| Show HONE HOME RULE POK FOR ALL THE latest election returns in great britain make a rather gloomy outlook for the gladstone party there Is a bare possibility of a turn in the tide sufficient to give the a small majority in the house of commons but bat the probability is that the new parliament will be a trifle more conservative than the last only by bv a union of all the liberal factions C can gladstone hope to maintain his p position asi as premier unless greater victories than he can reasonably expect shall hall be achieved during the last days of the election it looks as though thou the great statesman will either have to give up the helm of state to others or so modify his bis measure for the liberation of ireland as to gain the support of th the unionists whether this will be possible and still retain the aid of the farnel lites is very doubtful unless the latest returns show unexpected 9 gains 19 s to gladstone the irish question w wm become more complicated cam tha than n it was before the dissolution of parliament rome home rule for ireland though will still be the issue of the times limes it cannot be put out of sight the tire has commenced to burn and it e cannot annot be extinguished it salisbury should succeed to power and the policy of coercion should be reestablished established re there will willbe be trouble to meet of a serious nature violence will be met with viol violence enoe and blood will flow the feeling that prevails on this side of the atlantic will prove more strongly sympathetic for ireland if her prospects for deliverance become darker than before there will be a disposition to wink at the revolutionary projects that will be started and tile the liberating societies that will plot for resistance to oppression defeat of gladstone means not hot only gloom for ireland but danger to england home rule is more than an irish problem it is a right belonging to all nationalizes national nationalities ites and bodies politic each commonwealth must know best what is lor for its own immediate interest local self government is the demand of all communities that are not too firmly chained in bondage to think of liberty it is a foundation stone in the american political structure and belongs to every governmental system which recognizes recognizes the rights of the people india is not likely to remain in its present condition of vassalage much longer longer without a demand for home rule eule the evils of the prevailing system do not come to the surface like the sufferings of ireland because agitation has not been attempted outsie outside of the he vast empire in the east over which victoria holds sway away but the wrongs of india like the wrongs of ireland will be heard beard throughout the world and a revolt re volt from british rule kale in india would be a far more serious thins thing for england than an irish revolution that the millions ot of that land should have some voice in the government of their country seems so evident that no reasoning need be wasted in contending tending for it and the people who are un under er the british yoke take the mutter matter to heart much more than is generally supposed they have made demands which have attracted but little littie attention ibn abroad but they are in earnest all the same last november a national indian congress convened at bombay it was a representative assembly of natives from all parts of india and the speakers were men of ability and familiar acquaintance with wilh the needs of the country these were the calef clief demands ot of the con congress ress that a royal commission should bould me be appointed upon which both english aud and indians should be represented which should take evidence both in england and in india that the council ol of the secretary of state tor for india should be abolished that representation should be accorded to the indian people in the supreme and provincial councils of india that a all budgets should be referred to these bodies for their consideration and that the melm members of these councils should be empowered to interpolate the executive in regard to all branches of the administration that greater facility should be given for the admission of natives into the indian civil service that increased military expenses which had to be met oy taxes upon the indian people were unnecessary and finally that the lately acquired territory gry of upper burmah raould not be annexed to the indian empire but should be made a crown colony I 1 these requirements do not seem to meet with any more favor among the dominant classes in england than do the cries for redress that resound from erin india was taken by force it has been held by force and the disposition seems to be to let force continue without regard to right it is ia the conservative policy of coercion as exercised towards tow arcla ireland in spite of the protest protes fc mentioned above upper burmah has been annexed to british india this will increase expenses which will have to be met out of the general taxation and so the people of india proper will nave have to pa pay y additional taxes from which they will receive no benefit england agrati ties fies her ambition at the expense of the already overtaxed indiana the increased military expenses of which they complain are incurred by british warlike adventures of no au advantage to the it is only just that the natives should be represented in the supreme and provincial vinci al councils and that financial questions should be referred to those godies bodies is of the essence of rome home rule kule the exclusion irom from those bodies of natives chosen by the people is rank injustice and taxation without representation is as wrong in india as in america the reform desired in the indian civil service is in order that educated able native gentlemen shall be elii eli eligible 1 i for important places as the sons of english off officers leers who often incompetent and without experience are put into the highest positions while talented and tu thorough orough natives can only obtain the minor offices with diminutive salaries the royal commission asked for does not take well in england but in its place a parlia parliamentary commission is proposed which will exclude indian representatives and most likely evidence taken in india this is asking for bread land jand receiving a stone the national indian congress will meet again next december the demand for home rule kule will increase as the spirit of liberty lib erty finds findson op ort unities to br bathe its inspirations among 11 the oppressed in every part of the globe the bondage in which so many millions of earth are held is wron wrung an and d unworthy of the age the powers that be must loosen their grip upon the masses and volunteer som meed of freedom to 8 subordinate communities muni ties or it will be claimed and taken oy by revolution and a day is at hand when the god of nations will visit asit upon the kingdoms and rulers of the world his lie tierce ree displeasure unless they listen to the pleadings of the oppressed and accord to th the people their just rights retribution is decreed against the tyrant and chastisement upon the oppressor and that freedom which of right belongs to all mankind will yet prevail in every part of the ransomed rans ranso omed ined globe |
