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No. 150.—VoL. IV. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 15,1856. ST
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g t Vress. the Reform Bill, must be given up, or England * But the representation is not correct. Be it
must prepare to stand alone in the world. conceded that Lord STRATFORD DE REDC LUIZ
The reply of Lord PALMERSTON last evening did not, in the first instance, attach to the
is of the highest importance for another rea- mission of General WILLIAMS the importance
son. He said that as Prussia had been no which that most brave and distinguished officer
LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1858. party to the War, it could not he expected that considered it was entitled to, and that hence
she should be invited to become a party to the some misunderstanding arose ; it must yet
negotiation for Peace. The Conferences had be plain to every one who will impartially read
LORD PALMERSTON reminds one of Moliere's now reached a point when she might be asked the correspondence, that the omission to rein-
Le Mediein tnalgri lui. He is a Conservative to give her assent to matters already settled, force and supply the army of Kars, and the
and to bear her part in those terms of the Set- consequent fall of the fortress, can in no
statesman against his will. His " Diable em- tlement which related to the treaties of 1840 respect be chargeable on the British Ambits-
" Porte je le suis," at one moment, is followed and 1841, to which she was a ?arty. sador. His powers were limited. He could but
by "He bien, oui, je suis medicin, jc suis me- It would he affectation to doubt the sub- press on the Porte the necessity of strength-
dicin," the next. We accept his last avowals, stantial meaning of this explanation It an- ening the Asian army in every possible
treat him with all possible respect, and beg
nounces that the principles and conditions of way, but he could not create those means
.
a definitive Treaty have been agreed to, and which the Government of the Sultan lacked.
him to excuse any liberties we have taken in we feel that we may now, as regards all essen- He could not raise two thousand artillerymen
compelling him to assume a part we think it tial points, congratulate our readers on THE in Constantinople by a stamp of his foot ;he
necessary he should fulfil. CONCLUSION OF PEACE. They know that we could not with a word revolutionise the whole
The Premier's answer to Mr. DISRAELI'S have never deceived them. We spoke the system of the Turkish Administration ; he
question last night, whether Prussia had been
truth at a moment when the country was could not breathe into the Turkish corn-
scarcely prepared to hear it ; and, firm in our menders the military genius they lacked ;he
invited to take part in the Conferences at
Paris, was in a very different tone to the conviction of the policy most consistent with could not at once change corruption to honesty,
answer he had given to the same question the the true principles of Conservatism, with the and apathy to vigour. He could not compel
night previously. Ho first treated the inquiry solid interests and real greatness of England, the Porte to avail itself of resources which did
and with the welfare of the whole human not exist; make a bankrupt exchequer pro-
as an improper one. and sheltered his reserve
under the plea that what passed at the Con- family, we did not hesitate to declare our eperous, organise an army of relief without
ferenees must be kept strictly secret. Bat, conviction that a Settlement which would men or supplies, or send troops across the
as Mr. DISRAELI observed last evening, there solve the questions out of which the War sea without means of transport. If it be
was a broad, intelligible distinction between arose, could not be otherwise than satisfactory thought that he did not, in the first three
ivhat passed within the Conference which to Europe, and honourable to the Western months of General WILLIAMS'S mission, afford
could be kept secret, and what passed without Alliance. him all the countenance he might have done ;
it which could not. For the Government of this
If glory can be separated from the conquests if it be supposed even that he behaved to-
country to affect reserve on a matter of -
of distempered ambition—if it be consistent wards the Turkish Administration with more
fact open to the observation of the whole with moderation of spirit, and with a merciful forbearance than they deserved—though such
world would be construed as a proof of weak-
and tender exercise of power—we do not doubt tenderness is little in accordance with his
ness, and a symptom that it was adverse to
that this Peace will hereafter he termed general character—let the charge be fairly
the course of procedure adopted. Candidly glorious. We believe that it will be eminently made against him. But it shows enormous
viewed, the invitation sent to Prussia was not beneficial, and that we have good reason to audacity to assert, and incredible simplicity to
to be regarded with jealousy or dislike, but congratulate our countrymen on its conclusion. believe, that his fault in the transaction, be it
with cordial approval. It made Germany a It may he the more honourable for not being ever so gross, could have led in any appreciable
party to the Conferences, and held out the showy. To be truly great is to be useful. degree to that great disaster which has been
promise of European concord. As Peace is to There is no greatness apart from eminent use- the great blot of the war, and has sorely
be concluded, and as a definitive settlement fulness, and it is not possible that the chit- tarnished the military reputation of England
of the Eastern Question, and other matters of meter of England can be otherwise than raised in the East.
European import, are to be attempted, it is by the leading part she has borne in asserting What do we find in the very first page of
surely better that all the great Powers should great principles of international equity, and in the Blue-Book ? Why, the general instnic-
be parties to the terms of settlement, than promoting the work of European Pacification. tions addressed by Lord CLARENDON to
that one of them, through au unworthy feeling General Wittisms on appointing him British
of resentment, should be excluded These THE KARS CORRESPONDENCE. Commissioner to the army at Kars :
reasons, urged for some weeks past in THEYou will communicate to mz, for the information of her
INGENIOUS attempts are made to disguise the
Majesty's Government, all matters of political interest
PRESS, have at last gained access to Lord
PALMERSTON'S mind. He recognised their force
real issue raised by the publication of the which may come under your observation, and you will
n full informed of the operations in which the
in his reply to 'lr. DISRAELI last evening ; and papers on the fall of Kars. A trifling episode Turkisharmy is engaged
ackowledged that as Prussia was a party to in the story is represented as the story itself. You will send your despatches for this office under
the treaties of 1840 end 1841, which would It is urged that the British Ambassador at king seal to her Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
have to be revised, it was necessary that she General WILLIAMS was the servant of the
should be invited to send representatives to Constantinople is the only party to blame,
Foreign office. His principal was Lord CLL.-
the Paris Conference. We think a some- and that it was through his jealousy of RENDON, and in all that concerned military
what operations
wider interpretation may he given to General WILLIAMS,Wittisms and neglect of his repre- he was instructed to serve under
the Premier's words than their literal sentations, that no effectual measures were the orders, and obey the directions, of Lord
meaning will bear. In practice it is
.e army of taken
Kars. to strengthen his hands, and to reinforce RAGLAN. It was the part of our Ambassador
that the great Powers of Europe are at Constantinople
tn "to obtain from the
bound together by a polity which cannot be " Turkish Government all possible facilities"
sundered in one part without being sundered Were this representation correct, it would for the performance of his duties as British
taltor gether. Members of a great family in in- go a very little way to remove responsibility Commissioner ; but it was not Lord STRAT••
e
national relationship, the rights and privi- FORD'S part to supply him with the means
frcm her Majesty's Government. Lord
leges of one are the rights and privileges of STRATFORDnecessary to hold Kars against the Russia*
all. How singular that it should have been DE REDCLIFFE was but their agent
army, or to place him in a conditi
the main object of Lord PALM ERSTON'S life to at Constantinople. If he neglected his duty, AA
.../OVRAVIEFF in the field.
disturb that European Alliance which he is why was he permitted to retain a post of so
The advocates of Lord CLiasissieilt-** --
now
compelled to confess is essential to Euro- much importance? Ignorance of his proceed- fully and most unfairly takan'
peen Peace.
PolicyFroi
our Foreignthis day a new epoch in ings cannot be pretended. as Lord CLA RE FDON Lord STRATFORD'S neglect of iiii: .' 1 ...;-
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must commence, and that was kept fully informed of every circumstance in the fist instance—neglect, . ' .i„ ef,-'
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Irritating system of interference with the action that took place by General WILLIAMS himself, apparent than real—to th . '..kl ~.._ . 5.'""...
of foreign Governments, which has been Lord and was made aware of his wants, his wishes, whole blame of that neglect' 'l. . .::., 4,,, .
PALMERSTON'S sole title to the favour of the and of the measures he conceived it ueces- Government is chargeable. • f". $ __./." °V
Party of disturbance at home and abroad since sary should be taken. ' acted, but did not write ; •. - 77
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