The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-12
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| permance of the Ottoman empire.
IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
The prince Of Wales,the duke Of York
the duke of Connaught, the marquis OF
Salisbury, and other distinguished per
sonages were among those present in
the house of lords during the reading
! of the queens speech. The princess
of Wales was in the peereses gallery
and there were a large number Of Ia
dies in the side galleries. When bust
ness was resumed in the house Of lords
| Paron Stanmore moved the address in
| reply to the queens speech, and in so
| doing expressed sympathy with her
| majesty and the royal family in their
! grief over the death of Prince Henry
of Battenburg.
Baron Stanmore also congratulated
the government on its attitude toward
British Guiana and said there was no
| subject for dispute, as it was as reas-
enable to question the British claim as
il would be 10 raise a similar question
with respect to the concession of the
| channel islands, which once belonged
TO the duchy of Normandy.
ROSEBERY' REMARKS.
Lord Roseberry complained of the
meagre program Of the government.
Preceding with his remarks, Lord
Rosebery referred TO the Ominous omis-
! sion from the queens speech of the US
ual reference to the friendship Of for
eign powers. He ridiculed the fulsome
eulogy bestowed upon Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain, ''as if no previous
! British minister ever did his duty" re-
marked his lordship.
He approved the government policy in
the Transvaal, but he thought il I'M
/ fortunate that the new poet laureate
! had been permitted to publish a glow
/ ing eulogy of the Jameson raid. He
/ warned Mr.. Chamberlain, in Boosting
! of his conduct of the colonial policy,
not to indulge in puerile reflection cal
culated to needlessly irritate the
! foreign powers. The Venezuela difficult
/ ~, he said, was no new one, and they
had all tried their hands at il. But now
the intervention Of the United States
offered a guarantee of the permanence
of any settlement that might be effected
He interpreted the reference in the
queens speech to mean that some nego-
tiatiOns were in progress between Amer
lea and England. He rejoiced a. the
announcement, because it indicated
way to issue from the mpaSse produced
by Lord SaliSbury's dispatch and Pres
ident Cleveland's message, and gave
promise that the United States would
see that Venezuela faithfully executed
any settlement arrived at. He welcomed
the government on both sides of the At
lantic in favor of permanent arbitration.
Turning then to the subject Of Armen-
ia, Lord Rosebury said that he hoped
that the house would receive fuller in
formation than was contained in the
curt, cold alluSiOn in the queen s speech.
Lord Rosebury's brave words towards
the sultan. had not been followed by
brave deeds. The noble marquis had
been forced to abandon the cause of the
Armenians. Surely some compromise
might have been adopted between d
crusade and apathy.
SALISBURY FOR HIMSELF.
The marquis of Salisbury. the prime
minister, was received with loud ap-
pIause as he rose to reply to the criti-
cism of Lord Rosebury, the ex-premier.
He said: mo sympathy with Armen-
ians would justify us in facing calam-
titles, compared with which the Cri-
mean war would sink into insignifi-
canoe"
After feeling reference to the death
of Prince Henry of Battenberg, Lord
Salisbury denied that anything had
been given up in the Siam agreement
with France.
Turning then to Venezuela, Lord
Salisbury concurred in Lord Roseber-
rvs views that Americas mixture in
the dispute had conduced TO more sat
isfactory results and that if the Uni
ted States had not interferred. Speak
ing of the Venezuela controversy, Lord
Salisbury replying to some points made
in Lord Rosebery's speech, said:
Il do not think the invoking Of the
Monroe doctrine was cOntrOversially
quite necessary for the United States.
Considering the position OF Venezuela
in the Caribbean sea, ii was no more
unnatural that the United State hsoIld
take an interest in ii than that we
should feel an interest in Holland and
Belgium; and from that point Of view
1 trust the negotiations will continue.
NOT PREPARED TO STATE
Il do not like to go further into
question obviously undesirable to state
in the condition of negotiations at pres
ent. but / have had an incTea sing be-
lief during the past few weeks that we
shall. perhaps not till after long nego-
tiations. find some satisfactory settle
ment and that all danger of a rupture
of the relations between the two ma
tons to be entirely removed. (Cheers)
AT the same time. l do not wish the
house 10 think we have arrived a any
agreement. l think We are rightly
relying upon the question of arbitra-
ton.
America attaches more unrestricted
value TO that mode of adjustment of
controversies than has hitherto been
done here: but / believe that means
may be found, by q combination of ne
gotiations with arbitration, to bring
the matters which are now difficult
TO d settlement. The great obstacle
has been Venezuela's extravagant
claims. and it was not following the
customary internal policy when Vene-
Zuela broke off diplomatic reIa tons be
cause they could not obtain the precise
limit of territory they desired But
for that action l believe the difficulty
would have been settled long ago"
With reference to permanent arbitra-
ton. the prime minister expressed the
belief that between the extremes Of IN
restricted arbitration Of all subjects.
which il was impossible for the two
nations TO adopt. and the former prac-
t.ce. which perhaps used arbitration too
little. middle term may be found
which viii effectuaIy diminish the
chance or conflict.
AS To ARMENIA
Now Is TO Armenia" was Lord Sal |
isbury's way Of taking up the next
topic OF his speech.
Lord Roseberry's spirited denu1c;a-
ton Of the government would have been !
more formidable # 1t had any f2unda-
ton in fact. But I defy him 10 find anv
stipulation in the Berlin treaty that
could be construed into an undertaking |
or threat TO tight Turkey On behalf Of |
the ArmeuianS'
He warned the sultan. he. continued. !
Of what would happen Z ne ignored the
opinion q Europe and n repeated that !