The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-28

LONDON, March 27-The Earl of
Rosebery, leader of the Liberal party,
made an important speech tonight be-
fore the National Liberal Federation.
Lord Rosabery complained of the for
eign complications which had come up
on the country since Lord Salisbury
had come into Office. He argued that
the bill of Mr.. Long, president of the
agricultural board. proposing to make
permanent the restrictions on the i'm
portation of Canadian cattle, was
wholly Inconsistent with Colonial Sec
rotary Chamberlain speech ON We'd
nesday before the Canadian club, sug-
costing a small tariff on food products
and raw material imported into Great
Britain for elsewhere than her colonies
in return for the free entry of British
manufactures into all the colonies.
His scheme for an imperial sover-
eign of the colonies and Great Brit
ain Lord Rosebary continued, speak
ing of this speech, demands
VERY GRAVE CONSIDERATION.
both by those who propose it and by
those who have to vote upon it,
He asked if this was "a cabinet pro-
pcsal, or was the programme of an in
dividual, and why, before making the
proposals, the government had intro
duced the diseased animal bill which
was a final damper upon one of the
great sources of trade of the Canadian
breeders with Great Britain. He did
not know how to reconcile these two.
but he strongly suspected that the Ca
madam thinker and politician and the
man of business would prefer not to
have had this great scheme promul-
gated on condition that Mr.. Long S
bill had not been submitted. He had
only one thing to add, and that was
that he did not think that Mr. Cham
berlain in any wise underestimate the
views of the people of Great Britain,
and the difficulties he would have to
surmuunt with regard to free trade and
foreign trade before he could succeed
in. putting his scheme into effect.
Lord Rosebery further charged the
government with
A DEPLORABLE WANT
of continuity in the foreign policy. He
pointed out that within six months
they had been ON the verge of war
with the United States, and then with
Germany and now they were embark
ing on war against no particular
enemy. He passed over the black and
England would all look back to with
shame and remorse. Lord Salisbury up
to the end of December had display
ed aeanings to the dreibund. By
the beginning of January his
policy had landed Great Britain in the
arms of France, whose affections 1T
was intended to- gain by the monstrous
Siam convention. That state had last
ed about six weeks, and then Lord
Salisbury embarked in a. march ITO the
Soudan, which outrages France and
throws Great Britain back into the
arms of the dreibund. Lord Rosebery
proceeded in detail to very strongly
criticise the Nile expedition.
Continuing, Lord Rosebery complain
ed of the indecision and failure of the
government to take the country into
their confidence. He greatly feared
that the government was
POOLING THEMSELVES
as we'll as the country. WAS it the
time" he asked, when we were men
aced with complications in all quar-
tiers of the world to scatter our forces
in the deserts of the Soudan, in a war
which nobody could forese the end of
and to waste the money which Egypt
needed for great irrigation works.
The remainder of his speech was de-
voted TO home politics.
Mr.. Curzon said Frances announce
ment in regard to the annulling of ex-
listing treaties with Madagascar was Of
extreme Importance. When the govern
ment had received official notice of this
action, he said they would take proper
steps to protect British interests. Mr..
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies. announced to the house that
there was not an atom of foundation for
the reports of the purchase by Great
Britain of Delagoa Bay and an adjoin-
ing strip of territory.