CABLEGRAMS. MR GLADSTONE'S PROPOSALS. WILIING TO COMPROMISE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 226, 29 October 1887, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS. MR GLADSTONE'S PROPOSALS. WILIING TO COMPROMISE.

'„ JjC won, October 20. Speaeinc. >at i the. Liberal Conference at NotfciDglmi3j ) .'Mr,GJadstoiio explained the eoiaoeeeioiis >yjhich he believed should be granted, . to Ireland. He advocated ;the establishment of an Irish PariiarnGjuit the statutes passed by it should j bo subject to the control of the JmpeiidLParliament. On questiems of .ge-asral policy he expressed himself <in iavour of single votes, freetra-cde in land 3 the abolition of the law of .entail, #nd the disestabment of th-e Wslsh , j£nd Scottish churches. He declined to .confQrjn to the appeal made by Ma* Chanxbodain at Belfast for a clear e»position ,of his (Mr Gladstone's) plans for^t'ikter, or to committ himself to the Irish bill ; but he declared that lie would, Jiat impede the settlement of ithe „qi«)stion by making objections t© matters of detail, if the proposals vrara sati^kctory to Ireland. Referring to the recent xlieturbances at Mitehellstown an<B. elsei\v,b<3re, Mr Gladatonc said that 1&e .action of the .police was abominable, '^he Irish nation had a grave aoeount to settle -with the English Government. He also condemned the action of tfoo Government in suppressing the^U£onal dengue. ittr Goschen, in the couy-se.of ,aji-ad-dress at Bradford, referred to 'the Irish question, and admitted sthatfiifiicj^Kies had undoubtedly occurred in the -pacification of that country, 'but the/ Government weie in* no &ense -dis.cour,ag^d in their attempts to secure! tibat .^ad. True, secret midnight! sneetingc were still being held, but 'the, of the Government had had -the^ effect,^ifiacreasing the practice of boy.-' ■CG&iing,

Loxdox, October 25, i In the -course of an address to an 1 assetnblags-sf four thousand people at| Newcnistle.-op/Pyne, Lord Randolph Churchill Answered Mr Gladstone's accusations against the Government and the police-fouthorities for their conduct during the late Irish riots. He warned the democracy of England that sympathy with saarchy meant ruin. Lord Randolph h&d an excellent reception. While some .evictions were being carried out in the Comity of Wexford the tenants offered a meet determined resistance to the officers of the land. Three of the bailiff sustafcfid horrible injuries through having vitrol thrown upon them,

London, October 21. Lord Kandolph Churchill, speaking at Sunderhnd, replied to Die speeches delivered by Mr Gladstone at the Liberal Conference, Referring to Mr Gladstone's statement that another appeal to the electors was necessary in order to reverse the Government's Irish policy, the speaker pointed out that the last election had decided the ques tion already by throwing the Liberals out of office ; and as to the proposed reform of the electoral laws, he reminded his hearers that Mr Gladstone was responsible for the present state of the franchise. He admitted that Mr Gladstone's political programme, as sketched at the Conference, contained sorufi desirable features, but maintained that the Conservatives and Liberal Unionists were better able to carry out those principles than a Gladstone Government would be. At any rate, Mr Gladstone should be compelled to fully declare his Irish and general policy before he was restored to power; Lord Randolph denounced as a bribe to the electors the declaration of Mr Gladstone in favour of Church disestablishment in Scotland and Wales.

London, October 21. When the last meeting of the unemployed, held at Trafalgar Square, broke up, a large number of the men looted the bakers' shops in Piccadilly. The crowd was, however, dispersed by the police before further mischief was done.

Paris, October 24. The French newspapers generally agree that the Convention recently concluded between the French and English f4overnments relative to the New Hebrides and' the Suez Canal will result in the establishment of good feeling between the two countries. The journals regret that popular prejudices have nitherto too often caused dissension on matters affecting England and France. "Le Temps, " referring to the annexation of-the Leeward Islands by France, says it is a compensation for evacuating the New Hebrides. Other papers declare that the convention with regard to the Suez Canal will in. volve the early evacuation of Egypt by the English troops, and the abrogation of the Convention with regard to the Leeward Islands or Tuamotu archipelago, near the Society (Tahiti) Islands.

"What is your favourite flower, Mr Hayseed?" asked Miss Lilybud. "The tuber rows, mann, the tuber rows," said the good old man, for it was he, shouldering his hoe and marching down to the potato patch. " Ethel, dear, you are looking pale and ill this morning." "Yes, mamma 5 I went in bathing yesterday and got my feet wet." "0, careless girl ; and spoiled your bathing suit, no doubt. Never let that happen again. "