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Show THE TWO LEADERS. Mr. Gladstone has been making another speech in Edinburgh, and it is largely devoted de-voted to the Irish question,. He told his listeners that Mr. Parnell had been suggesting sug-gesting that he prepare a plan for the local government of Ireland, and that he would reply to that suggestion. He does not look upon Mr. Parnell as expressing the wishes of the Irish people because they have not yet made known their desires and will not until the elections. Technically this is true, but certain it is that Mr. Parnell represents repre-sents the desires of the Irish people more than any other person, and apparently .Mr. rarnelL looks upon Mr. Gladstone as representing the English people. His suggestions to Gladstone clearly indicate that he expects to see Mr. Gladstone returned re-turned to Parliament and that the Queen will request him to form a Ministry. The two great leaders of the House, and old opponents, are to meet again upon the same field of battle. In the last- Parliament Par-liament so far as the Irish affairs were concerned the victory was with i Parnell. His tactics of obstruction in the j early years of the late Parliament were j masterful and succeeded in gaining him at least a negative advantage. Mr. Foster Fos-ter got his Crimes and Coercion Acts but he did not . succeed in protecting obnoxious landlords or suppressing suppress-ing crime, while Mr. Parnell did succeed in getting the three F's. When the new Parliament meets, no matter whether the Liberals or the Con- .servatives are in the majority, it will be highly interesting to watch the tactics of the Irish party, for now they ally themselves them-selves with one party, and now with another, and it is all done to further the schemes of Parnell. Parnell has to manage but one affair, while the Premier has to manage the affairs j of a mighty empire. Evidently j Gladstone does not intend to let the Irish party know what his plan3 are if his party is returned. In all the speeches now going on in Great Britain there seems to be no interest whatever in the viewsof Lord Salisbury, for he is looked upon as doomed to defeat. Whatever party may be returned to power it will have to meet the Irish question, and if the Liberals are returned the question of I disestablishment will doubtless become I prominent, because there will be many I Radicals returned and they are all fori disestablishment, save Mr. John Morley. But whatever party is returned, there will be Mr. Parnell to meet and oppose it unless the demands of Ireland are satisfied. |