RESIGNATION OF THE GLADSTONE MINISTRY.
. It will bo seen by our cable news published elsewhere that the GLADSTONE, Ministry bus resigned.' The m-yvs wilT be received, generally speaking, with unmixed satisfaction by the bulk of tl»o colonists, wlioihdvd for some time past lost faith, in- tho "Grand Old Man" as the arbiter of Britain's destinies. Tlip l Soudan campaign and the English liuß- :- -sian criHis, both tended'to prbwilVaf Mr Gladstonk's policy wa6 not ono tliQl public opinion vras m accord with Or would long endure. It has beeu appaj*ent for some time past that a feeling of deep-seated 'dissatisfaction witlj tho presput admitußtr(ition had been rapidly gaining ground, both at Home and abroad, and the news that Mr Gladstone lias tendered the resignation of his Ministry will be receivad with a feeling of relief, if not actual rejoicing, m)1 over the country. On Friday, when Parliament re-assombles, it will be known what is the probable personel of the neyvr Ministry, and the intelligence will be 'awaitc-d with caper anticipation. The possible ultimate effect of the present political crisis on European affairs generally, it would bo idl« to conjecture 'at the present stage.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 11, 11 June 1885, Page 2
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192RESIGNATION OF THE GLADSTONE MINISTRY. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 11, 11 June 1885, Page 2
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