The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-01-21

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establish he IT, reading of the speech i hns.
After lne 18th houses suspended pGo,
the throHe' % NJ, On the resump''yaA
ness u l;nass in the house of connon'' and
OF nuS ,fl,,r first lord of the treasuI' Tar.
}. Balioul, leader, and Sir William ,r.
government, the opposition leader, WI.
non ha .honroJ as they took their respect
loudly cheereu 10
i've seats, .o,or ot 4:45 p. M. read the
Inc Spnonch Mr.. John Dillon ehun
queen Tho Irish parliamentary L%hoi
man VI h ,n Int on his head the Who.
,imp All the others present "efe -
covered. .lo. of narlia-
,,,ont for South Wiltonshire, was aPp Snoss
nd ~ nronose in the commons the "u0'>'
| in reply to the queens speech,
10 sold he was sure the whole couu,
49,. "a. ,rouid congratulate the government
ona Tho United States governRleH! w
.ho yarv felicitous ending OF the Nene
smoIon NEGOTIATIONS, adding that the cou,,
~ migbt have reason in the iutu,. "
n: nrond of the step taken in the uiluv
,;op ~ international peace by the treaty
Of arbitration. :, oono,d.
Tho Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, in sec9nu-
u" tta aJdrnss congratulated the Mar
nnis of Salisbury on the aTp'''"'''"
| treaty. :, lao
Sir William Vernon Harcourt b. " r
thought the reference III lhe qTuaot
speech to the relations between u't tho
Britain and the United States were 'n nf
most important and satisfactory p"i' VI
the speech, adding: ..g- .,;os
"rricndsbip between the two countries
mist always be the first cardinal prin-
ciple of English policy,
Continuing. the liberal leader COM
mended the treaty of arbitration as
GOOD example to the rest OF the Wnrlu
and expressed the opinion that It might
do something to relieve us from the sense
less armament which oppressed the
world.
Sir William Vernon HarcOurt then
went on TO criticise the advance of the
| Anglo Egyptian expedition up the me-
and asked for an explanation from me
government of its Egyptian policy. ne
dwct upon the non-success OF the brltlsh
policy i'm the east and urged that the gov
eminent should frankly cooperate win
Russia. He endorsed the report OF me
financial commission on taxation III Ire
land and asked for Il discussion OF II De
fore the estimates are prepared.
Arthur J. Balfour. the leader in Tho
house of commons, said that he HOPED
that. although it was limited to peIioc
of five years, the Anglo-American arbi
tration treaty would be n perpetual guar
antcp of peace between the two nations
In view of the affinity of the two nations
he felt some confidence that the founda
tlons of lasting peace had been lald
He admitted that the situation IN ESypl
had caused great anxiety to British ana
foreign diplomats, but denied that 1t was
the cause of increased British armamtnts..
Regarding the governments view OF
the Irish financial commission, II was
guilty of sins of omission. 1t had refused
to discuss large classes of facts which
should be investigated. The government
proposed he said, to take steps to COM
pei this investigation.
In reply to John Dillon, Mr. Balfour
agreed to give n separate occasion for the
discussion of the commissions report,
whcreupon Mr.. Blake, member for the
south division of Longford intimated that
he would not move an amendment TO the
address.
When business was resumed in the
house of lords, the Marquis OF Bath
moved the address in reply to the queens
speech In doing so he referred in glow
ing terms to the siXtieth anniversary
of the reign of Queen Victoria and to the
arbitration treaty with the United
States, which he classed as being one Of
the greatest and most illustrious attain
ments of her majesty's reign.
Lord Kenyon seconded the address and
made Il similar reference to the arbitra
ton treaties. He added that the Ven
ezuelan dispute was in fair way to set
tlement.
Lord Kimberly, the liberal leader in
the house of lords, congratulated the gov
eminent on the completion of the arbitra-
ton treaty with the United States, adding
that it can not fail TO have its effect on
the rest of the world.
The Marquis of Salisbury, in reference
to Armenia, said the powers had agreed
that the present system of government
must be changed, but he added that they
feel what deep calamity n European
war would be. Continuing, the premier
remarked that one of the objects of the
occupation of DOngola was because il is
on the high road to Khartoum.
| Touching upon the eastern question. the
premier said that the powers were doing
thelr utmost to bring about remedies by
winch the sultan's empire might be saved
They had generally agreed, he added
| That II the massacres continued, pressure
would have to be applied. II was his
own conviction that unless some very cs
scntial reforms were adopted, the doom
of the Turkish empire could not no much
longer postponed.
The Marquis of Salisbury then turned
his attention to the arbitration treaty
concluded between Great Britain and tIe
! United States, and said
i can not speak as freely as desire
on the arbitration treaty because II has
not been ratified. But do not tbink
therc Is need to expend much effort in
convincing Lord Kimberly on the suh.
iect. He probably agrees with mo a" oS
heartily as anybody concerning thn I'd
yantages such a treaty may confer and
am bound to say am picking m Tho
thread which fell from his hand two
years ago. | can only observe that vou
must expect that we are indulc;no II,
mlllennial anticipatons if we hone somn
thing Will be done by means of orhitro.
tlon TO diminish the risk of war. do
not say 1t will remove the greatest ,iSL
OF war; l do not say it will restrain
Napoleon or Bismarck. But dinlomal
cy is full of an infinite number of rofor
ences which are caught up by the reonio
OF both countries and if they are w pitpie
upon exaggeratively and ENLARGED ', tben
tend to diminish the friendship bntu rneS
countries and give birth to a sine "er nf
alienation and resentment. sung oi
lhe idea of going to a tribunal 70 cot
tie these things will prevent n n W sel,
so injurious to the good will of n rG;orss
especially between two nations who ~bn,'o un
derStand each other unfortnnoteIh~o . .ac
Well That if we are not friends wo sh, W9
ne enemies. But still there is n e 9noVlu
a ",; TO- the arbitration and 'e sbet