Show CHAMBERLAIN A Hi Attack on Gladstones Proposed Irish Policy VOW WAXTS A FEDERATION HE Taunt Him and Dedal itchy + ts Scheme to be an Impracticable Imprac-ticable One Chamberlain and Home Kule jJ DON Ap l9The House of Com crowded Amongthe JIIII was again r to3 were the Dukes of Connaught Ci Cambridge and many Peers and isijssadors although the attendance bowed the intense interest that is taken 1 the progrest of the debate on the ra bill public excitement has some Uit abated Mr Gladstone was heartily cheered when he arose and sad that the debate would be con nnued until Monday when he hoped to cruse the discussion He announced that the budget would be Introduced on Tuesday and the Irish land bill on that wr the latter being a necessary supple me at to the home role bill He proposed pro-posed that the House adjourn for a weeks holiday at Easter Jlr CnamDerlam was recehed with a lint cheers upon arising to resume the debate He said be rose mure for the purpose of making a personal explanation explana-tion than with the object of enter Si upon a detailed discussion of the speech of Mr Gladstone Continuing he said that when he was asked to join the movement move-ment he told Mr Gladstone that he did not think it possible to reconcile a separate sep-arate parliament atDublin as demanded by the Irish members with the conditions condi-tions of full guarantees for the security of the empire and Mr Gladstone informed in-formed him that all wanted then wa an independent inquiry into the subject sub-ject of the government of Ireland He wrote a letter to Mr Gladstone on Jan nary 3d in which he explained that he could not consent to the establishment of a separate Parliament in Dublin and it was on that understanding that be consented to join the Cabinet He had presumed from what Mr Gladstone told him that the whole Cabinet would proceed step by step in consultation to build a scheme of home rule not involving a separation It was not until March 13th that Mr Gladstone startled the Cabinet bv bringing forward a scheme involving the issue of 15000000 consul con-sul At this point Mr Gladstone interrupting inter-rupting reminded Mr Chamberlain f that he had not received permission of her Majestys Government to reveal the land proposals Mr Chamberlain continuing said that he would reserve his explanation He did not resign on the land purchase proposals alon ° but on the whole scheme Still he asked how could he explain his position if his hands were tied Conservative cheers He asked if he might be permitted to read his letter to Mr Gladstone Here an angry discussion took place between Mr Chamberlain and Mr I Gladstone The latter declared he could not go beyond the limits of the per minion Between Chamberlain who thereupon complained thathis explanation explana-tion would be lame and incomplete He ruuld never be able to justify his conduct con-duct to the House and to the country He took four principal objections to the scheme for the government of Ireland The first was the proposal to exclude the Irish members from Westminster second the objection was to the renouncing re-nouncing as proposed of the exercise ot right of Imperial taxation in the third place he objected to the surrender of the appointments of judges and magistrates and finally he objected to the supreme authority given to the Irish Parliament in matters mat-ters not specially excluded from its authority Since he had left the Cabinet Cab-inet he said an important chance had been made by the retaining power over the customs and excise duties but the proposal now appeared utterly inconsistent incon-sistent with the principle that taxation taxa-tion and representation should go together He further objected to any scheme that laid upon the British taxpayer the tremendous liability with excessive risk as such project could only be looked upon as a bribe to nioJiiy the hostilities of the Irish landowners land-owners to home rule He did not believe be-lieve that the Irish people would agree to be deprived of all voice in the control of the matters and policies in which they were deeply interested and he asserted f as-serted that Ireland was being asked to occupy a degrading position which the people would never accept The further E ral contribution which Ireland was to be called on to pay to the Imperial treasury was fixed by the scheme and could not be increased even in case the United Kingdom should be placed in the position of direct peril where then he asked was the integrity of the Empire The financial question ques-tion he continued divided itself into two parts The English tax payer would object to any additional burden being thrown upon him to matte good the Irish deficiencies and the Irish taxpayers tax-payers if there were a deficiency in the budget owing to a failure of the excise and custom duties would be called onto on-to pay the new taxes failing in which the government would be obliged to repudiate re-pudiate their obligations The scheme would be accepted grudgingly and in the course of two years there would bean be-an attempt to revise or alter it and as for himself rather than face the futures future-s btion which would be certain to prevail pre-vail between the two countries father than face the distractions and foreign complications which Would arise by having a quasi Dependent government he would tate for the reparation sure and simple < Loud cheers The opponents ot the 8Ternment scheme were told that the alternative I was coercion that was his erative The agrarian discontent has arisen chiefly through evictions by the landlords He would propose to deprive the landlords of the power to evict for six months guaranteeing them IX months rent the land being security I for the sum advanced During this period the peace commission composed com-posed of member of every section represented rep-resented in Parliament could conduct an exhaustive inquiry into the land question Besides this he looked for the solution of home rule matter in the direction of federation federa-tion Ho was not he declared pledged to his former proposals for a national council Under federation Ireland would remain an integral portion por-tion of the empire The principle of Federation had been successful in Germany Ger-many and America It would he asserted as-serted maintain imperial unit and at the same time satisfr the desircof the Irish people for local selfgovernment Mr Mealy taunted Mr Chamberlain with using his five years experience to attack a minister oft J fifty years xper ence He ridiculed the scheme of Mr Chamberlain as Impracticable and as involving an indefinite postponement of legislation PABIS April 0Mr Gladstones speech is the uppermost topic of conversation con-versation in literary and political circles Most of the Parisian newspapers news-papers comment approvingly I upon the British Premiers scheme although some of them criticise certain of its minor features French editors all speak with admiration of the courage and power exhibited by Mr Gladstone in his address and La France alludes to the venerabe statesman as the Redeemer Re-deemer Lc Paris expresses the hope that Mr Gladstone will triumph Lomo > April DLord Hartinclon in an interview with Lord Salisbury today to-day arranged that no motion should be made against the home rule bill until the second reading Lord Harrington does not intend to propose an alternative alter-native scheme though he will oppose Mr Gladstones bill root and branch He continues to be averse to the formation forma-tion of a coalition government in the event of Mr Gladstone being defeated Mr Chamberlain has also rejected overtures from the Conservatives for a coalition Among the various radical woringmens clubs the feeling is in favor of Mr Gladstone Several meetings meet-ings were held tonight to discuss the project ol a grand mass demonstration in support of the home rule bill It is understood that the Tory and Whig leaders of the opposition Mr Glad stones Irish scheme preferred to force a division on the first reading of the bill but abandoned the ideas because of Mr Chamberlains strong opposition to it |