Show AGAIN CREEPS UP TO THE FRONT Bothersome Venezuelan Question Will Not Down I i TH NEWS IS DISQUIETING r SPEAKER BELIEVES TWO FACTS ARE VERY CLEAR CLIA I In the Qnaitcrsmcrc Is a I tie Highest Quarters I Fe ling of Grave Anxiety as to thc Future of the Question The Sou dun 1Eipedltion Sale of ShaUes jioarc Relics General London m c XotCJ LONDON June GThe Venezuelan question has again crept to the front The Speaker says it hears disquieting news in connection with the negotiations negotia-tions looking t < a peaceful settlement of the boundary dispute between British Brit-ish Guiana and Venezuela I adds however that nothing definite has yet happened and says that perhaps there is no cause for immediate anxiety But the Speaker continues two facts are perfectly clear First that the report of the American commission commis-sion is expected ere long and in the event of our refusal to accept Its recommendations rec-ommendations we shall haye AN OUTBURST OF FEELI Gin G-in the United States compared with which that of last December will seem trifling Second that in these circumstances the foreign office is not making any attempt to hasten a close of the incident j Inci-dent and is simply nursing the old plan of letting things drift Wp can speak with confidence when we say 8 in the highest quarters of the opposition there is a feeling of great anxiety as to the future of theM the-M question The chief political feature of the week has been the stir created by the Italian green book relating to the r icomniunlcajtions exchanged between Great Britain and Italy regarding the Soudan expedition and containing information in-formation which the opposition here complains the Marquis of Salisbury refused re-fused to communicate to the British paIament Several of the communications communi-cations published in this ITALIAN GREEN BOOK are obviously intended for private information in-formation and were published by the r premier the Marquis DI Rudini in o der to damage his rival Signer Cris pi without asking the consent of the British government Mr Henry Labouchere raised the question in the house of commons yes terday afternoon in an attack on the I government and in the course of his explanation Mr A J Balfour the eplanaton government leader and first lord of the I treasury severely snubbed the Italian government saying that the latters I action in regard to the green book he I trusted was an exceptional and accidental I acci-dental circumstance which might find excuse in the recent affairs of the Italian I Ital-ian administration But he added no confidential communication could proceed pro-ceed between the two powers unless greater discretion was shown The incident recalls a similar breach I of confidence on the part of the Italian Ital-ian government in 1S94 it publishing in a green book the opinions of the German Ger-man French anfi Belgian ministers regarding the bad faith of Venezuela in financial matters resulting in Venezuela Vene-zuela giving THE MINISTERS THEIR PASSPORTS PASS-PORTS I is understood that the Soudan expedition ex-pedition will advance from Akasheh about the middle of July a month earlier than intended Serious advances ad-vances in force will follow The sale of Shakespeare relics from the collection belonging to the Hart family descendants of the poets sister Jean took place during the week and brought small prices An oak writing desk was sold for three pounds A curious dice and card box presented I t tJ Shakespeare by some member of the Spanish royal family went for the I same sum s basketnHted sword described by Washington Irving brought five It pounds and a plaster panel dated 1606 from the trail of Shakespeares house sold for twentysix pounds |