The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-12
IN THE LORDS.
Salisbury q Firm Believer I'm Monroe
Doctrine and Arbitrat lon.

London, Feb. 1.-THE Prince of Wales
the Duke Of York, the Duke of Connaught.
the Marquis OF Salisbury and other dis
tinguished persona9es We're among those
present in the house of lords during the
reading of the queens speech. The Prin-
cess Of Wales was in the peeresses' gallery.
and there were a large number. OF ladies
in the side galleries.
When business was resumed in the house
of lords, Baron Stanmore moved the ad-
dress in reply TO the queens speech. and in
so doing expressed sympathy with her ma
jesty and the royal family In their grief
over the death OF Prince Henry OF Bat
tenberg. Baron Stanmore also congratu-
lated the government on Its attitude TO-
ward British Guiana, and said there was no
subject for dispute. as II was as reasonable
10 question the British claim it would
be to raise a similar question with respect
to the concession OF the Channel island
which once belonged TO the duchy OF Nor
mandy.
Lord Rosebery complained of the mea-
ger programme of the government Pro-
ceeding with his remarks. Lord Rosebery
referred TO the ouinous omission from the
queens speech of the usual reference to
the friendship OF the foreign powers. He
ridiculed the fulseme euiogy bestowed
upon Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
'sAs If no previous British minister did his
duty" remarked HIS lordship. He APP
proved the governments policy In the
Transvaal but ne thought II unfortunate
that the new poet laureate had been per-
rniited TO publish glowing eulogy OF the
Jameson raid. He warned Mr.. Chamber
lain IA boasting of his conduct of the
colonial policy not to indulge in puerile
reflection calculated needlessfy TO irritate
the foreign powers. The Venezuelan diff
Guilty he said, was no new one and they
had ali tried their hands al IL. But now
VF@tt I'M rz F.f-
fered "a guarantee OF the permanence or
any settlement that might be effected.
He interpreted the reference in the queens
speech to mean that some negotiations
were progressing between England and
America He rejoiced at the announce
lnent because IT indicated way 70 an
Issue from the irnpasse produced by Sails
hurv's dispatch and President Cleveiand's
message, and gave promise that the Unit
ed States would see that Venezuela faith
fully executed any settlement arrived at
He welcomed the movement on both sides
Of the Atlantic in favor OF permanent ar
b.tratlon,
Turning to Armenia, Lord Rosehery
said he hoped the house would receive
fuller information than was contained in
.he curt cold sliusion In the queens
speech Lord Saiisbury's brave words to-
wards the sultan, he said. had not been
followed by brave deeds. The noele mar
quis had been forced TO abandon the cause
OF the Armen;ars Surely some course
might have been adopted between a cru
SADIE and apathy,
The Marquis OF Salisbury, the prime min
fster was received with loud cheers as he
arose 10 reply TO the criticism OF Lord
Rosebery. the ex-premier, he said: No
sympathy with ArYnenans would justify
Us IN facing calamities compared with
which the Crimean war would sink into
fnsignifcance." After a feeling reference
70 the death Of Prince Henry OK Batten-
berg, Lord Salisbury denied that anything
had been given up In the Siam agreement
with France
Turning then 20 the Venezuelan affair,
Lord Salisbury concurred IN Lord Rose
hery's views that Americas mixture IN
the Dispute had conauced TO satisfactory
results more rapidly than II the United
states had not interfered Speaking OF the
Venezuela controversy. Lord SALISBURY, re-
rlvfng 10 some points made Ii Lord Rose
berv's speech. said: Il do not think the
invoking of The Monroe doctrine was con-
troversially quite necessary fer the nlted
States. Considering the positlon OF VEN
ezuela in the Caribbean sea, u was no
more unnatural that the Ialteu states
snotlld take an interest in IL than We
should feel an interest IL Hotlafd ana Bel-
gum. and from that point o. view ! trust
the negotiations wifi conttRue. 90 not
ike - 20 further into the question IL IS
obviously undesirable 20 stale the progress
Of the negotiations at present. o1t rave
had an increasing belief duFsag the past
few weeks thai we shah, perhaps not I'm