Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-14
THE "BLUFF" THAT FAILED.
Comment of the London Times on the
GONcrnment's Concessions

Comment of the Londcn Times on the
Governments Concessions.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Times says: In
cnrd-tahle parlance. the government has
been blufIing a bad hand, and the risks
of that operation are known to be consid-
cradle The house of lords, it says, will
adhere to the position that it has taken up,
leaving Mr.. Gladstone to sacrifice the en-
ployers liability bill If he chooses 1t is
not easy for him to take any other course.
The Chronicle, in a leading article, says:
Our only fear is that the lords will take in
sail before the storm which threatens them
arrives.
What the Peers Say.
A reporter of the Associated Press has
had an interview with the Earl of Dudley,
the mover of the Contracting out" amend
ment TO the employers liability bill in the
house of lords. The Earl of Dudley said
that he did not think the house of lords
was likely to recede from it's position, after
yesterday evenings vote.
Other conservative peers were interview
ed. and declared their intention to oppose
Mr. Peyton Cobb's compromise amend
ment. to the effect that any existing agree
ment between workmen and their employ
ers should be excluded from the opera tion
of the bill for three years.
The conservative peers interviewed also
asserted that they intended to oppose Mr..
Cobb's amendment. even If the government
chose to drop the bill on that account
The liberal lords declare that the small
ness of yesterdays majority is entirely due
to the chance absence of number of
nationalists and several English members
Of parliament who were addressing meet
ings called to protest against the action of
the house of lords.
In conclusion, the liberals interviewed de-
clared that Mr.. Cobb's amendment was the
utmost limit of the government concession,
nd fhazh t- pv~in a.
bility will rest with the house of lords
The Barbarian style of Warfare
LONDON, Feb. I.-The Chronicle this
morning prints an interview, which was
obtained by a representative of the Pre-
toria Press with Capt. Lloyd Francis, who
was engaged in the Matabele campaign
1t is stated that Capt. Francis admitted
that wounded MatabeleS, many Of them
naked and helpless, were shot by the forces
of the British South Africa Company, their
orders being to take no prisoners but to
shoot every native they came across.
Breton a COmrade of Valiant
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE Chronicles cor
respondent at Paris recalls the fact that a
young man Of the name of Breton was
standing near Valiant in the gallery of the
chamber of deputies when Valiant threw
his bomb Breton was arrested at the time
but was liberated after brief questioning.
The Floods In Europe.
LONDON. Feb IA dispatch to the
Standard from Berlin says: non-com-
missioned officer and three other persons
have been drowned in the River Pregel
VIENNA, Feb. 14.-Heavy foods exist in
the Szamos valley. A number OF villages
are inundated.
Count De Lenscps Retfres,
/ LONDON, Feb IA dispatch to the
Times from Paris says: At a meeting of
the directors of the Suez canal yesterday
the members of the De Lesseps family re-
quested that the board accept the resigna-
ton of Count Ferdinand De Lesseps. The
of the family, and then passed resolutions
that Count Ferdinand in future should have