Show GLADSTONE FOR ONCE IS SILENT WHILE mr gladstone Is giving elaborate views on all other subjects large and small with which the general public are concerned some people are wondering that he should express no opinion of the tranby croft scandal to those who understand him his silence to is no mystery they realize the delicacy so to speak of his dilemma and pity him with all their heart mr gladstone while clear and staunch on the principles of democracy is as fixed as adamant in his til tal le leg glance bance and devotion to the queen with the queen dead what would be his position on questions vital to the prestige of royalty it ills is impossible to know but with the queen living no man needs to be in doubt as to what he would do in all cases when the good name influence or prospects of the queens household are am at issue whether his loyalty to is a principle a sentiment or a fad is not a point worth speculating on for it will hold him to the scratch just the same if his conduct in the past is any criterion for that of the future |