The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
A. j. Balfour Wins Friends by Re-
buking the Unionisfs.


friends of Ireland of all political parties
excepting alone the extreme Tory and u
ster section, by his refusal to countenance
indeed by his angry rebuke Of the attempt
OF the Unionists of South Dublin to turn
the Right Hon. Horace Plunkett out OF
his parliamentary seat in South Dublin.
Mr.. Plunkett's offence, of course, is that
in his cooperative farming movement in
ireland he has, though a stanch Unionist
himself made no distinction between
Unionists and Nationalists, and has se-
tually appointed the Nationalist ex-Mem-
Der OF Parliament T. II. Gill as secretary
| For these offences against the "Loyalist''
code some leaders of Irish Unionism are
| trying to boycott Plunkett bringing for
ward rival Unionist candidate in his con-
stituency. 1T is surely" Mr. Balfour
| writes "a melancholy reflection that such
a man cannot find seat in the country of
his BIRTH whose best interests he has
pursued with such persistent and unselfish
devotion"
Meanwhile National politicians in ireland
seem to be pulling themselves together In
| view of general election. Much to their
disappointment. the appeal which followed
| the National convention two months ago
has yielded only $1,000. which is mlserably
small III contrast with the results of former
! days. Those who should know say that
! people generally do not see what the money
Is wanted for. They have no desire to feed
a faction of fighters This practical ex-
! preston Of public feeling will it is be-
heyed. help to carry William O'Brien into
the leadership OF tie new party. with
messrs. Dillon Redmond. Davitt, and Blake
| as MS chief colleagues. A question OF
heated discussion at the present moment il
|
| adopt toward T. NJ. Healy, Maurice HeaIy.
Sir Thomas Esmonde and their following.
Nationaiism can hardly do without them in
Parliament. and their hold on the con-
| stituencies is. secure. yet they are outside
this new movement.
The Dublin correspondent of the MAN
| chester Guardian who is unusually well
| informed. sums UP the situation thus: so
nach 90 the Irish people yearn for the re-
turn OF peace and good sense that they
would readily sacrifice any man who APP
pears to hinder that desirable condition.
The man at the top has always that trump
card to play. All against him are against
unity. Mr.. 0'Brien will naturally and fair
~ make that appeal TO the nominal leader.
John Redmond. who has gone quietly into
in autumn retirement from the dust and
smoke OF campaign. Another great card in
U brien's hand. and one that well PLAYED
Is sure to be effective. is the possibility I'M
der altered circumstances. of Mr.. Sections
return to public life. We have only two
men OF first-class parliamentary gifts
Inese are Messrs. Healy and Sexton, and
when. under Parnells controlling hand
they ran in harness they made a superb
team Sexton is sensibility itself He
shrlnks from rough encounters This is
very winning card to play and look with
some interest for the moment when it will
be thrown down"
Inc London theatrical season practi-
caily opened this week, with two Nell
Gwynne plays, and the illustrated papers
make great feature of this revival of
interest in the witty mistress OF Charles
the second. who,' despite her offences
against the proprieties, still counts in
the calendar of Cockaey personages. The
iaymarket version, produced in America
several years ago by Madame Rhsa, is
likely to prove the more popular because
OF Julia Nelson's vivacious impersonation
OF the title role, but, at the same time.
the other version, called English Nell"
founded on Anthony Hopes novel Simon
Dale, will run it close with Marie Tenn
pest as Nell. Moreover. the latter YER
sion has great literary merit The dia-
iogue sparkles throughout, and the cur
tains, particularly that of the last act
are unusually effective. Both will proba-
bly, have good runs.
The death of Nietzsche called forth
much memoir writing here In a literary
way, at any rate, he clearly made COR
siderable impression in England though
outside the narrow circle of his English
admirers, some adherence has been ex-
pressed of the outre and implacable ma
ture OF his individualism. Excepting as
the mouthpiece of the philosophy of GEL
fshness, his name will be forgotten in
England in ten years, and even today he
conveys no message to the great mass of
cultivated Englishmen
Church circles are not little moved by
the action OF Mr.. Grips, Q. c., the New
Anglican Chancellor of York. who has inti-
mated to the clergy OF the diocese that TO
license will be granted hencsforward for |
the marriage of any divorced person. |
Ardent cburchmen deny that injustice |
thereby is done to persons wishing to con-
tract such marriage according to evil !
law. Marriage, they hold. can be annulled !
by the divorce court according to canon j
law; it is dissoluble only by death. Those |
who avail themselves of the civil law to |
secure release from cne marriage are now
told in effect that only by the civil law |
that is to say. marriage before registrar |
can they enter into another marriage. |
They are not. high churchmen say. entitled !
to claim. a right, the Church's ben die
lluu upon Il Udt1ldSE WHICH mas only been
made possible ty n fragrant violation of /
the Church's law. Chancellors of other
dioceses are being urged to fo.lox Mr.
Cripp's example
gentleman now visiting Crete sends
the following note: You know OF the
great discoveries in Crete made by Evans
and Hogarth. Prof. Haibherr has now
found second prehistoric palace OF pre-
cisely the same plan and architecture in
the south of the central plain. on the site
of ancient Phastoz. The characteristic
features Of both are the same, namely a
large court, entered by a great double
gateway; a parallel passage. which seems
to have been rooted, out of which seIs
rows of storerooms, and the use of cement
blocks for building.
$50 far no fresco paintings have been
discovered at Phaistos, and no inscribed !
tablets. but the blocks of cement bear the |
same letters as are found on the tablets.
which seem to have been mason's marks
Both palaces have been burned. Charred |
wood, corn, and olives are found in guam
titles. At Phaistos have been found
number of large earthen figures painted in
red which may have been votive Offerings
thougi4 there Is nothing to prove it, One |
is an OK with a ring in his nose. but the
most interesting is horse, which bears
water jars in pann!ers just as Cretans car
ry water today. Large stone jars, also.
which have been found in these palaces.
are the same in shape and size as those
which Cretans still make"
An American lady, Miss Boyd. has un-
earthed in another palace a stone which
bears marks OF a game still played by Gre
tan children in intervals of their revolu-
lions.
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