The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-10
VENEZUELAN WAR CLOUD
LORD SALISBURY S1I YS THE CONTRO-
 YERSY IS ABOUT ENDED.

Virtual Acknowledgment of the Tenabil-
 ity of Our Position England's Premier
 Tribute to the American People-speech
 by Ambassador Bayard-Notable Meeting
 at Banquet of London's Lord Mayor.
 London, Nov. 9.-There was a sump- tuous display tonight at the banquet marking the installation into office of MT. George Faudel Phillips, the new lord mayor of London. The banqueting hall of the Guild Hall was crowded, many of those present being of world wide celebrity including Prime Minis ter Salisbury, the Right Hon. George J. Goschen, first lord of the admiralty; Lord George Hamilton, secretary Of state for India; Lord Halsbury, lord high chancellor; the Rt. Hon. Charles T. Ritchie, president of the board Of trade; General Lord Wolseley, com mander-in-chief of the British forces; General Sir Herbert Kitchener, sirdar of the Egyptian army; the Right Hon. William Court Gully, speaker Of the house of commons, and the Hon. Thon- as F. Bayard, the American ambassa- dor
 Interest centered in the speech made by Lord Salisbury, it being the custom in recent years for the prime minister at the lord mayors banquet, to make a statement regarding the foreign and domestic policy of the government. Ambassador Bayard replied to the toast, "The Foreign Representatives"
 MT. Bayard, in treating of the com munity of interests of the nations of the world, all being affected by the do- ings of others, referred to the presiden-, tial election, saying:
 T am sure that it was in no narrow party sense, no merely national sense that the heart of the people which it is my highest honor to represent was echoed in verdict that could not be misunderstood, standing as it does for national honor, and the continuity Of national obligations, making the world suffer in the trust of each part and speaking emphatically as the human mind and heart ever spoke in favor of that honesty, which is an essential of civilization everywhere" Loud cheers.)
 When Lord Salisbury rose to reply to the toast Our Ministers" he received an ovation After thanking the lord mayor and the others present for the warmth of the welcome extended to him, he said:
 T thank the ambassador of the Unit ed States for his presence here and for joining a great historic meeting. By the words he has uttered he has raised his own plane of observation so high above the mere level of party that, though contrary to practice to remark upon the internal politics of other states I may be permitted, without inn pertinence, to congratulate him upon the splendid pronouncement the great people he represents have made in be- half of the principles at the base of all human society (Cheers)
 It is rather bathos to have to turn here from the rather unimportant con- troversy his country and ours have had in recent months. I only do so for the purpose of expressing the belief that it is at an end. (Cheers.)
 You are aware that in the discussion had with the United States on behalf of their friends in Venezuela our ques tion has not been whether there should be arbitration, but whether arbitration should have unrestricted application, and we have always claimed that those who apart from historic rights had the right which attaches to establish settle ments should be excluded from arbitra- ton.
 ''Our difficulty for months has been to define the settled, districts and the 1 |, i,,1y f bn government of the United States that we should treat our colonial empire as we treat individuals; that the same lapse of time which protects the latter in civic life from having their title question should similarly protect an English colony, but beyond that when a lapse could not be claimed there should be an examination of title and all the equity demanded in regard thereto should be granted. I don't believe I am using unduly sanguine words when I declare my belief that this has brought the controversy to an end. Loud cheers.)
 'It is a matter of no small satisfac- tion to the government that at a. time when anxious social questions, which are far more important than political questions are troubling the United States, and therefore troubling the world should remove any semblance of political difference that might hinder common action in defence of the com E mon heritage of society. We have had E an anxious year at the foreign office E but we have fioated into a period of comparative calm, and I do not intend to trouble you with matters that have passed away"
 E Lord Salisbury then proceeded to the E Turkish question. He repeated the ar guments against Great Britain's taking isolated action against the porte and | emphasized the fact that the military I occupation of Turkey would be neces- sary if such action were taken. Great Britain, he declared, could not occupy the country unless she establish con scription.
 He pictured the risk of an European l war and said the six great powers must act in concert. All of these l powers were acting on selfish princi- ples. They had firm ground for diff erence of opinion. The motives infiu | encing the British government must in- i fiuence all conscientious rulers. Her | majesty's government, he added, had been urged by the Right Hon. John