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lHE LORD MAY0R'SBANQUET.
GLADSTONE HJs NOT THERE, BUT
HIS CABINET SPOKE FOR HIM

Earl spencer A firms That the British Navy
VIII be Fitted to Defend tho Empirc-Lord
Kiniberiry SAYS the Condition or Eu-
rope i- Cause ,f Constant Anxiety.
LONDON. Nov. o.-Tbis lis Lord Mayors Day.
whom a great portion OF the population OF
London gathers TO witness the procession.
The now Lord Mayor is @. II. Tyler. who sue
ceeds Sir Stuart Knlll. Tho chief features OF
the procession were emblcmatic cars. upon one
OF which was n group OF mon with a Caxton
press Another car bore n M odel OF the Tower
Bridge. Another. drawn by camels. bore SYM
bols OF the Grocers' Company. one OF the city
guilds There was also lifeboat drawn on
car A number OF troops and nremen marched
in the line. The weather was fine, but cold.
The Lord Mayors banquet Mt the Guildhall
this evening was attended by 1000 guests
Lord Herschell. the Earl OF Kimberley. II.
Campbell Bannermann. Earl Spencer. and A.
J. Mundella represented tho Cabinet
As First Lord OF the Admiralty. Earl Spencer
spoke mostly of naval affairs Numerous at
tacks had been made recently. he said. upon
the administration Of the navy. He wished to
say that the Government was pledge to main
tain and strengthen the navy to tho point
where 1t would be fit to defend not only the
British Islands. but the whole empire.
Mr.. Campbell Zimmerman. Secretary OF State
for War; answered the toast to the army. lie
said:
Tho army Is no longer the refuge Of the
diseolute and destitute. 1t is now being filed
in an increasing degree with highly educated.
thoroughly disciplined and wel-behaved men
from whom the country may expect some thing
better than the blind obedience OF the human
machine. lChesrs.l Requiring and receiving
such men. the Govern emit must do all In their
power to extend to them certain privileges.
am glad to say this Is being done. The
British army lie now tho best service in the
The Earl Of Kimberley. Secretary Of State for
India. responded to the toast to the Ministers.
saS who here would be- sIaa to see the prssen
Cabinet lettering to fall. In the. absence
Of several OF his colleagues. notably Mr.. Glad
Btono lcheers and hissesl and Lord Rosebery
lcheersl he might assure all present that. de.
spite the constant increase Of the armies Of
we're thoroughly harmonious. Still. the con.
dition OF Europe was the cause Of constant
.ons to the nnlted i' states did nos give tie
slightest ground 1 for unsasInsss Those rela-
S1t the .bs0 There
e shs q in
Paris Cheers IA,
Spain IN her %h The Mans at
santsadet ana Bsscslons sIposJjgns, Refer:
=
Durand's mission to tho Ameers court had
been On unqualified success. and that negoti-
ations with Russia as to her Asiatio frontier
were approaching permanent settlement
The discussion Of the Siamese question with
France was proceeding. although all that he
was ut liberty to say was that the Government
were fully alive to English interests and would
be found eventually to have maintained Eng
lands known position in the matter OF from
tiers. ICheersl When the official papers
should bo disclosed the, nation would have
good reason to be satisfied. lCheers.I
In India tho silver question was the great
difficulty. 1t was too soon to say whether the
Indian Governments measures against the
coinage Of silver would succeed. He himself
felt confidence that they were indispen ga BILE.
During tho last few months there had been
terrible riots between Mohammedans and
Hindoos in India, The impartiality Of the
Government in such matters was shown by it's
refusal to interfere to restore pence between
the scots The war against the Matabeles in
South Africa had been the subject OF heated
discussion. The war was. in his opinion. per-
fectly iustifable. 1t had been undertak en- and
carried on By the British in South Africa in q
manner deserving the appreciation OF their
fellow c6untrymsn at home. He trusted that
they now might look forward to the time when
affairs would be settled with due considera.
ton Of the claims OF the colonies at the Cape
tCheers.1
The rest OF Lord imberley's speech was dc.
voted to domestic politics.