The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01

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LONDON, Oct s1.-(special letter.
The progress of the negotiations for thu
holding of a conference on the Turkisl
, question proposed to the powers b!
Prime Minister Salisbury is favorable
The official expectation in London i:
that Lord Salisbury will be able t.
announce at the lord mayors banque
at the Guild Hall on November thai
the conference has fixed on terms thai
are likely to result in the perseverance
of peace. That the holding of such q
conference is virtually a crushing de-
feat Of British diplomacy does not enter
the mind of the average Briton. Re-
liable reports through the foreign Office
credit the sultan with appointing q
private commission composed of disun-
guiShed and wealthy Turks, with other
personageS outside of official circles, to
inquire Independently into the Anatolia
troubles and the Constantinople riots.
The obvious intention of the sultan is
to pose as a truth-seeker, impartial IN
veStigator. Another intended announce
ment at the banquet towards the enab-
ling of which the foreign Office is max
iluS 0liCHuOQS GIlOIlS, - SltlS1l1Cul
that the Venezuelan difficulty has been
settled. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Bit
ish ambassador to the United States,
has been Instructed by the foreign Of
flee to accelerate the negotiations.
HARCOURTS LEADERSHIP.
The decisive reorganization of the
Liberal party cannot be accomplished
till after parliament resumes, if it be
achieved then. Sir Vernon Harcourt' S
retention of the leadership of the COM
mons is by no means d settled fact, al
though he repudiates all intention of re-
signing. He has undoubtedly with him,
in his efforts to get entire control of
the party, a majority of the Liberal
members in the commons, who believe
| that through him alone can anything
like effective unity be obtained. All
sections admit his tactical skill as the
leader.
| Sir H. Campbell Bannerman, Mr.. As
quith, Mr. Morley, Sir H. Fowler. each
have their circle of supporters whose
active intriguing in club and political
quarters must give Sir William Yer
non Harcourt equal terms as to his I'LL
innate acceptance by the party, and if
he finally gets recognized as supreme,
might never cease to trouble him. He
is known to desire, before he assumed
the position which Lord RoSebery has
resigned, to get some assurance as to
the cessation of indiscipline among the
rank and file. He privately expresses
the, conviction that the insubordination
which exists is the worst feature of the
Liberal, and does far more to weaken
the party than their numerical minor
ity. Continuous efforts, in which Mr..
Gladstone and Lord Rosebery assist,
will proceed through underground chan
nels to get this lack of discipline modi-
fed before parliament meets, probably
with success.
All Irish sections concur in hoping
that Lord Spencer will become Liberal
leader in the house of lords.
THE CABINET.
The cabinet will meet on November
and again on November Z, when the
ministerialists hope that Lord Salisbury
will be able to tell his colleagues of the
success of his diplomacy regarding
European and African questions.
With the resumption of the cabinet
council there begins the reign of spec
ulation anent the government pro-
gramme for the coming session The
list of bills to be promoted is known |
by the lapsed measures of last session. |
Chief among those is the education bill, !
hastened the death of the archbishop |
of Canterbury. The bill under process
Of amendment has become so tranSfig- |
ured from it's original sectdrian char |
acter that it may, If carried, give a /
dangerous shock to other prelates.
Sir John Gorst's illusions N the /
North American Review to the terri
torial aristocrats' persistent hostility |
to intellectual progress, are true enough |
but cannot, from ministerial point |
of view, be considered discreet. They |
will add to the government difficulties /.
in shaping a compromise bill Educa-
ton, it is believed, will be the chief
measure of the session. Mr.. Chamber
Iain's old age pension scheme may be
mentioned in the queens speech, but
there is little chance of any bill on this
subject being introduced The Irish
education bill has been redrafted.
THE MATABELES.
Mr.. Chamberlain, since his return to
England, has been occupied with his
old age pension scheme, now before a
special committee, and inquiring into
the claims of witnesses to be heard in
the Chartered South Africa company'S
case. Anent the latter, there is host
Of witnesses offering. Mr. Chamber
lain has of his own initiative decided
that several MdldOclC Cl1iClS Si4eili DC
brought from Rhodesia to be examined
their grievances against the
Chartered company. The appearance
Of these natives before the committee
nay appear like a sensational idea but
/ is not novel. Mr.. Gladstone, in his
Early life, was a member of select t.
committee before which Hottentots and
Kaffir chiefs We're examined.
WHEAT SITUATION.
A representative of the United Asso-
dated Presses has had an interview re-
yarding the wheat situation with Mr..
Seth Taylor, the largest miller in En-
Gland, and the principal trader in Mark
lane Mr.. Taylor said:
Considering the condition of supplies
he rise in wheat is likely to be MAIN
aimed. Business is knit with sentiment
which cannot be controlled in London.
t follows, in my opinion. that fiuctua-
ions must continue until the nervous
less arising from the american cleo
ions has subsidized. London dealers do
lot rely upon any estimate of the re-
ult of the electoral struggle. They hold
hat it is impossible to foretell, and