The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-09
PEACE TALK IN PARLIAMENT.
SALISBURY EXPLAINS THE fallen
WAN INCIDENT.

ta"" ihat Any Ports They
May Obtain in China VIII BE Free
POrts-Papers in Regard to the
Chinese Loan 10 BE Laid ON the
Table in Few Days-Irish Home
Rule Brought Forward.
London, Feb. S-The fourth session or
the Fourteenth Parliament of Queen Vic
toria and the twenty-sixth of the United
Kingdom was opened by commission at
? O'Clock this afternoon with the custom.
airy ceremonies.
Previous 10 the reassemblinc of Parlia-
ment, the usual party of Beef-Eaters. &C.
companied by a number of officials. head
ed by Chief Inspector of Police Horslev
made the customary search for imitators
of Guy Fawkes, formally ascertaiuing
that the vaults of the House of Parlia-
ment did not contain anything inimieal to
the safety of the members.
The Irish parliamentary party met IN
committee room No. l. Timothy NJ. Healy
and his supporters. who abstained from
attending the party meeting, previous to
the last session of Parliament were pres
ent. John Dillon was reelected chairman.
and the whips and secretaries were also
reelected
On the reassumption of business IN the
House of Commons this afternoon the
members took their seats.
On motion that peers and lord lieu
tenants should not interfere in elections.
Right Hon. James Lowther, Conservative,
moved to amend by emitting the word
peers"
Sir Wilfrid Lawson. Radical. seconded
the motion.
Mr.. Balfour admitted that 1t was true
the House had no power to enforce the
order adding that unless invited by the
opposition leader, Sir Vernon Harcourt, to
adopt another course. he would vote
against the amendment.
The amendment was negatved by a vote
of 3l9 to 100
Gerald Balfour, the chief secretary for
Ireland, gave notice that on Thursday he
would introduce local government bill
for Ireland.
Speaker Gully then read the Queens
speech The speech was then moved and
seconded.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the oppo-
sition leader, said the government could
not complain that the House and country
was demanding explanations upon many
matters When 10000 men were in arms in
various parts, he added, they could not
congratulate themselves upon pax In Bril-
tannia.
On the Resembling of the House of
Lords the new peers were introduced and
took their seats with the usual ceremonies.
All the galleries were filled before busi-
In .NfT Lee
White, secretary of the United States en-
bassy, and Mrs. White, and Mrs. James
r. Carter second secretary of the United
States embassy, were in the diplomatic
gallery. The Prince of Wales and the
Duke of York were present.
After the address in reply 20 the speech
from the throne had been moved and sec
onded, the Earl of Kimberley. the opposi-
ton leader in the House of Lords, replied
that he regarded the local government Of
Ireland as being one of the most import
ant subjects of the Queens speech, and
while he regarded the government measure
favorably, he was compelled to add that
the Liberal party remained of the opinion
that the only way to permanently satisfy
Ireland was by establishing home rule.
Lord Salisbury said the concessions the
government had asked for in return for
the Chinese loan were without exception
directed toward increasing and freeing the
trade with emma, ana contained HOtnlUB
injurious 10 China herself,
Regarding the opening Of Ta-Lien~
Wan" said his lordship, "the Chinese
council have informed US that It would
embarrass them very much. For reasons
that it is not necessary to enter into and
for their own personal comfort and we'll
being, they expressed the desire that we
should not insist on this proposal. Where
upon / replied that the proposal was not
WI Thought
geous and ! suggested, as a compromise,
the opening Of Ta-Lien-Wan be deferred
until the railway reached the port.
ut is obvious to everyone knowing the
, country well that the country behind Ia
Lien-Wan Is practically worthless. No
trade could arise until the railway reach
ed the port. A few days afterward, Sir
Claude Macdonald reported that the COM
promise was accepted, as a condition of
the loan, and since then | have heard no
more about Ta-Lien- Wan. But / am
bound to say ] am not very much inter-
ested, as 1 recently received from Russia
a written assurance that any port they
obtain leave to employ as outlet for
their commerce will be free port for all
the commerce of this country. A free
port is much better than q treaty port,
and thus having ascertained that Ia
Lien-Wan was to be a free port, il inter-
ests us very little, indeed, TO know wheth-
er 1t viii be treaty port or not.
II may say that similar assurances
have been made us by the German gov
eminent respecting the territory they re-
Gently occupied. Indeed, the German
government went further and were more
hatterlng to us, for the German ambassa-
dor told me they had concluded that our
manner of dealing with such things was
better than theirs, and in this instance at
any rate they intended 10 initiate our
methods. Regarding the loan | hope in a
few days to lay the papers on the table
dealing with it, but 1 warn the noble earl
that information will be exceedingly sean
ty when 1t appears"
Turning TO India, Lord Salisbury decar-
ed that the troubles with the Afridis were
not due to the occupation of the Chitral,
nor to fanaticism, but to terror at the APP
proach of civilization. IL was only in
tended to occupy such additional posts on
Nature makes the cures