The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-12
HOT SHOT FOR SALISBURY
Lord Rosebery Deplores the Many
Mistakes That Have Been Made.
vOLLEY OF QUIET REPROACH
Shortcomings of the Premier Pointed Ont
Mysterious Action on Armenian
Question The Venezuelan AZ.
fair-Saiisbury Replies.

London, Feb. lin the house of lords
the address In reply to the queens
speech was moved by Lord Stanmore
and seconded by the Earl OF Rosslyn.
Lord Rosebery said he was glad TO
see that the negotiations for the settle
ment of the difficulties In the Transvaal
were progressing. He expressed his ap-
proval of the conduct of Mr. Chamber
lain. secretary of state for the colonies.
who had exhibited statesmanlike cour-
age and promptitude of decision. He
greatly deplored the recent utterances
of Lord Salisbury, which. on the part
of the Beers. had tended to a feeling of
distrust of England's good faith and
would lead to the belief that the sym
pathy of the government was with the
Invaders of the South African republic,
He demanded to know what form the
government inquiry would take in re-
gard to the relations of the chartered
British South African company to the
transactions which had recently taken
place i'm the Transvaal and also desired
to know why the government had been
ignorant of what had been going on at
Mafekmg. prior tn DR.. Jamesons raid.
1t was obvious, he said. that the char
ter of the British South African COM
pany must be revised. --.
Turning his attention to the situation
In Armenia, Lord Rosebery said that
Lord Salisburys recent statements In
regard to the obligations of England un-
der the terms of the treaty OF Berlin
were absolutely incorrect. The whole
point to be taken into consideration
was that the powers signatory to the
treaty should see to II that the reforms
required by that instrument We're car
ried into effect The Cyphrus conven-
ton laid special obligations upon Eng
land and such an expression or impo-
tency as that conveyed by the state
ment which had been made by the pre-
mier had never before been made by
British minister. Was this. he asked.
peace with honor?
Continuing Lord Rosebery said that
the action of the government regard
ing Armenia was most mysterious.
He felt forced to believe. he said, that
the government had decided to aban-
don the cause of the Armenians and
that Lord Salisbury was prepared to
repudiate the utteranceS made on ms
speeches at Brighton and in the Guild
hall
Concerning Venezuela.
As regards Venezuela Lord Rosebery
maintained that the sending of Maxim
guns to British Guiana had not a little
to do with causing the alarm felt by
the United States. Continuing Lord
Rosebery said he welcomed the inetr-
vention of the United States in the
Venezuelan matter inasmuch as II in
troduced into the question the import
ant element of solid, substantial gov
ernment Offering to guarantee the per-
formance of any settlement that might
be arrived at He welcomed with in
finite joy the indications I'm the speech
from the throne that there had been
communications between Great Britain
and the United States In the direction
of an equitable arrangement. Two
things might be heartily welcomed as
teh outcome of the difficulty with the
United States. The first was the un-
bounded expression of loyalty by Can
ada tcheers) and the second. the ser
ious movement on both sides in favor
of permanent machinery by which
questions referable to arbitration
could be dealt with without loss of
dignity or impairment of the sovereign
rights of either (cheers).
SnIisknry's Remarks.
Prime Minister Salisbury followed
Lord Rosebery. He said he concurred
with Lord Rosebery that the mingling
question might from some points of
vl:w ccnduce to desirable results. He
did not think the invoking of the Mon
roe doctrine was controversially quite
unnecessary. Considering the position
of Venezuela i'm the Caribbean sea IL
was no more unnatural that the United
States should take an Interest i'm the
matter than that Great Britain should
take an interest in Holland or Belgium
and from that point OF view he trusted
that the negotiations would continue,
The United States attached a more
unrestricted value upon that method
Of adjusting differences than had
hitherto been done in England He con-
CURED with Lord Rosebery tnat the
proposal. which at the will of the arbi-
traitor, might hand over 10000 British
subjects to Venezuela could not be ac-
cepted, but he believed that means
might he found by combining negotia-
tions and arbitration to effect q settle
ment. The great obstacle to a settle
ment had been the extravagant claims
OF venezuela when she treated the
whole country as far as the Essequibo
as undeniably hers, and then broke off
diplomatic relations with Great Bri-
tain. But for that he believed the diff
Guilty would have been solved long ago.
He agreed that the mutual develop
ment of the desire for arbitration was
satisfactory. He thought 1t impossi-
BILE to adopt arbitration Unrestricted as
to subject matter and conditions. but
between the extremes of handing ey-
erything to arbitration and the prac-
tice of using too little he fully believed
there was a middle term. which would
effectually diminish the chances of n
conflict anent differences of opinion.
(Cheers.)
Position on Armenia.
Lord Salisbury rebytted Lord Rose
bery's criticisms of the governments
Armenian policy. He said he defied
anybody to discover in the treaties or
his own speeches promise or threat
that Great Britain would war against
the sultan unless he governed better.
He defended the government's policy
on the lines of his speech delivered by
him on Jan. 81 at the meeting of nom
conformist uniOnists, In which he as
cribed the atrocities in Armenia to the
passions of race and creed. He believed
that the sultan's government was
wretched, but there were no grounds
for imagining the sultan has instigated
the massacres. England lacked the
power to do the only thing necessary to
end the troubles. namely. to militarily
occupy the Turkish provinces.
Patience must be exercised and the
sultan will be given time to enforce the
reforms he had promised. The Duke
of Argyll gave notice that ne would. at
an early date. call the attention of
the house to Great Britain's obligations
in regard to Turkey and would submit