The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-21
GENERALITIES.
CLIMPSES OF THE DOING OF
THE BUSY WORLD.
and Speeches of Prominent Political
Leaders Show that j. Bull Has Come
Down from His War Horse.

The queens address at the opening
of the parliament of Great Britain was
listened to by full assemblage of
both houses. The most important
parts of the message were those in
which the Venezuelan and the Armen-
ian questions were presented. In re-
gard to the former the queen said:
The government OF the United States has ex-
pressed u wish to cooperate in terminating
the differences which have existed for many
\ ears between my government and the republic
OF ,eneLucld upon the boundary of that country
and my 60 ony of British Guiana have eX
pressed my sympathy with the desire To come
! 10 an equitable" arrangement and l trust that
further negotiations will lead to a satisfactory
settlement
As to the Armenian troubles:
The sultan of Turkey has sanctioned the
| principal reforms in the government OF the
Armenian provinces of which in conjunction
with the emperor OF Russia and the president
! press. | deeply regret that "a fanatical out
| break upon inc part O, II section OF the Turkish
population has resulted ina series of massacres
| in those provinces which have caused the deep
| est Indignation in the country.
Jameson's raid into the Transvaal is
| spoken of us Il deplorable affair, and
the moderation and wisdom of Presi-
| dent Kruger is spoken of with appre-
citation. The death of Prince Henry
CT Battenberg is regarded as the sad
feature of the "bloodless victory over
the Ashantees. The extension of the
navy is urged and various internal
matters commented upon.
The speeches which followed the
reading of the address are of partic-
ular interest. In the house of com
mons Sir William Vernon Harcourt de-
scribed Lord Salisbury's recent speech
on the subject of Armenia as IAN I'M
parelled confession of diplomatic in
solvency and national impotence. He
said he was rejoiced at the paragraph
in the queens speech with regard to
Venezuela, as it held out the hope that
| the question could be settled at an
early date. Continuing Sir VIM. said:
| / am in entire agreement with Lord Sails
| bury when he says the Unitcl States have
! perfect right TO utcrpose in any controversy
| by which their own interests are Affected and
! they are emitted to Judge whether their inter-
| csts are affected ana In what measure they
shall sustain. That is Il general doctrine upon
! VIII ch ali states act and the only practical
question remaining is whether the doctrine has
| been invaded in the case OF Venezuela. 1t has
been stated that the appointment of the COM
| mission by the United States was an oIense to
| the government of Great Britain. Happily,
| the government does not take that view. How
| can the United states cooperate with US unless
|
| them to cooperate in settling the boundary:
What the country demands. without diStinc-
| ton of party. is that the dispute should be
| brought TO an honorable solution promptly.
Hon. A. j. Balfour said:
The American commissioners for the Vene-
! 2uelan boundary have applied TO us TO aid them
| with any information we nave on the Venczue-
| Ian question. and we have promised to give
| them all the information we are able
| to give ut the earliest possible moment.
| ! should re dice If out OF this should spring
| some general system of arbitration,
| AS 20 Armenia Mr.. Balfour said:
There is nothing in the Berlin or the Cyprus
| treaties requiring the powers or England
| singly to go to war to compel the Turks TO carry
| out their pledges and individual action on the
| part OF Great Britain would be impossible.
short OF bringing upon ourselves the prospect
| OF possible European confiagragation, we
! could have done no more in the direction of
] helping these unhappy people than we have
done.
In the house of lords Lord oseberry
| said the Venezuela difficulty was no
new one, and they had all tried their
| hands at it. But now the intervention
of the United States offered guaran-
| tee of the permauencc OF any settle
ment that might be effected Turn
ing to the subject of Armenia he said
that Lord Salisbury's brave words to-
ward the sultan had not been followed
| by brave deeds. The noble marquis
had been forced to abandon the cause
of the Armenians.
The marquis of Salisbury said mo
! sympathy with the Armcnians would
justify us in facing calamitieS COM
| pared with which the Crimean war
would sink into insignificance." Re-
| fcrring to Venezuela he concurred in
| Lord seberrys views that America
mixture in the dispute had conduced
to satisfactory results more rapidly
than if the United States had not in
| terfered.