The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-18
NEWS Of THE OLD COUNTRY
Admiral Kirkland Criticises Ameri-
can Missionaries in Turkey.
Who Will Be the Future Leader of
The Liberal PartY2 Delay of
Transatlantic Mails Discussed.
Transportation Company
Organized,
By Southern hssoc.atei Press.

pnrty Is causing good deal of excite.
| ment and talk in political circles. The
Speaker to day nugrily denounced the
| action of the Irish extremists in try
| ing to forco themselves into position
oil supremacy in the party, and says il
would be thought that these persons
had already done enough mischief,
The paper further expands upon the
latter statement, and says Lord Rose
berry was III the minority Ill his own
Cabinet, and was not 10 blame for his
tactical bluuders.
The Speaker also devotes n leading
article to an eulogy of Lord Roseuery
| and his speech N the House OF Lords
on Thursday last, saying TINT th. ex.
premler's address shows the temper of
the real loader of the Liberal party,
which is certain to be re echoed by the
party Itself.
| The Radical section, however, took
diametrlcnlly opposite step. They
| decided to remove their committee's
headquarters from the building which
they huve hitherto shared with the
| committee of the National Liberal
| Federation.
| The prevailing feeling of bitterness
| towards the leaders in the lest Govern.
| ment improves Sir Charles Dilkes
chances for tho leadership. lie hus III.
formed his colleagues that he intends
to take an active part III tho debates
duriuS the session, aud is wiling to
! formulate line of action. With the
exception of Lord Rosubery, the Earl
OF kimberley Hnd Earl Spencer, the
members of Lord Rosebery's govern
ment met on Wednesday at the house
of MIR. james Bryce and 1t was there
| decided mt IN supoaSt mr. ,nor,ro 49,,
| amendments TO the address in rspiy TO
the Queen's speech, but not to hinder
their followers from doing so ii they
desired.
Lord Salisbury, the Premier, will go
| next week to his villa near Dieppe.
whittier the Warehouses has already
goue. The officials of the foreign
Office have already found the Premier
| and Secretary OF State for foreign
affairs to be great trouble after the
routine docoilty of Lord Kimberly.
Unless his Lordship has appointment
with some Ambassador or deputatlon,
the officials uuder him never have the
funniest idea rs to when he is likely to
| arrive at or depart from the Office. Ho
enters through ii side door and usually
locks himself in his private room. aud
| after carefully reading the documents
requiring his attention and making
what changes are necessary In them,
| he departs as silently us lie entered.
He often works until late at night,
but in this respect Is not as bad as was
| the late Lord Randolph Churchill, who
during bis briei terms iu the India
Office and the Treasury, made the
time between midnight and 3 O'Clock
| III the morning his favorite working
hours. He also insisted upon the at
tendance of his stalls dnring his pres
ence owing 10 his desire to be
thoroughly Informed in regard to ali
small matters.
The cable dispatches from New York
regarding the delay in the trans. Allan
tic mails received by the Times has
given new impetus to the agitation
here upon that subject and MIR. Cham
berlain will shortly bring up the matter
again IN the House of Commons.
The United States cruiser San Fran.
| cisco will on Tuesday next proceed to
Havre. where she will go into dock to
be cleaned and overhauled. The work
will take at least fortnight, and much
longer, nnless the vessel is ordered
| away by the United States Navy,
Rear Admiral Kirkland. command
ing the European station, whenever ne
speaks npou the subject, Ia emphatic in
his condemnation OF the missiu nuries in
Turkey. He says he has found that
one of the most prominent Sunday.
School teachers IN Syria spent three
years III the penitent,ary ct Pittsburg.
Pa, and that taken altogether they are
II bad lot.
The cause Of ell the trouble. Ad
miral Kirkland asserts, Is that, relying
upon the protection OF the American
government, the missionaries defy the
local laws, ami the action OF tha an
thorities do not merit the dispatch of
warsiip ut every appeal made by the
missionaries. most OF which is not
true.
N regard to the company which it
! Was reported recently had been organ.
lied, with w. l.. Lewis MS Chairman. to
establish regular line Of steamers to
run direct between Cardiff aud Now
YORK. the Transport newspaper says
1t Will be called the Cardlif American
Transport Company. Mnny leading
merchants are interested in the line,
The Butte Docks Company. of CardiM,
will shortly begin the erection OF q
large import warehouse for the accom-