The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

prove the arrangements Tor the water supply
of the metropolis.
In order to promote the interests of agricul-
ture, which are OF paramount importance tc
Ireland, you will be asked to consider bin to
establish Board of Agri culture. ana further
legislati We proposals will be brought before
you if the time at your disposal is sutfi cient
for the purpose.
Bills admitting the evidence OF accused per.
sons, amending the law in respect TO bills o1
sale and the registration of land, for revising
the acts in relation to the formation of lin.
tied companies, in regard TO the agriculture
holdings act in Great Britain, the disposition
OF goods manufactured in prisons in other
countries, the erection OF reformatory Tor in
ebriateS, and for amending the existing pro-
ceGure in respect to private bills coming from
Scotland and ireland have been prepared.
heartily commend your important delibera.
tions TO the guidance of Almighty God.
There was an unusually large attend
ance of peers at the opening of the House
OF Lords, which met at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The lately appointed Arch
bishop of Canterbury, tue Most Rev.
Frede rick Temple, and the recently ere.
ated Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev.
Mandell Grafton, took the prescribed oath
as members of the upper House. The
Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam
bridge occupied a cross bench and the
galleries were filed with the wives and
daughters Of peers. United States EN-
bassader Bayard and Mrs. Bayard occu.
pied seats in the diplomatic gallery.
After the Lord Chancellor Lord Salls-
bury, had read the speech from the throne
the customary address in reply TO the
speech was moved by the Marquis o.
Bath, who was attired in the uniform ot
an officer of the yeomen of the guard.
The motion was seconded by Lord Ken
yon.
The Earl of Kimberly, who was yester-
day chosen as the leader of the Liberals
in the House of Lords IN the place ol
Lord Rosebery, resigned, said that he
deeply regretted that Lord Rosebery was
no longer the leader of the Liberal party.
Speaking on other matters he congratu-
lated Lord Salisbury upon the success oil
his negotiations with the United States.
In regard TO Turkey he said he felt i'm
peIled to ask If the treaty of Berlin was
dead.
The benches of the House of Commons
were crowded with mem bers and the gal
Ieries were packed with privileged specta-
tors. Right Hon. Arthur j. Balfour,
First Lord of the Treasury; Right Hon.
Joseph Cham berlain, Secretary OF State
for the Colonies, and Sir William Har-
court, the leader of the opposition in the
House, were greeted with prolonged cheers
as they entered the chamber.
After tie Queens speech had been read
p Ear Ill
Der of the south division of Wiltshire,
moved the address in reply to the speech
from the throne and in The course of bis
remarks referred 10 the approaching COM
pietion Of TIE sixtieth year OF The reign of
her Majesty Queen Victoria, and ex-
pressed the hope that the event, so unique
in the annals of the country, would be
fitting!y celebrated.
Sir William Harcourt said the most i'm
portant as we'll as the most satisfactory
statement contained in the Queens speech
related TO the relations between Great
Britain and the United States. He heart
lily congratulated the Government on the
conclusion of the differences between
Venezuela and Great Britain, and gave
them unstinted credit for the general
the British ambassador at Washington
and the Secretary of State.
Sir William Harcourt, continuing his
remarks, said there could not be a better
eele bration O. the sixtieth year OF her
Majestys reign than that her Govern
ment should be among the first OF nations
to set the example of settling differences
by arbitration. He denounced the Nile
cam paign and asked the Govern ment to
justify their Egyptian policy. In regard
to Armenia he was glad to hear that the
Government had abandoned hostility to
Russia in the matter.
Prime Minister Salisbury said be re-
GREETED Lord Rose bery's retirement from
the leadership of the Liberal party f or the
moment. He paid high tribute 10 Lord
Rosebery's patriotic policy, as shown in
his speech upon the occasion of his retire
ment, and then proceeded to defend the
consistent policy of the Conservatives.
The Government, he declared, had not
initiated the anti Russian policy of 1873.
1t was the Crimean war that initiated it,
but the powers were now generally agreed
that if reforms were not granted in
Armenia material pressure would be
applied to the Sultan by the rest of
Europe. There were but slightly different
workings, he said, in the declarations of t.
powers in regard to the way it should be
done, but all of them were convinced that
unless the Sultan should introduce
genuine and effective reforms the worst
results must follow.
In regard to the Nile campaign the
Premier said that DongoIa was taken be-
cause 1t was on the route to khartoum,
which place must eventually be taken
from the dervishes. He reported that it
was the intention Of the British Govern
ment to reconquer Soudan for Egypt.
In regard to the treaty OF arbitration
Just conc uded with the United States, he
SAID he could not speak fully on the sub
iect because the agreement had not vet
been ratified, still he would say that the
people must not think that they were liv-
ing In the miIlennial dispensation. He
hoped, however, that something would be
done to diminish the risk of war. He
would not say that the treaty would not
remove the greatest risks of war. or re-
strain Napoleon, or Bismarck, but the
policy with the United States was full OF
an infinite number of small differences
which sometimes exaggerated caused irri-
tatiou and enmity. The formation of a
tribunal of arbitration would settle these
difficulties, would prevent such and show
the two nations who understood each
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