The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-08-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
Dates to the 16M inst, en S. s..
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GREAT BRITAIN.

HIetl DIltdln uttS ueClUSu W lSiil-
force the fleet protecting the Cana
dian fisheries. Two war vessels will
leave for that point shortly.
Open charges are made in Eng
land that the Sir William Armstrong
Arms Manufacturing Company have
heavily bribcd Government oflicialsto
secure contracts for the supply of
ordnance.
Since Cyprus came under British
rule the revenue has been steadily
increasing, and instead of being un-
healthy, as it was at one time said
to be, the island is now a recognized
sanitarium for British troops, and
its Government q model for Eastern
rulers.
The National Liberal Federation
of Great Britain has issued mani
festo in which the ultimate triumph
of Gladstone's policy is declared to
be assured in the early future.
1t is reported that there is Chi
nese army of 10000 men quartered
on the Hungaria River, in Machoo-
ria, near the Russian boundary.
The Cabinet met on the afternoon
of the 18th, and remained in session
two hours and one-half All the
Ministers we're present except Lord
Ashbourn.
The Cabinet decided, among other
things, to appoint a special commits
sion TO inquire into the Belfast riots.
The Cabinet finally approved the
Queens speech, and Lord Salisbury
will go to Osbourne on Sunday to
submit it to Her Majesty. The ma
jority of the members of the Cab
met were in favor of proroguing
Parliament until February, unless
unlooked-for events in Ireland
should make an autumn session
necessary. Sir Michael Hicks
Beach, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
expressed confidence in the Govern
ment's ability to preserve order
without having recourse to special
legislation.
Lord Salisbury, who was heartily
cheered on rising, congratulated
those present on the result of the
elections and expressed his pleasure
at Lord Roseberry's consistent con-
tinuancc of the foreign policy that
raised England in the estimation of
nations whose people were yearly
showing desire for peace, which
would be maintained if the rulers
were guided by their peoples wills.
He regretted that there remained a
subject for painful meditation.
EVERY news" he said, ''reminds
us that Ireland is not yet inhabited
by concordant and homogeneous
people. 1t is too early to enter into
details, but it is the duty of every
Government to devote its whole
energies to freeing the loyal people
of Ireland from the constraint exer-
cised upon them, whether in the
form of riot or in the more danger
Gus, insidious and affecting form of
outrage. While admitting the great
difficulty and responsibility of the
tasks which are so great that pre-
vious Governments, equally anxious
with ourselves, only succeeded tenn
porarily and to an imperfect extent,
we possess an advantage over our
predecessors which we hope to turu
to good use. We bear a mandate
from the people deciding finally, in
my opinion, irrevocably, the ques-
ton which has wrecked the peace Of
Ireland. Cheers. The question
of an independent Government il
Ireland, after deep discussion ant
advocacy by the most powerful
statesman this country has eve
seen, has been rejected emphatic
, ally and unequivocally by an enor
! nous majority of the people of thi
. kingdom. Loud cheers. 1t j
not unworthy of remark that most 0
the voicesi in favor of separation
have been obtained by the persona
influence of that great statesma
and upon other considerations apar
from the merits of the question. ..
believe that our opponents wi
eventually admit that this is Eng
lands final decision, armed wit
; which it is our duty to restore i
, Ireland that social order. the loss {
! which is only just cause of its dis
! content. / am convinced that i
; such policy we shall find stronges
: support in enormous population, {
which you are true representatives.