St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02
DEFEATED IN DIPLOMACY,
WHY NOT Make WAY FOR RUSSIA
IN MATTERS AFFECTING
TURKEY
'LlFE OF MANNINGv
Said to Contain Damaging State
ments Concerning Intrigues of
the Cardinal.

social. and political gloom there has
been revival Of political activity, due
to the approach OF the rea ssembling of
parliament. Several speeches on poll
tics were delivered during the week,
notably that Of the Marquis Of Sails
bury at the meeting Of Mont onformist
Unionists at the Hotel Metropole on
Friday, cabled at length, with press
comments, the same evening. On the
whole. the marquis Is said to have dis
appointed his warmest admirers. espe-
cielly in his exposure Of the weakness
of Great Britain In the East and in his
explanations of her reasons for non
Interference in behalf Of the Armenians.
His repeated acceptance Of the Monroe
doctrine, however, shows that the COM
mon sense policy advocated by Mr..
Gladstone in the treatment of the Ven
ezuelan question Is finding root in
high quarters, and this Is most timely
showing. for public sentiment is be-
coming strongly opposed to the pre-
mier's attitude toward America, North
as well as South.
Rt. Hon. George j. Goschen, first lord
OF the admiralty. will. it is announced.
move the address in the house Of COM
mons. in reply to the queens speech at
the opening Of parliament, and Sir
John Maxwell will second the motion.
The stand taken by the government in
regard to the Venezuelan and Armenian
questions will be challenged by the
Liberals. The St. James Gazette this
afternoon announced that 1t had
learned that the government had set
tied. so far az possible, the programme
for the work Of the session. The pro-
posals of the government, the paper
adds. will deal with four groups Of sub
5ects, national. defense and increase of
the navy. measures for the relief of
husbandry. Irish land legislation and
the question Of the support Of volun-
ta1y schools. D" '''
Before any progress Is made with
these measures, however, there will be
a discussion Of the foreign and colonial
policy of the government, especially
regarding the ,Transvaal, Venezuela
and Armenia, and the latter subject
promises to provide. much interesting
reading, in view Of the admissions of
Great .Brttain's weakness. which the
Marquis Of Salisbury made last even
Ing, and which. 1t Is claimed. show
that there has been a complete fail
ure of British diplomacy.
The st. James Gazette and other
papers dwell upon the gravity of the
statements made by the premier, and
admit that British intervention In the
affairs Of the Turkish empire has
RESULTED IN A FIASCO.
The ST James Gazette says: "Ar-
menia was the Marquis of Salisbury's
first failure, and it is serious one.
The failure is chiefly Lord Rosebery's
and Lord Kimberly's, but the MARQUIS
of Salisbury is also responsible. If he
had retired from an impossible posi-
ton, the precursors, five months ago,
Of the autumn massacres would have
been avoided and yesterdays humiIiat-
ing confession Of failure and impotence
would not have been needed"
The Westminster Gazette remarks:
According. to the Marquis Of Sails
bury's speech, the Berlin treaty meant
nothing and no engagement existed. If
so. had not we better confess the farci-
cal futility of the whole performance
and make room for Russia or any other
power who can influence the sultan?"
Purcelps Life of Cardinal Manning"
in which he makes statements regard
ing the cardinals political and relig-
ious intrigues which are damaging to
the prelate's reputation, has created
such a vast amount of offense in Cath
oiic quarters that Cardinal Manning's
executors have issued a disclaimer of
all connection with or responsibility
for the work, adding: 1--WE do not in
the least recognize the cardinal in the
so-called biography"
Nevertheless, the executors have been
compelled to admit that the work is
founded upon Cardinal Manning's pri-
vate papers which they allowed Purcell
to use. though they afterwards re-
voked the authority and tried to pre-
vent the publication of the work.