, 1876-10-16
ENGLAND AND TIE EAST.
An Uncomfortable PositIon-Afr. GlRslstono's
Propositions Lord Dcrby's iroposals-
This Uncertainties of Foreign A1airs-En-
gland and 1lIsstn,

AtUfo6sASU4tT A1EIbJa xEHRFAAad-
This uncertalntie, Of Foreign At1airs-En.
gland and 1lusstn.
Correspondence yeu Yort Tsrn..
LONDON. Sept, a0.-Uplnion At Tic present
moment Is very mucl, n suspense With regard
send speculatlons by mail on the, probability Of
events the a.tual course Of whicl, you will learn
by telegraph Everything WIN depend
2n .s The ,..sg action o.. q the sefVtans' and
from 1t as 10 Tic policy Of Russia. Or course, ss
the anti.Turks arc as hnti-Turkish "a ever, and
insi.t upon what Ia practically tho abolition Of
the Turkish Gavcrpment in It's European terri
tories and equally Of COURSE ths fsss believers
fore. But within tho intermediate area OF
opinion doubt Is the chief feature. Mr. Glad
stunc's propositions are sure 70 bc Impractical
BIZ. and calculated TO drive the Turks into at
losalA, as far as they are undcrstood, are
thought to be Inadequate To the occasion. do
not think that could give. you better idea Of
what moderate and tloueli.tul opinion is On
this alb]cct At the moment than BY the follow
Ing extract from the Economfst:
W. canno. think LORD perhy's mode Of answer.
Ing the popular English demand Of the moment
poses. and which be shows to be na.ound, Nor
q ~; w1 ntH fl SsDS ,s tis h.
only be a1cd BY long and painful CONFLICT. a TEN.
tuis oe sus Id bpessy
difficulties ut the subject will last for
generation, and II II among the dsss duties Of En-
Elish Statesmen to sec that we DO not needlcssy
thrust ourscIves upon scene Of strife where We
have no object to gain and no duty 10 perform.
This may bc taken AZ the opinion Of tho more
also mention Tint the Economist expects another
year OF cheap wheat ln no ease It says, docs
It appear likely that there can be any great rise
IN price, unless II be on the eve Of next harvest,
u . deficiency should then be Threatened.
Except in regard to the prospects Of the war
and the progrtss Of tIrcaFms, eocIcty here Is
very s.agnant- Trade has Indeed shown some
feeble symptoms Of revival, but the general
condition Of things is much the same. The un-
ceFtaiutY which within the last day or two has
become SO conspicuous In foreign affairs, mud
the feat that lluesia is about to assume au ntti.
tudc which will placc England III very uncom-
Portable aid embarrassing position. has tended
10 check the political tertuent which has for
which has been real enough in its way, though
its intensity and explnac have been greatly exaE-
Eeratcd. as have said, nobody knows what
to think, md The agtatoEs are frightened iuto
silence. Both MI. Gladstone aud Lord Beacons-
field are greatly to blame for their rash Ian.
Euagc. The effect of the movement against
Turkey, Of which Mr.. Gladstone has taken the
lead, las been to give dangerous encouragement
hand, the eontcmptuous, and gliding toucs In
which Lord Deaconsfcld spoke OF the Same
people ns having been utterly foei, and
crushed. and reduced to an abiect euppllant Tor
English help, have also had tile effect OF stimu-
lntfng their desire to show what they can do.
There Is still cry foz m autumn session; but,
unless Rtss}a makes come startling move, 1t ID
very unlikely tllnt Parliament will meet before
the usual ti'ne. II Is well known that the Lib
ernls nrc not In position to tnke Office and TINT
whatever may be the dissatisfaction Of the nn-
tfon with the Government, the latter Inns 4
stauch and sufficient majority IN the House
Of Commons 10 resist any attack. More
over, the curious position which Mr.. Gladstone
has assumed para1yzcs the Liberals In the
recovery Of tt.er political Organization. lie las
resigned the leadership. and set he continues to
take the lead whenever the faucy scizes htn,.
Lord harrington, the nominal head Of the Lib
erals, Inns to stand aside when its former chief
coules forward, and there Is no one TO keep the
divided sections Of the party together. More
over, Mr.. Gladstone, who nil his lie has been q
Wild, errntic creature, continually jumping out
Of win1ows rather than take the trouble TO 70
quietly down atnirs, Is now perfectly emnnui-
latcd from every Kind OF check at,a control.
lie has no colleagues around with whom he eau
consult, and the consequence Is that II Is impos-
Rihlu to say Ut any moment what he may or may
not soy or do. Under these circumstances IL Ia
foreheen that Il there weru now to be a meeting
Ut Parliament 1t would do no good, since the
Government Is secured against defeat BY its
command Of votes, and the only result would,
therefore, b. to glye the Liberals tntal oppor-
tunity VI exhibiting ut once thcir impotence
md their cxaspcratlon, ano weakening the repu.
tatton Ut tho Government abroad without
strengthening their own position nj home.