Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-13
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
Gladstone Again Confronts the Opposi.
tioa With Ringing Speech.

LONDON, May l2
In the House Of Commons last evening,
while advocating his motion for a second
reading of the credit bill, Gladstone said that
the government was acting in accord with the
Ameer's wishes. He hoped to present papers
by the end of the week in support of his ar.
rangement.
During the debate on the motion of cen.
sure, Sir Stafford Northcote denied that the
conservatives desired to fight Russia. He
said they only wanted q distinct frontier ar.
rangement with the Ameer, in order to enable
England to defend it, and clear treaty with
Russia, defining the points beyond which an
advance would be regarded as a casus belli
Gladstone said that Sir Stafford Northcote
repudiated the grounds of motion which had
been proposed and approved by his support.
ers. The opposition has pressed the motion
without waiting for the promised papers, and
made up their deficiency of knowledge by a
variety of haseless suppositions. When the
papers were presented it might appear thai
Sir Peter Lumsden had returned in full con.
formity with the government policy, and tina,
frontier had been secured through friendly
relations between Lord Dufferin and the
Ameer. 1t might also be found that when
the government took the gloomy view OF
their position, they were doubtful of gaining
the object they were contending for. and that
his more cheerful speech on the following
Monday was made when those objects had
been gained. 1t was not without deep pair
and regret that he had seen the change in the
attitude of opposition as soon as the blessed
prospect of peace appeared, and when it wa:
found that war had been averted which
would have been calamity to England, Rus.
sia, civilized mankind and the whole world
Loud and prolonged cheers.
Chaplin, conservative, charged that the
expenditure of so much blood and treasure
and the ruin that had been caused in the
Soudan were due to efforts to save the seats
of an imbecile ministry.
Lord Randolph Churchill admitted that the
meaning Of the amendment was to enable the
ministry to quit their seats with grace and
dignity. The Tories, lie said had shown
that they were not the war party, bnt that
those who had obtained the vote of ! ,OOO, 600
pounds were.
After the bill was read the second time,
the huuse ordered the redistribution of seats
bill ior the third reading.
In the House of Commons this afternoon,
the channel and tunnel bill was rejected.
The motion of Sir Edward Lopes, liberal
conservative, to insert the clause in the regis.
tration act charging the expenses of registry
to the general treasury being called up,
Gladstone strongly opposed it. The motion
was rejected-2S0 to 25S
LONDON, May IL.
In the House of Lords this afternoon, Earl
Granville corrected his statement of yesterday
concerning the Afghan dispute. and said the
agreement reached between the English and
Russian representatives in respect to the
Afghan boundary proceedings was not COM
pleted in London as yesterdays statement
would imply, but had been put in shape for
submission to Russia for acceptance.