The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-21
FOREIGN NEWS.
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ENGLAND.
a Significant Movement In Rela.
iOn 10 spanish Persecution.

A Significant Movement In Rela-
tiOn 10 spanish Persecution.
LONDON, September 2O.-Earl Derby
has consented to receive deputations rel.
alive to persecution Of Protestants in
Spain. II was announced at q meeting
oil the Protestant societies that tho Ger.
man missions have not been molested, in
consequence ofspecial stipulations made
by Emperor William.
THE scuooLyQuEsuos.
The Times publishes a letter from Bar
eelone which says that during the past
three months the clergy and aristocracy
have made severe attacks upon their EN-.
ployees and servants who dare TO worship
or send their children 10 Protestant
schools. Hundreds Of poor men and wo.
men have thus suffered for their faith.
CAPTURE ny THE ABIssINIANs.
LONDON, September 20.-Aspecial 10
the Daily Meas from Alexandria says 1t
Ia again currently reported that the
Abyssinians captured Massawah and
two Egyptian steamers.
DlsRAEt1 OK THE EASTERN QUESTION.
LONDON, September 20.-The Earl Of
Beaconsfeld, late Mr.. Disraeli, made q
speech in Aylesbury to-day. He said
that early in the year, because Of failing
strength, he informed the Queen that abe
must not count on his services alter the
conclusion Of Parliament. He then con-
templated closing his political career,
but had remained Premier at the unani.
nous wish OF the Queen and his col.
leagues. He believed there never was an
English government which had more
difficult affairs 10 deal with than
the present at this moment. Under ordi-
nary circumstances, whatever were the
external difficulties OF the British For
eign Minister, he would have the conso.
lation OF knowing that he was backed by
the country. But it would be an afiecta-
tion 10 pretend that such at the present
time was the position Of Her Maiesty's
government. Unhappilya great portion
Of the people have arrived at conclusions
which the government think will, II car
ried into effect, be injurious to the inter-
ests Of England and fatal to any chance
Of the maintenance Of European peace.
Lord Beaconsfield, while praiSing impo-
litic enthusiasm as elevating the country,
proceeded 10 stigmatize as worse than the
Bulgarian atrocities the conduct Of any
man who would avail himself Of popular
enthusiasm for the attainment OF his in
dividual ends, by any course which he
may know to be injurious. to the interests
Of his country and the welfare OF man
kind. He continued: will relate what.
ever at the present moment is the pros.
pect Of maintaining peace, and what
think not OF inferior Importance to the
vital interests Of England.
He proceeded to review the course OF
the Eastern question. After the refusal
to agree 10 the Berlin memorandum Lord
Derby lost no time in laying down the
principles: on which, he thought tran.
guilty could be restored. These COM
munications were taking place constantly.
There never was more monstrous asser-
ton than that during this time the gov
ernment was carrying on. a sort OF war
with Russia. We received on the whole
from the other Powers cordial
attempt 10 cooperate with us in every
way, but from no power did We receive
that assistance no cordially and COM
pletely as from Russia. Think that In
the spring Of the present year the nego.
tiations might have resulted in peace
on principles which would have been ap.
proved by every good man, but unexpect"
odly the servian, that is to say, the secret
societies OF Europe, acting through Ser
via declared war on Turkey. In
conducting the government OF the
world there are not only sovcreigns and
ministers but secret societies 10 be
considered, which have agents every
where-reckless agents-who counte-
nance assassination and can produce
massacre. War between Servia and the
Porte having commenced, II was quite
impossible to carly ont the ideas which
We suggested. The Servian war Ia wicked
and outrageous. Servia in its relations
with the Porte has violated every princi-
pie Of honor and morality. He closed
BY saying: The next step for the British
Government is 10 revert exactly 10 the
position which it occupied before the
Servian war begun, namely, TO attempt
with the concurrence Of all the European
powers to settle the relations between the
Porte and the Christians on the basis laid
down by Lord Derby. / believe all the
Great Powers sincerely desire 10 come TO
conclusion on the subject. Il isn't the
desire Of any sensible man that instead Of
such course we should pursue wild plans
for driving the Turks from Europe, (which
every European government is aware
would fail II attempted, and lead to
European war. -.gp .n pII