Selections for theso positions u ill necessarily
be reconsiderad and submitted to the same
royal Scrutiny which hus been passed upon
Mr. Gladstone's list. Tho queen has assertod
her pan an, and the situation asitdovelopi
diatlnctlvely proves that tho relatlvo positions
between Eovurlngn and premier aro
thosopf "master and man." Her majesty
accopti Mr. Gladstone on certain conditions.
If liedamplies with tboso condition ha may
lend tho government, otherwise political
chaos will come again.
Tho queen's firmnsis on Fiday when sho
practically intimated that she preferred abdication
to Gladstone without definite
promistH, is grudually becoming Known in
London. Kir Henry 1'onsonby, her
majesty's private sCjrotary, insisted on a
couciso declaration of the Liberal leader's
policy aud fraulcly anuounced that any undertaking
tainted with separatist location
would not hi acceptable. There is nollont
authorlt) for suitiug that her nmj'sty was
so fearful of tho result of her ti'rotary's
mlFslou 1 1 in t sho requested Mr. Goschen to
come to Oiborno for consultation Lofore
summoning Mr. Gladstone A spocial
steamer awaited hiuinll day, but alter a loug
consultation with Lord Ilartingtou, Mr
Goschen decided that it would be bust to allow
Mr. Gludstoue to bo summoned without
tho intervening influences which her majsty
apparently so much desired. TO Is opisodo
explains Sir Henry l'ousouby's lute call on
Mr. Gladitoue.
The ponitiuu which tho quoon hns nssumod
throug bout the crisis, Ls regarded ns being
strictly coustitioual, but it imparts to the
people the suJdeti perception that the crown
is btill an important factor in British politics.
