The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-16
HARCOURT ON A HIGH HORSE
He Refuses to Identity Himself With
ROSebeTTy'S Policy.


Plan for Dealing With the House of
Lords-Premier Roseberry Believed to
Have Acceded to Sir Rarcourt's De-
mands.
London, Dec. ia conference Of the
Roseberry section of the cabinet was held
to-day at Althorp Park. There We're pres
ent Lord Roseberry. the Marquis of Ripon,
the colonial secretary; Arnold Morley.
the postmaster general, and Mr.. Bryce.
president of the board of trade. 1t
was ostensibly a friendly gathering, but
was really held for the purpose Of con-
sidering the feud which has arisen in con-
sequence of the refusal of Sir William
Harcourt, chancellor of the exchequer, to
follow the premiers lead in matters re-
ferring to the House of Lords and the
business of the coming session of parlia-
ment. Sir William Harcourt has made
not single speech in public since the
close of the last parliamentary session,
and positively refuses to pay any heed
to the appeals of his cabinet colleagues
and of influential members of the House
of Commons to identify himself in any
way with the policy of Lord Roseberry
unless it be shaped in accordance with his
own plans. AS the attitude maintained
by Sir Harcourt threatens to result in
the disruption of the cabinet by the dis
solution of parliament Lord Roseberry
has submitted and will consider his pro-
posals.
These, it is understood, include deal
u 1a tFnHn hN
means of a resolution drafted by Mr..
Bryce, the principal feature of which Is
borrowed from the law governing the
United States congress, and which pro-
vides that a bill which shall have been re-
jected by the House of Lords shall become
a law If the passage of the measure by
the House of Commons be reathrmed
by a two-thirds vote. The chancellor Of
the exchequer further stipulates that the
local veto and the registration reform Dill
shall be passed before the dissolution OF
parliament.
The result of to-day's conclave at Earl
Spencers, which has not yet been made
public, is believed to be an agreement
with the proposals Of Sir William Har-
court. who, if reconciled, will take the
stump in January in support of Lord Rose
berrys policy.
The defeat Of the liberal candidates for
seats in the House of Commons for the
NOrl0 LINDSEY OF DIlES 0ANAoA1-A ~ -~-A-
colnshire and for Forfarshire have con-
vinced the liberals of the necessity Tor
REGISTRATION reform3 the one-man-one-
vote principle and the holding of all cleo
tions on one day. Both the Brigg ana
Forfarshire seats were won by the union
lists under the plural voting system:
Joseph Chamberlain, the hDeral-
unionist leader in the House of Commons,
has drawn upon himself universal ridi-
Guile by nistaking the ironical observa-
tions of Lord Roseberry that the union
lists possessed all the wealth, lntellect
and intelligence of the country, while
he doubted that there existed single
liberal able to spell words of two sylla-
bles. This sneer at the pretensions OF the
unionists, Mr.. Chamberlain took serious
l,T and in reply wrote a letter to the Ilmes
which the paper published IN the DIGEST
type Among other things in his letter
Mr.. Chamberlain said; ..,.z
''It is awful to think OF the ues,liiies ,e
of a nation being committed to such lg-
norance." ...... ho.
Mr.. Chamberlain's communication mas
ca,sad much amusement among the I'D
eral papers on all sides j..
M. Destal, the Russian ampassauor 70
the court of St. James, Immediately upon
,aocbine the embassy on his return from
e. petersburg. whittier he went to at
tend the funeral of Car Alexander All''
went TO the foreign office yesterday to CON
fa,. with Lord Kimberly on the Armenian
situation. which he considers urgent
nv Graves. the British consul at Er-
zeroum, has forwarded to the foreign '. olnce
Through, Sir Philip Wodehouse Currle'
the British ambassador to turkey d le'-
ter in which he urges the government
not 10 mt off interfering in the Armenian
affair until the report of the european
commission, appointed to Inquire INTO the
circumstances of the outrages, snal nave
been presented, as that report VIII heces-
sarilv be delayed until spring. He states
tha+ an Immediate investigation Is ad-
vigable. Lord Kimberly, upon receipt OF
Mr. Graves communication, at once COM
nnunicated with the French foreign once,
with the result that 1t has been agreed
to instruct the French and Russian con-
suls at Erzeroum to join Mr.. Graves ana
start without delay on their mission OF IN
ouiry. Mr. Graves calculates that II ms
colleague in the commission are ready
thew can reach the scene of the atrocltles
within ten days, there being only one
difficult pass for them to cross on the
route via Melasgerede, which they VIII
be obliged to make with pack mules.
The foreign office denies that the ap-
Monument of this special commission of
British. French and Russian consuis I'M
plies that a special entente has been es-
tablished between the three powers mem
toned, and says they were appointed be-
cause they were the ouly IAuASpSoA ~SA~
suls at Erzeroum
The Speaker, in an article on the Ar
menian situation, supports the proposal
that immediate action be taken by the
powers and advises the creation of
force Of gen darmes offlcered by Euro
peans. The paper declares that If the
Sultan of Turkey had given Milo A. jew
EFT the United States consul at Sivas,
Asiatic Turkey, the necessary facilities
for making an investigation into the out
RACES and presenting a trustworthy re-
mort thereon the task would have been
well and speedily accomplished, as no
man could be found better qualified for the
undertaking.
AT a meeting of the Russo-Jewish com
mtttee to-day, at which Sir Julian Gold
snnidt, member of the House of Commons
for the South division of st. Pancreas
presided, private communications with re-
iation to the condition of the Jews in Rus
sia were presented. According to these
communications the new cars DEGREES
had resulted in greatly ameliorating the
condition of the Jews. His majesty, It
was stated. had ordered modification OF
the action taken under the May laws and
the laws In regard 70 expulsion from Rus
sia. And 1t was also announced that Holy
Tohn of C,ronstadt had sent a donation TO