Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-23

who are in favor of dissolution, say that
the same thing will occur again. The
party, they add, can be kept eternally on
the strain. On the other hand, there Is
no known instance of a government re-
signing on a defeat of supply vote, and
the paltry character of the snatch divis-
ion, whether 1t was a trick or an acct
dent, justifies the ministers in holding on.
Prime Minister Rosebery has tele-
Rraphed Mr.Gladstone al hiel an account
of the situation 1t Is reported that Mr..
Gladstone advised strongly against the
resignation of the government and rec
ommends that a vote of confidence be
taken. He has communicated with MIR.
Campbell Bannerman advising him ito
remain in Office and to support his col
leagues without regard to his personal
feelings. The Speaker states that Mr..
Gladstone does not desire general cleo
ton or the resignation of the ministry.
His relations with the government are
now what they have always been; that is
to say, he is friendly and loyal to the
ministry and he has confidence in 1t.
Letters from Mrs. Gladstone to friends
In London reported the ex-prime minis
ter as being Iabrorbed in theological
studies. He devotes assiduous attention
to the early fathers and is taking less in
terest in politics. His direct communi-
cations to his old associates show, how
ever, that ne still takes a keen interest
in the course of political events. He re-
grets the action of the Irish members of
parliament in regard to the vote for the
erection of a statue of Cromwell and
readily expresses his opinion on all de-
velopments if he is asked
The radicals are privately attacking
the ministry anent the report that the
Duke of Connaught will succeed the
Duke of Cambridge as commander-in-
chief of the British amy. They have
been assured that the question is as yet
unsettled, and it is probable that Field
Marshal Wolseley or General Roberts is
more likely than the Duke of Connaught
to succeed to the commandership. This
assurance, it may be said, is not credited.
1t is certain that if the appointment is
made when the conservatives are in pow
er the successor of the Duke Of Cam
bridge will be the Duke of Connaught.
The Rt Hon. Henry Fowler, secretary
of state for India, returned yesterday
fom Balmoral, where the nomination of
Prince Henry of Battenburg as viceroy
Of India was considered.
In this respect the cabinet crisis has a
welcome side to the ministers as post
poning their discussion of an unpleasant
subject on which they must collide with
the queen.
The Statist and Pail Mall Gazette con-
tradict the kilograms from st. Peters
burg saying that the Chinese loan con-
tract has geen signed. The fact is that
China withholds the ratification, though
she is pressed by Russia. to conclude the
treaty. China may finally refuse to rat
ify the convention. She objects to the
conditions imposed by France that fur
ther loans must be borrowed in Paris.
She also refuses to hypothecate any part
of her customs revenue for the loan.
According to the Pail Mall Gazette the
real reason for this situation of affairs
is that on April % last a special Chinese
envoy signed a contract with London
firm granting the Bank of England the
option of arranging the great loan. The
bank Immediately placed at the disposal
of the authorities at Pekin the sum of
II 600 900, which was drawn upon.
Russia and France afterward stepped
in and tried to spoil the London contract.
The double dealing on the part of the
Ioel<in authorities led the British govern
ment to remind them that the customs
revenue of the treaty ports on which the
loan must be secured was already practi-
sally in the hands of the British. whose
rights must he protected. With a view
to fixing matters the Russo French syn
dicate again tried to induce the Roths-
childs to join the syndicate. offering
them f2000,000 of the loan. This offer
the Rotnschilds declined.
Mr.. Archibald Colquehon. who has ar
rived in London from an inspection of
the Nicaraguan canal, declines to be in
terviewed as he will not forestall a
work that he will publish in the autumn.
IT is understood that he favors the canal
project. With a reversed opinion on the
details.
Lord Salisbury received number of
messages at his London residence this
morning, and afterwards went to his
scat. Hatfield House. Hertfordshire,
where Mr. Balfour, the conservative
leader in the house of commons, will be
his guest until Monday. The Duke of
Devonshire, the unionist leader in the
house of lords is staying at Ascot, and
Mr. Chamberlain, the leader of the union
lists in the house of commons, remains in
London over Sunday. A meeting of the
unionist leaders viii be held on Monday