The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
SALISBURYS PEACE SCHEME.
NEGOTIATIONS APT TO DE REsUM-
ED WITH VENEZUELA

Foil the Attacks on the Govern
ment to BE Made by the Liberals.
The Liberal Party a Unit In the De-
termination That There Shall lie
No War with the United states.
! London. Feb. S.-A report that was gen.
orally credited was current in the conser-
vative clubs here last night that the gov
ernment would be able, in the House of
Commons, to foil the attack of the Op-
| position in the Venezuelan question. by
announcing that negotiations for the ar
/ bitration Of the Anglo Venezuelan dispute
had been opened. Nothing can be said
relative to the precise form the liberal
/ partys criticism of the government will
assume until the leaders of the opposition
get time to scan the queens speech open
ing the session of parliament, which will
be read on Tuesday next. 1t is under
stood that the speech will contain an as
surance vaguely put to the effect that the
| government has under consideration pro-
! posals that offer a prospect of a peaceful
/ solution of the dispute. If a more definite
ministerial statement cannot be obtained
then, an amendment to the address in re-
! ply to the queens speech, distinctly affirm
ing that arbitration ought to be accepted
by Great Britain will be moved by Sir
| William Vernon Harcourt, the liberal
leader in the House of Commons.
No meeting of the leaders of the liberal
party viii be held until Monday, but to-
| day several influential members of the
| party in the House of Commons met eX-
| Prime Minister Rosebery with a view TO
! discussing the general line of action to be
| followed. The party is solid in its deter
| mination not to allow the difficulty with
| the United States anent the British Gui-
| ana boundary dispute to drift further,
ffs he afnfo
| ters pretending that there is necessity
| for reticence, nor will it accept excuses
based upon the habitual dilatoriness OF
| the foreign Office
AS many of the unionists are strongly
! in favor of there being no delay in the ar
! bitration of the question the liberals will
! have strong ground for insisting upon
explicit and candid official explanations
| of the present situation, and the policy
| OF the government.
The conservatives assert that Lord
| Roseberv will find himself in an awk-
| ward position in assailing Prime Minister
| salisbury, as documents in the foreign Of
| flee prove that when Lord Rosebery held
| the Office of secretary of state for foreign
| affairs from 1892 to 1894, in which latter
| year he succeeded Mr. Gladstone as prime
| minister he refused to accept arbitration.
The papers which have given promi-
| nence to the views of Mr.. Markham, he
| holding that Venezuela inherits no claim
! to any part of the so-called British Guiana
and the views of other persons sup
| porting the British contentious, have not
/ noticed remarkable statement made by
Sir David Chalmers, who spoke before
the Edinburgh Geographical Society. He
was chief justice of British Guiana from
| 1873 to 1884 and has special knowledge of
| the country. He deliberately affirmed
that out of the 100000 square miles sup
| posed to form British Guiana's widest ter
| rltorial claim, Venezuela can claim two
| thirds with absolute honesty. He would
| not say that these tWo-thrds belonged to
| Venezuela, but would only state that the
| territory could be claimed by Venezuela
on grounds srong enough to be submitted
TO arbitration justified in private life, or
submitted TO a court of justice.
IN the direction Of fostering an entente
| with Russia Lord Salisbury will assent
| 10 the acquisition by Russia of a harbor
| IN kyan-Chan bay, which opens into the
| yellow sea from the east coast of the
! Shan-Tung promontory under the guise
l OF leasing the place as a naval depot from
! Smna Tor twenty years. Mr.. Balfour, the
| hrst lord of the treasury, in his speech
/ at Bristol on Monday night last, surprised
1ne country Dy inviting Russia to Sc
| cure a port on the Pacific. The acquisition
| OF such port by. Russia has heretofore
| a1dWays Deen strongly opposed by Great
Br1taln on the ground that it's possession
| by the former would be a menace to her
| interests in the far east Adyices from
| Shanghai are to the effect that several
| RUSSIAN Warships are already winterng
! IN Ayan-Chan bay and this is believed
| 10 partly explain Mr.. Balfours invitation
| II IS believed that the entente will in
| clude Great Britain's assent to Russia
| securing another port far to the south
| Mard OF Elaidlvostock, her present port
| in Eastern Siberia, which will be free
| of ice and adapted to form a commercial
| outlet during all the year.
| According to the Speaker, the porte
| while strengthening the defenses Of the
! Dardenelles, will purposely leave the Bos-
| phorous open, for a Russian fleet may
| appear off Constantinople within three
weeks to protect the sultan against a ris-
4 serious effort has been initiated nv
| Italy, supported by Austria to restore the
| friendship between Great Britain and Ger
many, which was greatly strained by EN-
| Kruger of the South African republic. The
| EFFORT has obtained the active approval of
! the queen, but does not seem to be appre-
| ciated by Lord Salisbury. Count Nigra the
| Italian ambassador to Austria after his
| recent visit to Rome, received instructions
from Signor Crispi, the Italian prime min
| lister, to arrange for concerted pressure
! from Rome and Vienna, upon Berlin and
| London to bring about the end desired
| These instructions resulted Austrian and
| Italian communications being sent to Ber-
| lin in which was pointed out the danger
| to the triple alliance arising from the
| breach between Germany and Great Brit
| ain, especially as regards a possible en-
| tente between the latter country and Rus
sia 1t is also understood that Sipnoa
| Crispi made special representations to
| Lord Salisbury on the continuance of the
! Anglo-ltallan agreement for naval cooper
| alton in the Mediterranean in the event of
! developments in the east.
| If the British view of these negotiations
| is accurate, Berlin has shown a readiness
| to respond to the desires of her allies and
| would cease her hostile policy toward
Great Britain, but so far as the latter is
concerned the die is cast. The entente
! with Russia has gone too far. Unless the
German government renounces its South
! African schemes, supports Great Britain
/ in Egypt and generally reVerses it's recent
| line of diplomatic enmity, no return of
! cordiality in the Anglo-German relations
| Will be possible.
English court influence, to which Lord
| Salisbury is specially amenable. may
| modify the strain. The queens decision
| regarding her review of the flying SQUAD
| ron shows how this influence will operate
| She assents to merely watching the squad
ron from window Of Osborne house and
| declines to give the review the appear
ance of a state formality. The reason for
! this is known. The court circle is anxious
| to avoid everything that might be inter-
| preted as hostile demonstration against
| Emperor William. The queen has not only
| no enthusiasm about the squadron, but is
| displeased because of its formation. She
| holds that its formation is a needless stir
! ring up Of animosities. The representa-
/ tive of the United Press has made further
| efforts to learn the destination of the
| squadron. When he approached an ad-