The San Francisco call., 1905-02-15

management, which might be ended by
a stroke Of the pen, but the conditions
in Macedonia were not equaied In the
civilized world at the moment. Russia
and Austria, upon whom the powers
conferred mandate to deal with the
Macedonian problem. had put forward
new scheme of reform. which was
under discussion, but the Foreign Sec
retary was unable to present 1T in de-
tail to the House. The British Govern
lnent was satisfied that 1t marked
step in advance.
Lord Lansdowne also referred to the
Anglo-French agreement. He said 1t
had been of no little value in settling
many difficulties.
In referring to South Africa the For
eign Secretary said that the British
Government was prepared to give the
Transvaal first, and then the other
colonies. not elf-government, but rep
resentative institutions.
Touching upon the Tibetan expedt-
tion, Lord Lansdowne said that the at
titude of the Government toward Tibet
had been absolutely consistent. Colonel
Younghusband (the British political
agent who headed the mission) had
transgressed his instructions when he
arranged for British forces to remain
in the Chumbi district for seventy-f1ve.
years, and this action had been repu-
The Secretary briefly referred to the
naval and military situation. saying
the departments were moving as rap
idly as consistent with wisdom.
In regard to alien immigration the
Secretary said It was clearly Indicated
by the sentiment of the people that the
Government must deal with the situa-
tion thoroughly.
In conclusion Foreign Secretary Lans-
downe returned to the redistribution
bill, which he said could not be passed
at the present session.
ASSAILS BALFOUR MINISTRY.
In the House of Commons W. A.
! Mount Conservative. and Samuel Rob-
erts, Conservative. seconded the ad-
dress in reply to the Kings speech The
first division approaching party lines
occurred when Dalziel, Liberal, moved
that the House censure Lord Arlington
for breach of privilege by his action IN
the North Dorset election. Premier
Balfour said nothing could be gained
by continuing the discussion. and
moved the previous question, which
was carried.
Sir Henry Campbell- -Bannerman, the
Liberal leader in the House. speaking
on Mounts motion, bitterly assailed
the Government, which, he said, was
evading the fiscal question, as shown
q
that the opposition would shortly en-
deavor to secure a straight answer
from Premier Balfour showing whether
or not he was in agreement with JO-
seph Chamberlain's proposals He con-
tinued almost up to 1880 o'clock, when
Sir Edgar Vincent Conservative took
up the debate and was speaking when
the House suspended its sitting.
The first hour and half of the night
speeches in the debate upon the ad-
dress in reply to the speech from the
! throne. Premier Balfour rose at 1890
o'clock to reply to Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman.
JUSTIFIES GOVERNMENT ACTION
Balfour justified the Governments
action in Thibet, saying 1T was the
| Ministry's earnest desire to maintain
| the friendliest relations with Afghan
! istan.
He touched on Chinese labor in South
Africa and repeated Lord Lansdowne's
| pronouncement with regard to the fu-
| ture of the South African colonies. He
also defended the sugar convention.
! Balfour protested against bringing
| the fiscal question before this Parlia-
ment and said it was entirely irrelev-
ant. He was unable. he said. to make
/ his position clearer than he already had
| done. He taunted the opposition on
the existing confusion concerning it's
| future programme.
| The House of Commons adjourned at
11:12 o'clock.
| H H. Asquith will move the follow
| ing:
I'VE humbly represent to Your Maj
esty that the various aspects of the
| fiscal question have been fully dis
cussed in the country for nearly two
years and that the time has come for