The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-12
UNDER FIRE.
Salisbury Must Now Face
Parliament.
THOSE INTERESTING QUES-
TIONS'' HAVE COMMENCED.
Lord Roseberry Gets at His Old
Antagonist
AND SCORES HIS POLICY
ROUNDLY.
POLICY

He Says saIisbury's Untterances Have
Been Incorrect-Demands that Parlia-
ment Shall be Made Acquainted with
the Movements of the Government
Salisbury Replies but not Very Force
fully-The Armenian Question Touched
Upon-An Interesting Day in Parlia-
ment and More Will Follow-Hadcourt
and Balfour in the Commons.
London, February 11.-In the House of
Of Lords, today, an address in reply to
the Queeen's spe &c was moved by Lord
Stanmore, and seconded by the Earl of
Rosslyn.
Lord Rosebery said he was glad to see
that negotiations for settlement Of the
difficulties in the Transvaal were pro-
crossing. He expressed approval of the
conduct of Mr.. Chamberlain. secretary
of state. for the colonies, who exhibited
of decision. He greatly deplored that the
recenS
UTTERANCES OF LORD SALIBURY,
which on the part Of the Beers, had tend
ed to feeling Of the distrust of Eng
| lands good faith. would lead to a
belief that the sympathy of the govern
ment was with the invaders Of the South
African Republic. He demanded to
know what form the gov ernment's in
quiry would take, in regard to the rela-
tions Of the chartered British South Afri-
can Co. to the transactions which had re-
Gently taken place in the Transvaal. He
desired to know why the government has
been ignorant of what had been going on
at Mafeking, prior to DR.. Jameson's
raid. 1t was obvious, he said. that the
charter of British South Africa company
must be revised. Turning his attention
| to the situation in Armenia, Lord Rose
berry said that Lord Salisbury's recent
statements in regard to the obligations
of England, under the terms of the
treaty of Berlin,
! WE'RE ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT,
the whole point to be taken into consid-
GRAFTON was, that the Powers..aignatory to
the treaty, should see to it, that the re-
forms required by that instrument were
carried into effect. The Cyprus conven-
tional laid special obligations upon Eng
land, and such an expression of irnpoten-
cy as that conveyed by the statement
made by the Premier had never before
been made by British minister. Was
this, he asekd, peace and honorf Lord
| Rosseberry declared the action of the
| government regarding Armenia was most
mysterious. He felt forced to believe he
said, that the government decided to
abandon the cause of the Armenlans and
that Lord Salisbury was prepared to re-
| pud late utterances made in his speeches
at Brighton and in the Guildhall.
| AS regards Venezuela, Lord Roseber =
maintained the sending of Maxim gun
| to British Guiana, had not a little to d S
with causing the alarm felt by tho
United States. He hoped, he said, furthe
or explanations would be
MADE WITHOUT DELAY
as to the negotiations that were pro-
ceeding between England and Vene
zuela.
Lord Salisbury then replied. After re-
ferring to the death of Prince Henry Of
Battenberg, and the treaty concluded be-
tween England and France, in regard te
Siam, he took up the Venezuelan ques-
| tion. Without going into the contro.
versy as to the applicability
OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE
he said, he believed that the great OBJ.
tiation were namely, the rupturing Of
negotiations by Venezuela when she
| found it impossible to secure her own
| end, had been removed and very soon
negotiations would be renewed with a
good prospect of ultimate settlement oi
che existing differences.
SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT
in his speech in the Commons today.
said; s'All the members ought to en-.
deayor to aid in anything tending to
smooth the ruffled ceilings of England
and America. Cries of "hear". 'hear") }.
Among the leading causes of the irrita.
tion was the notion that arose In Ameri
GA, that there was disposition on the
part of Great Britain to question ths
Monroe doctrine, for which the Ameri
cans have an affection and passionate at
tachment. That notion is now dispelled
and disclaimed, and the United States
following the wise teachings Of Wash
ington, have declared that they woult
not interfere in European affairs, bu1
that it is their fixed policy to oppose the
invasion of the territorial and politioa
rights of the American States. That Ii
the Monroe doctrine, and cannot under
stand why England's feelings should b,
ruffied by that. There has been 9
great deal
/ OF NEWSPAPER TALK
that the Irritating intervention of ths