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Show 5 ' BETRAYED. M , . ' The English elections are practically ..;'(. over and the returns thus far indicate a j Tory victory. But this victory seems to j : : have been bought with bad faith, and al- I ; f ready the Tories are repudiating all alli- I , I ances with tlie Parnellites. They have be- ! is ' trayed their allies. The Tory papers are I j . ' j beginuing, and simultaneously, too, to j ; explain certain things that the public t , had been content to consider as plain and in no need of explanation. They pay I ! that Tarnell advised the Irish voters I to vote for the Tories, but now they boldly assert .that, lie did so of his I f own volition,; and that there was no tm- f derstanding ..between tlie Tory leaders ; and Parnell. The Tories were once very j 5 , : - f-ertain that there was an understanding j i between Parnell and Gladstone conse- I ' quent upon the release of Parnell from f I , i jail, and so certain were Ihey of this un- 1 derstanding, and no well acquainted were . . they with all its details, that they called ! r it the Treaty. of Kilmainham Jail. I s s Of the existence of any treat' between f ; Parnell and themselves they seem totally 1 ignorant. It is scarcely probable that Parnell used his influence in behalf of the f , Tories ' unless ' he understood that the ' ' ; Tories would stand by him in his fight T ! j, .... .......... '. . : A J for reform in Ireland. If he had no un- derstanding and advised Irish voters to J support- Tory candidates for; the purpose of equalizing and counterbalancing the Tory r and Idberal parties,. . his course shows him to be a most consummate political strategist, and that through strategy strat-egy he has won what others have fought for with overwhelming odds in their favor, the balance of power in Parliament. Having this balance of power, he is in a position to trade with the one or the other party, or to force the hostile parties into an alliance which would be entirely defensive and never constructive. Tories and Liberals are foes of such long standing, stand-ing, and so bitter is their hostility, that it will be impossible for them to be in accord for any length of time even in a defensive de-fensive alliance. It is quite likely that the present anamolous condition of affairs in English politics will result in a new election elec-tion in less than a year's time, for now Salisbury will in all human probability be called to form a Ministry, and his majority ma-jority is so small that he cannot hope to inaugurate and carry through any important impor-tant legislation. r A year will probably see the Liberals restored to power, with a majority equal to their majority of 1880. i |