The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-09-23
ENGLAND.
IntIiiertE Ece of English Ministers TO the Crisis
England Has No Foreign Policy-A Prime
minister's Amusements In War Times.

InsIiiIers nce of English Ministers 10 the Crisis
-EDgiand Has No FOREIGN Policy-A Prime
minister's Amusements In War Times.
The London Times says:-The Ministers it NAV
be, enter into the pleasure OF standing on the
'being in castle and witnessing battle and the
adventures thereof below" To all appearance they
contemplate the crash L. OF empires and the fall OF
OF them enjoying the sea breezes Of the Channel,
staying at Highland residence or visiting
friends in the country 1t would have been
imagined that there was matter enough for
Cabinet Conncil in the news of every
week. One would have supposed that men
in responsible position at such times
could not have sought too many opportunities for
any dsy have to deal with But they seem quite d
content to leave US in the hands OF a provisional
government of under secretaries and private
taries. When the hour for mediation arrives, there
will be only time for brief conversation and hur-
ried journey to Balmora No one thinks it worth
for any contingency The Ministers, sir, as we all
know, possess the confidence Of the country, and
philosophical calm of the Ministry. IL is true
The Germans are protesting with increasing We
ity, and declare that the duties of neutral
government not fulfilled by tying our hands
with neneStnn n laws ana then pr4clamag that the
they have no more urgent duties to attend to than
press on them in ordinary autumns, and the coun-
try WILL Of course, be reassured One adVan-
tage we certainly gain: there is no danger of
our active interference in foreign quarrels.
II seems, indeed, from a telegram you pub
lshed yesterday, that the Government have
not been wholly Inactive They have actually
obtained an engagement from Greece to abstain
from throwing her immense force into the contast
1t is understood, moreover, that they have made an
agreement with other powers not to join in the
struggle, without mutual explanations. 1t is evil
dent they think there will be abundant leisure for
such explanations. The armies OF Prussia or the
republicans of Paris will hold their hands while
Ministers are returning from the Highlands, the
South Coast, or their country residences.
No Foreign Policy.
The truth is, says the Pal Mall Gazette, we have
no foreign policy and in this respect we stand
almost II not entirely, alone among all the nations
on earth. A great nation with small policy soon
CEASE to be great, and nation with policy ceases
practically to be nation at all. England may be-
come CrGsus among nations by sacrificing every
thing to rigid economy, but she Will find she has only
bartered her name for money, and that the latter
gives her no power without the former. In the
very few years considerable readjustment of the
balance OF power. II we wish to have any voice in
the questions which either will arise await solu-
tion-and some OF these, such as the Eastern ques
ton, it is called OF vital importance to our
interests-we should, at all events, retain such a
position will enable us 10 secure ourselves against
the consequences OF the ambition OF other nations
who have higher aims than those OF the counting
house. Rich and respectable we certainly are, but
powerful we certainly are not, either for oense or
for defense.
"A Prime Minister'S Amusements.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone visited the Workmen'
International Exhibition at the Agricultural Hall,
September9. The Premier was presented with a
plough made by MI. johnson, OF Castle Bayney, and
with Ulster coat. or, as 1t Is henceforth TO be
called "Gadstone" coat, made OF Irish frieze. The
Advertiser states that the invitation of the repre-
sentative OF Messrs. Dunyille a Co... the right
honorable gentleman was induced to taste their
Irish whisky. After having spent two hours in the
building, Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone left, expressing
missing to pay second one before the Exhibition
closes.