Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-11
SIGNAL HONOR ID BAYARD To Deliver Address Before Edin- burgh's Philosophical Society. MIR. CRISP STILL IN ENGLAND Lord Salisbury and the Missionary Societie
 Are at Loggerheads. REFUSES TO ACCEDE TO THEIR DEMANDS England's Relations With Germany Have Undergone Notable Change-Bank
 of England's Reserve Is the
 Largest in Its History.
REFUSES TO AccEDE TO THEIR DEMANDS

s LonuOn, Aug. lu-Ine queen speech for the opening of parliament on August F will be bare and formal document, lnless reference is made in it to foreign affairs. Yet, persons in a position to be well informed upon the subject say the speech will not refer to Armenia or China and that if any foreign affairs are men, tioned they will be those in connection with Africa.
 Debate on the reply to the speech from the throne will begin on August 15, and the time between the opening and that date will be occupied in administering the oath to the members who will be sworn in in patches.
 Hon. Charles r. Crisp of Georgia, ex- speaker of the United States house of representatives, accompanied by his son, has been in England for ten days. MT. Crisp purposes to remain to witness the election of the speaker of the house of commons and will then depart on the 18th for Paris, where he will sojourn for week. MT. Crisp was born in Sheffield in 1S45, during a visit of his parents to England and this is his first trip abroad since his parents returned to America with him.
 Hon. Thomas F. Bay ard. the United SIdleS dflDdSSduOG 10 lJtHuOll, llelS dC- cepted the invitation to deliver the an nual address to the Edinburgh Philo- sophical society in November. The iE- vitation to deliver this address is the highest literary honor in Great Britain. Among those who have made the address iI previous years are the Rt. Hon. John Morley, late chief secretary for Ireland, and Rt Hon. Arthur James Balfour, first lord of the treasury.
 Though Lord Salisbury is determined to avenge the recent massacre of foreigners at Kutchengen and other outrageS com fnitted by the Chinese mob at that place, he refuses to entertain the claims of the missionary societies that their agents be nrotected wherever they may go, and in thls action the premier is backed up by
 he liberals.
 The Daily News, in an article on the subject, says .Ee missionaries can be. if necessary, ana oUgllt to be prevented from going beyond the limits of British authority.
 The missionary societies, seeing that the sympathy of the public is confined to the victims ofsthe outrages personally, have issued long statement signed by the editorial secretary of the Church Missionary society. saying that the last thing they desire is that the gospel shall be carried into China at the point of bay onets, but nevertheless the British gov ernment cannot in China pass lightly over the murder or bf1llSn SupJeSlS WID have a right to be there. The statement is adversely commented upon by the lay press. Lord Salisbury has found another difficulty in the way of general action, which is the same as was felt in 1891, when similar attacks were made upon the Chinese missions. The German govern ment at that time failed to back up the other powers with any heartiness and in consequence of this fact the Tsung-L Li-Yamen successfully placed the powers against each other.
 In the present instance the same spirit is being displayed by Germany. The North German Gazette yesterday print ed an article concluding thus:
 "China's whole intellectual tendency is against reforms. but this fact will not keep Europeans from knocking and knocking harder at the doors of the Chi nese empire, which are as good as closed, but it is hardly to be expected that China will meet us half way.
 England's relations with Germany have undergone a notable change m an- other direction within the week. A Free man article, printed in the Daily News last Saturday, shows that 1t was expect ed that the liberals would approve of Lord Salisbury cultivating the most friendly and cordial relations with Ger many. but the Standard (semi-ofiiciaD after the arrival at Cowes of Emperor William, printed remarkable leading article saying that although England de- sired to retain Germany's friendship, Germany had better renounce some of her ambidextrous Bismar ckian methods in the conduct of her relations with for eign powers, especially in connection with Africa. This article was widely quoted and was unanimously condemned by the German press. Despite that fact, however the Standard today prints an other leader couched in even stronger language in which it says that the bar gains with Germany in which England has good humoredly acceded have some times been harshly construed to her dis advantage, and the German diplomacy has strained to put impediments in the way of England's recovering by an agreement with the Congo Free State authorities the facilities, which relying on Germany's good will, England has sacrificed in the Congo convention. The Standard concludes it's article by express ing regret at the eccentric course occa- sionally pursued by the Berlin foreign of flee and adding that it would be impos- sible for England to face the indefinite risk of formal alliance with the drei- bund.
 The presence of British and Spanish men of war at Tangier is due to the au- thorities at Morocco having granted the consent to the permanent residence of a French consul at Fez The other powers insist that their representatives shall be granted the same privilege.
 The gold and silver reserves of the Bank of France have reached a sum in excess of f132000000. of which amount f50. 100000 is silver. This it not only the largest reserve In the world. but it has never been paralleled in tine history of finance
 Mir. James Kier Hardie, the labor leader, who sat in the last parliament for the south division of Westham has ac- cepted an invitation to attend the labor congress to be held in Chicago. He will sail for New York on August IF. During his visit to the United States Mir. Hardie will speak .n several of the largest cities.
 ", rrfsat.a week at Cowes .S.zs year.