Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-22
IRELAND AND SAMOA
Furnish Live Topics for Debate in the
house of Commons-Germany Still
RamDant-The Crisis in France
-0'Brien Removed to
Auofher .lail.


LONDON, February 2l.-In the Queens speech
to-day reference was made to affairs in Ireland
and Samoa as follows: Early in the session
your attention will be asked to measures for
the development of the material resources Of
Ireland, and for amending the constitution OF
the various tribunals having special jurisdic-
tion over real property in Ireland. The statutes
recently passed for the restoration or order and
confidence in Ireland have been attended with
salutary results. l have consented TO take
part in conference with Germany and Amer
lea, at Berlin, upon the Samoan question.
This will be continuation of the conference
recently held in Washington on the same SUBJ
ject.
Mr.. Gladstone, In opening the debate on the
address in reply to the Queens speech, said he
hoped the Government would enlighten the
House regarding affairs in Samoa and Zanzibar
at the earliest possible moment. he made
sarcastic reference to the ambitious legislative
programme outlined by the royal sPeeGn. and
expressed an earnest hope that Parliament
would be prorogued before Christmas eve. In
complaining that there was no indication OF
legislation acceptable to the Irish people, he
said that the Government had rendered an
elaborate Irish debate inevitable by inserting
sentence in the address implying approval or
their Irish policy which was totally at variance
with the views of the opposition. lie lntl-
mated that he would offer no technical oppo-
sition should the Government be willing to
amend the sentence. In conclusion ne prom
ised to assist the Government in forwarding
the business of the country.
Mr.. w. H. Smith, the Government leader de-
clared that the Government was quite ready to
meet Mr.. Gladstones challenge. Regarding
the Samoan question he said that papers were
being prepared, but that, pending the confer
ence, the Government was unable to express
any decided opinion on the subject, although
he might state that Germany had strongly de-
clared she would not recede from any OF her
engagements as to the. rights of Engllshmen
and Americans in Samoa.
Mr. John Morley gave notice that he would
introduce an amendment to the address in re-
ply to the speech from the throne, condemn
ing the administration of the law in ireland as
harsh, unjust and oppressive, and asking that
m easures be adopted to content the lrlsn and
to establish real union of Great Britain and
Ireland.
Mr.. Gladstone was enthusiastically cheered
by the opposition on entering the House. The
Ministerialists cheered Mr. Balfour, while the
opposition hissed him and shouted "P1Sott.
Mr. Smith was similarly greeted. 1t is univer-
sally admitted that the session will be the
iercest on record. The Irish actions of the
Government will be vigilantly watched. This
programme is approved by Mr.. Gladstone.
The Trouble in France.
Several Paris papers state that the new
Cabinet has almost been completed, and that
M. Meline will be Prime Minister and Minister
OF Agr1culture; M. DefreyClnet. NlnlSIeI oI
War; NJ. Barbeg, Minister of Marine; NJ. Con-
STAINS. Minister of the Interior; NJ. Rouvier,
Minister of Finance; NJ. Sarien. Minister of
Justice; M. Loubet, Minister of Public Works,
and NJ. Doutresme, Minister of Commerce.
The selections for Ministers of Foreign Affairs
and Education have not yet been decided
upon.
Still After Klein.
The German papers assert that Klein, the
American, who is charged by Germany with
having led the Mataafaites in Samoa when the
Germans were repulsed in December last, was
born in Lahr and served as sergeant in the
German army during the Franco-Prussian war.
He was, so it is stated, subsequently compelled
to leave Germany and went to America.
Ireland's Heroic Martyr.
O'Brien, who was sentenced at Tralee on
Tuesday last to six months imprisonment for
the crimes act, was to-day conveyed
by a strong guard to the Galway jail, where he
will undergo his sentence. An excited crowd
of people gathered at Tralee to witness his de-
parture
A Cabinet Impeached.
At Bucharest the Chamber of Deputies to-
day, by a vote of 101 to A, adopted the motion
IN in,nea oh tho Rratiano Cabinet and annoint-