The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-22

going on England had renewed trouble IN
the East and afteFward became involved
in the 8ingulariy complicated Schles8 ig-
Eoistein affair. whose intTicacies the pub
they read of its progress toward settle
ment Lord Palmerston died in office, on
the 18th of October, 1865, at +he ripe age
Of eighty years
PaInerstoR's suceessor=-
For the three years following Lord
PalmerstOn's death the Government was
carried on by Lord Russell. Lord Derby.
and Mr Disraeli, who in that interval
served the Queen as Prime Minister for
the first time, but only Tor ten months.
In these three ~years some important
steps forward we're. taken By the Gov
ernment. It dealt with a perplexing
situation IN the Island OF Jamaica, estab-
Iished the present confederation Of Can
ada. met and disposed OF Fenianism, pass
ed new reform bill, which enfranchised
ali male borough householders who were
subject to taxation for the relief of the
poor, all dodgers resident Of a years
standing who paid SO year rent, coun-
try residents who had property yielding
So year. and those who occupied lands
and tenements at an expense of G12 a
year; encountered she first threatening
wave OF trades unionisn, sent an expe-
dition into Abyssinia and entertained for
the Queen Abdul AZiz, the Sultan of Tur-
key.
Gladstone in Power
Mr.. DisraelTs ten months of admins
tration, ending in December. 1865 in
troduced new era of English states
manship. His short initial term was
closed by the brilliant triumph OF his
great rival, Mr. Gladstone on q preIimi-
nary touching the question of disestab-
fishing the church in Ireland The meas
ure, being opposed by the Government.
was carried, a dissolution followed, and
in the election of 1865 the new elective
franchises Injured to the benefit of the
Liberals. giving them control Of the
House CT Commons by a large majority.
Mr. DfsraeIi resigned. and the Queen en-
trusted the Government to Mr. Glad
stone During the five years from 1868
TO 1874 Mr.. Gladstone had on his hands.
among other matters. an agitation for a
scheme of national education. disestab-
form the abuse of comforting military
commissions Tor pecuniary or political
considerations. the American Alabama
claims, renewed misunderstanding in the
East, and the Franco Prussian war as far
as it touched England. After five years
OF unparalleled labor on his part finding
a spirit of discomfort rising among ais
followers, Mr. Gladstone early in 1874
surprised the country by dissoIving Par
lament and submitting to the jury of his
countrymen the case of the discontents
against his administration. The verdict
went against him. Reaction toward Con
servaJ ism set in. and overwhelming the
Liberals. carried down the Gladstone
Government.
DisraeIi.
Mr.. Disraeli's administration of the next
seven years made the Queen Empress Of
India and the Prime Minister an earl. The
purchase of the Suez Canal England 5 par
in the war between Russia and Turkey
the settlement Of the Eastern question
/ By the Congress of Berlin, were Ieading
features of Lord Beaeonsfeld's term o
service.
GIadstone's Return TO Power.
In April. 1881. Mr. Gladstone returned IL
power only 10 find a vast deal Of unhn.
ished business left TO him. The Egyptian
question. the tragic situation Of Gordon
at Khartum. and the fattening out o
General WoIseley's pretentious expedition
! for a rescue. put the Government TO Sc
we're test, while Irish home rule. the dy
namiters, and the Parliamentary reform
ers made the Liberal Premier's life foi
four years anything but easy Alter con
| tending with all these weighty problems
Mr.. Gladstone in June. 1880 fell on a ques