The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-11-12
FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER H. 1897.
SALISBURY'S IDEAS.
England's Premier Speaks at
Lord Mayors Banquet.
50 MENTION OF SEALING QUESTION.
The Franco British Troubles In West
Africa Discussed and the Attitude of
the Government ExpIained-The
European Concert.

LONDON, Nov. 10.-The brilliancy Of
the gathering at the lord mayors BAN
quet at the Guildhall last night was
somewhat marred by the tokens of
mourning for her royal highness the
late Duchess of Teck. A majority of the
ladies present wore gowns of black or
dark gray.
The entrance of the Marquis of Sails
bury. the prime minister. and Mr.. Ar
thur ]. Balfour. the first lord of the
treasury, was the signal for loud ap-
plause but the reception rendered the
foreign diplomats was of the tamest
character as compared with the en-
thusiasm which last year greeted the
then ambassador of the United States,
Mr.. Thomas f. Bayard.
After the usual loyal and formal
toasts, the Marquis of Lansdowne, sec
retary of state for war, responded for
1.-THE Army" In the course of his speech
he eulogized "the gallant work being
done on our Indian frontier, especially
by the troops of those native rulers who
have long wished to stand shoulder to
shoulder with u.s. He then proceeded
to point out the necessity for an in
crease of the army to meet "the re-
qurements of imperial expansion"
The Marquis of Salisbury, on rising,
was greeted with several minutes of
continuous cheering. He began by de-
ploring the engineers dispute, which,
he said, Involves the future prosperity
or disaster of the country" but added
that he was glad to say there was "a
renewed prospect that the board of
trades intervention would prove sue
cessful." His lordship read a telegram
from the queen, asking him to express
how deeply her majesty felt the mar
velous display of loyalty to the crown
and to her person at the diamond jubi-
lee festivities.
After referring to the conduct of the
troops on the Indian frontier in terms
similar to those used by the Marquis
of Lansdowne and warmly praising the
conduct of the Anglo Egyptian eXpedi-
tion in the Sudan campaign, the pre-
mier dealt with the West Africa trou-
bles with Fra De- He explained that
the British government did not wish
to take territory simply because it
would look well on the map. That the
object of the administration is to en-
courage commerce and throw open as
many markets as possible" In con-
cluding this portion of his speech, he
said:
I'VE wish trade to pursue an un-
checked course on the Niger the Nile
and the Zambez, and, in doing these
things, while we wish to behave in a
neighborly manner and to show due
consideration for the feelings and
claims of others. we are obliged to say
that there is a limit to the exercise
of this particular set of feelings, and
we cannot allow our plain rights to be
overridden."
His lordship then passed to speak OF
the situation in the east. He said the
history of the past year was that the
European concert had failed to prevent
Greece from going to war but had sue
ceeded in preserving the peace of Eu-
rope. 1t was, he submitted, great and
praiseworthy achievement for the con-
cert to avert that calamity. He con-
tinued. Had the concert exerted all its
force to prevent Greece from going to
war the responsibility might have rest
ed upon it of erasing Greece from the
map" With reference to the Cretan
question, his lordship observed that this
was still unsettled, but added, THE
concert of Europe is like a steam roller,
with great power, but little speed"
The lord mayors procession in the
afternoon took place in a drizzlng rain
and a heavy fog, but large crowds of
people lined the route despite the dis
| agreeable weather. The decorations
We're more ambitious than usual. con-
SiSting mainly of triumphal arches
Venetian masts, floral festoons and a
liberal display of bunting A more stir
ring proof of the popularity of the
yearly pageant known as the lord may
or's procession has not been given in a
long time, due very largely to the brill
liant year of office of the retiring chief
magistrate. the Right Hon. Sir George
Faudei Phillips.