THE HUSH QUESTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7921, 13 April 1887, Page 5

THE HUSH QUESTION.

MANIFESTO BY MR.' GLADSTONE DEMONSTRATION IN" HYDE PABK. , i [by electric telegeaph.—copybight,] [press association.] London, April 3. Mr. Gladstone has issued a manifesto" to the miners of the North of England, in which he declares that the time has arrived for the working men of England to bestir themselves on behalf of Ireland. Referring to the injustice of the Coercion Bill, Mr. Gladstone points out that the record of crime in Ireland is relatively less for Ireland than that for England. If the Bill was passed it would mean suffering, but, he adds, Ireland knows how to suffer] for England. The Bill means shame and- dishonour, Its elements are antagonistic to the moral code of latter-day civilisation, and that it should be cast forth in shame and dishonour was the first business of a great nation. Mr. Gladstone points out that in 1876 the working men of London gave the first effectual force to the movement which resulted in the emancipation of Bulgaria. The movement produced the overthrow of the Beaconsfield Administration,' and brought about the return of the Liberals to power by the election of 1880. Mr. Gladstone concluded his manifesto by expressing a hope that the anti-coercion meeting in Hyde Park will toll the death-knell of the worst, most insulting, and most causeless Coercion Bill ever submitted to Parliament. London, April 11. A demonstration against the Irish Crimes Bill took place to-day in Hyde Park. Fully a hundred thousand persons were present, but the majority were indifferent to the objects o£ the being merely sightseers,* -Gatherings of people were addressed in different places by Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Mr. Davitt, Mr. Sexton, and Mr. Labouchere. The whole demonstration was of an orderly character, no police interference being necessary. Afterwards a long procession left the Park, and while proceeding down Piccadilly Mr. Gladstone made his appearance at his window, and was loudly cheered by the people of the procession.