The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30
CONGO Is FOR SALE
King Leopold Wants To Dispose Of
His Interest.
THE STATE COSTS HIM A PILE
The Country Wants an Explicit State
ment of the Governments Po1cy
on the Irish Question

ro,aon september 2S-The lull in Eng
I.b rol,tics will he broken very soon. An 8
Informal council of the cabinet viii be held
about the middle OF next month. Loru
Rosebery on October 10th, VIII make d
speech Mt Scarborough and 1t Is expected
that he will outline the hperal postum
The marquis of Salisbury speaks AT wa
terford on October 3Oth, and Mr.. IL. II.
Aeo,,ith Sir. George o. Trevelyn, Mr.. g. y.
Curzon. under foreign secretary; MI.
ST John Broderick, under secretary OF
war. and a number of others are an
nounced to reappear in the arena before
the end of October. What the country
chiefly awaits is an explicit disclosure OF
the governments projects ior tle c"'hilie
session OF parliament Everything poih'S
NOT only to one, but to two sessions a.
voted chiefly to ireland. According 10 ire
Times the land question will be settled IN
1856 and this will be followed by an irish
local government measure in 1891. "hlch
will probably include the creation Oh d CEN
trail council in Dublin.
Mr. Horace Curzon Plunkett, VINO &c
co;npanfed AIr. Gerald Baifour on ms re-
cent tour OF ireland. and who is now rec
ognized as the advisor of the chcl sec
r,tary has developed "a scheme for the eS-
tabllshment of an IIish board OF a6rcui-
ture. which Is certain to lead to the forma-
tOn oil olHtf special 4i4Sfl w -Ni NAiiN''N-
The Westminster Gazette and other l.b-
eral ORGANS admit that the unionlsts have
begun their administration of irish AFFAIRS
with a settled determination TO avoid coer-
cion by adopting the lines followed by their
liberal opponents.
'Irlshmen," says The Westminster Ga
zette, "wno In their haste call the parlia-
meu;ary movement a failure speak pre-
matureiy. II the unionist programme Is
carried out it Will give nucleus of homo
rule Then il will be the work of the llb-
erals and the Irish gradually 10 coordinate
the irish local bodies and end0w them with
fresh powers. until the country wakes up TO
find home rule established Win t.e CoH-
sent OF all parties"
The marquis OF Salisbury has promised
,Ns8fiPpg lt:h H ai.2g9j,s!s t4at rs Viii visit
is part OF the governments conchiatory
policy.
A State for Sale.
Tho visit OF the KING Of the Belgians to
France, which at FIRST was supposed by
the Paris newspapers 10 be merely one OF
pleasure IS now known TO be In reBard
to the Congo Free State.
King Leopold has had several confer
ences with Al. HonatouX. French minister
OF foreign affairs, ana also with the chlel
OF the French foreign cabinet. The
papers that assert that the king offered
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France, seem TO be ignorant of the fact
that he was in London going 20 Paris and
was negotiating here on the same subject
| 1t is the opinion OF the best informed that
| King Leopold is trying 10 arrange FOR the
| sale of the Congo state on the basis Of a
| division OF territories be tween France, Ger
| many and England. 1t is a complicated
| eiIair Belgium. in 1890, granted To the
! Congo state "a loan Of 10V0,Co0 pounds. with
| out interest, with power TO annex the
state after the expiration Of ten years.
/ Then France, If the state is ever offered
| for sale, has the right of presumption.
| KING Leopold il much harrassed both in
| monetary and in a political way. lie wants
the anairs OF the Congo state wound up
| sumnIarily. lie doesn't seem TO care
| whether he stirs UP feuds between France
! and England ana Germany. he only wants
10 get out. The Congo state has cost the
! king $4,000 OF his private fortune
The demonstration OF a powerful British
| squadron proceeding up the Nang-tse-
/ lang is the sequence Of the tact refusal
of the Pesin government to satisfy the
/ demands of the marquis of Salisbury for
I the punishment Of the late viceroy Of SEE
Chuen. whom British Minister O'Connor
1 reported TO bc responsible Tor tho outrages
beginning in May at the mission stations
I at Chens-Tu. which were followed by the
massacre at ku Cheng.
The Viceroys term of Office expiring, no
| left Cheng-Tu and the Pekin government
tried TO induce Minister O'Connor to believe
that the withdrawal of the viceroy had
been enforced and that the action on the
part of China ought to satisfy the British
| government. Lord Salisbury. however, in
| structcd tho British minister that nothing
| would suffice less than a public imperial
| decree banishing the vicerOy beyond the
| frontiers of China, with a statement that
the crime for which he was punished was
neglect to afford protection 10 the missions
| This action of Lord Salisbury appears 10
have been prompted by the 5IvictIon,
doubtless based upon foreign Office reports
that the Chinese literatti allotted by most
of tho higher officials, fomcnt agitation
against Europeans generally. ana not
against the missions alone, and that the
degradation of the viceroy of Sze Chuen
would be a blow to the Iiteratti and an ef-
| fCctive example to the whole Of CHINA.
The decisive attitude Of England dlsTCses
of the report that the foreign J!tice erte
| tanned a proposal TO withdraw the mis-
sionaries to treaty ports. 1t is understood
/ that the United States government, al
..tough not actively cooperating with the
British government, has been informed of
and approves the lattcr's plans TO protect
the missions. which involve The strongest
practical measures in the event Of the me re
squadron demonstration not proving sufii-
cient to wake the government Of Picking.
Z New Scheme.
Lord Londonderry IN speech ~ Ripon
| last evening confirmed a report which has
appeared i'm The Chronicle that the union
ist leaders contemplate n drastic change IN
! the constitution in the house of lords Lord
| Londonderry has been lord lieutenant of
| ireland and was offered but declined, a
| post in the present cabinet, and he on
therefore he regarded as an authority. lie
declared in favor of SeconG hambei
with what he termed useless peers cNciud-
cd His statement lid not lnclude definite
scheme. IT is too soon vet 10 expect a
thoroughly defined plan. but ii - marvel
Gus TO observe how The Chronicles an
nouncement that the idea ~ reform accept
I'd nv the unionist chiefs was an uppe
| house, constituted parity OF elc ,eiye, party