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Show J. BULL HEARD FROM. Mr. Salisbury Grows Facetious Over the Beuring Seal Fishery Question. AMERICA, A SUSCEPTIBLE NATION. Tho Report That Parliament Would Soon be Dissolved Ridiculed -A New Irish Bill. London, March 20. A conference of tho conservative members of parliament was held at the Carleton club today. Lord Salisbury addressed tho meeting, urging tho members to pay close attention atten-tion to parliamentary duty, regardless of personal inconvenience, to thwart obstructive ob-structive operation. He spol 0 of measures meas-ures which the government particularly wanted to push through. Among thorn was tho land purchase bill. PARLIAMENT WILL NOT MSKOLVK. He ridiculed tho idea that parliament would soon bo dissolved nnd declared that a now Irish bill would socuro possession pos-session of landlord! to their property, and denied that tho governimnt had any intention whatever of handing Swaziland over to the Boors. Ml!. BAI.ISM'KY's I101E. He expressed hojie that the dilliculty with tho United States over the Hohring sea question would be settled soon. "But," ho said, "with such a susceptiblo nation as America, Great Britain cannot negotiate at tho top of her voice." Loud luughtor.J |