The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-23

I OF Indignation in the radical camp and
I without the help Of the tories the nro.
/ posal could not possibly be put through.
/ Another royal appointment is projected,
which Is certain 10 be received with We
| henent protests, If attempted. not only
/ by the radicals, but by Il good many lib
erals, and possibly some conservatives.
/ 1his proposal cOntemplates the nomina-
/ ton Of Prince Henry Of Battenberg, the
/ ornamental husband Of the queens fav.
| orite daughter. Beatrice, as viceroy of
! india. Both the queen and the Prince Of
/ Wales have mOoted the subject to Lord
/ Rosebery, who. under this pressure il
/ is reported, suggested il to his colleagues
1 According TO reports Princess Beatrice
/ would accompany her German consort
and establish a Royal court in Slmla,
which would be calculated TO enhance the
imperial prestige in India.
AS the government has communicated
TO the leaders Of the opposition its inten-
| ton TO give first place to the army esti-
mates on Monday, it is understood that
/ the cabinet has decided against resign
/ ing, preferring to ask the House of Com
mons 10 reverse its decision on the motion
| of Mr.. Broderick to reduce the sadary of
the secretary Of state for war, on which
motion the government was defeated last
evening. II this course is followed the
government can only rely on winning by
as many votes as II was defeated last
night. The unionists, in accepting the
challenge will bring every man of the
party to the division. Many liberals pro-
test against further delay and urge the
ministers TO resign on dissolve parlia-
ment, as no possible precautions are likely
to prevent the opospition from inhicting
another defeat, and disgracing the party
1t has transpired that at the moment of
last nights division there was a maiori-
ty of sixteen for the government, accord
| ing to the liberal whips. Subsequently
the question was asked where were the
missing members. Some of them had
slipped out of the House unseen. The
whips were lounging and smoking on
the terrace overlooking the Thames
Others had gone away thinking that mat
ters were all right. As a matter of fact,
the party was caught mapping. The lib
erals who are in favor of dissolution say
that the same thing VIII occur again
The party, they add, cannot be kept
eternally on the strain. On the other
hand, there is no known instance of a
government resigning on a defeat of a
supply vote, and the paltry character of
the snatch division, whether 1t was a trick
or an accident justiies the ministers in
holding on.
Prime Minister Rosebery has telegraphed
Mr. Gladstone at Kiel an account of the
situation. 1t is reported that Mr.. Glad
stone advised strongly against the resig-
nation of the government, and recon-
mends that a vote Of confidence be taken.
He has communicated with Mr.. Campbell
Bannerman advising him to remain in
Office and to support his colleagues with
out regard to his personal feelings. The
| Speaker states that Mr.. Gladstone does
not desire a general election or the resig-
nation of the ministry. His relations
with the government are now what they
have always been, that Is to say he is
ta tka rFafva vafafs. a,,I It..
has confidence in it.
Letters from Mrs. Gladstone to friends
in London represented the ex-prime minis
ter as being absorbed in theological stu
dies. He devotes assiduOus attention to
the early fathers and is taking less IN
terest in politics. His direct communica-
tions to his old associates show, however,
that he still takes a keen interest in the
course of political events. He regrets 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 developments 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 tho
British army. They have been assured
that the question is as yet unsettled, ana
that Field Marshal Wolseley or Gen. Lord
hODeflS Is more ukely LldH lHe luke VI
Connaught to succeed to the commander
ship. This assurance. it may be said, is
not credited. 1t is certain that if the ap-
pointment is made when the conservatives
are in power the successor of the Duke
of Cambridge will be the Duke of Con-
naught.
The Right Hon. Henry Fowler secretary
of state for India, returned yesterday from
Balmoral, where the nomination of Prince
Henry of Battenburg as yiceroy of India
was considered. In this respect the cab
met crisis has a welcome side to the min
listers as postponing their discussion of
an unpleasant subject on which they must
collide with the queen
The Statist and the Pail Mall Gazette
contradict the kilograms from St. Peters
burg saying that the Chinese loan con-
tract has been signed. The fact is that
China withholds the ratification, though
she is pressed by Russia to conclude the
treaty. China may finally refuse to ratify
the convention. She objects to the condl-
tions imposed by France that further
loans must be borrowed in Paris. She
also refuses to hypothecate any part Of
her customs revenue for the loan. Ac-
cording 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 a London
firm granting the Bank of England the
option, of arranging the great loan. The
bank at once placed at the disposal Of
the authorities at Pekin the sum OF &, ,00O,
co., which was drawn upon.
Russia and France afterward stepped
in and tried to spoil the London con-
tract The double dealing on the part
of the Pekin authorities led the British
government to remind them that the CHS
toms revenues of the treaty ports. on
which the loan must be secured, was al
ready practically in the hands of the Brit
ish, whose rights must be protected. With
a view to fixing matters the Russo
French syndicate again tried to induce
the Rothschilds to join the syndicate. or
fering them E2,000,000 of the loan. This
offer the Rothschilds declined.
The Sporting Times, responding to the
charges in American papers that the Eng
lish handicappers are determined that the
American horses here shall not have the
remotest chance of winning any of the
events for which they are entered, says
that selling races are not handicaps. 1t
adds that Stonenell which was supposed
TO be the crack of the American team,
failed even in this low class of contests.
AS for Banquet II. far from being badly
treated, he was given undue leniency. He
received considerable weight from second