The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-28
SHARPLY CRITICIZED.
Lord Roscbery Complai ms Of the
Fore Ign Policy.
ENGLAND ON VERGE OF TWO WARS.
Campaign In the Soudan Against an
Unknown Enemy.
iGLAND ON VERGE OF TWO WARS,
REFERENCE TO SALISBURY
Passed tho Black and Moody Page of
Armenia--A Waste of MONEY Egypt
Needs for Irrigation.

London, March c7.-Thc Earl of Rose
berry. leader OF the liberal party, made
an important speech tonight before tho
National Liberal federation Lord Rose
berry complained of the foreign conplica-
tons which had come upon the country
since Lord Salisbury had come into Of
flee. He argued that the bill of Mr., Long,
president of tho agricultural board. pro-
posing TO make permanent the resgrc-
tons on tho Importation Of Canadian cat
tie was wholly Inconsistent with Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain's speech on We'd
ncsGay before the Canada club. suggest
ing a smaller tarin on food products and
raw material imported into Great Britt
ain from Canada than elsewhere from
HIS colonies in return for tho free entry
OF British manufactures into all the col
onlcs. The scheme tor an imperial Holi-
Nercln OF the colonies ana Great Britain,
I.ofd hosebery continued. speaking OF
this speech, demands very grave u0usid-
GRAFTON by both those who propose II and
by those who have to vote upon It.
lie asked II this was a cabinet proposal
or was II the programme OF nm individual
ana why, BEFORE making the proposals.
the government had introduced the
diseased animals bill, which was a Anal
camper upon one OF the great sources OF
trade of tho CANADIAN breeders with
Great Britatn. lilo dlu not know how to
itAull'lit iHtSt Two, bh NO StTOnElN SUE
pccted that tho Canadian thinker and
politician and the man OF business would
prefer not to have had this rrent scheme
promulgated on condition that Mr. I.oug a
bill had not been submitted ile had only
one thing to add. and that was that he
an not think Mr. Chamberlain in any
Wise undercstimated tho Views or tho
people OF Great Britain and tho difficult
ties he wonld have to surm ,unt with re-
gard to FREQ trade and foreign trade be-
iote ne could succeed In putting his
Lord Roschery further charged the gov
ernmeni with a deplorable want of con
tinutty in tho foreign policy. He pointed
out that within six months they had boon
on the verge OF war with the United
States and ihen with Germany and now
they were embarking on n war Hgninst no
lie passed over the binck ana bloody
pages of Ammonia. he said, which Enflish-
men would all look back 10 with shame
aud rcmorsr.
Lord Salisbury up TO the end OF pecem-
Der had displayed leaning to the drci-
bunh Ky the beginning OF January his
continuous policy had landed Great Bril-
tain in the arms Of France. whose hffoc-
tiona 10 Was intended to gain by the mon
strous Slam convention. THAT State had
lasted about six weeks and then Lord
Salisbury cmharka In march TO the
Soudnn which outrages France and throws
Great Britain back into the arms OF tho
drcihuud.
Lord Rosebery then proceeded In detail
10 very strongly criticize the Nile expedi-
ton. Continuing Lord Rosebery complained
Of the lndecision and fnllure OF the gov
eminent to take the country into their
confidence He greatly feared that the
government was fooling themselves as
VOL as tho country was IL the time.
he asked "when we were menaced win
complications IN quarters Of the world, TO
scatter our forces in the deserts OF Soudan
in n war nobody could forosoc the end of
and to waste the money which Egypt
needed for irrigation work.
The remainder OF his speech was dc'oteu
to homo politics.