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Show FIGHTING GLADSTONE. His Home Role Measures Denounced by a London Mass Meeting. Russia's Demand Flatly Refused by Prince Alexander The Outlook Rather Squally. How Geronimo Got the Dead Drop on Crook and His Men. Against Home Rale. London, April 2. A great mass meeting was held this afternoon in the Guildhall to protest against the granting of a parliament to Ireland. The Lord Mayor presided. Sir John Lubbock (Liberal), Member of Parliament for London University, moved the adoption of the resolution CONDEMNING GLADSTONE For his intention of handing Ireland over to Parnell, whom he had previously denounced. A workingman arose and offered an amendment amend-ment to Lubbock's resolution, but was howled down, and the resolution was carried amid wild enthusiasm. WHAT THE "GAZETTE" SATS. London, April 2. Gladstone is riding straight for a fall. The Pall Mall Oazette declares this morning: "He refuses to modify his Irish scheme, and the result will be the country will have neither Home Eule in Ireland nor Gladstone." |