Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
Conservative Home Rule for Former and
Eeldins Of Latter.
r,>ru,I EtRoPEiN NEWS.
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tt.n outline the Liberal position The
MARQUIS ~ Salisbury speaks at Water
ford on October Goth. and Mr. II. H.
A.oulth. Sir George O. Trevelyan. MIR.
C.rz1n. Under Foreign Secretary; Mr..
John Frederick Under Secretary for
war. and q number Of others are an
rurced 10 r'oppear in the arena before
frs end 81 October. What the country
chiefly awaits IS an explicit disclosure
~ the governments projects for the
coming session Of Parliament. Every
ta.nr points not only 10 one but to two
sessions, devoted chiefly to Ireland.
According to the Times. the land ques-
ton will be settled in 1896. which will
rrabahly include the creation OF a central
council in Dublin. Mr. Horace Curzon
Plunkott who accompanied Mr.. Gerald
Pllfour on his recent tour Of Ireland,
and who is now recognized as the adj
wiser Of the Chief Secretary has de-
yg.rsI a scheme for the establishment
O. an Irish board Of agriculture, which
is certain 20 lead to the' formation Of
other special departments.
The Westminster Gazette and other
LIBERAL organs admit that the Unionists
have begun their administration OF Irish
affairs with settled determination to
avoid coercion by adopting the lines fol-
lowed by their Liberal opponents.
'Irshmen." says the Westminster Ca
zo,te. who. IN their haste. call the par
Iamentary movement a failure. speak
prematureIy. II the Cnionist programme
IS carried out. it will give a nucleus Of
home rule Then 10 will be the work Of
the Liberals and the Irish gradually to
coordinate the Irish local bodies, and en-
dow them with fresh powers, until the
country wakes up TO find home rule es-
tabllshcd. with the consent of all par
ties"
The Marquis Of Salisbury has promised
leading Irish UniOnists that hr viii VISIT
Dublin and the South of Ireland in July
~ next year. u the business Of the s's-
sion will permit Obviously. the proposed
tour is a part Of the governments con-
cIatory policy.
CONGO STATE FOR SALE
The visit 10 the King Of the Bclgians to
Oh. Paris newspapers to be merely one OF
pleasure is now known 10 relate TO the
CONGO state. King Leopold has had several
conferences with NJ. HanotauX. French
Minister of Foreign Affairs. and also the
Chief of the French Foreign Cabinet.
TIA. French papers that assert that the
King offered to- sell the Congo state out
and out to France seem 10 be Ignorant
Of the fact that he was in London be-
for. going 10 Paris. and was negotiating
here on the same subject Ii Is the opin-
i.n II the best informed that KING Leo
lol is trying TO arrange for me sale
of The Congo state on the basis Of
division Of territory between France
Germany. and England.
IL is "a complicated affair Belgium In
l,H granted to the Congo State loan
,f uan.Wp. without interest. with power
90 annex the State after the expiration of
ten years Then France If the state IS
ever offered for sale. has the night OF
redemption King Leopold is much
lulssed both i'm a monetary ana IN
political way. He wants the aHairs OF
itc Congo state wound up summarily.
Die does not seem TO care whether ne
sals up feuds between France and Eng
lul and Germany; he only wants 10
Get out.
TI. demonstration Of a powerful British
squadron proceeding up the Nang-Ise-
kAug l~ The sequence Of the tacit re-
.us.. oi tha Picking Government 10 satisfy
Poe demand " the Marquis of Salisbury
'ur 'he Punishment Of the late Niceroy
n Sz,-C hucn. whom the British Minister
Jtorl0r reported 10 be responsible Tor
..e oljIascs beginning In May al the
u...'ou stations nj Cheng-Tu, which were
lowed by the massacre at ku-Chens.
1rr Niceroys term OF office expiring.
ae .ett Cheus-Tu. and the Peking Govern
ue1t tried % induce Minister O'Connor
believe that the withdrawal of the
N.cef0y had been enforced. and that the
t.u0u on the part OF China was taken
order Co satisfy the British.
Lord salisbury however, instructed the
British Minister that nothing would suf-
Zee less than a public imperial decree
l.a.sling the Niceroy beyond the from
Sous of China. with "a statement that the
"me 10; which ne was punished was
ie-iect 10 afford protection to the mis-
4ous.
This action % Lord Salisbury appears
60 have been prompted by the conviction.
i.utt!css based upOn FOre!gn-OihCe re-
tifs. that the Chinese litcrati. abetted
sy most Of the higher officials, fomented
Dee agitation against Europeans gene
"Iiy and not against the missionaries
toue. and that the degradation oi the
Ncer0y OF Sze-ChGen would De "A blow 20
he htcrau and an effective example to
te whole of China
THE decided attitude % England dis
'l-cs OF the report that the Foreign
Office entertained proposal TO withdraw
Do. missionaries Co treaty ports
10 ls understood that the United States
Government. although actively c0-OpeTat-
rr with the British Government has
.e,n informed Of. and approves. the lat
IRIS plans to protect the missions. which
r,oYc the strongest practical measures.
3D. the event OF the mere squadron de-
aonstrajion not proving sufficient 10 wake
Poo government at PekinG.
TO MEND THE LORDS.
Lprt Londonderry, in 4 speech at Ri
IHl last evening. confirmed report
which first appeared in the Chronicle that
fhc tnionist leaders contemplate dras-
tc change in the Constitution Of the
House of Lords. Lord Londonderry has
Been ior1-Lleutenant II Ireland. and was
offered. but declined. a post IN The pres
eat cabinet. and he can, therefore DE
regarded as an authority. lie declared
lJ favor OF "a second chamber with what
De- termed useless peers excluded. HIS
statement did not include definite
scheme. It is too sOon yet 10 expect
thoroughly definite plan. but IL IL mar
Seii1us 10 observe how the Chronicles an
houncemcBt that the ideas OF reform &c
eepted by the l. nionisi chiefs waa an up
per house constituted partly OF elective
partly Of selec;ige. elements, has been
acclaimed by .he Conservative press.
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