The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-12

mission may arrive at, 10 Will most as
suredly reach the conclusion that no do
sire to push beyond the due limit OF the
frontier Of this empire has ever been the
animating cause which moved British
diplomacy In this long-drawn-out contro-
versy. II this conclusion be fairly and
frankly set before tho citizens OF tho
United States, one of their grayest preoo.
equations will be at rest.
II should rejoice II out Of this evil
should spring some general system OF
arbitration. II that were the issue, !
should feel that all MISUNDERSTANDING
and evils lone had been more than re-
moved, and that "a permanent guarantee
of goodwill between the English speaking
nations on the two sides of the Atlantic
had been attained for all time"
Turning then to the Transvaal question,
Mr.. Balfour said: "The armed forces OF
the Chartered company will, of course, DO
transferred TO AN imperial officer without
delay. There Is, therefore, no possibility
Of u repetition OF the recent deplorable
event. The government propose. as soon
as the pending trials are concluded, that
there shall be a full inquiry into the facts
and history OF the charter"
Armenia's Case Discussed.
Passing then to the subject Of Armenia,
Mr.. Balfour said: Lord Salisbury's
speech to the Nonconformist Unionist AS
ISOLATION accurately described Greas
Britain's obligations. There is nothing In
the Berlin or tho Cyprus treaties requir-
ing the powers. or England singly, To go
to war to compel the Turks to carry out
their pledges"
Mr.. Balfour pointed out the impos-
sibility of individual action on the part OF
Great Britain. He said in this connec-
ton: Short OF bringing upon ourselves
the prospect OF n possible European con-
fiagration, we could have done no more
In the direction Of helping those unhappy
people thar we have done. Let the house
and the country remember that we alone
among the nation of Europe Il do not
include the United States, which / know
at one time was with us) feel deeply and
earnestly ON this subject OF the horrors
lone Ia Armenia. Foreign nations see
only the inevitable evil that must over
take Europe II the Eastern question Is re-
opened"
Mr.. Balfour further pointed out that
foreign nations think that In all contro-
versies it Is probable that wal will follow
such an event., and they are not prepared
to lift a finger to assist Great Britain In
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there is no sign of Turkish statesmen see-
ing the errors Of their ways, he would
never regret being the follower Of a gov
nme which. at all events, did its best
TO induce Turkey TO take the only course
TO secure the permanence of the Ottoman
empire.
Views of the Lords.
In the house OF lords Lord Rosebery
vafarraH RI tha nrnfnnnl nrniaGinn from thu
queens speech Of the usual reference to
the friendship of foreign powers. He
ridiculed the fulsome eIlogy bestowed on
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain.
He approved the gSyernment policy In
the Transvaal, but he Hhought it unfortu-
nate that the new poet laureate had been
permitted to publish a glowing eulogy OF
the Jameson raid. He warned Mr.. Cham
berlain, in boasting Of his conduct of the
colonial policy, not to indulge in puerile
reflections calculated needlessly TO irritate
the foreign powers.
The Venezuela difficulty, he said, was
no new one, and they had all tried their
hands at It. But now the Intervention OF
the United States offered a guarantee OF
tho permanence of any settlement that
might be effected. He welcomed the
movement on both sides OF the Atlantic
In favor of permanent arbitration.
Turning to the subject Of Armenia.
Lord Rosebery said that he hoped the
house would receive fuller information
than was contained in the curt, cold allu-
sion in the queens speech. Lord Sails
bury's brave words toward the sultan, he
said, had not been fulfilled by brave needs.
The noble marquis had been forced to
abandon the cause of the Armenians.
Surely some course might have been
adopted between a crusade and apathy.
saiisbury's Reply.
The Marquis OF Salisbury was received
with cheers as he arose to reply to the
criticisms of Lord Rosebery, the ex-prime
minister. He said: mo sympathy with
the Armenians would justify Us in facing
calamities compared with which the Cri-
mean war would sink into insignifcance."
Turning then to Venezuela, Lord Sails
bury concurrod in Lord Rosebery's views
that Americas mixture in the dispute had
conduced to satisfactory results more
rapidly than II the United States had not
interfered. II do not think, ne said,
''that the invoking of the Monroe doctrine
was controversially quite necessary for
the United States. Considering the posi-
ton lof Venezuela I'm the Caribbean sea,
~ was III uibio bitb ~ tulltu
States should take an interest in 1t than
that we should feel an interest in Holland
and Belgium; and from that point of
view, 1 trust the negotiations will con-
tinue.
II think We are rightly relying upon
the question of arbitration. America at
taches more unrestricted value to that
mode of adjusting controversies than has
hitherto been done here"
With reference to permanent arbitration,
the prime minister expressed the belief
that between the extremes OF unrestricted
arbitration OF oil subjects, which IL was
impossible for the two nations TO adopt,
and the former practice, which perhaps
used arbitration too little, n middle term
may be found which will effectually
diminish the chance OF conflict.
Now. as to Armenia" was Lord Sails
bury's way Of taking up tho next topic OF
his speech. l defy Lord Rosebery to find