The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
A CHANGE IN THE MINISTRY
Nay Come as 4 Result Of NJ, Peel's Re-
tlrtmsnt From The SpsakerShip.
TIE ARMENIAN INVESTIGATION.
A Beliaf Asserted That the Turkish Au-
thoritiss VIII Not be Made to suner.
The Newspaper Subsidies.

~ tho election OF n new Speaker 10 sue
coed the Right Honorable Arthur Weies'
ley Peel has become heightened so, "
what since IL is known that the Ietiio
ment OF Speaker Peel ana the sou 49,
of his successor Is likely TO ihso,te
change in the personnel O, ia s,cceed
IL sir William Harcourt shouId suoee
In nersuadlng his colleagues to accspt
his no,nlnee for the Speakership' M
I.eonard III. Courtney, who occupieu '''o
ros,tIon of DEPUTY Speaker from 1850 W
iSo, the situation would De ihdue
complicated. MIR. Courtney, IL ~ peii1eou,
would be able 10 secure the C"s''i 80.
struggle against the conceded honi,noO
of the conservatives, Sir Matthew "n'e
Ridley. Among the Radicals there 10
feeling against Mr.. Courtney, pu'' az
though this feeling ~ strong IL - no no,
,n,e,cientlv bitter to afford any materihi
assIsiance TO the Opposition in electng
a Conservative 10 the Speakcrship. Sir
William Harcourt is so greatly interested
,n the candidacy Of Mr.. Courtney that
ne has personally Canvassed the Radicai
section of the House of Commons III MS
behalf against Mr. II. Campbell-Banner-
man whose election ia really desired by
n majority of the Ministerial party.
cAsrPBxII. BANxEBMAs THE MAN.
Gossiv I'm the lobby OF the House OF
Commons has associated Sir William
Harcourts interference In bchalf OF MI.
Courtney against Mr.. Zimmerman with
personal inclination TO secure the speaker
.hip for himself. but If the candidacy OF
,hc chancellor of the Excnequer has ever
beer entertained. the idea has been con-
fin1d TO himself. as ha IL regarded as
wholly impracticable. Apart from the fact
that ne is siXty-six years OF age ana the
additional fact that his defective eyeslsht
is getting worse. he has other physlcai
disabilities which would render 1t ifnpos-
,ible fer him 20 discharge the duties OF
the &; eakership The Speaker is some
times compelled 10 sit at his post for SIX
hours without interruption, and this IT
would be impossible for Sir William 10
do However. since "a majority OF the
members Of the Cabinet have selected MI.
Campbell Zimmerman as their candldote
for Speaker, and that gentleman has &C
cepted the nomination, it appears 20 be
settled that he will be the next incum-
bent OF the Office.
Thus, the matter appears to be settled.
The Opposition, rank and file. admit the
eminent fitness Of the present Secretary
of State for War for the place, and At is
quite probable that his nomination VIII
be made unanimous
MIR. Gladstone has intimated that he
will made his re-appearanCe in Parla-
ment on the occasion of Mr.. Poel's re-
tirement. as "A tribute TO the departing
Speaker.
PROBABLE CHANGE IN THE CABINET.
The Chronicle. in an article on the
probabilities of the succession to the
speakership, forecasts the re-arrange-
ment OF the cabinet in the event of Mr..
mpbell-BannernGn's election, which 1t
regards as almost certain. The assign
ments, according to the article are as
follows:
Mr.. Henry Fowler, a|present Secretary
for India. Secretary for War; Mr.. John
Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland Sec
rotary Of State for India; Mr.. Herbert
Gladstone, First Commissioner of Works,
Chief Secretary for Ireland.
A~lh II AnSieltH v
this programme Is carried out the Irish
Nationalist will Vehemently oppose the
substitution of young Mr.. Gladstone for
Mr.. Morley. The suggestion of the re-
trement of Mr. Morley from the Irish
secretaryship and the Withdrawal of Mr..
Campbell Bannerman from the War office
at this juncture, however, may so threat
en- TO disturb the ministry that change
will be caused In the selection of a
speakership candidate.
MIR. PeeFs resignation will not be sub
united until the return of the Queen from
the Continent.
THE ARMENIAN INQUIRY.
Mr.. Hugh Everard Hoare. Radical mem
Der of Parliament for Cambridgeshire
West, and other anti-Turkish members
In the Radical section. have recently
been trying to obtain the publication of a
collection of dispatches from Mr.. Hall
ward. British Nice-Consul at Van, in
regard TO the Armenian atrocities.
The Armenian oCiation prof esses to
have learned that Mr.. Hallward dilates
upon the Armenian horrors, not as in
cidents, but as evidence of the increase
of their brutalizing influence upon the
Armenians themselves. The Foreign Office
has refused TO cause the publication Of
the dispatches. on the ground that their
publicity would prejudice the case all
ready under investig by the Ar
mcanian commission of inquiry.
Mr.. Hallward seems to have lent an ear
10 the Armenians, who. the correspondent
of the Telegraph at Kars says. are
"gifted with a faculty Of exuberant lying
far beyond any other people. and are
ready to invent sanguinary battles and
blood-curdling massacres TO a degree OF
coherance and FEASIBILITY that would put
Falstaff 10 blush.'
The Speak er's correspondent at Con-
stantinople has again come TO the surface
and re-appears n the Speaker IN "a let
ter In which he re asserts the state
ments Of "a distinguished man, than
whom nobody living has a closer knowl-
edge OF Armenia, aud who has moral and
intellectual qualities emitting him TO I'M
plicit confidence" This is q preamble
10 a statement on the part Of the dis
tinguished man. that the belief gains
ground hat the authorities IN CCnstan-
tinople have no serious intention 10 inter
yene I'm Armenia, and that If persis-
tent agitation fails the fate of the Ar
menians ana all Christians in Turkey Is
scaled. The political bias of the letter Is
so obvious as to deprive the ArmenianS
of whatever value The alleged facts re-
rardlng the situation have collected.
THE NEWSPAPER SUBSIDIES
The long suppressed scandal concerning
the subsidies which newspaper proprietors
drew from the postal department, through
the system Of press telegraphy, has OBJ
toine6 a slisht ventilation through the de-
bate In the recent congress OF the Cham'
bers of Commerce.
The postmaster-General having stated
that upon the face of the official returns
the annual loss upon press kilograms Wa'
10000 pounds. the Congress discussed =
motion 10 revise the press rates In sucf
n way as TO enable the cost or pupll'
kilograms to be reduced. Some or th'
sneakers denounced the present system
eontendIng that the public service was
being injured by the immense SUBSIDY u
newspapers. Two members OF the pouy
wealthy newspaper owners, defended 'h'
nresent system, and traced the deficiency
In the revenue OF the telegraph depart
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