort of dictator in
European affairs. All the morning papers
of London except The News took part with
Beaconsfield and denounced Gladstone in
no measured terms. The peace men"
were occasionally Kissed or otherwise in
suited in public places, and at length Mr..
Gladstone and his wife were hustled" as
the phrase goes, in the public street. As
the event produced much indignation, the
London papers were not anxious to give
publicity to the details, and by way OF
apology it was stated that "a little mob Of
patriots returning from Jingo carnival
created the disturbance.
The fact remains The statesman who
had served England so long and well was
while walking with his wife pressed upon,
derided and insulted till, the danger of as
sault seeming to them imminent, they took
refuge in the hall of the nearest house
and that's all the London papers admit.
But a reaction was at hand. When all the
particulars of the Berlin settlement came
out, the people were disguised. The Tory
party was completely overthrown at the
next election, and in 1850 Gladstone be-
came for the second time prime minister.
Gladstone's Victory In 1892.
The scene in the house of commons ac-
companying the overthrow of Lord Sails
bury's government Aug. u, 1892, though
perhaps less dramatic than that attending
the downfall of Mr.. Gladstone's govern
ment in 1885, was full of exciting episodes.
Mr. Asquith had moved vote of mo con-
fdence" The house was full, 10 mem
bers only abstaining from voting. A sin
gularly brilliant and caustic piece of rhet-
oric from Mr.. Chamberlain was followed
by extemporaneOus remarks by Mr.. Chap
lin, who, because one or two members Of
the ministerial minority were late, spoke
largely against time. He was frequently
interrupted by indignant Irish members
with groans, cries OF Vide! Wider loud
laughter and much talking DR.. Tanner,
privileged Jester, even went so far as to
march solemnly up to Mr. Chaplin's side
with glass of water, but the orator kept
ON despite Interruptions until noon, when
the tardy ones arrived, and he sat down,
while the house called for the division. 1t
took fully 20 minutes to count the votes.
Mr.. Gladstosle was among the very last to
return from the Hobbies by way Of the bar,
and he was received with vociferous cheer
ing First the Irish members and then the
regular opposition rose en- masse and
shouted and waved hats until their chief
had seated himself Mr. Balfour received
similar ovation from the ministerial
minority when he took his place behind
the chair
Then Mr.. Majoribanks, the governments
new chief whip, entered with the figures Of
the majority, which he whispered TO Mr..
Gladstone before he took his place in front
of the table and to the right of the speaker,
always reserved for the successful tellers.
The whole house was SO noisy and excited
that it was long time before silence for
the reading of the figures could be secured.
There was more wild cheering when the
figures were given out, and cries of "Eyict-
ed" Remember Mitchelstown," Down
with coercion" arose from the Irish mem
bers. Mr. Balfour moved adjournment,
and in 10 minutes the house was cleared.
Mr.. Gladstone had great reception from
the crowd outside as he drove away with
Mrs. Gladstone, who had watched the
scene from her usual corner in the ladies'
gallery.
His Marriage and His Home.
Mr.. Gladstone was married July o, 1895,
to Miss Margaret Glynne, of Welsh fam
lily, who brought TO him a considerable prop
erty, which included famous Hawarden cas-
tie. She inherited it through long line Of
descent from one Sergeant Glynne and his
son, the Baronet William Glynne. They Oh
tanned it at the close Of the great ciyI war,
and the former owner. James, earl OF Derby.
had lost his head. OF course 1t has his
tory, like all the old places in Great Brit
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