The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09
TICKLISH TIMES FOR THE TURK
A NAVAL DEMONSTRATION OFF CON-
STANTINOPLE POSSIBLE.

Horrifying the BrftOns by His Bar
barOus Manners-The Government
Majority in Parliament Cut Down
10 six-Premier ROsebery over
matched by the Diplomats of
France and Russia in the Chinese
aud Turkish Troubles.
London, June S.-With ministerial seats
for Inverness and Cork vacant the gov
erument will meet parliament upon the
resembling of that body next week with
a majority of only six. As it is probable
that the Inverness seat will be cap
tured by the liberal unionists and also
probable that Mr.. O'Brien's seat for the
northeast division of Cork will fan to the
Parnellites, the immediate prospect is that
the ministry will be obliged to rely upon
a bare majoriay of two or three to carry
the Welsh crurch disestablishment oill,
the local veto measures, the Irish land
bill and the One Man, one Vote proposal
in the next six weeks Of the session
which remaip available to them for actual
work. Inasmuch as the passage of a few
bills of this character can only be achieved
by rushing business regardless of the nice
ties Of parliamentary rules, the cabinet
have decided that the adoption of a pro-
gramme involving summary application
Of closure is necessary and that will be
the course pursued. 1t is understood, in
fact, it is semi-officially announced, that
d fixed period will be allowed for debate
on each of the important measures men
toned, and that in pursuance of this plan
to expedite business all amendments will
be ignored, however just or important
they may be. In the course of things.
according to this programme, not a sin
gle bill upon which there is any party
contention, leaving the House of Com
mons after the treatment indicated. will
be permitted to pass the House of Lords.
In these circumstances it is not to be
marvelled at that the liberals are fret
ting under the ignOminy of the position
into which the party has been led or
driven. The waste of time, of which the
majority are accused, is simply unavoida-
bic, yet the ministerial members are
working harder than ever. They are sub
Iected nightly to a strain which they can
not escape, in being in prompt and con-
stant attendance, watching every move
ment of the opposition in order to avert
defeat The conservative, liberal-union-
ist coalition, with the assistance of the
Parnellite faction of the Irish party, are
continually on the alert and in readiness
10 seize the first opportunity to defeat
the government and, realizing this, the
liberal whips are insisting that the mem
bers of the party shall be within hailing
distance Of the House from the beginning
until the close of each sitting. Indeed,
they are so exacting that each member
has been given to understand that no ex-
cuses for absence will be accepted.
As this state of affairs has developed a
feeling nearly approaching mutiny, es-
peeially among the radicals, who are none
too well pleased with many phases of the
Rosebery policy, the expectation on all
sides IS that the unionists will not delay
in taking advantage of the situation, but
will promptly and boldly challenge the
government to show it's strength Of
lack of strength.
Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Balfour and Mr.
Chamberlain have been in consultation
within the last day or two as to what
form motion of lack of confidence in
the government shall take. 1t is under
stood that Lord Salisbury is eager to as
sail Lord Rosebery's foreign policy and
that he is strongly in favor of beginning
ish Intervention in Turkey in regard to
Armenia, which action has had only the
support of the sympathetic Gladstonians
Of the maudlin type.
Outside of conservative circles the opin-
lon is rapidly growing that Lord Rosebery
has been over-matched and out-classed by
the diplomacy of Russia and France,
both in the Armenian and Chino-Japapese
affairs. In his desertion of Lord Sails
burys policy of an informal, but practi-
cal entente with Germany and the triple
alliance for the friendship of Russia and
France, it is generally feared that Lord
Eosebery has got himself, and the gov
ernment, of course, into an imbrogho OF
the most critical character. Indeed, 1t is
believed that it involves either diplomatic
disgrace or a European war. The oppo-
nents of Lord Rosebery do not hesitate
10 attribute the bungling of his admins
uaton and his plain failure in the most
vital of the issues with which he has had
10 deal, to the bad condition of his men
tal health; yet, although his friends as
seft that the premier has entirely recoV-
ered from his recent nervous col!apse, II
Is officially announced to-day that his ply
sicans have advised a prolongation of
MS yachting cruise.
both Mr. Balfour and Mr.. Chamberlain
are Of the opinion that the time is not
yet ripe for the opposition to ask the
mouse to decide against Lord Roseoery,
ana they therefore propose simply to
watch events leading up TO the moment
mat a question may arise from which
lhey can snatch success. This being the
situation, the next few weeks of par
lament will necessarily be replete with
interest.
Inc more that becomes known of the
manners and habits of the Afghan prince,
Nasrulla Khan, the less he is liked. He
Ueated a very bad impression Thursday
VA the occasion of his reception by the
Io'd mayor at the Guild hail, the city dig
r'larles being thoroughly disgusted with
Aln' When the address of the corporation
vas read to him the bejewelled barbarian
ta4d not the slightest attention
- ITS delivery, nor did he make any re-
ty to it. The speech which was given
~ lAe press purporting to have come from
- Inn was really made by Col Talbot in
rs capacity as interpreter. Following tits
eleee Of discourtesy the prince gave a
i-iis exhibition of Afghaneze manners IN
~ refusal to accept the extended hand
Lady Renals wife of the lord mayor
~ 49,. ms department at the table was nos
,.!y matchless as an example of swinish
,S-1t1ohy Though the luncheon table
4, spread with the choicest of viands, he
tsisSeq upon eating only of the food
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