The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-28
The Removal Of Speaker Gully 10 be Con-
Sidered by tie Cabinet Tuesday.
OTHER RESULTS OF RECENT ELECTIONS
What viii BE Its Effect On the Foreign
Policy ?-The Press Telegraph Rates
win Doubtless BE Raised
The Proceeds ofthe Jap
anese Loan.

servat.yes had an idea that they would
appear in the House with a majority
great enough to defy a succession on the
part of the Liberal Unionists, or a coali-
tion Of all the parties.
Already influential Conservatives are
urging the leaders Of that party to re-
construct the Government. giving the Con-
servativcs increased representation there
IN. 1t would be difficult to reshufiie the
cards 50 recently dealt out. but at the
Carlton Club il is thought that Lord
Salisbury viii try to do 1t
The Cabinet will meet on Tuesday when
the question of renewing Mr. William
Court Gully from the speakership OF the
House Of Commons and the substitution
in his stead OF Sir Matthew White Ridley.
AT present Secretary Of State for the
Home Department. Will he discussed.
sir. Gully stands 90 win, no matter
what action the Cabinet may take.
Should he be allowed to retain the ofnce,
he will Of course. have all the honors
and cmOluments attaching thereto.
Should he be removed 10 make room for
a member Of the 'Goyernment party, he
viii receive a pension OF 1900 pounds an
nually. and, perhaps. be made a peer,
though this latter is by no means a GER
tainty.
His salary is now 5.ooo pounds a year,
and i'm addition he Is furnished a resi-
dence in the palace OF Westminster. The
refusal to rc-elect a Speaker is a rare
event in the history OF Parliament.
BARE OCCURRENCE.
There has been only one such refusal
within a century. but the Conservatives
are arrogant I'm their success and threat
en- TO oppose Mr.. Gully's nomination, even
IL the Government should be willing that
he remain In office.
With Sir Matthew White Ridley Speak
er room would be made in the Home
Office for that stauuch Tory. j. W. Low
ther, who is the husband of n niece
OF Lord Salisbury. Another post-that
of chairman Of committees Of the House
awaits another OF Lord Salisburys pro-
toges.
10 is not yet deemed prudent 20 eject
any Chamberlainltc from office. Though
the Lberal-Cni0nists claim a party vote
of seventy, the Conservatives know tnat
Mr.. Chamberiain's position is weaker than
II seems. A majority Of his apparent
following IS composed Of old wings. vino
are akin 10 the new Tories. n a rup-
ture should come. they would remain
with the Conservatives. Mr. cham
berlain's steadfast adherents consist real
ly Of the Birmingham group. with about
fifteen other members. II is 20 his in
terest. therefore, to continue I'm harmony
with the Tories on any terms.
Another certain result Of the Tory vic
tory viii Doe the proposing Of the retire
emit Of the Duke OF Cambridge from the
position 0f Cong ander-ln-Chief Of the
army until 1895. when he will be succeed
N4H 4
10 report at the Horse Guards. as the
place where the army officers are located
- called. the Duke Of Cambridge Will
nor retire until November 3. 1897. when he
VIII complete sixty years Of service.
lhen Dc VIII draw large pension for
his services as cOmmander-in-Chief. and
Val retain the 2,41 pounds that he re-
ceiVes yearly as colonel Of the Grcnadier
Guards. The country Will not make "A
cheap bargain in getting rid OF him.
A NEw HoMF-RuLE scHEME.
Mr. Walter Hume. president OF the
Board Of Agriculture has made an Inn
portant statement relative 20 "A home
rule scheme. Speaking 10 the electors at
Devises, he said that the Conservatives
were Wiling 10 "ive ireland power to
govern her own local affairs. as the Eng
llsn countries governed theirs They were
willing to go further. and give ireland
some machinery by which she would be-
relieved from coming TO England for
4rHr'i slfhl l'-lNidlipu
The deienc in the case Of the thirteen
year-Old boy. COOmbs. who IS held 70
answer the charge of having murdered
his mother by stabbng her with "A dag
ger Will be that he is a sufferer from an
abnormal brain condition His Uranium is
mlsshaped, and his physique is unusually
developed.
lie has a history Of extraordinary de-
pravity. Years ago he obtained money
By forging statements that his mother
lie did not betray a trace Of emotion
while in the dock. lie Is clever and resO-
Lutte, and has been liar and a thief
from an early age. His home surround
lngs were Diameless, but he is a born
m-uster.
Since a large Conservative majority IN
the House OF Commons is seen 49, as
sured. there is "a rcsurgeuce of uugoism
ih the press and from the platform. This
condition of affairs hcralds a stormy time
N Prime Minister Salisbury should seek
10 satisfy the aspirations o1,,is follow
crs. The foreign papess arc dll alert 10
the situation.
Tho French papers are assiduously ad-
VCcd;lng the use of the FrancO-Russlan
alliance 20 drive Great Britain out OF
Egypt and 10 meet her iutrlsues with
tho Porte.
n8ners claims that the
change Of Government here VIII result
iu "a revival OF the SalisDury-l lrlspi en-
tentc, while the Berlin and vienna jour
mails hail the restoration Of COnserya-
tive policy. declaring that IL Is almost
iantamOInt 10 the Incorporation Of Great
Britain into the Triple Alliance.
The EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
The Globe Of this city to-day strikes a
keynote. advocating the bOldest attack by
Great Britain on France at every point
whore their interests may come IN col
llslOn.
France. the paper says. must be made
TO understand that there Is no
hope Of the evacuation OF Egypt until
Great Britain deems the time fitting II
adds that the ridiculous claims OF France
10 the extension OF her sphere OF influence
In the SOGdan must be met by a British
advance from Uganda and from Egypt
simultaneously. The Mahdi should be
suppressed hy a campaign from Egypt.
and Great Britain should hold sway from
the upper Nile 10 Alexandria.
In Siam the French claims to the east
bank Of the Mekons river must not be
allowed siam. 10 declares Is ripe for Il
British prOtectOrate. COntnuing II says
that Russia cannot be permitted 10 ac-
quirc Port I.azarcff anyhow II she does
acquire that place. Great Britain must
receive quid pro quo.
These musis and must ncts fairly rep
frscnt the ideas entertained by the Con-
scrvatiyes. and u Will be seen should
the Government make an attempt 70 car
ry them 10 their logicll 90 Inclusion there
viii be stormy times ahead, diplomatical-
ly, IL not otherwise.
The Pall-N8li Gazette. dealing with the
subject OF the French-chincss treaty, ac-
cuses France OF breach Of faith IN OBJ
tanning from China territory which Is In
cluded ln the Anglo-Freach Buffers agree
ment Of lS1 and establishing fortified
pest therein.
4 his territory. the paper de ;lares. must
be abandoned II is I'm ~ thei intofra-