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Show "J. - V SALISBURY MAY RESIGN. ! Portion of the Cabinet in Favor of It to ! '; ' Make Gladstone Force Matters. London. July IS. All of the cabinet min-liters min-liters have been summoned to London for Thursday next. , Salisbury went to Windsor rastle Saturday for a conference with her Viajesty and returned to. London last events- It is expected here that developments an unwonted character are impending, t- is 'stated that a section of the cabinet iiant Salisbury to resign" forthwith, in order H force Gladstone to meet the house of - Hiinmons with a full disclosure of his home mle and general policy, and so precipitate crisis. - The liberal leaders are prepared to tike office immediately or wait the defeat M the goverument on the amendment to the ddrfsg. No tactics the present govern-aitlt govern-aitlt will adopt can force the hand of Gladstone. Glad-stone. r A conference of Gladstone and his Cul- Feagues Is expected to take place Thursday f nd among the troubles menacing the government gov-ernment is the habit the Irish members !ave vt irreeular attendance. If the prac- e snail oe continued the absence of some forty Irish members will render the government govern-ment liable to defeat any moment. If American subscriptions shall be freely continued con-tinued druiug the final crisis the home rule iarty will be wonderfully strengthened, f The political resources of the unionists are inexhaustible as compared with those of the liberals, though it is learned that assurances assur-ances have been obtained by the liberal executive committee that wealthy Glad-ttoniaus Glad-ttoniaus are ready to respond to icmauds regarding the coming crisis n parliament. A month must elapse before the actual business of the house Will begin. If this be followed by a charge (f government, Gladstone may undertake forthwith to form a ministry, the members 6f which may require re-election. The liberals lib-erals thus calculate that it will be October before the new government can be called upon to present to parliament its programme. It is probable that Gladstone will not begin ttoe work of legislation in the winter session, but postpone it until next spring. The number num-ber of members thus far returned is 652, I leaving eighteen yet undecided. The oppo- sition combined members are 342 and the ' unionists 310. Of the eighteen seats yet un-returned un-returned seven Irish and six British in the late parliament were held by the opposition and five by unionists. As changes are unlikely, un-likely, the new parliament will consist of 353 Gladstonians and 315 unionists. |