The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-09
PARLIAMENT IN THE FALL.
GLADSTONE SAYS THERE WILL BE AN
AUTUMN SESSION.

No Adjournment VIII Occur Till the Final
Stage, Of the Home Rule HIN are Passed
and Supply .. voted-Mr. Chaplin Attacks
the Government Policy Indian FL
nanee-The Evils India 10 Suffering
Uarcourt Defends the Government and
Batfour aud Others Join In the Debate.
LONDON. Aug. 9-Mr. Gladstone announced
In the House Of Commons to-day that the Gov
ernm ent intended to hold IN autumn session
OF Parliament The announcement was re-
ceived with loud cheering by the supporters OF
the Governments Mr.. Gladstone added that
no adjournment would be had until the re-
naming stages OF the Home Rule bill were
passed and supply was voted.
The Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, President OF
the Board OF Agriculture In Lord Salisbury's
late Cabinet asked leave to move the adjourn
ment OF the House in order that the changes
in the Indian currency system might be dis
cussed. Mr.. Chaplin blamed the Government
for persistently obstructing discussion OF the
question. The changing Of the Indian curren-
cy system before allowing Parliament to OK
press an opinion on the change was matter
OF urgent public Importance. II the House had
waited for the Indian budget 1t would have
been some time in october before it would
have got a chance to expose the troubles aris-
ing from the Gov srnment's indiscreet action.
Ho could not. he added. blame the Indian
Government. which had found itself confront
cd with bankruptcy on one hand or the closing
Of the inlnts to free coinage on the other. The
latter policy was full OF danger to the COM
mercial interests OF the world This policy
had boen practically forced upon the Indian
Go oveet 4 The 1 Government Of india had
escal ed q deficit by tdmperinE with the cur
and SSsns ths Sa s TIC
lower the pro tanio value Of everything else.
The Government had virtually muleted the
natives of India by methods which 1t had
hoped would not no discovered.
The closing OF the Indian mints to the free
coinage of silver had necessarily led to such Q
fall in the value Of that metal within a month
us the world had never before known. There
had been tremendous WRONG done to tie
ties OF uncoined metal BY asinge stroke the
Government had depreciated by - rer cent.
OF India. A more i!aGrant act OF public plum.
der had never been perpetrated by civilized
The result had been a convulsed financial
situation from China to Peru, II the repeal
by the American Congress Of the sherman act
due to the error that had been committed IN
india further fa IL. in The price Of silver must
Frequently during his remarks Mr.; Chaplin
was interrupted by cries of Hear Hear !"
know M thu to
this action in India. had held any comm unica;
ton with the United States Goyernment. and
opened. contem plated persisting in the great
wrong. The loss to holders OF silver sccuri-
Which the 500 as must he held
BILE, Their action could not fail to appreciate
gold throughout the world while increasing
ercial difficulties everywhere.
the Exsheausr evoked laughter InsId by SAYING
right honorable gentleman who had Just
spoken would he found delivering an ornton
n 5hs Gfs @ bn sa wes
quite prepared to defend the changes in lnda.
The course taken by the government, he said
sion OF 1883. which pointed out the dangerous
and mschisypus effects which il
ernment. stood, by those views. That
commission had recommended that 1ndaa
should fs0 hat sSo hpna to SRl with
mother country by altering the fundamental
principles 81 currency. as that would do 9 fvltl
it was not only the present Government that
had declined to entertain the question OF bi.
had acted similarly on that question;
referring, to the proposals of the United
s.ss at BsIs s sS th G1 he
United States had proposed that the Confer
ence should entertain the question OF some
England had been almost the only power pre-
pared TO support SUCH EesoiutiOn, US lar rs IL
would not affect internal British currency.
The Indian currency question had been re-
In conclusion. Sir William: speaking gen
orally, denied that the populace in Ind ia were
suffering as much as they were alleged to be.
amounts OF uncoined silver which it had been
asserted they held. He contended that tho
Government could not do otherwise than act
in accordance with the recommendations OF
the Herschell Commission.
Mr.. Balfour. Conservative leader. said that
. h 10 mr.
eminent had been driven to commta tlnancia
crime, and they appeared to think they ought
not to submit to criticism OF their conduct
Every one now knew that the existing Govern
ment had gone into the Brussels Conference
without showing themselves alive to the ex-
traordinary gravity OF tho situation. The
speech just made by the Chancellor OF the Ex
chequer was virtually sheer at the present
financial situation. For the Chancellor OF tho
ExcheQuer to get up and tell the country he re-
pened silver appeared to him to be something
approaching lunacy. lCheers.l
Attacks on the Governments course were
also made by Sir John Lubbock. the we'll
known London banker. who sits for Lon ion
University in tho Liberal Unionist interest.
Bodmin division OF Cornwall. who was Deputy
Sneaker and Chairman of Committees in the
last Parliament
Dadabhai Naoroji. the Pnrsee member. who
sits as q Liberal for the Central Finshury d.
vision. protested that the natives OF Ind al
ready felt the pinch OF the change. and that
they would Roon awake through suffering to
the wrong done them.
Sir William Harcourt moved the closure OF
the debate. The motion was carried without
u.S DnTyNn EnR UFIVEV