The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
THE PEACE OF EUROPE
LABOUCHERE SEVERELY CRITI-
CISES ENGLAND'S POLICY.

Every Reason to Distrust Salisbury
He is Willing to Drag England Into
War to save His Irish Policy From
Criticism-Russia Still Refrains From
Direct Negotiations With Austria.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-The House of Com
mons to-day negatived an amendment to
the address in reply to the Queens speech,
proposing the creation of tribunal on Ju-
dicial rents in Scotland. The motion to
vote the address was then approved, after
which, on a motion that the report on the
! address he adopted, Mr. Labouchere moved
to insert in the report a request that the
House be informed whether the correspond
ence with the Italian government bound the
government to intervene in event of a war
between France and Italy. He advised
Lord Salisbury to take the country into his
confidence, as Bismarck has done. England
had every reason to distrust Salisbury, who
was willing to drag the country into war
in order t. save his policy towards Ireland
from criticism.
SALIsBURY'S HATRED OF FRANCE.
The foreign policy of Salisbury was ha-
tired toward France ferries of no. y and
jealousy toward Russia. The reason he
hated France was obvious. 1t was a re-
public progressing and prosperous, with
out aTstocrats, without royalties and with
out hereditary ruling families directing the
affairs of state. Parliamenb must watch IA
Minister so biased, and refuse to assent to
his mlngling in Continental matters, relat-
ing either to territorial and dynastic settle
ment, even if made in concert with Eu-
rope.
Sir James Ferguson, Uunder Foreign
Laboucheres purpose in making these state
ments, which were most mischievous in
their tendency and most reckless in their
particularly. [Cheers. No responsible
statesman OF France would attribute such a
policy to Lord Salisbury [''Hear, hear"l,
least of all those French statesmen who
had had dealings with Lord Salisbury
during his conduct of the foreign
affairs of England. The government would
not lay confidential correspondence before
the House, but Sir James could reassure the
House that no engagement had been en-
tered into with Italy, or any other power
that was not known to Parliament. He
hoped the danger to the peace of Europe
was not greater, perhaps it was less, than
year ago. He relied upon the House to
meet the motion with a simple negative.
MR.. GLADsToNE's SATISFACTION.
Mr.. Gladstone said he heard with extreme
ance that the government had conducted
policy of harmony with France. He was
content with the declaration just obtained
of the governments policy. He was conf
dent that no disposition existed on the Lib
eral side to press for undue
disclosures. CHEERS He believed
that the course taken by Lord Sails
burr had been sometimes entirely
in accordance with sound principles for
regulating the foreign policy of England.
He earnestly hoped that whatever happened
i'll Europe, unity of sentiment of all parties
on the foreign policy would be attained.
thus doubling the moral force of England
and immensely increasing her power when
constrained to interfere. CHEERS
w. H. Smith congratulated the House on
the tone of Mr. Gladstone's remarks. 1t
was worthy of the ancient reputation of the
House, and the responsibilities attaching to
the statesman who had occupied high po-
sltiOn under the government. There had
always been cordial relations with France,
and there was not the slightest ground for
suspicion that anything had been done to
trench upon existing harmony. [Cheers.
The amendment was withdrawn.
CALNOKY RETURNS TO VIENNA.
Count Kalnoky has returned to Vienna
from Pesth, where he had an interview with
the Emperor Frincis Joseph and Count
Andrassey. Russia still refrains from direct
negotiations with Austria. Kalnoky re
spends through Bismarck Austria makes
he adhesion to the proposed collective note
regarding Ferdinand dependent upon
further explanations from Russia.