New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26

. vrw CLAUSE OPPOSED AS TENDiNU INV"
WOMAN sUFFRAGE-PRoBABLE ACTION OF
rur Yorps-LABouCHERE's soCIALlsTlC
UrrERANCE-T1IE NAYY-THE ST.
PETERSBURG EMBASSY
,c.n,,,ont, 1899: By The Uafed Presso
London. Nov. 25.-The Government ,s,,
abandoned their intention TO cut 'ne
cornc,,s hin in two and postpone the poor
law sections until the next Parhaine,,'"'; ,u,o,,
.,on The whole measure will now be o'iEe"
e,o" ,,e IIouse Of Commons as fast as the
.,no ~ the closure will permit. Even Win ''ie
..s,stance of the closure, however. the pi''
I'll, have no chance of passing before N"i'
s Anort from the successful obstrucuoh vi
tho IInionists Henry Fowler, president Vi 'o
coal Government Board and manager u ''o
MI, in the House Of Commons. has ha'""i0'
the nrogress Of the measure by accep'"s
q new clause removing the disquaii'i.".'0'
q, married women as voters in municipai eie0-
t,ons The new clause. which is s'rohsN Up
posed by large group OF Lpera's' '',,,p,'
proposes that women who pay ra'eS 'i Wv
own names shall be eligible to Vo'e' ""e.ie,
,,orr,ed mr. single. The Liberals who are against
this clause object that this Is step Il" '"e
direction OF woman suffrage in all eectiohs'
Single women who are rate-payers ALREADY
possess the privilege or muiloip"i
but they rarely take advantage oi It, "neii
they have exercised 1t they nave eeheiaiy
voted in favor of the Conservative party Inc
history Of the Primrose League aiso s"o"'
how strong is the Conservative tendency ai'ois
English women. The Liberal party mas never
vet exhibited a disposition to admit the prin-
cin,e of woman suffrage, and recent expert
ences have increased its antpathy to such
course Mr.. Fowler's proposal, therefore, re-
ceives only lukewaY1a support or direct oppo-
sition from the Liberal benches.
The prospects of the Governments erecting
much practical legislation in this session or the
coming one are becoming more remote daily.
The Lords will send back the Employers LA
bilitv bill deprived of the contracting-out and
other essential clauses. The bill will then be
dropped as the majority ir the Lower House
will refuse to amend the measure as desired by
the Lords A similar fate awaits the Parish
Councils bill. The peers will not assent to the
poor-law clauses unless the control of the eX-
nenditures be left in the hands of the moneyed
class. Both bills will develop the conflict be-
tween the Commons and the Lords In virtually
rejecting them, the peers simply defending
the interests Of the aristocratic and moneyed
classes Commenting upon the situation this
week Henry Labouchere went long way
toward pure Socialism. He was addressing the
celebrated Radical Eleusis Club.
THE session has taught me-" he said, mot
only that the House of Lords must be abolished
but also that the House of Commons must be
reformed. To-day the House OF Commons can
not fulfil its duties; it avoids them. and scamps
them. 1t is the business OF statesmen 10 see
that any man ready to do fair days WORK
shall get it, BY State pensions everybody ought
to be enabled after reaching sixty-fve. to OBJ.
tain fair living allowance. A better system Oh
taxation and less extravaganza IN pupnc eN-
penditure would make possible the fund from
which these pensions might be paid
This is far and away the most dc s1cia aaer
In confessing thus his new SOCIALISM, MI.
Labouchere has no conspicuous open sympathlZer
in his party except Sir Charles Dixie. But he
is confident that he soon will compel his party
to follow him.
The soreness Of the French Government over
the Anglo-German treaty defining the spheres
OF England's and Germanys influence In Cen
t1al and West Africa, is due to the fact that
Frances plan to connect the French Congo with
the French Soudan is thus completely bafiled.
The project u hold an unbroken stretch OF ter
ritory from ,he Mediterranean TO Congo has
been a secret French ambition ever since Ger
many and England recognized Frances terri
torial rights to part Of the Soudan The Anglo,
German agreemen, however, gives England
power over the territory from the Niger 10 the
basin of the Upper Nile while Germany Is LETT 70
dominate the western territory IN the Lake
the new French Ambassador TO England. has
been charged to decline emphatcally to recog-
nize for France the validity Of the Ang o-Ger-
man agreement. but this decnation Will re-
main without effect unless the French win the
victory in the next great war.
Lord Oh irles Beresfords proposal that within
the next four years England shall expend tlS,-
600 900 upon the Navy has been received with
friendly criticism by the Liberal press. The
almost unanimous opinion Of the country is that
the Government must follow a strong naval
policy and prepare to cope with the increased
naval ornaments of France and Russia. This
opinion will encourage the Government to ac-
tivity.
There are reports in Ministerial circles that
Earl Spencer First Lord of the Admiralty, is
preparing comprehensive plan similar to the
Naval Defence act Of 1884. 1t is said that
100000 will be spent on the defences OF PORT,
land and that a mole will be constructed
at Gibraltar. If Russia should obtain naval
station In the Levant England would probably
demand from Turkey the use Of the Island
Of Lemnos for the British Mediterranean fleet.
The Earl of Rosebery, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs. has offered his Under-Secre-
tary Sir Philip W. Currie. the post left vacant
at st. Petersburg by the death OF Sir Robert
Morer Currie hesitates to accept the offer. as
he prefers the comfort Of his present place In
the Foreign Office If Sir Julian Pauncefote
should be transferred from the Washington
Embassy to ST. Petersburg. Lord Duferin, now
in Paris might be sent to the United States.
This is mentioned frequently as possibility.
although the Washington Embassy ranks lower
than the Paris Embassy. Lord Dunerin, how
ever, is anxious TO leave Paris. which ne mas
disked ever since recent occurrences began 10
cause his relations to the Ministers ana con-
spcuous politicians to be strained and the mar
Rage of one OF his sons to an American girl mas
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