Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-18
FOREIGN rorrcs or rSrEhEsr.
The Formation Of Zollvereiu Brought Up
the House of Cummons.

1 In the house Of comuaons last evening Mr..
Vincent moved that the government At the
earliest opportunity invite the British colonies
to a conference in London to debate the best
| means offormfrg zolfverein. He contsnded
that imperial federation was only to be OBJ
tanned through commercial federation. Many
! Of the leading colonial statesmen and others
| favored commercial federation.
Sir Lyon Piayfair criticised the motion u
covering protectionist movement He ar
gued that owing to the varied interests Of the
colonies zollverein was impracticabls. He
quoted statistics showing the increase OF British
| trade during the present regime. He contended
that 1t would be most injurious To arrest the
reaction in America against excessive protec-
| ton induced by the Mckinley law by imp6sine
differential duties against America for the
| benefit Of the colonies. Considering all the
parliament in inviting the colonies TO confer
ence In conclusion, he expressed a hope for
| an ultimate union Of the colonies on y free
| trade basis.
NO FREE TRADE PANTY IN AMERICA.
Mr.. Lowther declared that there was no real
free trade party in America and that the whole
world, with the exception Of England. was be-
coming protectionist. He said: UNLESS we
give our colonies commercial facilities we had
better make up our minds TO advocate the i'm
perial position"
Mr.. Gosehen, chancellor Of the exchequcr,
said that whatever might be the fate OF the mo-
ton. England had no desire to influence the
Canadian elections. He sympsthized with some
hat tba ;,cr...;nn A.. . oio.n. 49,, na.
tween Enoisnd s,,d a. cn,or;ss ",aht 20 10
foster.a Ne si,o concsasd thet nag ~ the
views Of Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill had
that n -s. "a ia,.r e,y,n.s;hIa 81 a.nnrnns nr-
posing View ,s c5an tran still Inc mnst bofd
r. ~hse, ~. 10 mp sf On. NJ IT, ta,,ad
that the ""sr,o;nrs y, Inrn;rn ,'ro.ac.;nn wnId
not retsrd 4 nn,nn Of the Colonies Whine he
granted that the conntrv mnnt h. nrenared for
some Hseal Changes in the interests Of that
nnion. colon,s,. nens, nnJars,ana thufit was
impossille for ENGLAND IN tar corr fCheers
There yns ~ liz sHbnnd thst ths colorisa wonld
Consent to a confer.ncs On a tree trade hash
There only remained difTerential dnties and he
failed to see how they could be imposed. II
seemed TO him. therefore, that the conference
wouid De merely an INVITATION 70 follow Will
NJ V;nrrsnt ,,,ha.ox uo.,or
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MA" TRIED aoA SAA~N..
n'Ne"'oh hooot', near ieisnmoutn, DeSon-
shire, yesterday the Rev. Dr. Pope was fined ca
for brawling in church. Dr. Pope attended
religions servica a, Newton tbbott last SUNDAY
and Vas obssrysd n bs oct;no in somarh:t
stranQe rnapnar While tho co,nyoupiop uas
being administered DR.. pope walked up TO the
officiating clergyman. wrested the chalice from
ms nahas ana drank the WINE winnie s'anolng
ths a amv a~ ,h rHs' II ope ,nea Ieanrneu
man from, whom he had taken it. remarkine IN
a voice loud enouoh TO he heard all over The
church. .sYou are no Christian. You nrs unf3t
to administer the communion-"
By this time DR. Pone WA in a most excited
frame of mind, and remained standing and
gestieulating near the altar during the rest of
'ng c service.
,,an "a n,h es'sfany was oaowas ~ Win s,erky
excitement Dr pone AZ srst said that he ras
not euilty and afterSard HEADED oniltv and
apoloeiz ed for his eoninct IN ths chnrch Ths
LAWYER who appeared for DR.. pone said that the
latter's mind had become unbalanced, and that
it would not be just to be too severe upon him,
as az times ne was not responsible for his actions
woRRIEp INTO ILLNESS.
BIZ James fltz-James stephen, MA, justice
OF the queens bench division of the high court
of iustice has resigned his seat On the bench
JnS,,oo s,onh.,, Is in an h..I.h ~. .;ol-o..
bs;nS attr;fntsd 70 th. ,rorrv "a a,c;,sn,sn.
liz r. - s,h;.1 - d.;s ~ 49, -
Ms Eiorsno. Ei;s.hsth Wsuhn;aSt a. -;
- =, s. 100 80 10y 800, VIC sAAns.'
victed in Liverpool on the charge of having
poisoned her husband, James Msybrick. by
administering arsenic to him.
AFTER oshAS DIoNA.
Inc Egyptian troops yesterday occupied Fl
Teb without having to engage the troops of
Osman Digna. The dervisbes reiterated to
r,o. - L.. A.. p-.: -
will advance TODAY The hitter are now throw
ing up light Entertainments about Ell Teb. 1t
Is expected that there viii be serious fighting
'AoN'N O'Ai.n Dle"~ 'naHe ''''"o ~ ioA"r.
m ro ~ oAhDiNAI 'issoNs'
inquiries made NJ the Satican yesterday show
that the pope's letter to Cardinal Gibbons on
the question of school education in the United
st.&e. ,v;,, ha n, q ,ro,;ac n.tr,. p;s ho,;,a..
has NOT vet comnlataS the Letter he a. ds~o,,,,~,
letter will touch upon.
ALABAMA INDEMNITY FUND.
In the house Of commons yesterday Mr.. VIM.
Henry Smith, first lord OF the treasury, in reply
to questions on the subject, said that accord
ing to accounts published in American news
papers a portion of the Alabama indemnity
funds remain in the hands of the United States
government. Mr.. Smith added that it would
be contrary to the engagement entered into
by the treaty of Washington Of 1871 for the
English government to request the return of
this sum.
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d. oerhheim coh'hues MS SUCCESSFUL eA-
pertinent OF the TRANSMISSION OF blood In cases
Of tuberculosi3. He treated five cases yester-
day nv thia new system DIR Rernbei,n intends
to treat puerperal hemorrhage by the same
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