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Õun FOREIGN POLICY. + w IMPORTANT DEBATE. YERBURGH CRITICISES THE GOVERNMENT. ? important debate on the Government's policy took place in the House of on Friday. One of the features of e»ate was what a Parliamentary correspon- describes as a modest but well reasoned ^r°m ^r" Yerburgh, the founder of the Of tb.:&ast party, which summed up the position 6 Unionists who are not satisfied with our ^*0 renar<i China. Amid the cheers of IwPposition he announced his intention of JL r^jpg the amendment." th9 6 **iscuss>ion arose on a vote of £ 50,971 for W; 0reign Office. Sir Charles Dilke, in reduction of the vote by £ 100, ^Mention to the conduct by the Govern- ^Jer t'3e foreign affairs of the country. He ^at the Foreign Office had been en- ifc lnVIlaQ increasing degree from year to year r? other than its own proper work. We mistakes and failures would not H.K°Ccurred if the Foreign Office were less Oldened with work. During this year the Ve?cfc °f foreign affairs had gone from bad to Mr. Chamberlain had evidently in viewr wben be said unless we were ^ith some military power we could not y injure Russia. The relations of atly and Russia had never been closer than Wit^d any notion of a permanent alliance against Russia was a will of the A.dth- <W lral field defended the action of the toft Asquith wanted to know what was the tthe Government, and how long had it the H *he future of this country rested in °f foreign nations. St ^urzon said the conduct of the Govern- be judged by their general policy ^e^.than by exaggerated attention to detail. W**ai&tained that in Africa, China, and other °f the world the policy of the Govern- ^ad been successful, and the national maintained. ^abouchere said he believed Lord Salis- at the head of the party in the Vuelthat was °PPosed to war, and his hands y streDgthened. 1ta expressed his regret that he Mtlj °Und to oppose the Government policy China. Unionist members who *°ice as he did should not hesitate to give 0 their opinions because the Opposition, JS shoulders lay this responsible duty, ptiijj ,la. such a disorganised condition— rial chaers and Opposition laughter)— a °fc °nly weak in numbers> bufc suffering nQer II tnany leaders as they had promises. er tIoaaibl these circumstances, it was quite im- ett. that any great policy should receive kola Ive CriticisTu at the hands of the Opposi- Nicy of regafd to the general foreign ^6r £ he Government, he agreed with the ^cv a^ecr0tary that the whole field of that be uId be surveyed, that attention should fL^Uct0ri^ne<* t° one or two sections. In his ^'8bu ^any foreign questions Lord Wear >7 deserved the gratitude of the country. f? Gree^1'^ Sufficient it was merely to refer M^dom great services rendered to J^Vety destruction of the scourge of the Soudan, and the great services ^tes t° our friendly relations with the Connection with the Venezuelan diffi- looking at the other side of the had the great trading interests of the heen safeguarded as the country had ("v right to expect they should be ? K. ') An hon friend near him said •Th^ 'I'ake, first, the case of Tunis. first, s, Was great dissatisfaction among Lanca- JW^^d Manchester merchants and manu- the trade of Tunis escaping from ^ir« small sop was thrown out to Lan- %e that a reduction was to be made on 5? the 8.Ses °f cotton goods. That was to keep sPirits of Lancashire Unionist members, with fear towards the next general :«6e»8\' (Much laughter and Opposition Jea called it a small 6op because in a L Fs the concession would cease, and any- T-tilat it would not be in the interests i Up ff.,re merchants and manufacturers to and buy machinery for the manu- a c^aea goods, trade in which Lan *°e.t a few yearn. Manchester M the Cas^ire w.ere just as much dissatisfied Poliey of Government with regard to f>.C&r and the loss of trade which would G°^d re01^ that policy. He did not think they fck°48t of any compensation on the West l'0 tan.ca, for when the cat was let out of °f tr \T0u^ probably be found that further ^^sbiirvj 6 would have to be deplored. Lord ene» 8 Policy contrasted very badly with longedgehc conduct of Lord Rosebery. He tiivi peace party himself, but there 7^68 when they must put their foot nfk u°kter.) They were told to turn 8tr cheek to the smiter, but if to' Ouf- e him on the right cheek he would M°aPoln the left shoulder. (Laughter.) a f>r th ^as needed for referring to China ^PresoJ? .opinions of his right hon. friend, J, ho ln nis Problems of the Far East/ had, he 'Was bound to say the information had u J;lni to the belief that the Government Vt?Ce«s f.dealt with affairs there with the J^eap y/ couQtry had a right to expect. b*din» ar-) Reviewing the circumstances W^sia occupation of Port Arthur by It6 Uei' i t strongly urged that, seeing we must Jove Scours with Russia for all time, the "0 Co ment should yet again make an attempt »T6 t° friendly relations with that Power, 6'My through the medium of a con- endeavour to bring the Powers in the Chinese question into line with Qi. in an endeavour to reorganise dev e administration, purify her finance, and bp °P her material resources for the of the whole world. Upon ^6 Chinese concessions secured he attly congratulated the Government. concessions in the Yang-tsze Valley were valuable, but the value depended on our ^J|fation being effective. The Government t to have the Yang-tsze Valley sphere of delimited, to undertake the financial C0wDlstration of the valley, and encourage the in^u tupti°n of railways, which were bona fide enterprises. They would, however, make the occupation of the *efe°'tszQ vaiiey effectual unless they ^°4ta ^rePared to support their gun- %ly by military forces, whioh could be obtained by organising a body of troops under British officers. If the *ie<f he had ventured to make were car- th6ir ^t, they would go a long way to make Ir 11 of the valley permanent, V3' and useful. Well as they had done in *be J'arts of the world, he was of opinion that °.Vernment had not conducted Chinese 3? such a way as to safeguard to the full • 6 be t6 tra,de interests of the Empire; there- 8llould be compelled to vote with the ^endJ1011- baronet who had moved this ..Si* (Hear, hear.) Harcourt prefaced his speech by ^tetf S.: I doubt whether it is necessary to V^ch fi,ln debate after the able way in i e*biir hon. member for Chester (Mr. jeil<Jer ) has discharged the duty of the • 0nlv° Opposition. (Opposition laughter.) ^tion rPelnains for me to express my appre- 8char abl0 way the hon. gentleman has ^tiej ^ed his task, and to adopt all the just 6 Cor,the hon. gentleman has passed upon J?PPosiVUcfc of Her Majesty'8 Government. ?over tion cheers.) Proceeding, he said the *°tU 8men^ appeared to have been suffering oppressed panic. He compared the r. Cbces of the Prime Minister with those of anjberlain, and said he preferred the Plom dignity, and good sense of the old a<T It was difficult to harmonise the es °f Ministers, but he thought the c°uai ,er and Foreign Minister should still be ijr as somebody. ^teCed mkerlain said it was established as a that the Cabinet was not to be held 3lble for every word or phrase uttered by was responsible for every dec]atati°n of principle, statement of fact, or ^aid 5ation of policy, but he denied that he had ^>t6tn'°Wn- any Policy. If he differed from the Wen If1* would have been his duty to resign. ^ad not resigned, and that was his twj-, H0 believed that this was the most empire in the world, but it was not 6 and it was to point that out that Qe the speech. %Hd tvCed«ction was negatived by 254 to 128, *°Se *:Vote was then agreed to. The House ^0 minutes past 12 o'clock.

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