The New York herald., 1876-11-20
BEACONSFIELD'S POLICY.
THE ENGLISH PREMIER's SPEECH At THE
MANSION HOUSE.

Win great cheering. he SAID My Lord Mayor, 1
year ago, IN this very hail. on this very day | might
say al this very hour, making observations ON
the state and prospects or the country vcnturcd Ia
remark your predecessor that there was Partial
revolt In province OF the turkish Empire and thai
partial revolts IN provinces In that portion OF the
world often led to critical consequences do not thini
that my forebodinss then woro altogether without
foundation During the twelve months that have sincs
elapsed-twsvc months OF an xiety and agitation-wa
have that part Of the world rovots and rcvo-
iutions and gatherings Of nests aud armies,
and sangunary civil wars, II not cxhaus-
ted, at least strained to their utmost; the
prcmulgation-I may say tue accomplish
ment-oi armisice, and proposal for conference
Will take this opportunity or stating what been
the two great objects that Her Maesty's government
have proposed with reference 10 these critical
stances since last naa The honor Of addressing your
predecessor. Our object has been to the
peace Europe, Tor in TINT consideration involved
almost everything tha. may affect the interests Of this
country and the general welfare oil humanity To OBJ
tam that object II has been our opinion that The
and was 10 adhere 10 those great
which Her Majesty and al the other Powers of
Europe have sanctioned and adhered TO. These
obsolete. they are not antique and dusty
munmcEts, i'll adapted 10 the circumstances OF tho
present and 10 the spirit Of the IN which
1--we ! am amused sometimes when ! hear the great
Treaty OF Paris spoken OF All treaty enacted twenty
years ago. and therefore object which may be enti-
tied to the respect which we pay 10 that which past
but longer looked upon as an INSTRUMENT which
ought to regulate tho conduct of the government
NKw LIGHT on rHE TREATY or PARIS.
But u Is not twenty years ago that the Treaty oi
Paris may bc said have been negotiated 1t only
five IN the 1871. that the treaty
vscd in this very metropolis by The assembled states
men oil Europe. 1t was re-cnactcd and N manner
the most solemn and special. The leading principles
OF that treaty were again sanctioned by the voice Of
united Europe. And what may ask, was tho leading
principle OF tnat ircaty' II ample and com.
pete recognition that the best security for
ing the peace OF Europe maintaining the lndcpen.
dcnce territorial integrity OF the Turkish Empire.
Shortly after addressed your predecessor, tho cello.
braicd political document, the Andrassy Note.
nres ntndto q
| That note was drawn np by an eminent statesman,
extremely conversant with the subject with which
he had deal, contained in It probably all
those measures which, II carried into effect, would
have accomplished the great object which 1t proposed
itself. That object was TO ameliorate The condition
OF the population OF tho Turkish Empire. Believing
that the Improvement OF iheir condition aud the re-
Of their grievances itself the best security
| for the Independence aud territorial integrity Of
that Empire to that document Her Majestys govern.
ment gave their adherence, with no hopc-and they
did not conceal it--with hope the time that the
object which It proposed would be effected with the
country in state OF national bankruptcy, with i'm.
pending tho metropolis and revolt in the
provinces Twas impossible to suppose that the ad
| mnistraton OF sucn a country In such state cout
carry great measures OF social and administrative re-
| form.
TuE nrsLlx NOTE
We did ot think II duty to give assent to tha
Berlin memorandum because II called upon Turkey te
accomplish objects which in the then OF ths
| country impossible, and in Of their Lot being
achieved IL inmated Interior measures which bear NO
other Interpretation than the military occupation of
the country The military occupation OF the country
would hav. been a violation OF tho independence and
territorial integrity OF the country IL would have led,
perhaps to partition war; and under tho
circu tances Her Majcsty's government, acting in
pursuance OF the first subject which they hal before
| them, declined 10 sanction that memorandum. Sub
sequently, almost simultaneously, our Ambassador,
alarmed ut the state OF anarchy which prevailed in
/ Turkey, applied TO US to send the Mediterranean
squadron TO Turkish waters. We sent II; bur- mas
much this squadron vas very weak, we determined
that the Mediterranean squadron should take the form
/ OF the Mediterranean fleet. We gave Immediate orders
that there should be force adequate to the circum
and worthy OF tnis country the spot That
hat bar. Of s5o world ana Il bus shown thai ,hs IN
tercsts Of this country not 10 be trled with. Al
low me to remind you that year has elapsed and as
trying has been the exigencies and uncertain AZ
| have been the circumstances, the Independence and
territorial integrity Of Turkey have not YET been
iacd and the intcnsnce OF general peace has been
| upheld. Well. my Lord, much for that hrst great
object which Her Maesiy's government have proposedf
to themselves in the trying circumstances In which,
/ they found themselves.
/ YyGIAxp's PLAN FOR PEACE
| have referred the Andrassy note. That instru-
mcnt admissible might have been it's propositions,
hud, as l venture 10 say; one fatal fault 1t then
| inopportune, but the moment we understood, from
good authority. that The sorvians dshcartencd
and wearicd oil the warfare INTO which they had rashy
entered whom they applied TO Her Majesy's govern.
mediate their favor and bring about peace
accepted that Office We succeeded in that office,
| which not then easy one Tho moment wo had
accomplished that successful mediation and the
pension OF hostlties Her Majesty's government pro-
posed 10 the great Powers the terms for
ton what these terms were We proposed
that. notwithstanding The hostlltics which have
| in Serva, and that the status quo should
again acknowledged and recognized in Montenegro
Bosnia Herzegoyi ina Chat there should be system
Of institutions esab he'd which would secure 10 the
nhabants OF these countries tho control over their
| local affairs, and that there should be guarantees
against the operation OF arbtraiy power. We pro-
posed also that the condition Of Bulgaria should Ue
considered II also agreed at that time, too that
the proposals In the Andrassy note should be accepted
that II should not be considered that these were
mere vague propositions, to which meaning could
note which, at the tnc lmpractcable IRON tho
civil war that ragged and the revolts that were then
prevalent should be considered completely adopted
in the terms Of the contemplated peace
RESPONSIBILITY.
At that moment-in Septcmbcr--there was no single
why peace should not have been obtained In
very brief time Every Power accedcd to these propo
sitions and am bound TO say, no Power with more
readiness and cordiaity than Russia What happened
An outburst OF feeling in this country excited
ed horrible events created such sensation and ex-
ctemen that the government, who bad sUll-
cited mediation aud had acknowledged their ex-
haustion--aot only the Servians, but unhapply the
friends OF the Servans in other counTies-reay be-
cvcd that The people Of England had suddenly deter
mined not to act up TO the traditional policy o. our
country to that policy which the statesmen OF Europe
only five years ago had accorded to the Servans and
The friends OF the servians gave up all Their
desires OF peace The resumed and
continued until the armistco was secured.
WARNING
We have heard that the armistce has been obtained
by uiLmatanl That is ugly word. An ulti-
matum seems to me to be very much the samo as Y
man had brought an action the time that
the full claim had been paid into court The armisticc
has been agreed TO by all the Powers Armstice s NOS
peace. any courtshp, is not wedIock II 10
the auspicous preliminary TO tho happy event. But
the moment the armistice was agreed to Her haestys
proposed Europe that there should be
conference 10 take this question into consideration,
and bring about that settlement which all men ot calm
and moderate mind are anxious In all countries 10
accomplish
BELILGERExT TO BoSE.
Tho Lord Mayor has told us that England is the
country of all whose policy Is peace We have
nothing TO gan by We are essentially non
aggressive power. There are no cites and no prov
nces desire to appropriate We have built up
an empire OF which arc proud, and our proudest
boast 10 ths--that empire subsists as IN uch upon
sympathy us upon force. But II struggle come, it
should also he rccollccted that there 10 no country 50
prepared or war as England, because there 10
try whose resources great In righteous cause
for cause that her liberty, or her indepen-
dcncc, her empire. England - NOT country thai
viii have 10 inqure whether she shall enter
Gho vtIl 1.uutn 0Oh amA