The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-08-12
ENGLAND ON THE WAR.

The following shows the interest
Prussian war:
In the House of Lords, to-day, Earl
Russell moved the second reading of the
bill amending militia acts. He spoke
at some length in review of the condi-
ton of foreign affairs, and said the gov
eminent requires full defensive powers
Intrigues and perils upon the continent
are due to the uncertainty as to the
course to be pursued by England. In
his opinion we need only to declare foI
the enforcement of treaties, whereupon
half the danger would vanish.
Earl Granville, lamented the noble
Lords palpable lack of confidence in the
government. Last week. he continued
the noble Lord approved of the course
of the Ministers, and was ready to back
| them up.
In the House of Commons, Gladstone
in reply to a question by Harcourt, said
he was unable to submit the correspon.
dence of the late Earl of Clarendon
urging disarmament upon the powers
Baron Bruron said Gladstone three
weeks ago proposed signing the proto.
col by the powers recognizing the re.
nunciatioh of the Spanish crown by the
Prince of Hohenzollern, but he did SC
personally and informally, leaving the
Initiative to England. On July 10
| when it was entirely too late, the prop.
| osition was formally repealed, but even
then it was supposed the remuneration
would satisfy France, whom England
had vainly besought to withdraw her
| demand upon Prussia.
Disraeli rose in the House of Com.
mons to make some inquiries. He
| thought the traditional silence and re-
serve of the government should now bt
dismissed. He especially desired to bt
| enlightened as to what extent England
at the Congress at Vienna, guaranteed
| to Prussia her Saxon acquisitions. Sucl
guarantee, If it still held good, would
involve England in the present quarrel
He wanted to know what ground had
been taken by the government. He
| urged that the army be kept up to the
greatest strength, and closed with the
| declaration that England, while she OBJ
served treaties, would maintain the
rights and independence of others.
Mr.. Gladstone said the policy of the
government was not of armed neutrali
| ty, but friendship to both combatants
He declared that the obligation of tbs
Vienna treaty ended with the German
Empire. The government was doing
everything to enforce absolute neutrali,
| ty, but British power was restricted Il
| British waters. All legal restraints haC
been imposed on the sale of coal. He
also said that if Golfers were chartered
to attend the. fleet of belligerent tC
supply coal, they will, to all practica
| intents and purposes welcome storeshipi
attached to that feet, and will come un
der the operation of the foreign enlist
ment act. When Cardwell, secretary o.
war, proposed a vote for twenty thous.
and additional troops and twenty thous
and pounds sterling, he was applauded
and again was he warmly cheered wheI
he stated in reply to Talbot that the
army is at present only $50 men below
it's establishment of 178,O00.
| Disraeli's declaration for armed neu
trality was not less appIauded on ths
| conservative side, and though the iiber
ais wanted to hear authentic statement
from Gladstone, many showed marks
of unmistakable sympathy with Disra
| ellis more resoIute attitude.
| 1t is more clear than ever that tn.
popular feeling goes beyond the govern
ment. There are not wanting member
of parliament and journalists wht
would prohibit France from buying
arms or coal. G1adstone's strong poin
was in proving, by indisputable figure
that English military forces SO far from
being diminished are augmented. Thu
Daily Netcs says on the whole we hav,
every reason to be eontented with tn,
tcondition of our national defences which
with the augmentations already propos
ed will be quite adequate to supper
the best secured neutrality, and might
if calamity should fall on us, Guickl,
expand into force quite adequate t.
sustain us in the struggle. Our appea
to an arbritiament of arms is the yer,
last to which we should willingly resort
But we may rest assured that 1t is mel
Their SO distant from the thoughts o
our ministers as to be deemed impossi
BILE, nor so alien from their counsels al
to find them unprepared