The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-12
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
Opened Yesterday and Lords and Commons
Listened To the Speech From the Throne. u
SIR. WIN. HARc0URI ON VENEZUELA, a,
snyS the Misunderstanding Should be
acknowledgements n Desire For
Friendly soIuttonor tho DiG1-
Guilty Demands q Prompt aad
Honcss Conclusion OF the Affair.

London. Feb. 1.-THE regular session
OF Parliament opened to-day. The
speaker. Right Hon. William Court Gull
~, Dresidedaver the III olse of Commons
me members of the House Of Commons
hSaued by the Speaker at once proceed
ca 10 Hne House of Lords and after
they had assembled at the bar of the
fteuse the speech from the throne was
reau py the Lord High Chancellor /, ord
salisbury, after which the members OF
Inc House of Commons ret,Mned TO
tneir chAinber, and resumed It's sitting
at o'clock, the usual hour of assem-.
ping, except on Wednesday. when the
House meets at neon. 49,;
Inc Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain
Secretary of State for the Colonies (
entered the House shortly after 1t he'd
been called to order. and was yocife.
rousiy cheered.
Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor Of
the sxchcquer in the late Ministry, and
leader Of the opposition in the House.
said that he had never In all his expe-i
ricncc met such critical circumstances,
as those with which they were now
confronted. 1t was in the highest de-
gree desirable, he said. that the mis,ln-
dersthndlng between Great Britain and
the United States over the Monroe doc;
trine should be removed in both coun..
tries ut the earliest possible moment.
The Government of the United States
mad expressed a desire to cooperate
In q friendly solution OF the dispute
between Great Britain and Venezuela
ana he was rejoiced to see in the speects
from the throne that the prospect wasi
welcomed The special questions re-
naming was whether In the Venezuelani
dlfiiculty there had been any Invasion
or the rights of the United States gov;
ernment' IT was in his Judgment a;
aoubtful question whether the United
states could Justly cooperate In thaj
settlement of the Venezuelan difficuItyi
IN qcTault OF that government g having;
IN ITS possession all OF the Information
bearing thereon which was at EneIofl5iai
disposal. He therefore regretted the
delay In the preparat tion of the case of
Great Britain, and demanded thar q;
prompt and honest conclusion Of the1
affair be arrived at 90
In The House OF Lords the address
In reply to the Queens speech wa q
moved by Lord Stanmore, and seconded
py the Eearl of Rosslyn. Lord Rose
Derry said he was glad to see that the
negotiations for the settlement of. +ha3
dificulties In the Transvaal was pro-
crossing. He expressed his approval OF
the conduct of Mr. Chamberlain. Sec
retary of State, for the Colonies who
mad exhibited statesnlanlilie courage
ahr am promptitude OF decision. He great
~ dcplored the recent utterances Of
Lord Salisbury, which, on the part OF
the Beers, had tended to a feeling or
distrust of England's good faith, and
would lead to the belief that the syrn-;:
pathy OF the Government was with the
invaders. He demanded to know what
form the Governments inquiry would
take in regard to the relations of the
chartered British South Africa Com
pany TO the transaction which had re-
Gently taken place In the TransvaaI, and
also desired to know why the Governs
ment had been ignorant Of what has
been going on at AIafeking prior to Dr.a
Jamison's raid. It was obvious, he said.
that the charter OF the British South
Africa Company must be revised. tSSi8
Turning his attention to the situation
I'm Armenia, Lord Roseberry said that
Lord SaliSbury's recent statements En-.
regard to the obligations of England
under the terms OF the treaty of Berlin
were absolutely incorrect. The whole
point to be taken into considerations
was that the powers signatory to the
treaty should see to it that the reforrnst
required by that instrument were carr
ried into effect. The Cyprus SonVen--sS
tion laid special obligations upon Eng
land and such expressions of impoteI-s
cy as that conveyed by the statement
which had been made by the Premier;
had never before been made by Brit.
ish Minister WAS this" he askeA.
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