St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-22
sAL1sBURY's SENTIMENTS.
They Are Embodied in the Speech
from the Throne at the Opening
of Parliament.

LONDON. Feb. N.-PariIament was
opened to-day. The queens speech was
read from the throne in the presence of
large assemblage of members of both
houses, In the speech the queen said
that Eng gland would take part in con-
ference with Germany and the United
States in reference to affairs in Samoa.
The conference would take place at
Berlin and would be continuation of a
conference on the same matter which
was begun at Washington. The address
continues: "In view of the increased
expenditures for warlike preparations
of other nations, il is necessary for us
to increase the precautions hitherto
taken for the safety of our shores and
the protection of our commerce. My re-
iations with foreign powers are at
present friendly, but have no right to
assume that this condition is impossible
of change. Your attention will be
asked at an early date for measures
tending to develop the material re-
sources of Ireland and for amending the
constitution of various tribunals having
special jurisdiction over the real prOp-
erty of Ireland. The recent enactments
made by your honorable body for the
restoring of order and confidence in
Ireland. have already been productive
of salutarV results, A measure for re-
StoriIig gold coinage to satisfactory
condition will be submitted to you.
Measures regarding various local sub
jectS will also be submitted" The
speech alluded to the operations in
Egypt. and said that renewal of the
trouble at Suakim was not feared. The
negotiations regarding ThiDet have
been brought to favorable conclusion,
and further military operations are con-
Sidered unnecessary. Legislation will
be necessary for the execution of the
sugar convention, and also for the COM
pie ton of the conversion of the per
cent annuitieS. In conclusion, the
speech stated that measures would be
submitted relating to titles, regulating
the universities in Scotland, determin-
ing the liability of employers in case of
accident to employees, establishing de-
partment of agriculture, cheapening
the transfer of land. and remedying
the abuses attaching TO the limited
liability of JOINT stock companies.
QUIETEST AFFAIR OF IT'S KIND.
The opening OF parliament to-day
was the quietest affair of its kind ever
recorded. In fact parliament for the
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Parneli commission. The reference in
the speech from the throne to the un-
satisfactory condition of the gold coin-
age was inserted at the last moment and
was the subject of an animated discus
sion in the cabinet. Many OF the min
isterS opposed the idea strongly, but
MIR. Goschen insisted upon its adoption
and it was finally reluctantly agreed to.
1t is estimated that it will cost the gov
ernment 9l l.000.800 for the proposed re-
demptien of light gold coins now in use.
Mr.. Gladstone. in opening the debate
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. Remarking that the govern
ment described their own ornaments as
precautions for defense, while they
spoke of other nations ornaments as
warlike preparations, Mf. Gladstone
said that parliament must be very ex-
acting as regards proof of the
necessity of any unusual increase
of credits for defense. He made a
sarcastic reference to the ambitious
legislative programme outlined by the
royal speech, and expressed an earnest
rogued before Christmas eve. In COM
planning that there was no indica-
Iion 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 of the
Irish policy, which was totally at
variance with the views of the op-
position. He intimated that he would
offer no technical opposition should
the government be willing to amend
the sentence. ID conclusion, he prom
ised to assist the government in for
warding the business of the country.
W. III. Smith, the government leader,
declared that the government was quite
ready to meet Mr.. GIadst0ne's chal-
lenge. With regard to Mr.. Gladstone's
expression of regret that the govern
ment had seen no way to contract its
responsibilities in Egypt, the ministry
had seen no reason to justify a de-
parture from the pledges given by the
late government. Regarding the Sa-
moan question, he said that papers
were being prepared, but that pending
the conference the government was un-
the subject, although he might state
that Germany had strongly declared
that she would not recede from any of
her engagements as to the rights of
and Americans in Samoa.
In the course she was taking in East
Africa, Germany was nOteXercising any
power not contemplated by the arrange
ment made with England in 1885. The
papers would be tabled at en- early day.
The government had no intention to
impute.
OR AGGRESSIVE MOTIVES
to foreign nations, nor did it doubt their
of friendship. but the eOun-
try must be in position to defend her
trade and her food supply. GCheersl.
The Scottish local government measure