The herald., 1897-04-07


ton. but ire matter goes over with
out vote; the bankruptcy bill taken
t,p and opposed by Newlands of Ne
vada.
Mr.. Balfour. replying to the question
put yesterday by 81. William Vernon
Harcourt, as to whether 'ne govern
ment would give a day to 'iscuss ms
(Sir Williams) motion for an audresS W
her majesty praying that the forces q
the crown be not empowered against
Greece or the people of Crete, said that
as there was no word in the motion ex-
pressly condemning anything the gov
ernment had done or announced it's in
tention of doing, he was forced to the
conclusion that Sir William Harcourt's
object was not to raise direct issue,
and that under the circumstances it
would not be in the interest of public
bubisness to give the day suggested
cloud cheers from the Conservatives)
Sir William Harcourt then said Mr.
Balfour appeared to have entirely mis-
construed the intention of the motion.
While he, the speaker, could not de-
scribe the motion as vote of censure, he
explained that there has been such
! thing as a vote of want of confidence in
what the government, it was antici-
pated, was likely to do.
| He added: 1--WE hold there is no JUS
tification for the employment of the
crown forces against Greece and the
Cretans, and we challenge the govern
ment's policy on that point" cloud
opposition cheers.)
Continuing, the Liberal leader said:
1T is necessary to do this Immediately,
as after the Easter recess we may find
the country embarked on a war with
Greece without any declaration having
been given to parliament of the objects
of the hostility. From this point of view,
this is a motion of want of confidence"
| cloud cheers.)
Mr.. Balfour pointed out that the terms
of the motion were studiously ambig-
uous. Continuing, he said: I'VE have
stated explicitly to the house, and by
our actions have shown, that we are
prepared to use the forces of the crown
to resist certain acts of the insurgents
of Crete, and we have announced the
objects for which we are prepared to
I Nlockade Greece, as the honorable MEM
ber (Sir William Vernon Harcourt) did
upon a previous occasion. (Cheers)
"The honorable member needs only to
modify his resolution so as to condemn
one or the other of those officials, the
first of which we are actually doing al
the present moment, or the second,
which we have announced our intention
| Of dn;p in, fofv
direct issue will be raised by the parties
in the house; unless the honorable men,
ber is prepared to thus modify his mo-
tion there is no other course than the
one 1 have adopted" (Cheers.)
NO HEART IN 1T.
| CANEA, April 6.-Admiral Canevaro
has asked the Italian government to re-
lieve him of his command, and the Mar
quis di Rudini has replied that in the
event of blockade of the Greek ports
the admirars request will be granted.
THE LATEST SCHEME.
| LONDON, April 6.-Truth says today
| that 1t learns that Queen Victoria is do
ing her best to secure the appointment
of Francis Joseph Battenburg as gov
ernor of Crete.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the Times will say tomorrow that as
result of the Turkish cabinet council,
circular has been dispatched to the
powers, pointing out that the conditions
caused by the attitude of Greece and
the interminable prolongation of the
Cretan crisis are uncomfortable.
LONDON, April THE correspondent
+, of the Daily News at Canea says the
admirals. at the oral request Of Sir AL
fred Blliotti, the British consul in
Crete, have agreed to travel throughout
| the island and personally to make known
to the Cretans the terms Of a new proc
lamation, announcing that the blockade
will continue only SO long as Col. Vas
sos and the Greek expeditionary force
remain in Crete.
The Athens correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle will say tomorrow:
The Greek government learns that the
I foreign ambassadors at Constantinople,
at the first session convened to decide
upon an organic statute for Crete
adopted Eastern Roumelia as a model
The omen is striking, for 1t indicates
that the governor will be European
selected from among the secondary
| powers.
The Turkish troops, 1t is understood,
are to be temporarily retained, al
though the powers have accepted the
proposal of France and Russia, that If
King George undertakes to withdraw
the Greek troops, the powers will imme-
! diately concern themselves with the
withdrawal Of the Turks.
The ambassadors are believed to
lave agreed that the Cretans simply
ought to be allowed to choose prince.
but the powers have not yet assented.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
NEW YORK. April 6--A dispatch
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