The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-08
LONDON CABLE GOSSIP.
Opposition 10 the Proposed Increase
In the Army.

London, February s-tCopyrishted, 1927
by the Associated Press. Tho govern
n,ent's educational bill Is denounced by tho
| unjust
The defeat OF the conservative candidate
Mr., Dewar, by Mr. Woods, liberal was
largely due to the educational proposals.
| MIR. Joseph Chamberlain. the secretary OF
state for the colonies. s,ll further enhanced
his reputation In splendid fighting speech
| In reply 10 Sir William Vernon Haroourt.
the liberal leader in the house of commons.
who Jared very badly at Mr.. Chamberlain 4
| hands. The newspapers generally warmly
compliment him upon his speech which I'm
doubtediy greatly ngthened his position
among the conservatives
The second reading OF the womans fran
cnise bill in no wise means its adoption
this session. The vote only places 1t In a
favorable position and after Whitsuntide
II will be strenuously opposed and has no
chance Of becoming a law During the de :
bate tho ladies' galleries wero packed and
the remarks OF the supporters of the meas
ure were punctured by the waving OF white
handkerchlofs, while the speeches Of the
opponents OF The bill were greeted with
loud expressions Of feminine disgust. The
Ioptfts were lHNHueV ny strong mlnlcu ic-
males and there was sotne amusing scenes
OF button boiling members until the latter
were actually afraid TO pass through
The governments proposal to increase tho
number OF battalions of guards and station
portion OF this force al Gibraltar has &C.
casioned great oNtcry. IT is declared that
the step virtually meane the ruin OF the
guards whose present strength is only
maintained by decreasing their standard OF
physique. The officers predict that the
guards VIII cease to be crack corps and
that they viii be reduced to the Lowell OF a
line regiment 1t is also asserted that
there is no space at Gibraltar for property
training the guardsmen and moreover II is
limited that the smartest officers will resign
If they are compelled 20 go abroad as many
Of them would he unable to supervise their
property and estates in England without
interfering with their military duties, So
ciety is also opposed to the transfer az The
absence Of the young guarlsmen would de-
prive the season Of much Of its oclat.
The proposal to add another battalion
to tho Cameron IIghlanders is also receiv-
ed with little favor among the Caneronians
who pride themselves on being recruited
from the heather and the proposed addition
would. hoy claim. simply mean the enlist
meut Of a host of East End cockneys who
have already made the highland regiments
the butt OF considerable chaT
ne hiub' oNpTosSts surprise tnat notning
has been seen Of the Canadian proposal to
recruit regiment of the line locally and
assumes that some hitch has occurred
The Globe adds 1T would certainly be
an enormous gain II all the great colonies
would undertake to contribute to the i'm
perial defence on the lines suggested by
Canadian patriotism
II is stated that on the occasion Of the
queens jubilee tho Marquis of Salisbury
will be raised to dukedom, which honor
has several times been offered him and de
clined.
The United states ambassador, Mr.
Thomas +. Bayard has arranged II 20 to
Italy fer a short visit early in March He
delivered speech at a dinner Of the Skin
ners company THURSDAY and dwelt upon
the fact that there was no just difference
between Great Britain and the United
States.
nr Hansen, tho Arctic explorer. is al
ready launched in the vortex Of social en-
gagements. He Is over his cars in invita-
tions 10 receptions, etc. and promises 10
be the lion of the season. such as Henry NJ
Stanley was on his return from Africa. The
Prince of Wales met pr Hansen and Mrs
Hansen at small lunch party given yes
tcriay at the house of General Stanley
Clark.