The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-29

The Marquis of Salisbury speaks at
Waterford on October Goth, and Mr.. H.
II. Asquith, Sir George O. Trevelyan
NJ r. Curzon, Under Foreign Secretary,
Mr.. John Broderick. Under Foreign Sec
retary for War, and a number Of others.
are announced to reapDear in the arena
before the end of October. What the
country chiEhy awaits is an explicit
disclosure of the Goyencents projects
for the coming session Of Parliament
Everything points not only to one but
to two sessions. devoted chiefly to Ire
land.
INITIAL COUNCIL IL DUBLIN.
According to the Times. the land ques-
uOn Will be settled Ia 1896. which Will
probably include the creation OF Il central
council ia Dublin. Mir. Horace CurzOn
Ilunkett. who accompanied Alr. Gerald
Balfour on bis recent tour of Ireland.
and who Is now recognized as the adviser
OF the Chief Secretary. has developed a
scheme for the establishment Of an Irish
! Board Of Agriculture, which is certain TO
/ lead 10 the formation Of other special
/ departments.
The Westminster Gazette and other
( Liberal organs, admit that the Unonists
/ have begun their administration Of Irish
affairs with settled determination to
avoid coercion, by adopting the lines fol-
/ lowed boy their liberal opponents.
'lrishmen," says the Westminster Ga
zetie. who, in their haste. call the par
| liamentary movement failure, speak
| prematureiy.,
IF tho Unionist programme IS carried
! out il viii give a nucleus Of home rule.
/ Then II will be the work Of the Liberals
and the Irish gradually TO coordinate
! the Irish local bodies. and endow them
with fresh powers. until the country
wakes up. TO find home rule established
] with the consent Of all parties"
| The Marquis Of Salisbury has promised
| leading Irish Unionists that he VIII visit
| Dublin and the south of ireland n July
OF next yesr il thc business OF the sass On
obviously the proposed tour is part
| OF the Governments oncilIatory policy.
KING IIoroLp's OBJECT.
The yis, Ct the King Of the Bolclaus 10
/ France what first WAS supposed py the
] Paris newspapers 10 be merely one of
! pleasure. is now known TO relate 20 the
/ Gorge state.
KING Leopold ha had several confer
| cLcrs with NJ. HdnnOtauX. Frsnch Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs. and also with the
| chief Of the FreLcE Foreign Cabinet.
| Toe French papers that assert that the
| kirg offered TO sell the Congo State out
| ana out 90 France seem TO be ignorant OF
the fact that he was I'm London before
/ going 10 Paris. and was negotiating here
/ ON the same subject. Tt j. the opinion OF
! the best Informed thot King LaopDd is
/ irving 20 arrange for the sale of The Con-
/ 80 State on the basis q; division OF terri
/ tories between France Germany, and
/ In gls rd. II IS cOmplicatsd affair
bl'Eiuin. IN 1880, granted 10 The Congo
! State "a loan OF l.U'vD pounds. without
! Wtelts'. with power 10 annex the State
/ after the expiration of ten years. Then
/ France. if the state Is over offered for
| sale. has The right Of pre-,mption. King
| Leopold s much harlsse3 both I'm q mon.
| ctar-- and I'm political way. lie wants
tfe affairs Of the congo state wound up
/ sumUarily.
Ho does not seem 10 care whether he
I stir, ur fcuds between France aud EIe-
'ane and Germany; he only wants to get
cut.
THE WAR SHIPS IN CHINA.
The demonstration OF q powerf II British
| sHUadlrI proceeding up the NaIg-Isc See
Is gug Is the sequence II thr tacit refusal
of the fekin Government 10 satisfy the
demands of The Marquis )f Salisbury for
/ tpe uIu.ehm 'ut of the late NicerQy of
Szc-c chucn. whom British Ali1ister O'COn-
nor reported % be responsible Cor the out
| stations at Chcng-Iu. which We're fol-
lowed ty the massacre IN Ku-Chens.
The NiceIoy's term of Office expiring
he left Chcng-Tu. and the Pel.in govern
ment tred TO induce Minister OConnOr
10 blicvc that the withdrawal of tho
! NiCerOy had been enforced and that
the action on the part of China was Ia
satisfy the British.
Lord salisbury however Instructed the
British Minister that nothing would
suffice less than public imperia decree
/ banishing the Niccroy beyond the from
tiers OF China, with "a statement mat ih,
| crime, Tor which DE Was punished Wa'
neglect TO afford protection 10 the mis-
| siOus.
This action Of Lord salisbury's. appear.
% have been prompted by the conviction
doubtless based upon foreign Office re
| ports that the Chinese Iitcrati ahcttef
10y most Of the higher officials. fomcntc.
the agitation against Europeans generally
and not against the missionaries alon'
and that the degratiou Of the ticciol
of the SIc-Chuen would be blow te
the Litcrau and an effective example tt
the whole Of China
The decisive attitude OF England dis
poses Of the report that the fofciSn pi
fec entertained a proposal 70 Withdraw
the missionaries 10 treaty ports.
UNITED STATS APPROVES
II IS understood that the United States
| Government although not actively co
| generating with the British government
has leen informed of and approved the
latters plans 10 protect the missions
| which involve the strongest practlca
measures in the event OF the mere
| squadron demonstration not proving SUI
| ncicnt to wake the Government OF Pc
kin.
| last evening. confirmed q report whicl
| first appearcd in the Chronicle lat n,
| ITnionist leaders contemplate a drastic
| change in the constitution In the Hous'
| ~ Iords Lord Londonderry has beer
! rd-L.ieutenant Of ireland. and was OF
fered. but declined q post I'm the presen
cabinet and he can therefore be regarde'
~ an authority. lie declared IN favo
of a second chamber with what he term
ed useless peers excluded.
| DHis statement did not include dei
| mite scheme IL is too soon yet 10 eNpec
a thoroughly definite plan. but II Is mar
vellous TO observe how the ChroiNie'
! announcement that the idea OF reform ac
| cepted by the UniOnist chiefs was an Up
per House constituted partly OF electiv
party OF seleciiye elements. has Deer
acclaimed by the Conservative press
The Pail Mall Gazette and the nlapm
comment approyincly on the scheme
The Tory Globe. holds that the govern
ment ought 10 undertake the reform
making the second chamber as strong a
| possibie The radical press eyes IN
/. ! oropoals askance as tending 10 Great
ana checking the powers OF the Hous
OF Commons.
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