Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-17
Warm Words Spoken for British
American Friendship.
Lord Salisbury Wishes He Had Foreign Rela,
lions Committee Hopeful for The
Cars Scheme Of Peace.

session OF Parliament, which was
held today, was the statement in
the House of Lords by Lord Sails.
bury on the foreign relations of
the country. As is usual with the
addresses of the Premier, be gave,
very little information.
The Duke of Bedford moved the
address in reply to the Queens
speech and the Earl of Cawdor
seconded the motion. The Duke
OF Bedford, in the course of his
remarks, cordially referred to the
growing friendly relations be
tween the United States and
Great Britain.
The Earl of Kimberly, the
Liberal leader, made a speech in
which he asked for further infor-
nation regarding the Governments
intention in the Soudap and in
regard to the Cars disarmament
proposals. His lordship also re-
ferred with great satisfaction to
the meeting of the Venezuelan
arbitrators in Paris.
The Premier, Lord Salisbury,
followed Lord Kimberly and re-
ferred at length to China. He
said the policy of her majesty's
Government did not contem plate
the acquisition of. territory in Chi
ma or the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
Chinese empire. The destiny of
China, her lordship added, was
impossible to foretell. All that
her majesty's Government was
concerned with at present was to
see that the treaties are fully OBJ
served; that the interest of our
subjects are safeguarded and that
nothing is done by either China
or any other nation to compromise
their rights.
Referring to the Soudau, the
Premier, said that Great Britain
held dominion by the title arising
from the fact that the Soudan
formed part of the territories of
Egypt, and also by the less com.
plicated and more easily under
stood title of conquest. Any re-
vival Of the claims of titles which
events had swept away could not
be sustained by historical prece-
dent or international law.
So far as the Cars rescript
was concerned, Lord Salisbury
said no one could doubt the puri-
ty and humanity of the Emperor's
motives. ~ should heartily re-
ioice," he continued, eff the con-
ference achieved humber aim,
and il by the steady use of the
principle of arbitration we might
be able to diminish number of
the causes by which war is pro-
duced. If by humane legislation
we could also diminish the hor-
rors OF war we would render an
immeasureable service to humani-
ty. Meanwhile, we must follow
the example of other nations and
be prepared for war. l do not
believe this is imminent; but the
causes Of VIZ still exist and while
doing our best in the blessed mis-
sion of peace we must maintain
the position of security which
past generations have given us
and which we hope to keep"
l. lrd Salisbury remarked that
he frequently envied a nation
possessing a Committee of For
eign Relations like the United
States--a committee which could
ssfely receive explanations that
Ministers were only too glad to
give. But as Great Britain was
without that feature of parliamen |
tary government, it would be i'm
possible for him to give the noble
Lord earl of Kimberly all the
information he desired regarding
foreign affairs. The agreement
between Germany and Great
Britain, however, was of a char
acter favorable to friendship be-
tween the two nations and to the
right of all concerned, as well as
to the peace Of the world. But
he (the Premier) would not be do
ing his duty if he gave further de-
tails as to the stipulations-which
for the present required no action
on the part of Great Britain. The
address was then agreed to.
In the House of Commons after
the members had taken the GUS
Lomary oath, the Speaker, William
Court Gully, read the Queens
speech, and Joslyn Ragot, Con