, 1898-08-10

heavy, but no grant reduction was possible,
the country benefited by the Colonies, which
must not be allowed to be ruined. He further
explained the expenditure fer Dominica and
the peasant settlement scheme for ST. Vincent.
He summarized the proposals of the Royal
Commission, AMI attacked Mi. LabouChere
for describing the colonies as rotten. He
maintained that the only CO mplete remedy
was to restore a profitable sugar production.
as other industries could not Immediately
replace sugar. The Government, he said,
proposed mrs Iva peasant proprietary scheme;
secondly, u d' p%nItment for economic plants
under Mr.. Morris; thirdly, direct steam com.
munic'tion with Canada bet W the Islands
aud New York. .I"mnica, and London.
The iutcrcolonial lines costing 100000 an.
nually would be suppoI ed BY HE Imperial
Government until self supporting. The' sugar
industry, he said, must be maintained. The
bonntie~ caused uncertainty md depression,
He explained the obst"cl"s raised Ivy France
aud Russia, causing the fai'rIe Of the Btns.
sells conference, hut he hal some hope from
the new French Ministry. The British Gov.
ernment had considered countervAiling duties
and free trade, but could not impose them be-
cause Of the dislocution Of an important trade,
and they would not materially raise the price;
the Government he sNid kept q free hand for
9 lat resort.
He further considered hat as the United
States presented q better market England
and Canada should provide o joint subsidy
for steam communication with the Islands.
It is estimated that the proposed central
factories ut Barbados, Antigua, and St. Kits
would cost &750, 900, the o"ritaI to be raised
OH Il British gunrantee Of three PER cent. The
ten thousand pounds now voted being to
secure the practical discussion of the scheme.
Sir h Grey made mn important speech,
AuriDP U1inb Ia ~ nnJ tho uhOl;t;oo -
bonnties in the interest IF the population.
Sir William Harconrt, replying, agreed
generally to the proposals but opposed
countervniling duties.
The vote was subsequently, agreed to.
New York, 6th.-Englisl election intelli-
gence reports that Mr.. Doughty, formerly a
Liberal aud who resigned his seat for Great
Grimsby, has been reelected for the same
place, but as II UniOnist. with - majority oR
1881 votes.
London news reports that the Prince of
Wales aud the Duke of York approve of Sir
+. Lipton's challenge for the America cup,
but Lord Dunraven opposes it..
A deTpntoh from Copenhagen gives q
denial 70 the reported illness OF Queen
Louise wide yesterdays bulletin). The
Princess OF Wales sudden departure is said
to resemble that of 1898.
Other London news reports that it is
believed Mr.. CurE0n has accepted the APP
pOintmsnt of Vioeroy of IndiG.
Advices from Bet lin state that Prince
Bismarck's family have refused several offers
from the Kaiser to honour his memory. It
is also stated that they will not attend the
memorial services in that city. The site
Of The tomb is in a potato field near "a busy
railway aud among telegraph poles.
The Kaiser has mnde a public declaration.
the concluding remark being What he
created | vow to maintain and develop. and
if need be defend with blood and treasure"
II is announced that Spain has received
the reply from the United States to her
request for explanations. It is to the effect
that no substantial changes will be per-
mitSed within the principles asserted, but
her desire will. be met to facilitate compll-
.ance, The outlook is good.
The London "Times", edit0fiaN yG.eo m.
.mepting on Lord Snlisbury's stntemleRt re-
garding the British Chinese policy takes
him TO task, charging him with weakness in
the matter Of the Chinese railways. IT,
Paris news reports that the elections TO,
the Council general lhus far have resulted
in the return of 785 Republicans and l26
Conservatives
London news says it il rumoufed that Sir,
CLAUDE Mcdonald has accused Prince IL
Hung Chang Of betr@yin4 OHM to Russia,