The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-05-04
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THE APPROACHING WAR ON THE
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The foreign mails BY the Drenon bring an i'm
poftant debate In the British Parliament on the
sspect oi snairs on the continent and explapa.
"ons from the ministry on tho course Englsnd II
10 pnr'ue. In the House of Lords on tho night O,
''s iosn inst'' the following debate occurred:
SPEECH or LORD MALNsspuRY.
- Lord Mam esbury, in calling the attention ~ the
House TO the state Of affairs on the Contnsns ..S
u would bo fresh ia the memory of the Honsa ~.
10 the beginning Of this year q conversstion No.
occurred which showed that tho relations betveen
,,s,ia suu Aust.la were not on 30 satisfactory Z
eoNos as could have been desired, while the rsln,
.,ons OF TINS country with all parts of the world
were 20 encouraging that we were we'll fttad ~
take the part of msdistors. lie then briefly reysvs
W .as posi.on OF the three principal powers in re.
salo 10 tnis country, aud observed thar. aithopoh
connected with Austria by similarity Of raca 49,
40 ancient aliancethe people of this country vsrs
ahenated from her by the policy which Austria ma
pursued in Italy. No statesman In this
Austria-rights which had been acouired hv cona ~
quest, inheritance. aud treaty precisely in tbs
same way as this coantry held many Of its o,n
possessions. These rights were secured by .raa.
ties which We had signed, and which every Gov.
etnment was bound to uphold. But trus can.o
OF complaint against Austria arose from her ins
reference with the other Italian States ba.,da.
Lomoardy. In passing to Sardinia, he said thar .
stfong ieeiing In her favor existed la this conntrv
by the assimilation of her insttutions m onrns .u
and he regretted that after her noble coudnct in
late war she should have 30 far forgotten ths,
military glory ought not to be the sole object Of
Government, for it was from this cause thst ths
present difficulties had arisen II was dfHcn,t he
observed, to understand why France shonld iovo,xs
itself In this question, bus France had thonght
mt to unite her cause with Sardinia and 10 asssr.
her right to look into the affairs OF Italy in anna
sition 70 Austria. Such was the state of affairs
10 the month OF February, at which period LORD
Cowley was dispatched TO Vienna Thoronohis
conversant with sne views of the French Govern. !.
ment in regard to the Italian question, Lord Cow.
ley had calmly and as friend, discussed the suh-
Ject with Count Buol: 1t was matter for regret
that Lord Cowley had not been allowed then and
there TO mediate, as there would have been more
chance OF II successful result than at present.
Lord Cowiey, on his return from Paris, found
that negotiations had been going on between
France and Russia during his absence the conae-
quence OF which was proposal from Russia that
q Congress of the five great Powers should be held.
to which proposal Her Majesty's Government had
agreed as they felt they should incur too heavy =
responsibility by refusing. On the 22d of March,
which the Congress should take place, to which
he lord Malmesbury) added the stipulation that
the treaties Of 1915 should be left undistur bed
To these stipulstions the five Powers had agreed
but subsequently two collateral questions arose az
TO the composition OF the Congress and the dis.
armament of the Powers antagonistic to each
other. Much discussion had taken place on these
points, the latter of which had, he regretted to
say, not been settled. 1t was the opinion, no w.
ever, of Her Majesty Government that dsarma.
the Congress. The Congress was to consist OF the
lv great Powers; but, as the question to be con,
sidered affected the social and political importance
ofItaly, he thought that the different Italian pa.
tions should be represeD ted and il had therefore
been proposed that these nations should be invited
to attend, aud admitted when the Congress wished
to hear them. There were two precedents for thi.
course-the Congress of Lay bach and the Congress.
of 1880, to settle the dispute between Belgium and
Holland.
to the dignity of the Italian States. Sardinis
would therefore not be represented in the Con,
gress, but invited with the other Italian States
send delegate 70 put its wishes before the Con.
gross. Narratng the different proposals whict
had been made on the question of a disarmament
he informed the House that Austria and Franc.
had agreed to the principle of disarmament, bu
differed to the time aud mode of carrying it out
1t was his opinion that it would be much better L
submit this poiBt to a commission,in in order that or
cal subjects. Sardinia had also been invited t
disarm on the same footing AUSTRIA but refused
on the ground Of her non.admission to the Con
gress. He regretted that he could not give mort
satisfactory account of these negotiations, but il
might be presumed that for their own credit tn,
Government had used every effort to avert wal
which would be no common one, but would be
theatre for the dreams of the wildcat theorists anC
the most unprincipled adven.urers.
REMARKS OF LORD CLARENDON.
Lord Clarendon wished that Lord MalmesburJ
could have made q more satisfactory statemeu
previous to the dissolution of Parliament, in order
to alay public anxiety. Assuming, he said, tha
the various Governments we're sincere, and moi
pursuing policy they were ashamed to avow, il
was hard to conceive how matters had arrived al
their present state. They had all declared thei,
intention of not attacking each other, England
and Prussia had done their best to mediate, bu,
still armaments were going On among them. In
France everything denoted a campaign; Sardinis
was draining her resources to support her army
and the war spirit of Germany could be hardly re-
pressed; and yet although they we're all ciamor.
Gus for Congress, they could Eot agree on the
conditions on which that Congress was to meet
Passing to the discussions that had taken place az
to q general disarmament, he thought that matters
had gone too far, for none OF the parties would
now trust each other. If, however, there exis ted
q real desire for peace, the whole business might
be Concluded by Congress in fortnight Al
present it was hard to know what Congress was
wanted for If it were to alter the territories OF
Austria 10 Italy, Austria would not recognize the
power of the Congress of 1859 to abrogate the set.
Elements OF the Congress of 1916. Ii it we're tina,
Austria was to abandon the Papal territory, Aus.
tria was ready to do 80 if France would abandon
Rome. He agreed with Lord Malmesbury thai
Lord Cowley might have finished this business
satisfactorily at Vienna, If he had had the power
He objected to the alteration Of the treaties of VII
emma, for he thought they had answered their
object In preserving the peace of Europe The
of these treaties, be explained had been to
create abarrier against France in the North Of 1t
ally, and it was by the universal wish OF Europe that
Austria had heen secured in her possessions there
So far as Austria stood treaties she ought to
eeive the support of the other Powers but she had
10 right to tIansgress the limits Of the territory
assigned her, and ought not to be allowed to re-
duce the other States of Italy to Q condition OF
political vassalage. He considered France wal
responsible for the defects Of the Papsl Govern.
ment, and he could not imagine great nation in .
more unworthy position. He did not fear the
withdrawal of the French and Austrian troops
from the Papal States, for he believed that the
party Of order and constitutional government was
increasing in influence in those States. Tho bub.
Die OF Italian unity had at length burst, aud the
detestaoie party OF Mszzini and his accompices
were almost extinct. He could not conceive what
was the necessity for war. War could not settle
the Italian question; for supposing that Austria
was driven cut, and Lonbardy was annexed te
Piedmont, the people Of Milan and Venice would
more discontented than they even were now But, In
fact, Piedmont had been nothing more in this N It.
ter than the advanced guard Of France, and he
considered that 10 case of Austrian defeat only
one master would be substituted for another
There was one prihciple he hoped the Congres
woud establisb-that of non-fnterventiou-fo the
italians were quite capable OF copdncting their
own Affairs. Trusting that Lord Malmesbury
would carry to the Congress with him the whole
moral support Of this country, he assured him
that no party spirit would prevent him from
making every allowance for the difficulties Of THU
subject and that he should be only too glad to hear
of his success.
THANKS OF LORD DERRY.
Lord Derby thanked Lord Clarendon aud Parlia-
ment for not embarrassing Government in the pre-
sent condition Of sffairs, as the best chance o
maintaining peace WAS that It should be we'll uns
dersEood by Europe that no differences existed on
that point In the English Parliament There
could be no doubt, after the stipulations added By
the Foreign Secretary to the four points OF Baron
Bruuow, Of the intention Of this country, and o.
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