The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-17
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
The Functions Of the Fleets Assembling off
laVant Will Be to Watch Each Other.
AUs1RlA's PROPOSITION DISCUSSED.
Balr"Wr Made Rive Speeches In GIns.
row Thurss,ny. Bui He Made No
Reference 10 tiic Government Fro.
Grammc--An Employees Liability
nilito Rc Introduced.

|
Londop, Nov. 16.-No root or branch
Of the policy OF the powers toward Tur-
| Key has yet been decided upon. Of
nclal opinion here Concura with all re-
liable ndvices from the European capi-
tails that an agreement between the
| powers as to how they shall act In the
event OF tho Sultan cvatllng his prom
ises TO effect reforms In Armenia, or
| his proving defiant To the demands of
the powers. stu remains to lie obtain
cd. Even II revolution in Constanti-
| nople with general Musicm rising
would find the concert incomplete. In
the meantime. the main function of the
| iicets assembling off the coast Of the
| Levant. will he to watch each other
while the Governments continue to try
Ito arrange the limits of their common
faction, if such should be forced upon
them. Sir Philip CurIie the British
AmDasSndor Ia Turkey. who has been
III england for several days on leave
of absence, passed hours nj the Foreign
oilice to-day. prior To starting on his
return to Constantinopla on Monday.
II is impossible to CLEAN from official
sources definite inrurmn lion n. To thr
proposals Initiated hy Austria n fort
night ago. These proposals nrn still
under discussion
1t is understood that the most llI,c
| ~ solution will be the administration of
ing country by Russian forces under n
european mandate. The reinforcement
or the Austrian troops at Bosnia points
10 Il projected advance on Macedonia
| IN the event of a rising there IL is an
absolute certainty that should n naval
iorcc he required before Constantinoplc.
t,e biltish SQUADRON Will not he al
lowed To appear there alone.
iha 1T. Hon. a. j. Ralrour. First
LORD ol the Treasury, and Government,
ietdcr III the House of Cumn0ns made
hFc Speeches in Glasgow on Thursday.
put ne contrived In all of them to avoid
MAKING the slightest reference as Ia
the Governments programme nj tbr
coming session. According TO all ,,ro
ccdent the Cabinet must have ulrc;,,jy
decided upon what bills will be intro
uuccu ana given instructions for the
drafting of the measures
Sir Michael IIicks-Rcach, ChaucelIor
Oh the ENchcuucr, speaking nj Bristol
| NhHuciy promised the earliest possiblc
considerht tiol OF measures for the relief
OF the agricultural depression
some revolution of the Governments.
noilcN is found in a statement made
~ Sir Robert Peel In Il speech delivered
by him at Tamworth which. constitu-
ehcy he represented in Parliament for
| 'hir'y years. / le declared he had learn
ell from exclusive and authorized
sources that the Government intended
| TO consolidate and take over all mort
cages on land by lending money to
| landlords at per cent. thus enabling
! them to save 2 per cent as most InnI
| lords have been obliged to IN isc loans; ot
| . per cent. The scheme. according In
| SiI Robert. has the support of several
| OF the ministers. The Westminster
| Ea%ntte describes the measure as
landlords cabinet bill. Such a bill
| would certainly be the salvation of
many land owners whose properties
are heavily mortgaged. but II would
rcImire the Governments fun majority
OF lao to pull il through the House OF
| Commons.
The Right Hon. Sir Matthew White
! Ridley, the Home Secretary. promised
Il deputation of trade unionists. who
| visited nm n few days ago, that the
Government would introduce an cmpoly
ers' liability bill, giving workmcn com
| pensa ton for every accident that he
| fell them in the course of their In bors
with the Tory's ravoritc nulliryintr
clause enabling workinen to contract
| under the bill
These measures with an Irish land
| bill now form the fixtures for the scs-
sion. The ministers desire to postpone
| Tor another year the dcnominational
| educational trouble.
! The English newspapers even tho
best Informed journals of London, give
| no idea of the crisis on the Stock jcy
change during the fortnightly settle
nent mat is Just over. The announce
| u'oii'9 maui -! liic IPSS tnut only three
| brokers had been declared dcfaultcrs
caused q chorus OF misleading congratu.
| lations. Those on the inside know how
weak the speculative position continues
| to be. ana that nearly forty firms. in
Guiding some of high reputation. has
| to appeal 10 their creditors Ia allow
them extra time, or obtain assistance
| to continue in business OF these firms
| fourteen were involved i'm Barnato
stocks. They received support from
Barney Earnato. who did not finch in
| giving help right and left Though n
crushing panic was avcrtcd, the diff
culticS are such as to make iuuidations
| low. No material recovery is expected
| before Christmas. and II will be later
| than that If several firms, who paid
short ON the settlement, do not succeed
| I'm closing arrangements that arc now
pending,