The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-09
Capture of Khartoum.

cabinet minister, however, spoke of
! war, he thought 1t time parliament was
plainly told what was meant.
Capture of KhartOum.
The Marquis of Salisbury then arose
and leaned his hands upon the ia bile
| which separated him from the opposi-
! tion, began in low, conversational
tones, as if addressing Lord Kimberly
alone.
The first announcement which pro
voked hear, heart! was that before
many motnhs he hoped that their eff
forts in Egypt would result in the can
ture OF Khartoum
When the premier reached the cues
ton OF China, there was a murnur of
expectancy. The pacific assurances
he gave were received with evident an
proval and relief
The Marquis of Salisbury said: 'I
VIII not use a word which seems to
CRATE on the noble earl's ears but 7
may say there is no effort which this
country would not make rather than
10 lose our treaty rights. At the same
tA tIHle no one has evinced the slightest
intention OF infringing those rights.
Lord Salisbury said the concessions
the government had asked in return for
the chinese loan were, without excep-
ton, directed toward increasing and
freeing the trade with China. and con-
tanned nothing injurious to China. her
self 4ieA
Regarding the immediate OPENING ~
Ia Lien Wan" said his lordshin @tbe
Ghlnese council have informed us thar
1t would embarrass them very rnncb
FOR reasons that 1t is not necessary TO
enter into very closely and for their
own personal comfort and we'll beinc,
tney expressed the desire that We
should ShG, not insist on this proposal.
Whereupon 1 replied that the PROPOSAL
was not essential, though we Thought
1t advantageous and I Suggested &c
compromise, that the opening of ia
Lien Wan be deferred until the rail-
way reached the port.
China Compromise.
"A few days afterward, Sir CIauaa
Macdonald reported that the comnro-
mise was accepted as a condition of
the loan; and since then 1 have heard
no more about Ia Lien Wan. Rut 7
am bound TO say l am not very much
Interested, as 1 recently received from
RUSSIA written assurance that anv
port they OBTAIN leave to employ as an
outIet Tor their commerce will he
Tree port for all the commerce of this
country. A free port is much better
than a treaty port; and thus, having
ascertained that Ia Lien Wan was t0
be free port, 1t interests very littIa
indeed to know whether 1t will be
treaty port or not
Il may say that similar ess,,ro,ooe.
nave been made us by the German gov
ernment respecting the territory thev
recently occupied. Indeed, the German
government went further and were
more hattering to us, for the German,
ambassador told me they had CON
cluded that our manner of dealing with
sIcn thlngs was better than theirs and
inc
intended to initiate our methods -
turning to India, Lord Salisbury de-
cIared that the troubles with the
Atrldls were not due to the occ11pa
ton of the Chitral nor to fanaticisrn
put to terror at the approach of civilt
zatlon. 1t was only intended to occupv
such additional posts on the frontier
as competent military authorities deem
absolutely necessary
Ihe address was then adopted, after
which the house of lords adjourned
On the resumption of business in +ha
mouse Of commons this afternoon. the
new members took their seats.
On sessional motion that peers and
lord teutenants should not interfere
IN elections, the amendment was mega
tived by 319 to 200 votes.
Gen. Balfour, the chief secretary for
ireland, gave notice that on Thursday
he would introduce the local govern.
ment bill for Ireland
The queens speech was then moved
and seconded. Sir William Vernor,
Harcourt, the opposition leader. said
the government could not complain
that the house and court were de-
manding explanations on many mat
ters. When 100000 men were in arms
IN various parts, he added. they could
not congratulate themselves upon Pax
Britannia.
Mr.. Healey. at a meeting Of Irish
members held after the session. pro
posed Edmund Vesey Knox, member
for the city of Londonderry, as chair
man, and Michael Davitt proposed
John Dillon, who was elected by
vote of "a to IL