Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-17
OLD WORLD ITEMS.
lallilnsnt and IL lnu-Lards Con.
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ROSEBERTS FOREIGN POLICY.
Dissatisfaction Of the British Radicals
Herewith.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.
\ Warm Welcome Being Prepared for
Yaic--ynterest In the vigiIant.
Care Of Matchbox.
ROsEBERTs FOREIGN POLICY.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Special Cable Letter)

LONDON. June 1s.-The mutual con-
cc5sions which have been made In the In
tcrcst OF the passage Of the budget by
the House OF Commons by the end OF
the first week In July have greatly re-
Taxed the tension Of the opposing parties
In Parliament. Nevertheless. the gov
eminent whips heartily wish that the
coming Anti-Lords' Conference. which
Is TO be held at Leeds. were over. A great
many Liberal members OF Parliament
have promised to take part In the con-
ference. but the opposition members re-
fuse TO pair with them for the occasion.
and II will be a dangerous matter for the
Liberal party in Parliament TO be caught
mapping. II pairs cannot be arranged,
q good many Liberal members must re-
main away from the conference. 10 which
the party managers attach the greatest
importance. III the conference Is sue
cess, "Anti-Lords" will be the battle
cry at the next election. but already there
Is a rift visible.
Mr.. Labouchere will certainly attend
the conference. and he has given notice
OF his intention 10 reintroduce the reso-
luton which he offered at the conference
OF the National Reform Union last week,
which demands that whenever the House
of Lords has rejected n bill which has
been passed by the House OF Commons,
st shall only be necessary for the House OF
Commons TO egain vote its approval OF
the measure for II at once TO become
a law. Many attempts have been mace 10
dIssuade the Radical leader from intro
ducing the resolution, but TO no purpose
The Daily News and other organs OF the
Liberals have alternately threatened and
coaxed MIR. I.abouchere In an endeavor
70 induce him 10 allow the Introduction
OF a milder resolution, In order TO preserve
the unanimity of the conference, but the
Radicals are firm in their purpose to sup
port Mr. I.abouchere res original resolution
TO the opportunities OF the Liberals they
retort: This confirms our belief that the
Liberal party chiefs are not IN earnest.
They do not aim 10 destroy the House OIL
Lords. but merely to tinker u"
Lord Rosebery's foreign policy has FUR
Their displeased the Radicals, who largely
lebare the views expressed by Sir Cbafies
t1oilke in his recent letter TO tho Chronicle
in which he challenges the present foreign
policy of England. and accuses Lord Rose
-
assurance 10 Italy In regard to the Medi-
1erranean. The radicals declare that they
will not tolerate Lord Rosebery's secret
and autocratic methods much longer.
Meanwhile the Anglo-Befgian agreement
Is becoming more mysterious than ever
Mr. Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer, Sc
1tously maintains that II Is an old treaty.
which has been In the pigeon-holes OF
The Foreign Office for four years. and
that he himself signed It In 1890, having
suggested that n river Is preferable as
frontier to an imaginary line. England.
he declares. has only obtained a lease
which entities her TO travel over certain
territory, and not lease OF the territory
Itself.
SPORTY.
The Oxford. Cambridge, and other
British athletes are preparing cordial
welcoma for the Yale men. and are
already beginning to compare the re-
Bpective merits OF the men who will com
pete I'm the coming contests. Oxford's
hundred-yards representative is likely to
be Jordan, whose time Is 10 3-5 Lutens
will be the mile sprinter. His record Is
ul94-5. Oakley, who will be the hurdler,
has d record OF l6 S-5. Hickok. Yale's
yhot-putter and hammer-thrower has re-
cords which quite overshadow the Oxford
records for similar feats. oxford not hav-
ang won in putting the shot for the last
ten years. The record OF IL feet l inch,
made ten years ago, has never been
beaten there. IL is thought. however.
Shat Fry. Of Oxford. may win the long
Jump. The Evening News praises Wood
hull and Carlyle. but criticises Yale's
draining as too severe. tending to make
'fhe men stale when the time for en-
Idurance arrives. But the voyage over
IS likely to counteract this. Still, the
tc3ews Is inclined TO the belief that OK.
ford will win the odd event.
Tho weeks Yachting has been dull.
owing 10 the light winds which have pre-
yailed. The Czarina has gone TO the Bal
tic for the races at Kiel and Copenhagen.
Tho twenty-raters I'm the Solent are re-
gartfed as a splendid fleet. and fine racing
f. expected OF them. The Lasca arrived
at Dover yesterday, and II Is expected she
will try conclusions with the English
yachts m the channel race to Boulogne
next Tuesday and In the Southern re-
gattalon June ga and 2sd. The Vigilant's
ARRANGEMENTS are closely watched here,
and ftFis 'jocuiariy asked. in view of their
osHSleteness. n the Gouldts intend TO mas
~ ne English yacht-races as their
father did the American railroads.
The Anlyiophobe and Galliphobe craze
has gone TO such lengths that many per
sons here firmly believe that Matchbox
will be poisoned before the start In the
Grand Prix at Paris tomorrow. All the
famous 3-year-old's food is sent from
England and details OF police guard IT,
A ludicYuus scene was witnessed In Paris
Thursday, when q company or police,
headed by an inspector. was seen going on
O. trot toward the Care du Nord. A Gu
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important arrest was to be made. When
the crowd arrived at the railway station
It was found that the police had gone
there To protect Matchbox. The police
had at first gone 10 the eastern terminus.
and learned at the last minute that the
horse was coming by the northern route.
hence the galloping. When the crowd
saw the cause Of their hurry they Jerred
Che police numerically.
TOUCHING ROYALTY.
The Queen will return TO Windsor
"Wednesday. She will not remain there,
but will go almost Immediately TO the
White Lodge. where she will remain with
The Duchess of York during the early
days OF the latter's confinement.
The Scotch miners are now taking sides
with the majority, and a general strike
g. assured. Its duration depends upon the
money donated by the English Miners
Federation but 1t may be bitter and pro-
longed.
The decision OF the Khedive Of Egypt
90 abandon his visits 10 London and Paris
has greatly relieved the court and gov
eminent. for IL he had been feted here
The Sultan would have been angry. This
has been the invariable experience hith-
erto. Such potentates as the Khedive.
however generally prefer Paris TO Lon
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