Mr. F. W. Mande's conversion from Unionism to Home-rule -appears
to be one of the most abrupt on record. On June let, at Birmingham, he attacked Sir G. Trevelyan for his change of -mind, and denied that Mr. Gladstone had made any concession, maintaining that he had, indeed, aggravated the danger. Farther, he asserted "that Unionists were not going to leave their doors -and windows unbarred, so that their opponents might come in in the night, bind their strong men, and destroy the fortress which it was their duty to defend." On Monday, he said, at the !Alexandra Palace, that Mr. Gladstone's concession had cut -away the ground from under the Liberal Unionist position, and that the sympathy of the English democracy with the Irish -democracy should be generously expressed. Indeed, Mr. Maude appeared to advocate associating Mr. Parnell openly with Mr. Gladstone in the preparation of the Irish Home-rule measure. And why not, if Mr. Gladstone ie really to be subject to Mr. Parnell in every line of his policy ? But, however logical and -consistent his new edition of Gladstonianism may be, Mr. Mande's conversion is as sudden as if it were the work of some- thing analogous to the conscience, turned upside down. Has he really " found salvation " in Mr. Parnell ?
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