The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
SPEECH OF ENGLAND'S QUEEN.
NO REFERENCE MADE TO VENE-
ZUELAN ARBITR ALTON.

The Dispute Merely Alluded to as
Pending-PropOsaIs That Oner a
Peaceful Solution Referred to as
Under COnsiderntiOn-The Rela-
tiOns With Foreign Powers DecIar-
ed Satisfactory.
London, Feb. 1O.-The speech from the
throne. which will be read at the opening
of parliament tomorrow. was read at
the queens speech banquet given by Lord
Salisbury and the Right Hon. a. J. Bal
four, first lord of the treasury. respect
lively, at No. % Arlington street and No.
10 Downing street this evening.
The speech makes no reference what
ever to the subject of arbitration Of the
Venezuelan dispute. The speech sets forth
that the relations of Great Britain with
foreign powers are satisfactory; recapitu-
lates the known facts of the Transvaal
troubles; alludes to the necessity for an
increase of the naval strength of Eng
land and refers to the dispute between
Great Britain and Venezuela and the ne
gotiations with the United States in re-
gard thereto as pending, stating that the
government of Great Britain had under
consideration proposals that offer a pros
pect of a more peaceful solution of the
disputes.
The speech also recites the facts of the
massacres and disturbances in Armenia.
While 1t deplores the excesses which have
been committed, it says that some degree
of satisfactio is to be found in the sui
tan's promises to institute reforms, but
avoids any indication Of the future pol
icy of England in regard to Turkey.
Her majesty cOngratulates the country
upon the success of the bloOdless opera
tions of the British expedition in Ashantee
and deplores the death of Prince Henry Of
Battenberg, who was a member of the
expedition.
The speech announces that the measures
to be introduced by the government will
include an employers limited liability bill;
measure for the creation of voluntary
schools, an Irish land bill, bill for the
formation of an Irish board of agriculture
Tor the relief of the agricultural districts,
bill for the relief of pauper immigrants
and a measure for the construction Of
schools in rural districts
No Importance is attached to the alb
sence Of any reference to the Venezuelan
dispute. No experienced politicians eX-
pected that any reference would be made
to the subject, for the reason that the
speech is never the medium of merely in
cipient developments.
Prime Minister Salisbury and the Right
Hon. A. j. Balfour, first lord of the treas
ury, have prepared a carefully guarded
statement, which they will make in the
House of Lords and the House of Com
mons early in the debate, on the address
IN reply to the queens speech affirming
the willingness Of the government to ar
bitrate the question of the territory that
is not occupied by British settlements
Opinions in the National Liberal Club
grows every day more intense in favor of
closing the dispute on any terms conso-
nant with the national honor. As the dec
larations of the ministers are not likely to
be satisfactory to the liberals, 1t is be-
lleyed that Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
their leader in the House of Commons,
Will. move an amendment to the address
Affirming that arbitration of the boundary
question ought to be accepted by Great
Britain.