The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-24
ROSEBERY'S ROAD VERY ROCKY
HE is THOROUGHLY DIsGUSTED AND
ANXIOUS TO QUIT.


Before the Ministerial Programme
Is Carried Out ImprObabIe-GIad-
stone 10 Hasten His Return TO
London I'm order to Consult with
the Liberal Leaders-New Denials
of the Stories From Armenia.
London. March 22-Srr. Gladstone's re-
turn to London has been FASTENED by the
deadlock in the cabinet over the question
Of the succession to the speakership. and
the still more serious differences in re-
gard to the dissolution Of parliament,
upon which there does not seem to be
any feeling Of unanimity. 1t Is certain
that the advice of the ex-premler will
guide the ministers in deciding both ques-
tions, and until he has arrived and the
leaders have had the benefit OF consulta-
tion with him nothing will be done
At the cabinet council. which was con-
vened a week ago last Tuesday. It seemed
very improbable that there would be a
! dissolution until the ministerial pro-
| gramme fixed at the beginning Of the
session had been carried out The execu-
tive committee of the liberal party had
told the election agents that there would
be no general election until November.
The change in the situation is due to
Lord Roseberry's increasing desire to
withdraw from the premiership. ana there
Is a general realization now that some
thing must be done to make a change in
the state Of affairs existing. The squab-
bles over the speakership and the threat
ened desertions from the ministerial ranks
on the question OF local veto have also
had their effect upon Lord Rosebery and
the other ministers are becoming disguised
over the tension caused by their working
with a small and uncertain majority.
which is liable at any unexpected moment
to become a minority.
Lord Rosebery is gaining strength
slowly. but he has prolonged periods of
Insomnia and symptoms Of serious ner-
vous disorder. Nevertheless, he will not
withdraw from office until he sees the
end Of the present parliament Through
out ten days he has not had a single
| nights sleep, and his favorite remedy
that of drinking warm water, which he
has found valuable upon previous occa-
sions, when similarly attacked, has not
hNNh eAicdclouS. OHiy drugs nave given
him relief, and these only temporarily
His condition Is such that his physicians
have urged him to take a sea voyage
as the only thing that would give him
permanent benefit.
The queen has been Informed of Lord
Rosebery's condition and desired to retire
from office. and has declared herself most
unwilling to accept his resignation Her
majesty has expressed the hope that his
colleagues will allow the premier to re-
cover from his ailments before taking
action which would embarrass him, and
this course may be pursued However,
there Is clique Of ministers, among
whom Sir William Harcourt is the most
prominent, who think that the easiest
way out OF a seemingly impossible road
is an early dissolution.
The choice OF the liberals for the sue
cession to the speakership now lies be-
tween Right Hon. Leonard Courtney and
William Court Gully, and the latter Will
probably be the ministerial nominee. Mr.
Gully, who is a member of the House for
Carlisle, is a grand son of the famous
light weight champion pugilist. John Gull
ly, who after retiring from the ring be-
came member of parliament for Ponte-
fract. Mr.. Gully's father James Mandy
| Gully, Esq, NJ D., was a noted hydro
pathic physician whose reputation, how
ever, was not enhanced by his connec-
tion with the notorious Bravo poisoning
case. The present Mr. Gully Is high
bred, courtly, dignihed and clever gentle
man and a queens counsel He would un-
questiOnably make a good figure in the
chair, but is so seldom in his seat that
| Sir Charles Dixie was recently moved
to ask in connection with his candidacy
"would you make man speaker who
has been ten years a member and ten
minutes in the House?"
The setback which the radicals received
in the House of Commons last night In
the vote on the question OF paying sal
aries to members has given great sat
isfaction to the conservatives, who greet
ed the announcement of the result Of the
division with prolonged cheers In 1898,
when the question was voted on, it was
carried by majority of A. Last night
the majority in its favor was only IS, and
the opposition went nearly frantic in
their expression of delight at the shrink
age.
The Turkish embassies in London and
Paris give absolutely wholesale denials of
the stories that 2.500 Armenians are in
prison and many Of them dying from the
rigors of confinement The Globes corre-
spondent In Constantinople quotes a state-
ment made by a European commercial
man who was travelling IN Bitlis and
Moosh last fall. This gentleman AYERS
that he was passing through Djellye-
| guzan on or about Feb %. when 1t Is
/ related tnaL Lne most lHHuudn atfCGlLe8
were perpetrated, one incident being the
massacre Of $50 Arne mans of all ages
and both sexes by Turkish troops
It was alleged, too, that these persons had
been induced to surrender by promise Of
protection, and that the dead and dying
were thrown into an immense pit together
In refutation Of this story, he says that
he neither saw nor hear anything of the
massacre, although he admits that the
village was attacked owing to the hostile
attitude of its inhabitants toward the
government. He saw ruins here and there
as the result of the fighting, but declares
that the accounts published In the news
papers in Great Britain were gross exaF-
eerations, and that the so-called details
were pure fiction. This. ne declares, is
especially true of the stories Of the brutal
usage of women and girls, and the tor
ture Of villagers.
In another letter Sir Ellis Meade Bart
lett denomces as monstrous lies the state
ments that owing to grave reports Of out
RACES on the Russian consuls a Ezeroum
and Van. Russia has appointed an i'm
perial commission to examine and report
upon the alleged barbarities practiced in
Turkish prisons. II Is needless to de-
nounce this story, Mr.. Bartlett says as