The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-29
PARLIAMENT KILLS TIME
1t Is Waiting for Roberts to Force De-
cisivc Issue.
LIBERAL PAPERS WANT POLICY NAMED
They say n Frank Announcement Of
the Governments Intentions
Would Hasten Peace.

! Copyrighted, 1900, by Associated Press)
London. April 2S-The most important
event of the week in England has been
the resumption OF parliament, and par
4 ticularly justifies even passing comment.
Lethargy has marked and probably Will
con tinue TO mark the debates. Dissolution
! is in the air. but all the members of the
house OF commons now seem TO realize
/ that their happy release from Westmin-
/ ster depends entirely upon the progress
OF the war In South Africa, although as
announced weeks agS in FAese dispatches,
until Lord Roberts brings the campaign
to climax, tht government VIII continue
| to kill time adopting non-committal at
ttude toward any home measures tnat
might entail serious controversy and care
/ fully holding back any announcement OF
a permanent policy in regard to South
Africa until the issue OF arms simplifes the
multtudinous problems involved The
liberal papers inveigh against this en-
deavor to secure peace first and announce
the policy afterward, maintaining that a
frank announcement of the governments
intentions toward the South African Re-
publcs would greatly hasten peace. How
over. the liberals are far too hLTlessly d.
vided on the question to have any chance
Of forcing Lord Sall5bury's hand IN this
likely to drone itself into forgetfulness
snid liberal clamor that the government
Is making deathbed repentance upon sew
eral internal issues and that when Lord
Roberts breaks the backbone OF the Boer
resistance the premier will spring pro-
grainme and go before the country.
Judging from Lord spencer's speech this
week, herculean efforts are being made
! By the old-time liberal leaders to recon
- 1aI
every liberal section, but In the same
breath declared himself for Lord Rose
berry. That is the rock on which the lib
erals split. The attitude OF the former
premleS will probably have more effect
on the election than any any other crcum<
stance except the outcome of the war
! Strenuous efforts are making to bring
Lord Roseberry into active politics again
and within the fold of re- flssss--d party
lines. But so far they have met with no
success as he can not be- persuaded to put
/ Internal politics above considerations af-
fecting the empire. While alone with the
majority or the liberal leaders on local
issues, he Is bitterly az variance upon I'M
perial questions with a large body OF the
party. especially the forwards, or more
radical section AS Lord Roseb berry num-
bers among MS followers Lord Spencer.
Sir Henry Fowler MIR II H Asquth aud
many other leaders, II can only be sur
missed that the conservatives viii put of
the election until moment more oppor-
tune for themselves, and then, faced by the
disintegration of the opposition, sweep the
country even more completely than at the
last election
The American complications with Turkey
continue the topic of the day. The Outs
look after declaring the sultan and Isaac
Gordon, the notorious money lender who
died recently, were own brothers in mat.
tiers of money, says: The sultan has now
fallen back on the desperate debtors last
device of buying more and has offered C.
place an order for a warship with an
American firm II only the American gov
eminent will accommodate him A While
longer But the American government
Will do nothing of the sort and grimly In
Inmates that unless the dollars arc prompt
ly forthcoming tie matter VII be put IN
the hands OF tie United States navy. Yet