The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01
LONDON IN A CABLE LETTER.
THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON AND
THE DUNRAVEN ROW.

Prince Henry of Battenberg's object
in Volunteering for the Ashantee
War IA Mercenary One-The Com
mittee of National Liberal FEEDER
alton 20 Meet 10 Revise the Party
Programmed PrOtcctionIst Group
in Parliament.
London. Nov. 3).-The Yachtsman. re-
ferring to the reported communication
from the New York Yacht Club to the
Royal Yacht Squadron. says that as a
matter Of courtesy TO the New York
Yacht Club a general meeting Of the
squadron will be held to consider the
message, though there is a general dis
inclination among the members to mix
up the squadron in Lord Dunravens 3 say
ings and doings If it can possibly be
avoided.
The object of Prince Henry of Batten-
berg I'm volunteering for service in the
Ashantee expedition is to get some show
of military service that will give the
queen an excuse to place him on the active
list of the army At present he holds
n merely honorary position. to which no
salary attaches. A single campaign, with
or without fighting, will qualify him for
lucrative promotion
The queen wants to appoint her groom
in-waiting, Gen. Sir NJ A. Buddulph, to
the position OF Gentleman Usher of the
. Black Rod, made vacant by the death
of Admiral Sir J. r. Drummond. If parlia-
ment will permit her to do so. She is
willing that the committee of the House
of Lords shall fix his salary. The commit
tee is not willing TO give it's assent, and,
in any event, it certainly will not allow
Gen. Buddulph to occupy the old Black
Rods official residence in Westminster.
Gen. Buddulph is a pluralIst. He is Keep
er of the Jewels in the Tower of London,
in addition to being Groom-in-W Waiting,
and is a favorite of the queen.
The committee Of the National Liberal
Federation is about to meet at Leeds to
revise the party programme for accept
ance by the general congress of the party
that has been convened at Huddersheld.
The supporters OF local option have is
sued a circular, the obvious purpose or
which is TO again commit the liberals to
the local Vetos although the conviction
permeates the party that this was the
main factor in their defeat at the last
general election. As the local veto plank
got inserted in the Newcastle programme
by fiuke, 1t is not likely that the COM
mittee will assent to it's readoption. A
majority favors the substitute OF a gem
eral declaration that it is necessary to
deal with the drink question leaving
open the question Of the specific method
to be pursued.
One section OF the party urges that the
question of Irish home rule be placed al
together in the back ground or associat ted
with home rule all round. The certainty
that the Irish vote in the House of COM
mons will be thrown on the side Of the
government in favor of sectarian educa-
ton ahenates the greater part of the lib
erals, to whom the education question
has assumed an Importance far transcend
ing any interest that they ever felt in
home rule. The feeling of the liberals
is faithfully voiced by Herbert Spencer,
who, in commenting upon the impending
struggle, says that the clericals have
striYen and will strive to make the pub
lie help them to teach church dogmas.
The bishops and the clergy at large he
says, are now fathering an act giving
them state funds without state control,
with the arrogance common to priest
hoods of all times and places, no matter
of what creed they may be. They tell the
state: I'VE will say what shall be taught
and you shall pay for It,"
Under Inspiration like this, the liberal
congress will place at the front or It's
programme an appeal to the electors to
resent the governments sectarian educa-
tional scheme.
The next plank will be one against the
House of Lords. The other points OF the
Newcastle programme may be formally
reaffirmed to save appearances, but local
option and home rule VIII practically
get shunted.
Lord Rosebery and the ex-chief secre-
tary for ireland, the Right Hon. John
Morley, will speak, but IL Is improbable
that Sir William Vernon-Harcourt will
address the conference. The latter re-
fuses to admit that he made an error in
thrusting local option on the electorate.
He has not appeared in public since par
Lament adjourned, while Lord Rosebery,
Herbert Asquith and other ex-ministers
have been active in the interest of the
liberals, both privately and publicly.
The formation of a protectionist group
in parliament is progressing. 1t is formed
chiefly of country members, led by the
Hon. James Lowther, and already in
cludes eighty-fve members. The group
is pledged to attempt to secure duty of
5 shilling per quarter on wheats and bar
leys.
Relying on the surplus that is shown In
increased admiralty expenditures to ac-
celerate the completion of warships, ana
to strengthen and extend the coaling sta
tions The expenditures are ordered in
anticipation Of the sanction of parliament,
but the government is safe to secure that
by its majority in the House of Commons
and also in the House of Lords. Part OF
the surplus will be reserved to pay off
a fraction of the national debt.
London financial houses that have been
approached on the subject of the new Chi
nese loan have not yet assented to the
negotiations that are being conducted in
Berlin. The reports that an Anglo-Amer-
lean syndicate is being formed to float
the loan are entirely wrong. According
to the Statist Germany is unable 10 lena
the f20 100000 that China requires, and
London is not in the mood to lend it,
HOLMES SENTENCED TO HANG.